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Now in our 73rd year - Dedicated to Protecting, Preserving and Promoting
The interests of The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary*

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Our latest email -
- Annual meeting guest speaker
- An unlikely named plant
- Show-off Goldenrods
- Restoring the oak savanna
- Pollinator meadow update

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The Fringed Gentian™
Summer 2024

All back issues - Newsletter archive.

Fall 2024 issue will be released in October.

Frances Densmore

An article about this native Minnesotan's Native American ethnobotany research, and her classic contributions to the Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology.

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Seed collection

Here is what to do if you want to try fall seed collecting.
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Then and Now

A review of all the gentians once in the Wildflower Garden and the survivors.

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Fall asters and goldenrods

The beauties of autumn are shown on one page with links to plant details.

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Garden theme items by the Friends

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

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

Last site update: 08/21/24

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