Theodore Wirth Park, Minneapolis — America's Oldest Wildflower Garden and the Quaking Bog

On the western edge of Minneapolis there is a park so large that people compare it to Central Park in New York, and it comes surprisingly close. A narrated walk through Theodore Wirth Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Real footage from the trail, with the deep history and natural history of the place: the geology that built it, the people whose homeland it is, and how it came to be protected. Filmed August 2023. CHAPTERS 0:00 Hook 0:45 Where We Are 1:37 On Foot 2:22 A Park Called Glenwood 3:07 The Gardener From Winterthur 3:54 Evening In The Woods 4:37 The Quarter-Mile Doctrine 5:31 Walk On The Grass 6:15 Glacial Ground 7:05 Reading The Land By Foot 7:46 Wirth Lake 8:28 Bassett Creek 9:09 The Grand Rounds 9:59 Crossing The Parkway 10:43 A Garden Is Born 11:37 Eloise 12:28 The Garden Woods 13:13 The Rainy Morning 13:55 The Tamarack Swamp 14:48 Toward The Bog 15:26 The Quaking Bog 16:14 Ground That Moves 16:56 Life In Acid Water 17:43 Back To High Ground 18:25 First Tee, Free Of Charge 19:14 A Chalet On The Prairie 19:59 The Long Light 20:42 The Neighbors 21:27 The Winter Park 22:17 Every Season'S Park 22:58 The City At The Edge 23:44 Dusk 24:24 The Man Who Walked His Parks 25:12 Outro CREDITS Music: Earth Prelude by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0. Narration is AI generated; history verified against public sources. @fruworldexplorer