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| April Weather & Opening Day | Quotes from the Garden log's of the first 50 years about the weather on April 1st. Early spring is not the norm. (2013) |
| Bee Survey | 2013 season survey of bees in the Garden for baseline data |
| Birding: A Great Place for | Naturalist Tammy Mercer explains why the Garden is great for birding. (Spring 2005) |
| Bog in the Woodland Garden | History, environment and plant community of the Garden bog. (2010) |
| 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. |
| Grasses of the Garden | Photos of the Garden grasses with links to detailed information pages. |
| 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. |
| Lowland Forest Trees for the Garden | Trees planted in 2010 - a project funded by The Friends of the Wild Flower Garden. |
| 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 |
| Storm Damage - Summer 2010 | Photos of rain and wind damage in June and July 2010 |
| Storm Damage - May 2011 | Photos of the tornado damge in and near the Garden on May 22, 2011 |
| Upland Garden Land Addition | Friends member Elaine Christenson writes on the 1993 land addition to the Upland Prairie Garden. (Winter 1994) |