A Fun Place to Visit Is Spokane's Manito
Residents say, "If you like gardens, flowers and plants, don't miss Manito Park and Botanical Gardens" and they will also tell you, Manito Park has a feel and spirit all of its own. The name "Manito" in fact means "Spirit of Nature" in the Algonquian Indian language, so it is not surprising this lovely recreational park and gardens make for a great place to visit in Washington's charming city of Spokane. playground With five immaculate gardens, a conservatory, sparkling duck pond and much more Manito Park is Spokane's garden showplace. Besides Duncan Garden, planted in a European Renaissance style, the grounds include a perfumed scented Lilac Garden, the flower that makes Spokane the "Lilac City"; a perennial garden; a classic Japanese style garden; Rose Hill, an old-fashioned rose garden with bushes representing more than 150 varieties and an All American Rose Selections test garden. ok The three-acre symmetrically formal Duncan Gar...