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Friends of the Wild Flower Garden

Now ending our 70th year - Dedicated to Protecting, Preserving and Promoting
The interests of The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary*

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Current Issue of The Fringed Gentian™
Spring 2022

All back issues - Newsletter archive.

MYSTERY PLANT ANSWER HERE

Summer 2022 issue in early July.

Mid Sumnmer Flowers

Photo sampler from the Garden of wildflowers blooming in June and early July.

Photo page.

A tale from the Garden

Eloise Butler and Mary Meeker visit Interstate Park to find the Fragrant Fern and how Eloise risked her neck to achieve one.

Article.

Twigs and Branches

Twigs and Branches latest email -

about white strawberries, white summer native flowers, our 70th anniversary and more.

Garden Plant of the Week

Selected from the many species in, or historical to, the Garden.

Can you identify this spring flowering plant?

LEARN ABOUT IT HERE

Native summer wildflowers for shade

A tree shaded area is not an impediment to a native summer wild flower garden. These Minnesota natives that will please without much annual exertion.

Article.

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Garden theme items for sale

graphic image of book — Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden Plant Photo ID Guide

graphic image of book cover — Downloadable history books about the Garden

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Last site update: 07/02/2022.

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©2022 Friends of the Wild Flower Garden, Inc., P. O. Box 3793, Minneapolis, MN 55403. www.friendsofthewildflowergarden.org or www.friendsofeloisebutler.org. All articles and photos are the property of the Friends of the Wild Flower Garden Inc. unless noted otherwise.