Butterflies Are Blooming At Frederik Meijer
Gardens
Butterflies Are Blooming is Meijer Gardens' most popular annual exhibition and the largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibit in the nation. March 1–April 30, visitors can escape the Michigan winter and mingle with more than 6,000 tropical butterflies flying free in the 15,000-square-foot Lena Meijer Tropical Conservatory.
The exhibition boasts more than 40 different species from the Far East, Africa and Central America. Each week hundreds of chrysalises arrive at Meijer Gardens and are painstakingly sorted, inspected, labeled and pinned in our sealed Butterfly Bungalow. The chrysalises are then placed in a special emergence area of the Bungalow where visitors can witness through a window their magical transformation into butterflies!
Once ready to be released into the conservatory, the butterflies are placed on plants where they acclimate to the environment and gain strength before taking to the air. It's a wonderful place for photos and just one of the opportunities for visitors to observe the butterflies up-close and personal. Throughout the tropical environment, butterflies can be viewed drinking nectar from the flowering plants and feeding stations, lighting on the odd nose or shoulder, and congregating along the stream beds, as well as in flight all around.
During the exhibition, the Lena Meijer Children's Garden offers special activities. Additionally, interactive displays are featured throughout.
Learn to grow at the Growing Great Gardens Conference
Are you frustrated by the increasing cost of fresh produce? Looking to stretch your food budget dollars? If you want to learn how to easily grow vegetables without hours of backbreaking work or spending a fortune, then the Growing Great Gardens conference is for you.
Hosted by The Taylor Garden Club, Taylor Conservatory Foundation and Wayne County Community College District, this event will help people with little or no gardening experience learn easy, low-cost ways to grow fresh, healthy produce, and how to beautify your home and community as well. The event is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the Downriver Campus of WCCCD, 21000 Northline Road, Taylor.
"Growing your own food is empowering in many ways," said Patty Donahue, executive director of the Taylor Conservatory Foundation and a co-chair of the event. "It puts you in control of providing fresh healthy produce for you and your family, it saves precious household budget dollars, and provides you with a great way to relieve stress. Nothing beats taking out your frustrations on a few weeds in the garden.
"In light of these trying economic times, we felt it was a good time to reintroduce people to the pleasures of vegetable gardening, and to do it in a way that it didn't break the bank."
Janice Foltin, president of the Taylor Garden Club, agrees. When club member Ken Hughes suggested the Taylor Garden Club host the event, she strongly encouraged the club to participate. Hughes is an advanced master gardener and a co-chair of the event.
"The classes available at the conference are focused on easy, practical ways to grow food, beautify your yard and have fun, too," Hughes said.
The conferences features a two prominent experts in the garden community: Janet Macunovich, professional gardener, author, teacher and owner of Perennial Favorites; and Amanda M. Edmonds, founder of Growing Hope, an Ypsilanti-based non-profit that focuses on how to improve people's lives through gardening.
In addition, there will be classes on the ABCs of gardening, interesting ways to beautify your home, a presentation by a local beekeeper, and how bring butterflies to your yard. Many well-known garden experts round out the classes that will be offered.
The cost of the conference is only $20 and includes two keynote presentations, two additional classes, a box lunch, and a chance to win many garden-related door prizes. It is expected to sell out very quickly, so registration is required and advanced registration is highly recommended. Walk-ins will be accepted on a space-available basis.
Registration forms are available online at www.taylorconservatory.org and www.taylorgardenclub.org; at D & L Garden Center, the Taylor Community Library and the City of Taylor Department of Golf, Parks and Recreation; and by calling Patti Kehr at (313) 292-8316
Butterflies Are Blooming is Meijer Gardens' most popular annual exhibition and the largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibit in the nation. March 1–April 30, visitors can escape the Michigan winter and mingle with more than 6,000 tropical butterflies flying free in the 15,000-square-foot Lena Meijer Tropical Conservatory.
The exhibition boasts more than 40 different species from the Far East, Africa and Central America. Each week hundreds of chrysalises arrive at Meijer Gardens and are painstakingly sorted, inspected, labeled and pinned in our sealed Butterfly Bungalow. The chrysalises are then placed in a special emergence area of the Bungalow where visitors can witness through a window their magical transformation into butterflies!
Once ready to be released into the conservatory, the butterflies are placed on plants where they acclimate to the environment and gain strength before taking to the air. It's a wonderful place for photos and just one of the opportunities for visitors to observe the butterflies up-close and personal. Throughout the tropical environment, butterflies can be viewed drinking nectar from the flowering plants and feeding stations, lighting on the odd nose or shoulder, and congregating along the stream beds, as well as in flight all around.
