Winter scenes of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden, Minneapolis MN

Friends of the Wildflower Garden

Winter-time photos from The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

Front gate 2018 — Front Gate, deep snow April 5, 2018
(G D Bebeau)

Boardwalk 2022 — Wetland boardwalk 2022
( Mpls Park and Rec Board)

Crone shelter 2014 — Martha Crone Shelter 2017
(Mpls Park and Rec Board)

Front Gate in snow — The Front Gate (Judy Remington)

Front steps in snow — Front steps to the Parking lot
(Judy Remington)

Bench in snow — Schaar Memorial Bench
(Judy Remington)

West side fence — Path- west boundary fence
(Judy Remington)

Back fence in snow — Path - back boundary fence
(Judy Remington)

Winter Vista — West side vista
(Judy Remington)

Upland East — East Upland
(G D Bebeau)

Back gate in snow — The back gate and path
(Judy Remington)

Back Gate Fence — Back Gate Fence and old Bird Feeder
(G D Bebeau)

Fron steps in snow — Front Steps - First Snow 2009
(Phoebe Waugh)

Garden Shelter 2017 — Martha Crone Shelter
(G D Bebeau)

Hemlock Grove — Hemlock Grove inside Back Gate
(G D Bebeau)

Crone Shelter in Snow — Martha Crone Shelter
(Friends)

Bridge and dam at Mallard Pool — Dam and old Bridge at Mallard Pool
(G D Bebeau)
Historical Details

Historical Views

Unless otherwise noted, these historical views are from photographs and kodachrome slides taken by Garden Curator Martha Crone on the dates indicated. They are from her collection of Kodachromes that was given to the Friends by her daughter Janet following Martha's death in 1989.

Christmas 1932 — Christmas Day 1932
(photo P.A. Pabody)

Garden Office 1936 — Garden Office Feb. 29, 1936
Historical Details Cabin History

Garden Office 1950 — Garden Office Feb. 16, 1950
Historical Details

Garden Office 1953 — Garden and Office March 9, 1953

Garden Office 1956 — Garden Office Feb. 1956

Woodland Bog 1951 — Woodland Bog Area Nov. 8, 1951
Historical Details

Winter Cabin — Looking toward Office Feb. 18, 1953

Violet Path — Violet Path Feb. 18, 1953

Entrance Road — Entrance road Jan 27, 1951

Garden Office — Garden Office March 25, 1933
(photo P.A. Pabody)

Garden Office — Garden Office April 14, 1949

1936 bird feeding station — The hemlock path with 1924 fences.
Photo Lulu May Aler

1936 bird feeding station — The Bird Feeding Station - 1926.
Photo Lullu May Aler

Across Birch Pond — Birch Pond April 14, 1949 after 9-1/2" snow.

birch pond 2018 winter — Birch Pond April 5, 2018 after 11" snow
(G D Bebeau)