Friends of the Wildflower Garden
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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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.
Then and Now
A review of all the gentians once in the Wildflower Garden and the survivors.
Fall asters and goldenrods
The beauties of autumn are shown on one page with links to plant details.
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Last site update: 08/21/24
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