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Butterfly Haven 2024 Butterfly Haven Guests will experience the beauty of the seasonal BUTTERFLY HAVEN, a 14′ wide x 10′ tall x 14′ long butterfly enclosure located alongside the Virginia Garden just outside the Wason Education Center. The exciting new exhibit will engage guests of all ages as they immerse themselves in a world of butterflies and plants! The house will support the Museum’s conservation efforts to preserve pollinating species such as the Monarch Butterfly. The initiative also supports education and awareness for the challenged annual Monarch butterfly migration due to deforestation in Mexico, extreme climate fluctuations in North America, and the growth of herbicide-based agriculture destroying crucial milkweed flora in the Midwest. Cost: included in museum admission
Fall Native Plant Sale 2024 Member preview: September 19 \| 4pm-6pm Public Sale: September 21-22, 28-29 \| 9am-4:30pm It’s Autumn again, so you know what that means – break out your gloves, rakes and shovels; it’s the Fall Native Plant Sale! The Virginia Living Museum popular Native Plant Sale offers 134 beautiful and unusual native perennials, vines, shrubs and trees. Celebrating 35 years of native plant sales, the Museum connects people to nature through educational experiences that promote conservation. The annual fall sale will take place onsite in the Virginia Living Museum Conservation Garden this September. For more information, click here.
Butterfly Bonanza Celebrate Butterflies & Protect Our Planet! Join us for a day of vibrant activities dedicated to creating clean habitats where all life can thrive! Discover the magic of butterflies and engage in crucial environmental efforts as we celebrate both the beauty of nature and our commitment to reducing our impact on the environment. Butterfly Celebration Butterfly Releases: Witness the enchanting moment as butterflies are released into their natural habitat. Observe and assist our staff as these delicate creatures take flight. Explore the Butterfly Haven: This is your last chance this season to explore our Butterfly Haven. Search for butterflies and their host plants in this specially designed habitat. Upper Level Activities: Animal Show – 11:30 AM & 1:00 PM: Learn how various animals adapt and survive in their environments at the How Life Survives Discovery Center. Butterfly Collections: Get up close with a range of butterfly specimens and discover their fascinating body parts and life stages. Butterfly Bookmarks: Create your own unique butterfly landscape using stamps and paper. Make Your Own Butterfly: Craft your own origami butterflies or design colorful butterfly cutouts with our coloring sheets. Community partner volunteers will kick off the day by collecting litter from our grounds. 11 AM – 3 PM Activities: Learn about the vital work of our partners in managing and sanitizing water pollutants. Balloon Litter Prevention Table: Discover how to prevent balloon litter and its impact on our environment. Coastal Climate Change Hands-On Activities: Explore the effects of climate change on coastal areas and what we can do to mitigate them. Green Teens Recycling Activity: Get involved in creative recycling projects led by our Green Teens. Bring your family and friends for a day full of learning, creativity, and action. Together, we can foster a thriving environment for butterflies and all living things while taking meaningful steps towards reducing our environmental impact.

Butterfly Haven 2024

Butterfly Haven

Guests will experience the beauty of the seasonal BUTTERFLY HAVEN, a 14′ wide x 10′ tall x 14′ long butterfly enclosure located alongside the Virginia Garden just outside the Wason Education Center.

The exciting new exhibit will engage guests of all ages as they immerse themselves in a world of butterflies and plants!

The house will support the Museum’s conservation efforts to preserve pollinating species such as the Monarch Butterfly. The initiative also supports education and awareness for the challenged annual Monarch butterfly migration due to deforestation in Mexico, extreme climate fluctuations in North America, and the growth of herbicide-based agriculture destroying crucial milkweed flora in the Midwest.

Cost: included in museum admission

Fall Native Plant Sale 2024

Member preview: September 19 | 4pm-6pm

Public Sale: September 21-22, 28-29 | 9am-4:30pm

It’s Autumn again, so you know what that means – break out your gloves, rakes and shovels; it’s the Fall Native Plant Sale!

The Virginia Living Museum popular Native Plant Sale offers 134 beautiful and unusual native perennials, vines, shrubs and trees. Celebrating 35 years of native plant sales, the Museum connects people to nature through educational experiences that promote conservation. The annual fall sale will take place onsite in the Virginia Living Museum Conservation Garden this September.

For more information, click here.

Butterfly Bonanza

Celebrate Butterflies & Protect Our Planet!

Join us for a day of vibrant activities dedicated to creating clean habitats where all life can thrive! Discover the magic of butterflies and engage in crucial environmental efforts as we celebrate both the beauty of nature and our commitment to reducing our impact on the environment.

Butterfly Celebration

Butterfly Releases: Witness the enchanting moment as butterflies are released into their natural habitat. Observe and assist our staff as these delicate creatures take flight.

Explore the Butterfly Haven: This is your last chance this season to explore our Butterfly Haven. Search for butterflies and their host plants in this specially designed habitat.

Upper Level Activities:

Animal Show – 11:30 AM & 1:00 PM: Learn how various animals adapt and survive in their environments at the How Life Survives Discovery Center.
Butterfly Collections: Get up close with a range of butterfly specimens and discover their fascinating body parts and life stages.
Butterfly Bookmarks: Create your own unique butterfly landscape using stamps and paper.
Make Your Own Butterfly: Craft your own origami butterflies or design colorful butterfly cutouts with our coloring sheets.

Community partner volunteers will kick off the day by collecting litter from our grounds.

11 AM – 3 PM Activities:

Learn about the vital work of our partners in managing and sanitizing water pollutants.

Balloon Litter Prevention Table: Discover how to prevent balloon litter and its impact on our environment.

Coastal Climate Change Hands-On Activities: Explore the effects of climate change on coastal areas and what we can do to mitigate them.

Green Teens Recycling Activity: Get involved in creative recycling projects led by our Green Teens.

Bring your family and friends for a day full of learning, creativity, and action. Together, we can foster a thriving environment for butterflies and all living things while taking meaningful steps towards reducing our environmental impact.