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Public Lands: Finch Arboretum garden (photo diary) [1]

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Date: 2023-04-22  

The John A. Finch Arboretum is located in southwest Spokane on 65 acres of wooded hills. In 1907, the Spokane Board of Park Commissioners marked off a mile-long strip along Garden Springs Creek for a future garden space. In 1912, with the help of John A. Finch, a wealthy mining investor, the rest of the land for the arboretum was purchased. In the 1940s, John Duncan, the Park Superintendent, designed the planting plans and planting the 23 species in the arboretum began in earnest in 1949. Today the collection of trees and shrubs includes natives of the inland northwest and plants from many parts of the world. They were selected as educationally useful, scientifically important, and aesthetically attractive. Shown below is one of the gardens in the arboretum.

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