Front Gate of Eloise Butler

The Friends of the Wild Flower Garden
Back Gate of Eloise Butler
  
Dedicated to
Protecting, preserving and promoting
The interests of
The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
And Bird Sanctuary
  
 
   
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Seasonal Views of Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
School Group in bog
Foxglove Beardtongue
Upper: School Group in the Bog. Lower: Foxglove Beardtongue in early July.
 
The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary, the oldest public wildflower garden in the United States, is a part of the Minneapolis Parks System and is owned and managed by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. The Garden, located within the boundaries of Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a 15 acre site comprised of cultivated but naturalistic, woodland, wetland, oak savanna and prairie environments, with 2/3 rd's of a mile of unimproved pathways and a rustic shelter where educational materials and guidebooks can be found.
A Seasonal Poem

But Winter has yet brighter scenes-he boasts
Splendors beyond what gorgeous Summer knows;
Or Autumn with his many fruits, and woods
All flushed with many hues. Come when the rains
Have glazed the snow and clothed the trees with ice,
While the slant sun of February pours
Into the bowers a flood of light. Approach!

Taken from A Winter Piece by Wm. Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
Female Northern Cardinal
Enduring Winter
 
Wild Plum
 
Winter Scenes
 
Winter survival
Winter Survival
 

Newer Postings

Ornamental Home Landscape Grasses

Winter Birds

Secret Life of Winter

My Life and Death as a Tree

Gertrude S. Cram
 
 
© 2010 Friends of the Wild Flower Garden, Inc., P. O. Box 3793, Minneapolis, MN 55403. www.friendsofthewildflowergarden.org or www.friendsofeloisebutler.org. All articles and photos are the property of the Friends of the Wild Flower Garden Inc. unless noted otherwise.  

Last site update: 7 February 2010. Pages on this site will view best at screen width resolutions of 900 pixels or higher.

  
 
 

The Wild Gardener
Martha Hellander's
book on Eloise Butler

Membership renewal now available online

Presidents Letter

Garden Curator's Recent Notes

Education
Special student transportation grant program for Garden visits

Current Newsletter (PDF Format)

Historical Highlights - Winter
10, 25, 50, 75 & 100 years ago