Manito Park

By Danielle

and

Hannah

Come and take a transcendentalist

walk with us through Manito

Park.

“The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child.” -

Henry David Thoreau

The duck pond is a great place to picnic or just to relax and

feed the birds.

“Use what

talents you

possess: the

woods would be

very silent if no birds

sang there

except those

that sang best.” -Henry

Van Dyke

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Another part of the park is the Joel E. Ferris Perennial Garden, which

changes from week to week.

“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” -Aristotle

“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not been discovered.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Nishinomiya Japanese Garden was completed in 1974 and symbolizes the

friendship of Spokane, Washington with its sister city, Nishinomiya, Japan.

“The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.”

-Zeno

“Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish that they are after.” -Ralph

Waldo Emerson

The Gaisler Conservatory has

seasonal displays of flowers, succulents,

cacti, orchids, and other tropical plants.

“You must not know too much or be

too precise or scientific

about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin, and

even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your

enjoyment of these things.”

-Walt Whitman

“Let us first be as simple and well as Nature ourselves, dispel the clouds which hang over our brows, and take up a little life into our pores.” -

Henry David Thoreau

The Rose Hill Rose Garden is especially

popular from late June to August.

“A man is related to all nature.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To be great is to be misunderstood.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

The lesser known Lilac Garden sits behind the Rose Garden and has many varieties of the Lilac City's favorite

flower.

“Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.” -Ralph

Waldo Emerson

“When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to

do it.” -Ralph Waldo

Emerson

The more formal Duncan Garden encompasses three acres of flowers

and a large granite fountain.

“Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself

to the influences of each.” -Henry David Thoreau

“A lake is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature.” -Henry David Thoreau

We hope you have enjoyed this walk

through Manito Park, along with the simplicity and

importance of nature that is found here.

“The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thank You