BYOB—Bring Your Own Butterfly

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Hours:	2:00pm - 6:00pm
In/Outdoor:	Outdoor
Cost:	Free
Category:	Nature & Outdoors

Bring Your Own Butterfly is a symbolic migration program that brings together children of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Every year, children in North America create paper butterflies and send them to the children who live beside the Monarch sanctuaries in the Oyamel region of Mexico.

The children of the Oyamel region take care of the butterflies all winter, and in the spring send them back, completing the “migration” of the paper butterflies. The program teaches about the conservation of the forests and the Monarchs, raising environmental awareness, as well as creating a bond between children of two different parts of the world. Last year, more than 60,000 paper butterflies made the journey to Mexico and back.

Event Highlights
Live Monarch butterflies, caterpillars and chrysalis
Life cycle and migration display information
Display of paper butterflies created by Mexican students
Blank paper butterflies to be designed and colored by festival participants that will be displayed at the event with special ‘Best of Show’ awards.
Environmental music and puppets; performance by Emerald Necklace naturalist Stephen Baird

WEBSITE

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www.fenwayvictorygardens.com/

LOCATION

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Fenway Victory Gardens, Boston, MA, 02123 map
Phone: (617) 267-6650

Fenway Victory Gardens