Fun educational activities for all ages!

Butterfly Gardening Workshop

Learn all about local butterflies, their favorite nectar plants, and how to build the perfect garden to attract butterflies. 

Local butterfly favorite plants, as well as local native chrysalis, will be available for purchase! 

11am

3pm

Butterfly Raising Workshop

Learn about the life cycle of butterflies and how to raise your very own. We’ll share their favorite things to eat, habitat, and more!

Local butterfly favorite plants, as well as local native chrysalis, will be available for purchase! 

12pm

2pm

Live Native & Tropical Butterfly Release

Peer into the amazing world of the chrysalis chamber and watch as the newly emerged butterflies take their first flight into our tropical pavilion!

12pm

3pm

Guided Butterfly Pavilion Tour

Join our staff for an unforgettable walk through our 7,000 square tropical pavilion filled with live butterflies. We’ll tell you all about our collection of plants and how we sustain this special habitat for our butterflies. 

10.30am

4pm

Butterfly Pavilion Sponsor-a-Plant

Be a forever part of our museum by donating a milkweed plant to be planted in our museum. Each donated plant will feature a label with its name and the name of its donor. Your donation will help enrich our habitat and help us share the awe of nature with local kids. 

Each milkweed plant is $5 to donate to the museum. You can also take one home for $10 and build your own butterfly garden!

Milkweed Seed Bomb Making Class 

Learn about monarch butterflies and their amazing life cycle. Our expert staff will show you how to make a seed bomb made out of milkweed seeds, the favorite snack of monarch butterflies! The seed bomb will be yours to take home and plant. We hope it brings many butterflies to your garden!

1pm

4pm

Make wings with Pop-Up Play

Have a blast with Pop-Up Play and make any kinds of wings you can dream up! We look forward to seeing your creativity in action. 

3-4.30pm 

Butterfly Wing Jewelry Making

Remember your visit to the butterfly pavilion forever with a one of a kind piece of jewelry. We’ll have wings and jewelry findings – you bring your creativity and create something amazing.

Available all day on the 2nd floor of the museum. 

**Additional fee applies – $5/ piece of jewelry**

And much more in the museum!

• Face painting
• Wings of Paper Theatre Interactive Skits
• Scavenger hunt with prize!
• Live animal handling
• Butterfly coloring
• Live music 
• Food and beverages available for purchase