Garden History Books - PDF format
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The Wild Botanic Garden - Eloise Butler Years
Eloise Butler - Selected Writings
This Satisfying Pursuit - Martha Crone
The Native Plant Reserve - Martha Crone Years.
Seventy Years of The Friends, Volume 1
Seventy Years of The Friends, Volume 2
Seventy Years of The Friends, Volume 3
For Sale: Plant Identification Book and Note Cards
The Wild Botanic Garden
Eloise Butler and the Wild Flower Garden
PDF format book
The Wild Botanic Garden is a companion volume to Martha Hellander's biography of Eloise Butler - The Wild Gardener. It provides a detailed narrative of each year of Eloise Butler's tenure as Curator - 1907-1933. It contains 304pages, historical photos, documents, all the known correspondence between Eloise Butler and Martha Crone, plus index. If printed double sided, it is in book format - 8-1/2 x 11 size pages. This file will view correctly in Adobe Reader or similar program. Text by Gary Bebeau.
304 pages. Revised March 2022
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Eloise Butler
Selected Writings
PDF format book
Selected Writings: Once the Garden was established in 1907, Eloise began writing about it. Some of her essays were published in various periodicals, newspapers and many were included in the bulletins of the Gray Memorial Botanical Chapter, division D, of the Agassiz Association. These 32 essays begin with a short autobiography and progress to describing events that occurred in the Garden or on plant hunting excursions; some are observations on the characteristics of plants. Her intent was to group them into several series under titles such as "Annals of the Wild Life Reserve,” but she never did. Also included in the book are her 22 1911 newspaper columns about the seasonal progression of flowering plants. All the writings include contemporary color photos related to the topic.
If printed double sided, it is in book format - 8-1/2 x 11 size pages. This file will view correctly in Adobe Reader or similar program. Text edited by Gary Bebeau.
177 pages. March 2022
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This Satisfying Pursuit
Martha Crone and the Wild Flower Garden
PDF format book
This Satisfying Pursuit is a book-length sketch of the Garden's second curator and founding member of The Friends of the Wild Flower Garden. It has 176 pages, historical photos, documents, all the known correspondence between Eloise Butler and Martha Crone, plus index. If printed double sided, it is in book format - 8-1/2 x 11 size pages. This file will view correctly in Adobe Reader or similar program. Text by Gary Bebeau.
185 pages. Revised March 2022
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The Native Plant Reserve
The Martha Crone Years 1933-1958
PDF format book
The Native Plant Reserve is a companion volume to This Satisfying Pursuit. It provides a detailed narrative of each year of Martha Crone's Curator years - 1933-1958, which are only summarized in the previous book. The book has 266 pages, historical photos and documents. PDF format, 8-1/2 x 11 inches - in book format if printed double sided. Text by Gary Bebeau.
270 pages. Revised March 2022
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Seventy Years of The Friends.
A History of Friends of the Wild Flower Garden
Volume 1
PDF format book
Seventy Years of The Friends documents the activities of the Friends of the Wild Flower Garden and events happening in the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden from the founding of the Friends in 1952 until 2022. 3 volumes. Volume 1 has 309 pages with a narrative text of 150 pages with b/w and color images plus 40 pages of color photos, 114 pages of appendices and index. Volumes 2 and 3 are detailed individual year histories, background to volume 1, but not necessary for using volume 1. If printed double sided, it is in book format - 8-1/2 x 11 size pages. This file will view correctly in Adobe Reader or similar program. Text by Gary Bebeau.
Volume 1, 309 pages. April 2022
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Volume 1 is currently available in printed softcover form, spiral bound, with protective front and back covers.
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Seventy Years of The Friends.
Volume 2
PDF format book
Volume 2 of Seventy Years of The Friends documents the activities of the Friends of the Wild Flower Garden and events happening in the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden for the individual years 1952 through 1991. This information is background to volume 1, but not necessary for using volume 1. Color and black/white photos, full index. If printed double sided, it is in book format - 8-1/2 x 11 size pages. This file will view correctly in Adobe Reader or similar program. Text by Gary Bebeau.
Volume 2, 284 pages. April 2022
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Seventy Years of The Friends.
Volume 3
PDF format book
Volume 3 of Seventy Years of The Friends documents the activities of the Friends of the Wild Flower Garden and events happening in the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden for the individual years 1992 through 2021. This information is background to volume 1, but not necessary for using volume 1. Color and black/white photos, full index. If printed double sided, it is in book format - 8-1/2 x 11 size pages. This file will view correctly in Adobe Reader or similar program. Text by Gary Bebeau.
Volume 3, 266 pages. April 2022
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