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The Friends of the Wild Flower Garden
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Dedicated to
Protecting, preserving and promoting
The interests of
The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
And Bird Sanctuary |
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Want to know more?
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. |
Seasonal Views of Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden |
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Left: Yellow Trout Lilies. Right: Upland Garden in August |
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| 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. |
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A Seasonal Poem |
What bird so sings, yet so does wail?
O ‘tis the ravish’d nightingale.
Jug, jug, jug, jug, tereu! she cries,
and still her woes at midnight rise.
Brave prick-song! Who is’t now we hear?
None but the lark so shrill and clear;
Now at heaven’s gate she claps her wings,
The morn not waking till she sings.
Hark, hark, with what a pretty throat
Poor robin redbreast tunes his note!
Hark how the joly cuckoos sing
Cuckoo! to welcome in the spring!
“Spring's Welcome” by John Lyly, English, 1553-1606 |
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| © 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. |
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