THE FRINGED GENTIAN™
A PUBLICATION OF FRIENDS OF THE WILD FLOWER GARDEN, INC.
Highlights of recent issues
Two versions available:
(1) Download pdf of printed copy:
Download 4.6 mb file (prints on 8-1/2 x11).
(2) OR browser version
Web file (HTML):- Phone, tablet, and desktop browser friendly.
The next issue will be published in fall 2023.
Feature articles
The Ovenbird- wild spaces; Using invasive plants for food - Wild Parsnip; Should invasive plants be eliminated?; Revisiting the wild bee survey; the president's notes of getting children to the Garden; Susan Wilkins discusses volunteer efforts; New fencing and shrub planting at the Garden - FIPAG contributions; Donor support and memorials.
Spring 2023. Vol. 71 No. 1
Two versions available:
(1) Download pdf of printed copy:
Download 4.5 mb file (prints on 8-1/2 x11).
(2) OR browser version
Web file (HTML):- Phone, tablet, and desktop browser friendly.
Feature articles
Using invasive plants for food - Garlic Mustard on the menu; Garden Curator's notes on the Christmas Bird Count; Special rare, endangered and deceiving spring plants in the Garden; The Roberts Bird Sanctuary; president's experiences with the Christmas Bird Count; donor and volunteer notes; Garden connections with visitors and volunteers in 2022.
Fall 2022. Vol. 70 No. 3
Two versions available:
(1) Download pdf of printed copy:
Download 5.0 mb file (prints on 8-1/2 x11).
(2) OR browser version
Web file (HTML):- Phone, tablet, and desktop browser friendly.
Feature articles
Highlights of Dr. Lee Frelich's talk at the Friends Annual Meeting - “Could climate change turn Minnesota into the new Kansas?”; the Green Darner Dragonfly; Inside the Quaking Bog; re-discovery of a lost Twayblade in the Garden; president's letter on the use of plant identification guides; Garden Curators notes on 2022 Garden staff and the new entry kiosk; donor support information; new Board of Directors; historical numbers for Friends support for the Garden.
Summer 2022. Vol. 70 No. 2
Three versions available:
(1) Download pdf of printed copy:
Hi resolution 6.4 mb (best for printing).
(2) OR
Lo resolution 2.6 mb.
(3) OR browser version
Web file (HTML):- Phone, tablet, and desktop browser friendly.
Feature articles
70th Anniversary of the Friends
Wingspan - a game about birds.
Jennifer Olson's Friends President's Letter.
Garden Curators Notes by Susan Wilkins.
Memorials and Donations Report.
Spring 2022. Vol. 70 No. 1
Two versions available:
(1) Download pdf of printed copy:
Hi resolution 4.5 mb (best for printing).
(2) OR
Lo resolution - 2.8 mb.
(2) OR browser version
Web file (HTML):- Phone, tablet, and desktop browser friendly.
Feature articles
What It's Like to be a Bird - What they do and why.
Warblers in the Garden - The May migration. Photos.
The Trilliums at Eloise Butler - A view of those in the Wildflower Garden, now and historical.
Re-elected MPRB Commissioners.
25 years ago - a Friends project completed.
Jennifer Olson's President's Letter: Rosalie Edge and Hawk Mountain.
Spring Garden Notes by Curator Susan Wilkins.
Fall 2021. Vol. 69 No. 3
Three versions available:
(1) Download pdf of printed copy:
Hi resolution 12.8 mb (best for printing).
(2) OR
Lo resolution - 1.7 mb.
(3) OR browser version
Web file (HTML): - Phone, tablet, and desktop browser friendly.
Feature articles
Caught on Camera - the busy life of Garden inhabitants after dark.
Get to know our Region Better - John Moriarty's Field Guide to the Twin Cities.
Our Oak Trees - Will their dominance last?
There's Something in the Water - Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities
Jennifer Olson's President's Letter; 2021 How the Garden is doing by Curator Susan Wilkins; Donor support page, donations and memorials.
Previous Issues - go to Newsletter Archive.
©2023 Friends of the Wild Flower Garden, Inc.