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Friends of the Wildflower Garden

Now in our 71st year - Dedicated to Protecting, Preserving and Promoting
The interests of The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary*

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Twigs and Branches

Our latest email -
- The Endangered Species Act - 50 years
- Do Plants Hear?
- Eloise Talks to Plants
- Two rarer Rubus compared

newsletter graphic Current Issue of The Fringed Gentian™
Fall 2023

All back issues - Newsletter archive.

Spring 2024 issue will be released in April.

Help Students Visit the Garden in 2024

Not all school children have ability to visit the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden. Schools lack funds for the buses.
That's where we help!
Donate to our Transportation Grant Program!

LEARN ABOUT IT HERE

Great-Horned Owls at Eloise Butler

These large owls have inhabited the woods around the Wildflower Garden for decades. Some current notes and historical references.

Article

Then and Now

A selection of articles showing views of the Wildflower Garden from decades past vs similar contemporary views of the Wildflower Garden.

Articles.

An Extraordinary Neighbor

One incredible animal is often ignored because it is infrequently seen: the northern flying squirrel.

Article

Other links

Garden theme items for sale

graphic image of book — Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden Plant Photo ID Guide

graphic image of note card — Note Cards based on a Wildflower Garden inspired painting

graphic image of book cover — Downloadable history books about the Garden and the Friends

Last site update: 11/17/2023.

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©2023 Friends of the Wildflower Garden, Inc., P. O. Box 3793, Minneapolis, MN 55403. www.friendsofeloisebutler.org. All articles and photos are the property of the Friends of the Wildflower Garden Inc. unless noted otherwise.