ELOISE BUTLER Wildfower Garden & Bird Sanctuary

PROGRAMS

MINNEAPOLIS PARK & RECREATION BOARD

T H E O D O R E W I R T H P A R K

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019

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The Eloise Butler Wildfower Garden and Bird Sanctuary is 112 years old this year. In 1907, the Wildfower Garden was founded with a vision to create a dynamaic

and beautiful naturalistic, native plant focused garden for nature enthusiasts of all ages to enjoy. Te founder, Eloise Butler, was a school teacher who wanted to create a special sanctuary that students of nature could visit to learn about the intricacies and wonders of the native plants of our region. Now over a century later, her incredible legacy lives on.

Free public Wildfower Garden programs take place on the weekends and during the week. Find a date that works well for you on the calendar on pages 7-10. Te Nature Tots preschool programs are a great way for younger visitors to take delight in the Garden’s enchantment. Explore the Wildfower Garden at nightfall during one of the full moon and new moon hikes to see the Garden from a whole diferent perspective.

Wildfower Garden Naturalists will also be leading nature-focused tours April-October in Regional Parks across the city. See page 11 for information on these opportunities.

If you are interested in scheduling a feld trip or guided tour, contact the Wildfower Garden’s Program Coordinator at 612-499-9244 or send an email to ebwg@minneapolisparks.org for more information.

Stay in touch with the latest happenings at the Wildfower Garden on Facebook and online at www.minneapolisparks.org/ebwg.

We look forward to seeing you at the Wildfower Garden this fall. Enjoy!

Wildfower Garden Open April 1-October 15: 7 days a week October 15-31: weekends

Garden Hours: 7:30 am to one hour before sunset Visitor Shelter Hours: Monday-Saturday: 10am to one hour before sunset Sunday: noon to one hour before sunset

Family Fun! Adventure Back-packs flled with activities your family can do together are available to use while visiting the Garden. Stop in to the Visitor Shelter to borrow a backpack during your next visit. You can also borrow one of our Garden Scavenger Hunts for a fun way to explore the Garden with your family.

Forgot your binoculars? We have binoculars in the Visitor Shelter for you to borrow.

The Garden parking lot is a pay lot with a Pay and Display parking system. If you have a Minneapolis Parks Parking Permit sticker, you may park in any parking space. Non-permit holders may park in any space and use the pay box to pay for your parking ($1/hour, $4/ day). Payment receipts must be displayed on your car’s dashboard to be valid.

Thank you to Erin Hartman and Troy Johnson for providing the plant photos in this guide.

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NaturalistLed HIKES & TOURS

A Heroine’s History Join a Garden Naturalist on a tour of the Wildfower Garden and learn about the rich history of the nation’s oldest public wildfower garden and its founding mother and frst curator, Eloise Butler.

Autumn Wildfower Tour Autumn is unfolding in fowers at the Eloise Butler Wildfower Garden. Join a Garden Naturalist to explore the blossoms of autumn in the woodland, wetland, and prairie.

Birding Basics Beginning birders will learn a few techniques and tips for success with binoculars and feld guides and will discover what to look for when identifying birds in the feld. Bring binoculars or borrow ours.

Birding Stroll Join a Garden Naturalist for a birding-focused stroll on the garden trails. Learn a few techniques and tips for success with binoculars to look for and identify birds in the Garden. Bring binoculars or borrow ours.

Early Birders New birders and those with a little more experience are welcome to join our Garden Naturalist Saturday mornings. We’ll learn about bird identifcation, birding by ear, bird behavior and habitats. Bring binoculars and feld guide or borrow ours.

Family Garden Hike Meet up with other families on a hike led by a Garden Naturalist. Explore the Garden through movement, stories and play in a hike that is fun for the whole family.

Garden Storytime Families can join a Garden Naturalist each Wednesday or Saturday morning for a diferent nature themed story each week at a diferent spot in the Garden. Meet at the Visitor Shelter.

