Butterfly Day 2026

๐Ÿฆ‹Join us to celebrate the return of the monarchs, as they migrate up from the south!
๐Ÿ—“๏ธSunday May 24, 2026
๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ 1 – 4 pm

๐Ÿซ Visit the Griffith Depot & Train Museums (everything will be open to view!) and enjoy our Monarch Waystation garden!
๐Ÿš‚ Our barrel train, the Hess Express, will be running ๐Ÿšƒ
๐Ÿฆ‹Learn about Monarchs, their amazing migration, & how they’ve become endangered. Jeanette Bobos, the retired Master Gardner who planted our garden, will be on on hand to share her knowledge.
๐ŸLearn about adding native plants to your garden.
๐ŸŒปBuy plants that help butterflies, especially monarchs! Weโ€™ll have a small selection of milkweed plants & other native plants.

No rain can keep us from having Butterfly Day!

โ˜”๏ธ๐—ช๐—˜๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜:
๐Ÿฆ‹๐‘ฉ๐‘ผ๐‘ป๐‘ป๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ญ๐‘ณ๐’€ ๐‘ซ๐‘จ๐’€ ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐‘ถ๐‘ต!!

โ€ข The Barrel Train will NOT be running
โ€ข The Depot and Train Musems WILL be open
โ€ข Our flower & butterfly experts will be inside
โ€ข The rest of the fun will be inside!

๐‘ต๐’†๐’Š๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’, ๐’๐’๐’“ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’…, ๐’๐’๐’“ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Œ๐’†๐’†๐’‘ ๐’–๐’” ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’๐’š ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’š!

Get your butterfly-friendly plants!

๐Ÿฆ‹๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป?
๐ŸŒป๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€!!
๐Ÿ‘‹Join us on Sunday to get your butterfly-friendly plants, and learn more about these amazing creatures!
๐Ÿš‚Griffith Depot & Train Museums – Corner of Broad St & Ave A, next to the tracks!
๐Ÿ™Thanks Scheeringa Farms & Greenhouses for helping us choose plants butterflies love!