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Articles from The Fringed Gentian™

 
 
 
 
On this page you will find links to articles from the most recent issue of our newsletter, The Fringed Gentian™. At the bottom of this page are links to an archive of past newsletters in PDF format. Use the "Site Plan" link for more articles.
 
 
 

Summer issue 2010, Vol. 58-3

 

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Presidents Letter

President Pam Weiner writes about the importance of individual actions and the work of The Friends.

Garden Curator Notes

Garden Curator Susan Wilkins documents the amount of volunteer time spent in the Garden so far this year.

 

Volunteer Spotlight - Marie Demler

Donna Ahrens interviews a long-time volunteer member of the Friends.

Book review of three children's books.

Bonnie Fisher reviews Flower Garden and Seed Folks.

 

Here are a few older articles from the previous issues of The Fringed Gentian™

Tall Plants in the Summer Garden

Previous Eloise Butler Gardener Cary George writes about the tall plants and the lilies of the summer Upland Prairie Garden (Summer 2000)

Rewards of Summer Birding

Naturalist Tammy Mercer reviews summer birding and distinguishing fledglings from adults. (Summer 2005)

Remembering Ken Avery

Article on former Curator Ken Avery and the creation of the Ken Avery Birding Terrace (Winter 2005 and Summer 2005)

From Morning at Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

Yet here are the roots
Green sustained
Without a ripple
A garden
Tucked in like a dimple
Extracting reverence
As if temporarily removed
From under glass.

by Preben Mosberg

Read the entire poem on the Poet's Corner page

 

An archive of past issues of The Fringed Gentian™ is available in pdf format. Click here.

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Newer articles

Early History of the Garden - 1934

Martha Crone's Cabin at Cedar Creek Bog

Kids Visit the Garden in 2009