Arthur in the Garden!

While hiking through woods and wetlands, some nature-lovers are compromising the “unspoiled” places they enjoy most. They don’t mean to, of course. But scores of invasive, non-native plant species have made us all unwitting participants in their spread.
— Read on www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/spoiling-favorite-forests-preserves-part-solution-simple-steps/

Day One -Spokane

Manito Park and Botanical Gardens

Mantito Park

Spokane Falls and riverfront Park

Spokane…

Monarda didyma Jacob Kline

Old fashioned hydrangea

Garden phlox

Gardenia

Southern magnolia

Oak leave hydrangea

Everlasting / perennial sweet pea

And lily

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