Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary-___' (Quad) (lat, long)
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My comments: The Garden is situated in a ravine and is about 15 acres in size. There seems to be three sections: woodland, wetlands and prairies. We do not go into the prairies section. The paths have a thin layer of cedar mulch over them rather than gravel. As you walk, there is a sense of softness and silence, allowing you to enjoy the peace of the area. There are signs along the way which identify plants along with an occasional short note. This is a garden for you to enjoy just being there rather than to educate or strike you with awe.
From the University of Minnesota: This is the oldest public wildflower garden in the US. In 1907, Eloise Butler and three other botany teachers in Minneapolis asked that a small portion of the then Glenwood Park, now Theodore Wirth Park, be set aside as a “wild” garden. They saw such a garden as a botany laboratory and, farsightedly, hoped its establishment would help protect species native to Minnesota. A 13 acre site surrounding a tamarack bog was selected and preserved with an initial budget of $200. The garden has 2/3 mile of somewhat hilly wood chipped pathways that take visitors not only down to the low, boggy area, but through dappled, ferny woodlands and, also, up into a third habitat featuring upland and prairie plant species. The over 500 different herbaceous and woody plants contained in these three habitats are those initially found on the site augmented by other native species gathered by Butler from the surrounding metropolitan area. Identifying signage on plants with both common and Latin names, is quite plentiful. There are leaflets at the front gate with plant and bird checklists. Naturalist tours and programs are offered on weekends.
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- June 25, 2026 - as part of the walk along the Chain of Lakes, we stopped in at Butler Gardens
- Minneapolis Depart of Parks and Recreation
- University of Minnesota Twin Cities
- Friends of the Wildflower Garden
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