Jacksonville Florida - Butterfly Festival April 24th 2010

.......................................2010 Joseph A. Strasser 9th Annual Butterfly Festival

April is Florida Butterfly & Butterfly Gardening Month. Tree Hill Nature Center mascot, Bella Butterfly, invites you to celebrate Tree Hill style Saturday, April 24, 2010 at the nature center’s 9th Annual Butterfly Festival.

The festival features a live butterfly exhibit, games and activities for children, live entertainment, special lectures, food and much more. Guests are encouraged to roam the trails, learn more about butterfly gardening and the environment from local experts, and shop at the Monarch Mall, where vendors showcase everything from native plants to yard art and jewelry.

The event runs from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and culminates with nature’s fireworks – a live native butterfly release. Thousands of butterflies cover the sky and this sight is guaranteed to delight all who attend.

This year’s event commemorates Tree Hill’s 39th anniversary as Jacksonville’s Nature Center and is the premier butterfly festival of Northeast Florida. Annually, thousands of community members and visitors flock to this unique family-oriented outdoor celebration. The festival focuses upon edu-tainment – education that is entertaining and enlightening to children and adults.


http://www.treehill.org/butterfly-festival

$4 Adults

$3 Seniors/Students/Military

$2 Children

Family Saturdays - $5 per family


7152 Lone Star Rd.Jacksonville, Florida, 32211


For a Dollar of coupon ... http://www.treehill.org/butterfly-festival-coupon


If you have any questions , Please feel free to ask.

Brandy

Thanks, b., for posting this info.

It's always good to know what is going on in the World of Butterflies. I hope someone sees this and decides they can go!

I think it would be great if we started a thread about all the Butterfly Festivals and Exhibits and Bandings that go on thru the season!?

I know the Cincinnati Conservatory is having their Annual Butterfly Show this month (April): http://www.butterflyshow.com/ featuring Butterflies of Japan.

t.

Hey T.

That sounds like a great idea ... I'll post more that I come across ... =D

Anyone who has any information on Any Buuterfly or Hummingbird or even Dragonfly Festivals and exhibits ... Please Feel Free to Post Here =D With links if possible.

Our butterfly festival usually starts around the third Thursday of October.
This is the festival link - but it won't be updated with the 2010 15th Annual Festival information until around August or September. Keep watching for those interested in traveling down south in the hopes of getting photos of our give or take 320 recorded species :o)

http://www.texasbutterfly.com/

This message was edited Apr 20, 2010 12:34 PM