Magnifcent Mushrooms Behind the scenes of the Wildfower Garden, hosts of mushroom species are hard at work recycling nutrients and help-ing plants grow. Learn the basic structure of mushrooms and how to identify some species.

Prairie Wildfower Tour Tour the prairie and discover beautiful fowers and grasses. Learn about the history of prairies in Minnesota, how the prairie garden was created, and the methods used to maintain this lovely landscape.

*9OLJpQVnvRz Forest Bathing Come to the Garden and try “forest bathing” in the mornings this autumn. Soak up the sights, sounds, and smells of the Garden’s natural setting to promote physiological and psycho-logical health. It will give you an opportunity to slow down, appreciate things that can only be heard or seen when moving slowly and take a break from the stress of everyday life. This program will be offered every other Tuesday morning. Meet at the Visitor Shelter. Cost: $5 per person.

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Quaking Bog Tour Discover what makes a bog unique and what adaptations plants need to survive in this wetland environment. Meet at the Quaking Bog parking lot.

Season’s End Tour Join a Garden Naturalist for a fnal stroll through the Eloise Butler Wildfower Garden and Bird Sanctuary. Enjoy the colors of autumn and the sights and smells of this magnifcent place before the gates close on this glorious season.

Treemendous Trees Join a Garden Naturalist on a tree tour of the Garden. Learn what to look for when identifying trees, the key characteristics of species, tree stories, and where the heri-tage trees are located.

Wildfower Walk Join a Garden Naturalist on a wildfower focused walk in the Garden. Learn about and look for wildfowers of fall including conefowers, asters, goldenrod and more.

11th Annual Monarch Festival – Festival de la Monarca Come Saturday, September 7 to celebrate monarch butterfies

Tis year’s Monarch Festival will occur on Saturday, September 7, from 10 am to 4 pm. Te Festival celebrates the monarch butterfy's amazing 2,300 mile migration from Min-nesota to Mexico with music, food, dance, hands-on art, native plant sales and plenty of opportunities to get up close with monarch butterfies, learn about their habitats, and what you can do to make a diference. Te Festival will be held just east of the Lake Nokomis Community Center at Lake Nokomis. For more information, visit their website at monarchfestival.org

Help Wanted: Buckthorn Removal The Friends of the Eloise Butler Wild Flower Garden Invasive Plant Action Group buckthorn removal events:

Sunday, October 6, 2-4:30pm Saturday, October 12, 2-4:30pm Sunday, October 20, 2-4:30pm

Follow the signs from the main garden gate to the pulling site.

We work outside the garden to improve its immediate surroundings.

No Experience necessary. Tools, gloves, know-how and treats provided.

Come for as much or as little time as you have.

Volunteers are notifed by email of the schedule each season. For more information, or to be added to the list, please send an email to invasives@friendsofeloisebutler.org

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In the Garden SPECIAL WALKS &EVENTS

Special Programs

LABOR DAY EVENTS Monday, September 2

Join us on Labor Day for a full day of programs! We will have a special Labor Day Garden Storytime at 10:30am for some family fun. You can learn a bit of history with A Heroine’s History-A Walking History Tour at 1pm or enjoy a Birding Stroll at 5pm.

S’MORES AND STORIES Friday, September 20 6-7:30pm

Celebrate autumn at the Garden! Join Garden Naturalists for stories around a bonfre. Bring a friend and enjoy apple cider and s’mores during this special evening program at the Garden.

Full & New Moon Hikes

Hikes are led by Garden Naturalists Cost: $5/person

Enjoy a nighttime tour of the Wildfower Garden with Garden Naturalists. Meet at the Garden’s front gate. Advance registration is required. Find registration information on page 8.

FULL MOON GARDEN HIKE Tursday, September 12 7:30-8:30pm Full Harvest Moon Hike

Saturday, October 12 6:30-7:30pm Full Hunter’s Moon Hike

Take a twilight tour and discover the magic of being in our Sanctuary after the sun has set. We'll look for bats, listen for owls and see what other delights we can fnd under the glow of a full moon.

