THE FRINGED GENTIAN™
A PUBLICATION OF FRIENDS OF THE WILD FLOWER GARDEN, INC.
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The next issue will be published in spring 2023.
Feature articles
Highlights of Dr. Lee Frelich's talk at the Friends Annual Meeting - “Could climate change turn Minnesota into the new Kansas?”; the Green Darner Dragonfly; Inside the Quaking Bog; re-discovery of a lost Twayblade in the Garden; president's letter on the use of plant identification guides; Garden Curators notes on 2022 Garden staff and the new entry kiosk; membership information; donations; new Board of Directors; historical numbers for Friends support for the Garden.
Summer 2022. Vol. 70 No. 2
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Feature articles
70th Anniversary of the Friends
Wingspan - a game about birds.
Jennifer Olson's Friends President's Letter.
Garden Curators Notes by Susan Wilkins.
Memorials and Donations Report.
Spring 2022. Vol. 70 No. 1
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Feature articles
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.
Fall 2021. Vol. 69 No. 3
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The next issue will be published in early Spring 2022.
Feature articles
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
Jennifer Olson's President's Letter; 2021 How the Garden is doing by Curator Susan Wilkins; Membership changes, member notes, donations and memorials.
Summer 2021. Vol. 69 No. 2
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The next issue will be published in late Autumn 2021.
Feature articles
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.
Jennifer Olson's President's Letter; 2021 How the Garden is doing by Curator Susan Wilkins; Membership changes, member notes, donations and memorials.
Spring 2021. Vol. 69 No. 1
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Feature articles
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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