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Hours: Monday through Friday 9-5 Saturday 9-3 Closed Sunday Tours 10AM Friday and Saturday (1½ hour tours); Tour fee: Ages 3 – 16 $3 each, over 16 $5 each. From the garden to the exhibit to the laboratory, this tour takes you through the lifecycle of butterflies, what is necessary for a butterfly garden and habitat, many native Florida species in central and northern Florida, watching a caterpillar pupate into a chrysalis (almost every tour), watching egg production, visiting the larvae laboratory, looking into the emerging laboratory, witnessing how butterflies are safely packed and shipped, and more. Exhibit; Native Florida Butterfly Species (Included in tours) Entrance fee $2 Annual pass $5 The 30x50 butterfly exhibit is open any time the farm is open. Butterfly Garden No fee Open any time the farm is open This is NOT a groomed park garden. Shady Oak’s butterfly garden is full of native plants, introduced plants, and plants that most people call weeds. These weeds are left for butterflies for eggs and larvae as well as for a nectar source. Gift Shop Open any time the farm is open Butterfly books, nets, rearing containers, butterflies, larvae, plants, jewelry, and more! |
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All photographs on this site are copyright protected.
For permission to use any
photo, please contact Edith Smith at Shady Oak Butterfly Farm.
Butterfly Release companies located outside the
mainland United States.
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States
TO PURCHASE PLEASE CONTACT US edith@buyabutterfly.com
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm Toll free 877-485-2458
12876 SW CR 231 Brooker, Fl 32622 Stephen & Edith Smith
Located 45 minutes from the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
This butterfly website built with advice from Starting Dreams.
All photographs on this site are copyright protected.
For permission to use any photo, please contact Edith Smith at Shady Oak Butterfly Farm.
Butterfly Release companies located outside the mainland United States.
Release Companies Outside the Mainland United States
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm Toll free 877-485-2458 12876 SW CR 231 Brooker, Fl 32622 Stephen & Edith Smith
Located 45 minutes from the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
This butterfly website built with advice from Starting Dreams.
Member of the
Association for Butterflies: Research, Conservation, Farming, and Gardening at www.forbutterflies.org
Member of the
Association for Butterflies: Research, Conservation, Farming, and Gardening at www.forbutterflies.org