During the exhibition, the Lena Meijer Children's Garden offers special activities. Additionally, interactive displays are featured throughout.
Learn to grow at the Growing Great Gardens Conference
Are you frustrated by the increasing cost of fresh produce? Looking to stretch your food budget dollars? If you want to learn how to easily grow vegetables without hours of backbreaking work or spending a fortune, then the Growing Great Gardens conference is for you.
Hosted by The Taylor Garden Club, Taylor Conservatory Foundation and Wayne County Community College District, this event will help people with little or no gardening experience learn easy, low-cost ways to grow fresh, healthy produce, and how to beautify your home and community as well. The event is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the Downriver Campus of WCCCD, 21000 Northline Road, Taylor.
"Growing your own food is empowering in many ways," said Patty Donahue, executive director of the Taylor Conservatory Foundation and a co-chair of the event. "It puts you in control of providing fresh healthy produce for you and your family, it saves precious household budget dollars, and provides you with a great way to relieve stress. Nothing beats taking out your frustrations on a few weeds in the garden.
"In light of these trying economic times, we felt it was a good time to reintroduce people to the pleasures of vegetable gardening, and to do it in a way that it didn't break the bank."
Janice Foltin, president of the Taylor Garden Club, agrees. When club member Ken Hughes suggested the Taylor Garden Club host the event, she strongly encouraged the club to participate. Hughes is an advanced master gardener and a co-chair of the event.
"The classes available at the conference are focused on easy, practical ways to grow food, beautify your yard and have fun, too," Hughes said.
The conferences features a two prominent experts in the garden community: Janet Macunovich, professional gardener, author, teacher and owner of Perennial Favorites; and Amanda M. Edmonds, founder of Growing Hope, an Ypsilanti-based non-profit that focuses on how to improve people's lives through gardening.
In addition, there will be classes on the ABCs of gardening, interesting ways to beautify your home, a presentation by a local beekeeper, and how bring butterflies to your yard. Many well-known garden experts round out the classes that will be offered.
The cost of the conference is only $20 and includes two keynote presentations, two additional classes, a box lunch, and a chance to win many garden-related door prizes. It is expected to sell out very quickly, so registration is required and advanced registration is highly recommended. Walk-ins will be accepted on a space-available basis.
Registration forms are available online at www.taylorconservatory.org and www.taylorgardenclub.org; at D & L Garden Center, the Taylor Community Library and the City of Taylor Department of Golf, Parks and Recreation; and by calling Patti Kehr at (313) 292-8316
Next Meeting:
February 15th, 2012
"Butterfly Therapy - How Butterflies Enrich Life"
All meetings begin at 7:00 pm. and take place at:
Nankin Mills
33175 Ann Arbor Trail
Westland, Michigan
(unless otherwise noted.)
February 15th, 2012
"Butterfly Therapy - How Butterflies Enrich Life"
All meetings begin at 7:00 pm. and take place at:
Nankin Mills
33175 Ann Arbor Trail
Westland, Michigan
(unless otherwise noted.)
Butterfly Count
In 2012, SEMBA Members have Raised and Released:
0
Butterflies to date back into the wild.
In 2011, SEMBA Members Raised and released:
1806
Butterflies back into the wild.
If you have Raised and Released Butterflies, We would like to know. Submit your count today!
Email Count To:
djphantom69@yahoo.com
In 2012, SEMBA Members have Raised and Released:
0
Butterflies to date back into the wild.
In 2011, SEMBA Members Raised and released:
1806
Butterflies back into the wild.
If you have Raised and Released Butterflies, We would like to know. Submit your count today!
Email Count To:
djphantom69@yahoo.com
Just a reminder if you're looking for a United Way agency to make a 2011 contribution towards, consider SEMBA (Southeast Michigan Butterfly Association). We are a non-profit agency. Contributions would be appreciated.
Calendar of Upcoming Events
February 2012
15th, Meeting, 7:00 pm., Nankin Mills
March 2012
10th, Field Trip, 11:00 am.,
Meijer Gardens Butterfly Display
21st, Meeting, 7:00 pm.,
Nankin Mills
February 2012
15th, Meeting, 7:00 pm., Nankin Mills
March 2012
10th, Field Trip, 11:00 am.,
Meijer Gardens Butterfly Display
21st, Meeting, 7:00 pm.,
Nankin Mills
