Friends of the Wildflower Garden
Now in our 72nd year - Dedicated to Protecting, Preserving and Promoting
The interests of The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary*
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- New construction at the Garden this spring
- An Eloise Butler orchid - one of her early plantings
- Water in the wetland - a bit about the pools
Our Newsletter
The Fringed Gentian™
Spring 2024
All back issues - Newsletter archive.
Summer 2024 issue will be released in July.
Help Students Visit the Garden in 2024
Not all school children have ability to visit the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden. Schools lack funds for the buses.
That's where we help!
Donate to our Transportation Grant Program!
Orchids in Eloise Butler
A review historically of all the colorful members of the orchid family that have graced the wetland and hillsides.
Past and present.
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Then and Now
A selection of articles showing views of the Wildflower Garden from decades past vs similar contemporary views of the Wildflower Garden.
Great-Horned Owls at Eloise Butler
These large owls have inhabited the woods around the Wildflower Garden for decades. Some current notes and historical references to other owls in the Garden.
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Last site update: 05/07/24
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