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The Friends of the Wild Flower Garden
Upland Garden
  
Dedicated to
Protecting, Preserving and Promoting
The interests of
The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
And Bird Sanctuary
  
 
   
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Please click on the links to the left to obtain more information about The Friends, their mission, opportunities for volunteering, how to become a member and for other information about this unique garden and its history.
Garden Summer Landscapes
Common Mullein
Summer- Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary
(2nd photo on mouse-over)
Plant of the Week
Common Mullein
Verbascum thapsus L.
 
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

 

The skies are veiled in floating mist,
The hills are lost in vagueness dim,
With showery wood and glistening field
Beneath their silver rim;
The dripping vine-leaves lie outspread
Against the pearl-dropt window-pane,
With underneath and overhead
In soft, monotonous cadence shed,
The pattering of the rain.

Rain Verse
Elaine Goodale Eastman, American 1863 - 1953
Monarch on Bee Balm
Monarch on Monarda (Larger)
 
Partridge Pea
Pea Family Plants in Garden - Article
 
Virgin's Bower
Mid-Late Summer Flower Thumbnails
 
Compass Plants
Tall Plants in the Summer Garden
 

New and Updated Postings

Historical Highlights - Summer 10, 25, 50, 75, 100 years ago

Cary George - Gardener

Early History of the Garden - 1909

Volunteer Spotlight - Marie Demler
Chronological Posting List
 
 
© 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: 24 July 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

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