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The Friends of the Wild Flower Garden
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Dedicated to
Protecting, Preserving and Promoting
The interests of
The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
And Bird Sanctuary |
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Want to know more?
Please click on the links to the left to obtain more information about The Friends, their mission, opportunities for volunteering, how to become a member and for other information about this unique garden and its history. |
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Late Summer landscapes in the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden.
(2nd photo on mouse-over)
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| The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary, the oldest public wildflower garden in the United States, is a part of the Minneapolis Parks System and is owned and managed by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. The Garden, located within the boundaries of Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a 15 acre site comprised of cultivated but naturalistic, woodland, wetland, oak savanna and prairie environments, with 2/3 rd's of a mile of unimproved pathways and a rustic shelter where educational materials and guidebooks can be found. |
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A Seasonal Poem |
The wind-flower and the violet, they perished long ago,
And the brier-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow;
But on the hill the goldenrod, and the aster in the wind,
and the yellow sunflower by the brook in Autumn beauty stood.
Wm. Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
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| © 2010 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. |
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