Holiday Lights at Gaiser Conservatory

The Friends of Manito and the Spokane Parks Department produce the annual holiday light show, with 30,000 lights draped on the tropical plants, flowering annuals, shrubs, exotic flowers and cacti inside the Gaiser Conservatory at Manito Park. The show starts Friday, Dec. 13 and runs through Dec. 22, 2019. The hours for the 10-day runs will be noon to 7:30 p.m. Read about the event here.

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Thu., Dec. 12, 2019

Inside the Gaiser Conservatory at Manito Park, lighted decorations have been set up and 30,000 lights have been draped on the poinsettias, tropical plants, flowering annuals, shrubs, exotic flowers and cacti, and the parks department employees hang the lights.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Horticulture Supervisor Steve Nittolo walks around the Gaiser Conservatory at Manito Park on Thursday, ahead of the annual holiday light show that starts Friday, with 30,000 lights draped on the tropical plants, flowering plants, exotic flowers and cacti.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Kelly Brown, vice president of the Friends of Manito organization and Steve Nittolo, right, Horticulture Supervisor with the Spokane Parks Department, stand in the Gaiser Conservatory at Manito Park, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. The Friends of Manito help pay for the annual holiday light show, with 30,000 lights draped on the tropical plants, flowering annuals, shrubs, exotic flowers and cacti, and the parks department employees hang the lights.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Inside the Gaiser Conservatory at Manito Park, 30,000 lights have been draped on the poinsettias, tropical plants, flowering annuals, shrubs, exotic flowers and cacti, and the parks department employees hang the lights.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Kelly Brown, vice president of the Friends of Manito organization and Steve Nittolo, right, Horticulture Supervisor with the Spokane Parks Department, stand in the Gaiser Conservatory at Manito Park, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Outside the Gaiser Conservatory at Manito Park, lighted decorations have been set up to greet visitors who come to the annual holiday light show at the Conservatory, which features 30,000 lights draped on the poinsettias, tropical plants, flowering annuals, shrubs, exotic flowers and cacti.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Inside the Gaiser Conservatory at Manito Park, lighted decorations have been set up and 30,000 lights have been draped on the poinsettias, tropical plants, flowering annuals, shrubs, exotic flowers and cacti, and the parks department employees hang the lights.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Horticulture Supervisor Steve Nittolo, left, talks with Kelly Brown of the Friends of Manito while they stand inside the Gaiser Conservatory at Manito Park where lighted decorations and 30,000 lights have been draped on the poinsettias, tropical plants, flowering annuals, shrubs, exotic flowers and cacti.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Inside the Gaiser Conservatory at Manito Park, lighted decorations have been set up and 30,000 lights have been draped on the poinsettias, tropical plants, flowering annuals, shrubs, exotic flowers and cacti, and the parks department employees hang the lights.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review