Directions to Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

Friends of the Wild Flower Garden

  
 
 
The Garden is located within Theodore Wirth Park which is on the western edge of Minneapolis. If you are driving, a pay parking lot is located near the front gate. A larger free parking lot is located at Wirth Beach and is a short walk to the back gate of the Garden. Be aware that front gate parking is either by metered space (requires quarters) or by the annual Minneapolis Parks parking pass. There are 12 metered spaces and 11 permit spaces in the front gate lot. Lock your car and do not leave valuables in your car exposed to sight!
  
Access to the Garden from the front gate parking area is not wheel chair accessible due to steps. Also be aware that all paths in the garden are covered with a natural mulch and are not especially suitable for wheel chairs or push type walking devices. There are not any steps on the path from the large, free, Wirth Beach Lot to the back gate of the Garden.
  
For a street map of the garden location. bus routes, programs, parking pass information - use this link to MinneapolisParks.org for information on the garden. For a quick locator map use this link: Garden Locator Map  
During the season the Visitors Shelter is open from 10 am to one hour before sunset Monday through Saturday and from 12 pm until one hour before sunset on Sundays. The Garden gates are open from 7:30 AM until one half hour before sunset. Note: The Garden season is from April 1st to October 15th. Program information is found on MinneapolisParks.org
  
 
Flowers of Late Summer at Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
  
Swamp Milkweed
American Bellflower
Buttonbush
  
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata L.
American Bellflower
Campanula americana L.
Common Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
  
 
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"There is a kind of pause as summer passes its peak and prepares to coast down through August toward September and the splendor of summer is gone. For summer reveals the maturity of all creation. The lazy air is still full of fragrance.."

Martha Crone, 2nd Curator of the Garden