Friends of the Wildflower Garden website history archive

History of the Friends of the Wildflower Garden

FRIENDS HISTORY TOPICS

Board of Directors – Current directors and historical list.

Board of Directors - Founders – Bio's of founding directors of the Friends.

Crone, Martha - Annual Reports – Summaries of her reports to the Minneapolis Parks Superintendent.

Early Documents – Sampling of early forms and letters.

Founders – List of founding directors of the Friends.

Membership committee chairs - historical list of persons (pdf).

Memorial Board Names - listing of persons named on the Shelter Memorial Board as memorials or "in-honor-of"

Mission Statement – Current Mission Statement of The Friends

Newsletter Archive – Past issues of The Fringed Gentian™ in download-able pdf format.

Newsletter Editors – List of Editors from 1953 to present time. (pdf file)

Officer List - Listing of all Officers of the Friends from 1952 to the present, sectioned by President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer.

Volunteer Coordinator - historical list of persons. (pdf)

Burma Shave – See "Clinton Odell" below.

HISTORY BY YEAR – A year chart of links to the history of the Eloise Butler Wild Flower Garden and of The Friends of the Wild Flower Garden

Memorials in the Martha Crone Shelter – Photos and text on the background of Shelter memorials

Odell, Clinton - Essay – Friends founder Clinton Odell writes of the uniqueness of the Garden and why The Friends were founded

Odell, Clinton - Sketch – Odell's color drawing of the "Old Garden Office" (pub. 2009)

Upland Garden Development – History of The Friends involvement in creating the upland part of the Garden

FRIENDS HISTORY TOPICS