About the Friends of the Wildflower Garden
The Friends of the Wildflower Garden, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Minnesota Non-profit corporation founded in 1952 by a group of private citizens. Learn about our mission and organization:
You Can Help:
Our efforts to support the Wildflower Garden are enabled by contributions of volunteer time and contributions of funds from people who want to maintain and support this unique place.
Student Visit Transportation Funding
Learn about the Wildflower Garden
Below: A group of volunteers of the Greater Eloise Stewards clearing the oak savanna of buckthorn.
Our Garden Support
Since 1952 have supported the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary. Learn how:
2025 and Most Recent Funding Efforts
Our History and Garden History
In 1952 Clinton Odell founded The Friends of the Wildflower Garden. He describes why.
Below: 50 years of major infrastructure projects at Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden funded by the Friends. Details on all these projects are in appropriate year of the Garden History.
Garden theme items by the Friends
