
Intimate Details of the Natural World: Botanical Art of Minnesota from the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary Florilegium
January 3, 2026 - March 8, 2026
Katherine Kierland Herberger Gallery, Community Commons
Free Exhibition
The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary Florilegium consists of illustrative artworks depicting the unique plants in the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden, located in Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis. A visual historical record of a selection of Minnesota-native flora found in the 18-acre Garden, the florilegium captures intimate details of the natural world in a changing environment.
Created by artists of the Minnesota School of Botanical Art, these artworks bring to life native plants from the oldest public wildflower garden in the United States. They further the tradition of botanical illustration that combines both the scientific and the aesthetic in drawing and painting.
Ronda Dick, Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides, 2021.