Growing Burt’s garden – Snoqualmie Valley Record
May 10th, 2009
The below article on Burt Mann of North Bend captures a real local character. He’s a GREAT guy, very lively, wonderful heart, very feisty. Burt walks miles each day; he told us that when his wife passed away years ago, he decided to walk and think, and he hasn’t really stopped. The guy’s in great shape and is a wonderful human. He also LOVES his plants, as the story below (check the full link) will show you. He’s pretty much single-handedly landscaped the local senior center, a plant at a time.
Turning a gravelly, lifeless storage yard into a green space for seniors is the passion of North Bend resident Burt Mann.
At a point in life where most people are retired, the 87-year-old Mann is still working, as the janitor at the Mount Si Senior Center. His favorite place is the atrium between the center’s old and new wings. Now, with a little help from a North Bend landscaper, Mann is working to turn the space into a garden and koi pond to the delight of fellow seniors.
“Burt is great,” said Ruth Tolmassoff, Mount Si Senior Center Director. “He works here. Everyone knows him.
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