In order to really secure the Garden from large animals, vandals and people that just wandered in from all directions, it had to be securely fence and equipped with gates that could be locked.

Ms. Butler's worst menace was "spooners". A headline in the Minneapolis Tribune once read: "Glenwood Park Wants Wire Fence to Keep Out Spooners." The article explained Ms. Butler's thoughts that cats and dogs may leave a trail in the vegetation but "for destructive properties, the army of Tussock Moths is a piker when compared with the Spooners."

While this was partially accomplished prior to 1924, the Park Board could not allocate funds to complete fencing. In the fall of 1924, Eloise contracted herself, at her own expense, to have the fencing completed for a sum of $696.10. She paid $400 down, gave a note for $200 to be paid within a month or when the fence was completed, and the final amount by a note to be paid in the spring of 1925. Before it could be completed she had to leave for her annual return to Malden Massachusetts. She writes to the Crones (Martha and William) that she had informed Park Superintendent Wirth about what she did and never asked for reimbursement. She was pleasantly surprised to receive a note from him promising a check for the full amount by early December. Thus she says “You may believe that I am very happy.”