8th Annual Desert Museum Butterfly Festival & Plant Sale!

Cloudless Sulfur butterfly enjoys a pink blossom Butterfly Greeting at the Museum Entrance

September 27 & 28, 2008

Delight in the Beauty of Butterflies at the Desert Museum Butterfly Festival and Plant Sale

Come check out the Butterfly Festival! There are a lot of fun activities for the entire family. Spend the day at the Museum learning about these 'jewels of the air'. There will be butterfly walks, a plant sale, puppet show, children's activities and gardening classes happening throughout the day.

Download our Monsoon butterfly Checklist (PDF)

The Brandi Fenton Memorial Coloring Contest

Small image of coloring butterfly
Print out and color this picture of a Queen butterfly for FREE child's admission to the museum on Sept 27th or 28th, 2008! (Ages 6-12)

Events

Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays, August-October

Picture of girl as catepillar Butterfly Walks
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Meet on the Entrance Patio

Saturday, September 27

Butterfly Plant Sale
Time: 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Front Patio
Butterfly Crafts
Time: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Front Patio and Baldwin Education Building

Plant Sale Saturday & Sunday

On the Front Patio from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Many butterfly-attracting plants available for the first time (some in limited quantities only). Check out the plant list here.

Picture of Face Painting Face Painting
Time: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Entrance Patio
Butterfly Antennae
Time: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Front Patio
Clothes Pin Butterflies
Time: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Desert Garden
Picture of boy wearing butterfly wings Life Cycle Mobile
Time: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Baldwin Education Building

Handouts and Displays

The following organizations will also be represented during the festival - make sure to drop by and see what they have to say!

Logo - AZNPS
Arizona Native Plant Society

Logo - SASI
Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute (SASI)

Logo - SEABA
SEABA Chapter of the National Butterfly Association - South East Arizona

Butterfly Walk on grounds
Time: 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 2 p.m.
Location: (meet on entrance patio)
Live caterpillars & chrysalids
Time: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Baldwin Education Building
Picture of Microscope Use Microscopes
Time: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Baldwin Education Building
Monarch butterfly alights on a pink blossom
Butterfly Gardening Class
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: Administration Patio
Live and (sort of) on the Loose
Time: 12:15 p.m.
Location: Warden Oasis Theater
Butterfly Puppet Show: Metamorphosis
Time: 1:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Warden Oasis Theater

Sunday, September 28

Butterfly Plant Sale
Time: 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Front Patio
Butterfly Crafts
Time: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Front Patio and Baldwin Education Building
Face Painting
Time: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Entrance Patio
Butterfly Antennae
Time: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Front Patio
Clothes Pin Butterflies
Time: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Desert Garden
Life Cycle Mobile
Time: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Baldwin Education Building
Butterfly Walk on grounds
Time: 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 2 p.m.
Location: (meet on entrance patio)
Live caterpillars & chrysalids
Time: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Baldwin Education Building
Microscopes
Time: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Baldwin Education Building
Live and (sort of) on the Loose
Time: 12:15 p.m.
Location: Warden Oasis Theater
Butterfly Gardening Class
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Administration Patio
Butterfly Puppet Show: Metamorphosis
Time: 1:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Warden Oasis Theater
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