The Butterfly Garden was created in 1999 and is a haven to caterpillars, butterflies and people alike. Its beds are designed in the form of a butterfly if viewed from above. Plants are selected as host plants and or nectar plants for a variety of butterflies. A certain times of the year, you will see one plant being visited by hundreds of butterflies.

Butterfly garden
entrance pergola

View through
pergola

Garden overview
outline of
butterfly shape

Purple Coneflower,
a favorite
butterfly food

Polyphemus Moth
caterpillar

Eastern Black Swallowtail
butterfly caterpillar
on fennel or dill

Eastern Tiger
swallowtail butterfly
on Texas sage

Monarch or
Queen butterfly on a Tithonia

Monarch or
queen butterfly
on penta

A monarch sups
in our nursery

See other gardens on our grounds:

Animals | Brew House | Butterfly Garden | Herb Garden | Labyrinth | Tipi | Xeric Garden | Orchard & Vineyard | Vegetable Garden