Archive Garden Environment

Birding: A Great Place for	Naturalist Tammy Mercer explains why the Garden is great for birding. (Spring 2005)
Early Spring Activities in the Garden	A photo review of things typically (or not typically) going on in The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden in early spring.
Early Spring in the Wild Flower Garden	Reflections of Martha Crone, second Garden Curator, first editor of The Fringed Gentian™ and founding member of The Friends of The Wild Flower Garden.
Garden Plan View	Overall plan map with walking paths shown
Geography of the Garden	A photo tour of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden in the early spring before the leaves obscure the lay-of-the-land.
Geology of the Garden	A brief article on how the Garden landscape was formed.
Hepatica Hill Restoration	Curator Susan Wilkins explains the background of Hepatica Hill. (Winter 2005)
Heritage Trees in the Garden	Former Gardener Cary George writes of the nine Minneapolis Heritage Trees in the Garden (originally published winter 2000)
Invasive Plant Removal	Notes on the accomplishments of the 2008 season of volunteer removal of invasive plants. Photo section included.
Mapping Trees in the Garden	Garden Curator Susan Wilkins explains the process of how the trees in the Garden were databased and mapped via a GPS system. (2004)
Orchids in the Garden	Former Gardener Cary George writes on the Garden's two Lady's-slippers and the problems and ethics of transplantation (Spring 2000)
Pea Family Plants in the Prairie	Pea family plants that thrive in the hot prairie sun, by previous Eloise Butler Gardener Cary George. (Summer 2002)
Restoration in the Upland Garden	A photo review of a five year restoration project in a section of the Upland Garden - 2009
Upland Garden Land Addition	Friends member Elaine Christenson writes on the 1993 land addition to the Upland Prairie Garden. (Winter 1994)