Going Wild with Eloise Butler

by Judy Bridell

Summary

Eloise Butler loved the outdoors. A botany teacher in early Minneapolis, her dream was a wild garden. Here she nurtured over 700 kinds of native mosses, ferns, trees, shrubs, and wildflowers. Theodore Wirth wrote of her, Hers was a life of happiness in a kingdom all of her own, and her spirit has not departed from these grounds. Going Wild with Eloise Butler is a biography for middle readers. It includes many plant-friendly activities, an environmental Code of Ethics, references for further reading, and an index.