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Butterfly Education and Awareness Day
Birmingham Botanical Gardens, June 14, 2014, 10 - 2 p.m. Free
Why Celebrate Butterflies?
While honeybees and bumblebees are the best known pollinators, there are a myriad of other insects that help to pollinate plants and crops. The most beautiful and graceful are butterflies. Butterflies may not be as efficient pollinators as bees, however they do their share in helping plants generate the vegetables and fruit that we eat for enjoyment and to stay healthy. Unfortunately, there is increasing evidence that the health and populations of many pollinator species are in decline. Home gardeners and landscapers can create pollinator-friendly gardens to preserve native pollinator populations and enjoy the beauty and interest they provide.
In cooperation with Birmingham Zoo, Ruffner Mountain and McWane Science Center, Birmingham Botanical Gardens presents Birmingham’s Butterfly Education and Awareness Day on June 14. Each year, the Association for Butterflies, a non-profit organization dedicated to the welfare of butterflies through conservation, research and promotion of butterfly gardening and butterfly farmers, celebrates Butterfly Education Awareness Day on the first Saturday of June. The Gardens will also be joined by its friends at Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the Native Plant Group at Birmingham Botanical Gardens. The event will be held at The Gardens from 10 – 2 p.m. Admission is free.
Birmingham Zoo will host children’s activities from 10 – 2 p.m., with butterfly releases scheduled for 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. McWane Science Center will also host children’s activities from 10 – 2 p.m. and Fresh Air Family will host “Hikes for Tykes,” a walk led by Verna Gates focusing on butterfly lore, legend and stories based on Monarch butterflies. The hike, designed for pre-school children and their parents, will begin at 10 a.m. There will also be native plants available for purchase.
I will participate with a sneak preview of the sixth book in the eco mystery series, The Adventures of the Sizzling Six: Monarch Mysteries. There will be a drawing for singed copies of the Monarch Mysteries. In addition, visitors will have the opportunity to make origami butterflies. Hope to see you there!
For more information visit:
National Butterfly Awareness Day
National Butterfly Center
Gardening for Native Pollinators
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