The Little-Known Park In Minnesota Where, If You're Patient Enough, You Can Hold Butterflies
By Trent Jonas|Published June 03, 2023
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Trent Jonas came to Minnesota to attend college - and never left. He's a Twin Cities-based writer with a BA in English and a MFA in creative writing, a Minnesota Master Naturalist, and the proud father of two adult children. With more than a decade of freelance writing experience under his belt, Trent is often out exploring his favorite topics: Minnesota's woods, lakes, and trails. Rhubarb pie is his weakness, so discovering new diners is also a passion.
The Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden, in Minneapolis Park Board’s Lyndale Park, is a Minnesota pollinator garden that’s designed to attract and provide sanctuary for butterflies, bumblebees, hummingbirds, moths, and other important pollinator species. There are often so many butterflies in the park during warm weather months that one may actually land on you!
Lyndale Park is located in southwest Minneapolis, near Lake Harriet.
The Lyndale Park Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden is a place where pollinators, like butterflies, can find what they need to thrive and reproduce while they're in Minnesota during warm weather.
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The garden is planted with native species that pollinators have historically relied upon in Minnesota.
As fun as it is to see them at your backyard feeder, there's something even more special about watching hummingbirds interact with each other and their natural surroundings.
The Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden is adjacent to the magnificent Roberts Bird Sanctuary, which is a fabulous forest retreat in the middle of the city and makes for a nice little nature walk.
Be sure to visit this incredible park before the butterflies migrate away from Minnesota for the winter. You can learn more about Lyndale Park Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden on its website.
Have you visited this Minnesota pollinator garden? What are some other awesome places in Minnesota where you can experience pollinators up close? Let us know in the comments!
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