Moore-Turner Heritage Garden entrance
For our June garden tour we visited one of Spokane’s truly hidden treasures – the Moore-Turner Heritage Garden at Corbin Art Center. It was a very pleasant afternoon, and a few of us met to wander through this lovely garden. It is a bit of a hike, and there were some steep steps to climb, but it was well worth it.
The garden was very clean and neat and shows promise of color throughout the season. There is a bed of floribunda roses just waiting to show off, beds of iris, lilacs, and perennials of various kinds. I particularly enjoyed the ponds with their fountains and waterfalls. It is a truly peaceful setting with a nice view of the city. You can understand why Mr. Moore chose this site for his home, and it is just sad that it was torn down during the Great Depression. Fortunately, some of the original stone walls and water features were not damaged, so you get a flavor of what it must have been like.
After viewing the garden, we all retired to Rose Hill in Manito where a nice picnic table provided a cool area to enjoy refreshments. All in all it was a perfect afternoon that I will long remember.
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 Moore-Turner Heritage Garden.
There were hedges of Blanc Double de Coubert. |
 Moore-Turner Heritage Garden |
 Moore-Turner Heritage Garden.
A beautiful pool surrounded by iris and fed by a gargoyle fountain. |
 Moore-Turner Heritage Garden.
A hike up a steep hill leads to this pool. |
 Moore-Turner Heritage Garden
- a beautiful shady path |
 Moore-Turner Heritage Garden.
What a great view! |
