Completed Projects

Thanks to the generosity and support of our members, The Friends of Manito have donated over $940,000 to help fund projects in the park, such as the restoration of Mirror Pond, and the magnificent Holiday Lights in the Gaiser Conservatory.

Mirror Pond

TFM helped fund a major effort to make the pond healthy without the use of toxic chemicals. The project will safely remove indigenous wildlife from the pond, excavate the pond to remove sediment and at the same time deepen it to reduce algae bloom, install a treatment wetland to filter out phosphorous and nitrogen and reintroduce water and native wildlife to the pond.