THE FRINGED GENTIAN™
A PUBLICATION OF FRIENDS OF THE WILDFLOWER GARDEN, INC.
Highlights of recent issues
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Feature articles
Rescuing lady's slippers; a birthday gift for Eloise - Garden entrance council ring project; upcoming Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden florilegium exhibition; rescue of an injured scarlet tanager; and President Olson writes about Eloise Butler's 175th anniversary. Garden Curator's notes on the Wildflower Garden being home to many rare MN-native plants; donor support, memorials, Friends news and other notes.
Spring 2026. Vol. 74 No. 1
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Unknotting oneself by a return to the Garden, Thoreau in Minnesota, skunk weed's emergence, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden bird crossword, Friends news and notes, President's greeting, Garden Curator's notes on activities in the Garden, donor support, memorials and other notes.
Fall 2025. Vol. 73 No. 3
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Quaking Bog boardwalk replacement begins, a new Garden dweller in the wetland, review of Phyllis Root's Chasing Wildflowers, Marie Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) illustrator and entomologist. Friends news and notes, President's greeting, Garden Curator's notes on activities in the Garden, donor support, memorials and other notes.
Summer 2025. Vol. 73 No. 2
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Barn swallows and mud pies, fascinating slime molds in the Garden, the confusing White-throated sparrow, Friends news and notes, President's greeting, Garden Curator's notes on activities in the Garden, donor support, memorials and other notes.
Spring 2025. Vol. 73 No. 1
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The fight against white- nose syndrom in bats, review of Birding to Change the World: A memoir, interview with new board member Joelle Hoeft, Eloise Butler - present when opportunity knocked, Friends news and notes, President's greeting, Garden Curator's notes on rare plants in the Garden, donor support, memorials and other notes.
Fall 2024. Vol. 72 No. 3
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Heather Holm's notes on wasps, articles on bees in trouble, the cowbird and fireflies in the Wildflower Garden. President's greeting, Garden Curator's notes, donor support, memorials and other notes.
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