NEW MOON CREATURES OF THE NIGHT HIKE Saturday, September 28 7-8pm

Saturday, October 26 6-7pm

Experience the Garden at nightfall. Learn how to fne tune and use your senses while you discover the sights, sounds and smells of the Garden after dark. We’ll listen and look for bats, nighthawks, owls, insects, mushrooms that glow in the dark and more!

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In the Garde n CHILDREN & FAMILY PROGRAMS

Nature Tots Led by Garden Naturalists Cost: $5/per child, caregivers free

Nature Tots is appropriate for children ages 2 to 5 and includes an outdoor hike, activity and craft. Registration info on page 7. Advance registration is encouraged. Adults need not register.

SQUIRRELS! Tuesday, Sept. 3 10:30-11:30 am We will watch the busy squirrels and see if we can balance as easily as they do on logs. We'll make a squirrel craft and hear a story.

TERRIFIC TREES Tuesday, Sept. 10 10:30-11:30 am Let’s celebrate autumn and focus on trees! By exploring with our senses, we'll gain a greater appreciation of our giant friends.

SPIDERS Tuesday, Sept. 17 10:30-11:30 am We will look for these sometimes creepy looking creatures, read a story, and do a spidery craft!

OWLS Tuesday, Sept. 24 10:30-11:30 am Get to know these nighttime birds and what makes them unique in the bird world. We'll make an owl craft, do a activity and go on an exploration to look for evidence of the Garden’s very own Great Horned Owls.

LEAF HUNT Tuesday, Oct. 1 10:30-11:30 am Autumn arrives and leaves change color from green to red to yellow and more. Discover kinds of trees in the Garden as they drop their leaves along our trails and make your own leaf rubbing tree guide!

FEATHERED FRIENDS Tuesday, Oct. 8 10:30-11:30 am Bring your keen eyes and ears on a hike to look and listen for birds with our very own hand decorated binoculars! Learn more about birds with the book All About Birds by Catherine Sill.

TUCKING IN THE GARDEN Tuesday, Oct. 15 10:30-11:30 am It’s time to get the Garden ready for a nice winter nap. How do animals stay alive in the cold and where do they go? We'll make a hibernation craft and read a book about how animals know when it’s time to sleep.

Storytime and Family Hike Families can join a Garden Naturalist for Garden Storytime at 10:30am every Saturday—and stay for a hike! Our Family Garden Hike begins at 11am and allows families to experience the Garden with a naturalist-guided hike. Come for one or both! See page 3.

HOMESCHOOL DAYS Tursday, Sept. 5, 1-3pm – Decomposers Tursday, Oct. 3, 1-3pm – Trees

Homeschoolers ages 5-13 are invited to join a Garden Naturalist for an in-depth look at our favorite Garden topics. Homeschool days are for students and an adult. Cost: $5/student Advance registration is encouraged (see page 7). Adults need not register, children only.

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Events in the Garden September 2019

Sunday, September 1 1-2pm Quaking Bog Tour 4-4:45pm Family Garden Hike 5-5:45pm Wildfower Walk

Monday, September 2 Labor Day! 10:30-11am Garden Storytime 1-2pm A Heroine’s History – A Walking History Tour 5-5:45pm Birding Stroll

Tuesday, September 3 10:30-11:30am Nature Tots – Squirrels *$5 per child, caregiver free 5-5:45pm Wildfower Walk

Wednesday, September 4 10:30-11am Garden Storytime

Thursday, September 5 1-3pm Homeschool Day: Decomposers *$5 per child, caregiver free 5-5:45pm Birding Stroll

Saturday, September 7 8:30-10am Early Birders 10:30-11am Garden Storytime 11-11:45am Family Garden Hike 1-1:45pm Wildfower Walk 3-4pm Magnifcent Mushrooms 5-5:45pm Birding Stroll

