Posts Tagged “Manito Park”
by, Kelly Logie On my first trip to the iconic Spokane park, I looked outside my car window at the snow-covered fields, while my car stumbled along the icy road. If you have ever been to Manito Park before, I know what you’re thinking. Why did you visit the park for the first…
by Michaela Mulligan The warm moist air fills my nose as I walk into the greenhouse and my eyes are opened by the light and dark greens I see. My body begins to heat up as I start to walk around the displays with plants and greenery of every size. From the tall trees that…
By – Karlin Andersen In 1904, Manito Park was a small zoo with a few flower beds, but over 100 years later the park has grown to a 90-acre showcase in the South Hills of Spokane, Washington. Much of this progress can be attributed to the efforts of the park’s second superintendent John Duncan…
by Mike Christie Warmth broke itself through the depths of January’s melancholy as the smell of plants alive entered my nasal passages for the first time in months. Paths of cement covered with the styrofoam textured slush outside were nowhere to be seen along the clear paths of greenery lined with alien-like plants from the…