Butterfly Exhibits and Gardens

Many AZA-accredited institutions have created butterfly and pollinator gardens and butterfly exhibits. Check this list to find a garden or exhibit near you.

Alabama

  • Birmingham Zoo, Birmingham, Alabama BFCI member!

    • Seasonal butterfly exhibit

Alberta

  • Calgary Zoo, Calgary, Alberta

    • Tropical Butterfly Exhibit
    • Indoor Butterfly Garden
    • Open-Air Butterfly Garden coming soon

Arizona

British Columbia

California

  • Living Desert, Palm Desert, California BFCI member!

    • Open-Air Butterfly Garden
    • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit

  • Oakland Zoo, Oakland, California BFCI member!
    National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat

    • Outdoor Butterfly Garden

  • San Diego Wild Animal Park, Escondido, California BFCI member!
    National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat

    • Hidden Jungle Tropical Butterfly Exhibit

Colorado

  • Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado Springs, Colorado BFCI member!

    • Backyard Bugs: Seasonal Butterfly Experience
    • Open-Air Butterfly Garden

  • Denver Zoo, Denver, Colorado

    • Open-Air Butterfly Garden

  • Pueblo Zoo, Pueblo, Colorado

    • Open-Air Butterfly Garden

Connecticut

  • Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington, District Of Columbia

    • Invertebrate Exhibit with Pollinarium (year-round North American butterfly exhibit)
    • Open-Air Butterfly Gardens

Florida

  • Brevard Zoo, Melbourne, Florida BFCI member!

    • Open-Air Butterfly Gardens
    • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit

  • Naples Zoo, Naples, Florida BFCI member!
    National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat

    • Open-Air Butterfly Gardens

  • Central Florida Zoo, Lake Monroe, Florida
    Monarch Watch\'s certified Monarch Waystation

    • Butterfly Sensory Garden

  • Miami Metrozoo, Miami, Florida

    • Seasonal Butterfly Event (with live native species)
    • Open-Air Butterfly Gardens

Illinois

  • Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, Illinois BFCI member!

    • Butterflies! (a seasonal North American butterfly exhibit)
    • Open-Air Butterfly Gardens

Kentucky

  • Louisville Zoo, Louisville, Kentucky BFCI member!

    • Seasonal North American and Neotropical Butterfly Exhibit
    • Open-Air Butterfly Garden

Louisiana

  • Audubon Insectarium, New Orleans, Louisiana

    • Year-Round Butterfly Exhibit and Garden (opening scheduled for 2006)

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

  • Detroit Zoo, Detroit, Michigan BFCI member!

    • Year-Round Tropical Butterfly Exhibit

Minnesota

  • Minnesota Zoo, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    • Seasonal North American Butterfly Exhibit

Missouri

  • Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, Missouri

    • Year-Round Tropical Butterfly Exhibit
    • Open-Air Butterfly Garden

  • Butterfly House, Chesterfield, Missouri BFCI member!
    National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat Monarch Watch's certified Monarch Waystation

    • Year-Round Tropical Butterfly Exhibit
    • Open-Air Butterfly Garden

New Jersey

New York

  • Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York

    • Butterfly Zone (seasonal North American butterfly exhibit)

  • Seneca Park Zoo, Rochester, New York BFCI member!
    National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat

    • Monarch Butterfly Garden

North Carolina

  • Western North Carolina Nature Center, Asheville, North Carolina BFCI member!
    National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat Monarch Watch's certified Monarch Waystation

    • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit
    • Open Air Butterfly Garden

Ohio

  • Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, Ohio BFCI member!
    National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat

    • Seasonal Exotic Butterfly Exhibit
    • Open-Air Butterfly Garden

  • Toledo Zoo, Toledo, Ohio BFCI member!

    • Open-Air Butterfly Garden

Oklahoma

  • Oklahoma City Zoo, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma BFCI member!
    Monarch Watch's certified Monarch Waystation State-certified "Wildscape Garden"

    • Seasonal North American Butterfly Exhibit
    • Open Air Butterfly Garden

  • Tulsa Zoo, Tulsa City, Oklahoma

    • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit

Ontario

  • Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario BFCI member!

    • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit

Oregon

  • Oregon Zoo, Portland, Oregon BFCI member!
    National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat

    • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit reopening in summer 2005

Pennsylvania

  • Erie Zoo, Erie, Pennsylvania

    • Open-Air Butterfly Garden

Rhode Island

  • Roger Williams Park Zoo, Providence, Rhode Island BFCI member!

    • Open-Air Butterfly Garden dedicated to the 2004 victims of the fire at the Station night club

Tennessee

  • Memphis Zoo, Memphis, Tennessee

    • Seasonal North American Butterfly Exhibit
    • Open-Air Butterfly Garden

Texas

  • Dallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas

    • Open-Air Butterfly Garden

  • Houston Zoo, Houston, Texas
    National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat

    • Open-Air Butterfly Garden

  • Moody Gardens, Galveston, Texas BFCI member!

    • Year-Round Tropical Butterfly Exhibit

Utah

  • Utah's Hogle Zoo, Salt Lake City, Utah BFCI member!

    • Seasonal North American Butterfly Exhibit

Virginia

  • Virgina Zoo, Norfolk, Virginia

    • Open-Air Butterfly Garden

Washington

  • Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, Washington BFCI member!
    National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat

    • Seasonal North American Butterfly Exhibit
    • Open-Air Butterfly Garden

Butterfly Resources

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Species Profiles

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