THE FRINGED GENTIAN™

Feature articles

70th Anniversary of the Friends

Jumping worm identification

Interview with Steve Benson

Wingspan - a game about birds.

Jennifer Olson's Friends President's Letter.

Garden Curators Notes by Susan Wilkins.

Membership Page

Memorials and Donations Report.

In the last 20 years

Some Friends historical numbers

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What It's Like to be a Bird - What they do and why.

Warblers in the Garden - The May migration. Photos.

The Trilliums at Eloise Butler - A view of those in the Wildflower Garden, now and historical.

Re-elected MPRB Commissioners.

25 years ago - a Friends project completed.

Jennifer Olson's President's Letter: Rosalie Edge and Hawk Mountain.

Spring Garden Notes by Curator Susan Wilkins.

Membership changes, member notes. Donations and memorials.

Spring Garden open hours.

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Caught on Camera - the busy life of Garden inhabitants after dark.

Get to know our Region Better - John Moriarty's Field Guide to teh Twin Cities.

Our Oak Trees - Will their dominance last?

There's Something in the Water - Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities

New Directors

Jennifer Olson's President's Letter; 2021 How the Garden is doing by Curator Susan Wilkins; Membership changes, member notes, donations and memorials.

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FIPAG after 15 years - what the invasive volunteers have accomplished.

In Praise of Summer Flowers - Eloise Butler writes of mid-summer beauty.

Minnesota's Natural Heritage - Review of Recent book.

Fireweed - Eloise could not make it grow.

A special legacy - How the Friends have been honored.

Annual Members Meeting

Jennifer Olson's President's Letter; 2021 How the Garden is doing by Curator Susan Wilkins; Membership changes, member notes, donations and memorials.

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Owls of the Garden - recent activity of the Great Horned Owls.

Our Native Dogwoods - How to identify all 6. History in the Garden.

The Art of Collecting Native Seeds. - When, where and how to do it.

Honoring Eloise Butler. - How would she face current conservation issues?

Jennifer Olson's first President's Letter; 2021 Garden opening plans by Curator Susan Wilkins; Membership changes, 40 year members, donations and memorials; longest serving shelter volunteers.

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Flying Squirrels - our hidden neighbors. Around, but seldom seen.

An Earlier Wild Botanic Garden - One that predated Eloise Butler's Garden.

Snow Tracks - Take a walk in the cold after a snow and look around you.

Kathy Connelly's last President's Letter; 2020 Garden review by Curator Susan Wilkins; Membership changes, donations and memorials; New board of directors.

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Social media campaigns highlight Black scientists and nature enthusiasts - the outdoors are not always a welcoming place for everyone.

Native American Ethnobotany - the work of Frances Densmore - Her preservation of Native American knowledge.

An interview with Pam Weiner - Board member and past president.

A history of Garden closures - The closure for COVID 19 was an unusual event, but it is not the first time the Garden has closed.

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