Duncan Garden Planting

Crews are hard at work planting over 32,000 flowers in the beds at Duncan Garden in Manito Park, Wednesday, May 17, 2023.

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Wed., May 17, 2023

Mattie Whitney gardener at Manito Park, brings a load of snapdragons to a planting bed in the Duncan Garden, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Spokane. Staff and volunteers are planting over 32,000 flowers with 39 varieties. All the plants were grown onsite in the greenhouse. The theme this year is "Bright and Bold." Whitney, who designed the arrangement, thinks it will take two weeks to finish the project.

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DIGGING AT DUNCAN: Mattie Whitney, gardener at Manito Park, center, places a snapdragon in a bed at Duncan Garden on Spokane’s South Hill on Wednesday. Staff and volunteers are planting nearly 40 varieties of more than 32,000 flowers in the beds. All the plants were grown on-site in the greenhouse. The theme this year is “Bright and Bold.” Whitney, who designed the arrangement, thinks it will take two weeks to finish the project.

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Ben Wottlfeil, gardener at Manito Park, waters begonia cocktail whiskey white and begonia big bronze leaf variety flowers in a bed at the Duncan Garden, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Spokane. Staff and volunteers are planting over 32,000 flowers with 39 varieties. All the flowers were grown onsite in the greenhouse. The theme this year is "Bright and Bold." Mattie Whitney, who designed the arrangement, thinks it will take two weeks to finish the project.

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Jesse Jones, from right, Kevin Filgore, Manny Santana, and John Phillips plant phlox 21 century fox and snapdragon liberty white flowers in the beds at Duncan Garden, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Spokane. Staff and volunteers are planting over 32,000 flowers with 37 varieties, all grown onsite in the greenhouse. The theme this year is "Bright and Bold" and was designed by Manito gardener Mattie Whitney. She estimates the project will take two weeks to finish.

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