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Butterflies, Moths, & Plants
Whether you're a butterfly or moth fan, a plant
and garden fan, or all of the above, this event
will be a day
of fun and adventure for you.
Starting
with a plant swap and
a butterfly/moth swap, you can go home with
free goodies and/or you can purchase items for
your garden and more from vendors at the
festival.
If you're interested in becoming a vendor at the
festival, visit Vendor Application on
our
website.
Events at the Festival:
- Butterfly Gardening (free)
- Plant Propagation Class ($10 & take them
home to plant)
- Butterfly Identification Class by Bill
Berthet
- Build a Butterfly Vivarium ($15 & take it
home)
- Plant Swap (free)
- Children's (Educational) Butterfly
Entertainment by Al, Your Garden Pal(free)
- 30' x 30' Native Butterfly Exhibit ($2)
- Butterfly Releases into the Exhibit
- Examine Butterfly Eggs, Chrysalises,
diseases, and
more through magnifying glasses and
microscopes
- Visit the butterfly host and nectar plant
nursery at the farm
- Door Prizes! From books to nets, garden
butterfly signs to butterfly baskets, sign up for
the drawings. You do not have to be present to
win.
- Free host and nectar plant seed while
supplies last. Come early!
- Photography opportunities - bring your
camera.
- And More!
We hope to see you (t)here!
Edith Smith
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm
phone:
352-485-2458
If you wish to take the plant propagation course
before or after the festival, please contact us. If
you have an interest in propagating a specific
host or nectar plant, feel free to email us to ask
if we have the plant available for use in a plant
propagation class.
Butterfly Gardening
and Plant Propagation classes will be offered
throughout the year at the farm.
Shady
Oak also offers Butterfly Farming Seminars and
Internship Programs. Please contact us for more
information.
New Photography
Opportunities for Photography Clubs and
Groups!
If your group enjoys trips to take photographs of
Florida native butterflies in nature, we now offer
half-day and full-day photography reservations.
More Information Here
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Egg, Caterpillar, and Chrysalis Swap
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The American Painted Lady is one of the
caterpillars which will be around the area during
the festival.
Wander to see if you can find
one
in the field at the farm on April 14!
Their host plant is a weed. If you aren't sure
which weed is cudweed, we'll show you at the
farm. Dig up one and take it home if you'd like.
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Red Admiral
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Red Admiral butterflies are laying eggs on false
nettle and pellitory in April. Learn to identify
these two plants to search for caterpillars.
False Nettle, one of their host plants, is a choice
for the plant propagation class. You can take
home a cutting for it to finish rooting at your
house. It is also available on our website and in
our nursery at the farm.
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Plant Propagation Class
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Take the Plant Propagation Class ($10) and take
home the cuttings you chose and started on
their process to becoming plants for your
garden.
Cape Honeysuckle is one of
the dozens of plants you can choose to take
cuttings from in the plant propagation class. If
you choose not to take the class, these plants
are also available from our website or at our
nursery at the farm.
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Butterfly Vivarium
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Make your own butterfly vivarium. Put together
a plant and caterpillar (Queen is in the photo
above) in an enclosed temporary habitat to take
home. Watch the caterpillar turn into a chrysalis
and the adult butterfly emerge! Then plant your
plant into your garden to attract and grow more
butterflies. You will have a choice of several
butterfly species. $15
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Free Plant Swap (only vendors can sell plants)
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Bring your plants to swap or give away. Then
visit our plant vendors and purchase more
plants!
If you purchase a host plant
for a species of butterfly in the exhibit, you can
take your plant into the exhibit ($2) and we will
encourage butterflies to lay eggs on your host
plant.
The plant pictured here, batface, is one of the
dozens of choices of plants from which you can
take cuttings in the plant propagation class.
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Free Butterfly and Moth Swap
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Do you have extra butterfly or moth eggs,
caterpillars, and/or chrysalises you'd like to
trade or give away? If you are a Florida
resident, bring them to the festival!
The Critter Swap will be the place to go. Trades
or give-aways only! These are not to be sold at
the festival.
If you cannot find the
species you would like to swap for, ask to see if
we have it at the farm. We will have
eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises, and adult
butterflies available for purchase at the festival.
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