History of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
GARDEN HISTORY TOPICS
Then and Now - Historical Comparisons.
Agassiz Association, the Gray Memorial Botanical Chapter, the Asa Gray Bulletin. (2020)
April Weather & Opening Day – Quotes from the Garden log's of the first 50 years and more recent times about the weather on April 1st. Early spring is not the norm. (2018)
Aquatic Pools in the Garden – History of open water in the Garden.
Bird Feeding Station at the Garden - historical notes and photos including notes on Lulu May Aler. (2020)
Birdbath in the Prairie – Origin of the granite birdbath on the central hill - Upland Garden (2010)
Birding at Eloise Butler: A review of why the Garden makes a great Bird Sanctuary and other current birding articles; Curator's birding notes from the first 70 years of the Garden. (2018)
Bloodroots - Double-flowered – Brief illustrated notes about the double-flowered Bloodroot that was in the Garden until the early 2000's.
Bloom Dates of plants (pdf) – Early and late bloom dates for 25 spring flowers, up through 1977, collected and averaged by former gardener Ken Avery.
Boardwalk Project – Photos and history of planning, construction, dedication and awards.
Crone, Martha - Annual Reports. – Summaries of her reports to the Minneapolis Parks Superintendent.
Crone, Martha - notes on birds during her tenure as Curator, 1933-1958.
Crone, Martha - 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. (1950s)
Fern Glen Development, 1955-1961 (2016)
Florilegium Project 2010--2025
Friend's Garden Projects-recent – Details of Current Project Plans and those most recently completed.
Friend's Garden Projects-past – Illustrated summary of past projects funded by the Friends.
Garden Fence – How the Garden got fenced in - 1924 and 100 years of changes up to 2024.
Garden History – Short history of the Garden and the Curator/Gardeners - a document of the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, created as an appendix to the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden & Bird Sanctuary Management Plan 2010-2015. (pdf file)
Garden History by Year – A year chart of links to the history of the Eloise Butler Wild Flower Garden and of The Friends of the Wild Flower Garden
Garden Name - variations over time. (pdf file)
Garden Origins – Archive paper from Minneapolis Park Board, written after 1929, published 1933.
Garden Visitors Shelter – Current building and history.
Gray Memorial Botanical Chapter, Agassiz Association, Asa Gray Bulletin. (2020)
Great Medicine Spring – A history of the attempt to improve water flow and quality.
Great Medicine Spring and other springs - details – first hand accounts of spring activity in and near the Garden, 1950 - 1990.
Hay, George Upham - An earlier Wild Botanic Garden. Hay's garden at Ingleside, New Brunswick; 8 years before the garden in Minneapolis. (2020)
Hepatica Hill – History of the Hepatica in the Garden and the restoration of Hepatica Hill.
Isle Royal plants to the Wildflower Garden - what Eloise and Martha collected.
Kids in the Garden – Two illustrated articles on kids groups visiting the Garden and what the activities were.
Mallard Pool - Background of a former Garden feature, Eloise Butler's writing about it, the area today. PDF File. (2018)
Martha E. Crone Shelter: History of the building and its predecessor.
Memorials in the Garden. – Photo pages of the various memorials and dedications within the Garden.
Memorials in the Martha Crone Shelter – Photos and text on the background of Shelter memorials
Monarch – The ancient White Oak that dominated Eloise Butler's Garden.
Mosquito control - historical problems, plant based repellants.
Old Curator's Office – The old "office" that was replaced by the Martha Crone Visitor Shelter.
Old Curator's Office Sketch – Color drawing by Clinton Odell circa 1950
Orchids in the Garden - a review of the species present today and a look at 36 historical species.
Past History by Year – A year chart of links to the history of the Eloise Butler Wild Flower Garden and of The Friends of the Wild Flower Garden
Prairie Burn 2014 – Before and after photos of a typical prairie burn. (2014)
The Quaking Bog: Information and photos about the wild bog that neighbors the Wildflower Garden.
Restoration in Upland Garden – A photo review of a five year restoration project in a section of the Upland Garden - 2009
Showy Lady's-slipper Rescues – Staff from the MN Landscape Arboretum and the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden obtain rescued plants from up north in 2012 and in 2005 with the Minnesota Dept of Transportation.
Springs in and near the Garden – first hand accounts of natural spring activity 1950 - 1990.
Storm Damage June 2010 – Photos of the thunderstorm damage in the Garden on June 25, 2010
Storm Damage May 2011 – Photos of the tornado damage in and near the Garden on May 22, 2011
Upland Garden Development – History of how the upland was added to the Garden
Upland Garden 1993 Land Addition – Friends member Elaine Christenson writes on the 1993 land addition to the Upland Prairie Garden. (Winter 1994)
Visitors Shelter – Current building and history.
Wetland in the Woodland Garden – History, environment and the plant community of the wetland. (2010)
Friends of the Wildflower Garden, Inc., P. O. Box 3793, Minneapolis, MN 55403. www.friendsofeloisebutler.org. 111525