Sunday, September 8 1-2pm Birding Basics 4-4:45pm Family Garden Hike 5-5:45pm Wildfower Walk

Tuesday, September 10 7:30-9am Forest Bathing *$5 per person 10:30-11:30am Nature Tots – Terrifc Trees *$5 per child, caregivers free 5-5:45pm Wildfower Walk

Wednesday, September 11 10:30-11am Garden Storytime

HOW TO REGISTER Pre-payment of fees for Nature Tots, Homeschool Days, Forest Bathing, Full Moon & New Moon tours are required. All other tours are free and we ask that you register for them in advance.

Online at www.minneapolisparks.org using ActiveNet (credit card payment)

In person at the Visitor Shelter in the Wildfower Garden (checks payable to Eloise Butler Wildfower Garden)

*Special class at the Garden—see descriptions on pages 3-5.

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Thursday, September 12 5-5:45pm Birding Stroll 7:30-8:30pm Full Harvest Moon Hike *$5 per person

Saturday, September 14 8:30-10am Early Birders 10:30-11am Garden Storytime 11-11:45am Family Garden Hike 1-1:45pm Wildfower Walk 3-4pm Prairie Wildfower Tour 5-5:45pm Birding Stroll

Sunday, September 15 1-2pm Magnifcent Mushrooms 4-4:45pm Family Garden Hike 5-5:45pm Wildfower Walk

Tuesday, September 17 10:30-11:30am Nature Tots – Spiders *$5 per child, caregiver free 5-5:45pm Wildfower Walk

Wednesday, September 18 10:30-11am Garden Storytime

Thursday, September 19 5-5:45pm Birding Stroll

Friday, September 20 6-7:30pm S’mores and Stories

Saturday, September 21 8:30-10am Early Birders 10:30-11am Garden Storytime 11-11:45am Family Garden Hike 1-1:45pm Wildfower Walk 3-4pm Magnifcent Mushrooms 5-5:45pm Birding Stroll

Sunday, September 22 1-2pm Autumn Wildfower Tour 4-4:45pm Family Garden Hike 5-5:45pm Wildfower Walk

Tuesday, September 24 7:30-9am Forest Bathing *$5 per person 10:30-11:30am Nature Tots – Owls *$5 per child, caregiver free 5-5:45pm Wildfower Walk

Wednesday, September 25 10:30-11am Garden Storytime

Thursday, September 26 5-5:45pm Birding Stroll

Saturday, September 28 8:30-10am Early Birders 10:30-11am Garden Storytime 11-11:45am Family Garden Hike 1-1:45pm Wildfower Walk 3-4pm Tremendous Trees 5-5:45pm Birding Stroll 7-8pm New Moon Creatures of the Night Hike *$5 per person

Sunday, September 29 1-2pm Magnifcent Mushrooms 4-4:45pm Family Garden Hike 5-5:45pm Wildfower Walk

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October 2019

Tuesday, October 1 10:30-11:30am Nature Tots – Leaf Hunt *$5 per child, caregiver free

Wednesday, October 2 10:30-11am Garden Storytime

Thursday, October 3 1-3pm Homeschool Day: Trees *$5 per child, caregiver free

Saturday, October 5 9:30-11am Early Birders 10:30-11am Garden Storytime 11-11:45am Family Garden Hike 1-1:45pm Wildfower Walk 3-4pm Autumn Wildfower Tour

Sunday, October 6 1-2pm Tremendous Trees 4-4:45pm Family Garden Hike

Tuesday, October 8 7:30-9am Forest Bathing *$5 per person 10:30-11:30am Nature Tots – Feathered Friends *$5 per child, caregiver free

Wednesday, October 9 10:30-11am Garden Storytime

Saturday, October 12 9:30-11am Early Birders 10:30-11am Garden Storytime 11-11:45am Family Garden Hike 1-1:45pm Wildfower Walk 3-4pm Magnifcent Mushrooms 6:30-7:30pm Full Hunter’s Moon Hike *$5 per person

Sunday, October 13 1-2pm Birding Basics 4-4:45pm Family Garden Hike

Tuesday, October 15 10:30-11:30am Nature Tots – Tucking in the Garden *$5 per child, caregiver free

HOW TO REGISTER Pre-payment of fees for Nature Tots, Homeschool Days, Forest Bathing, Full Moon & New Moon tours are required. All other tours are free and we ask that you register for them in advance.

Online at www.minneapolisparks.org using ActiveNet (credit card payment)

In person at the Visitor Shelter in the Wildfower Garden (checks payable to Eloise Butler Wildfower Garden)

*Special class at the Garden—see descriptions on pages 3-5

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Saturday, October 19 9:30-11am Early Birders 10:30-11am Garden Storytime 11-11:45am Family Garden Hike 1-1:45pm Wildfower Walk 3-4pm Autumn Wildfower Tour

Sunday, October 20 1-2pm Tremendous Trees 4-4:45pm Family Garden Hike

Saturday, October 26 9:30-11am Early Birders 10:30-11am Garden Storytime 11-11:45am Family Garden Hike 1-1:45pm Wildfower Walk 3-4pm Season’s End Tour 6-7pm New Moon Creatures of the Night Hike *$5 per person

Sunday, October 27 1-2pm Season’s End Tour 4-4:45pm Family Garden Hike

Tanks for a great season! Te Garden will be open weekends only from October 16-31. Hours are 7:30am to one hour before sunset. Te Visitor Shelter will be open Saturdays, 10am to one hour before sunset and Sundays, noon to one hour before sunset. Te Garden will open on April 1, 2020, weather permitting.

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Join the Garden naturalists in the Minneapolis Regional Parks Join the Naturalists of the Eloise Butler Wildfower Garden in Minneapolis Regional Parks to learn about the birds, plants and natural history of our great urban green spaces.

TOURS AT ROBERTS BIRD SANCTUARY Roberts Bird Sanctuary is located in Lyndale Park. Te walks start at the wooden gazebo (above photo) adjacent to the parking lot of Roseway Road, ½ block northeast of Lake Harriet Parkway.

Join an interpretive naturalist on a walk through Roberts Bird Sanctuary to look for and learn about migratory and resident birds. Bring binoculars and a feld guide or borrow ours.

Wednesday on the Wing: a seasonal series of birding walks 6-7 pm, every third Wednesday from April-September

Wednesday, September 18, 6-7 pm

TOURS AT MINNEHAHA REGIONAL PARK Meet at the bridge overlooking Minnehaha Falls across from SeaSalt restaurant. Naturalist will have a sign that reads “MPRB Regional Park Tour starts here.”

Marvelous Nature Mondays: a seasonal series of nature walks

5-6 pm, every frst Monday from April-October Monday, September 2, 5-6 pm Mushroom Identifcation Monday, October 1, 5-6 pm History Tour of Minnehaha Park

REGIONAL PARK TOURS AT MISSISSIPPI RIVER GORGE Watch for autumn migrants along the Mississippi River in Minneapolis while birding with a naturalist. Meet at the parking lot at 36th Street East and West River Parkway. Bring your binoculars or borrow ours.

Autumn Birding on the Mississippi Flyway – Mississippi River Gorge

Sunday, September 29, 8-9am Sunday, October 6, 8-9am

HOW TO REGISTER FOR REGIONAL PARKS TOURS Regional Tours are free although we request that you register for them in advance.

E Register online at minneapolisparks.org.

E Call the Eloise Butler Wildfower Garden at 612.370.4903 to register.

E Simply show up! If the tour is full, priority will be given to advance registrations.

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Stay on the trails at all times to protect the Garden

No picking or collecting

No dogs or pets (service animals only)

No commercial or posed photography

No trail running

No bicycles

No smoking