Butterfly House Opens For Summer At Smith-Gilbert Gardens

KENNESAW, GA — “A Garden With Wings,” the popular pollinator exhibit at Smith-Gilbert Gardens (SGG) featuring a kid-friendly pollinator garden and 1,500 square foot butterfly house, opened for the season on Tuesday, June 18.

Visitors to the pollinator garden will see an inspiring collection of annuals, perennials and flowering shrubs that attract and support native pollinators like bumblebees, hummingbirds and butterflies. The butterfly house offers an up-close experience with hundreds of butterflies and their host plants that naturally occur throughout the Kennesaw area. “A Garden With Wings” is generously supported by Garden Members and the Smith-Gilbert Gardens Foundation. The exhibit is included with Garden admission and runs through Labor Day.

“We have moved up the opening date in 2019, to coincide with National Pollinator Week," said Mark Wolfe, Environmental Education and Communications Manager at SGG. “The butterfly house is a fun conversation starter to talk about the importance of pollinator conservation, the amazing process of metamorphosis, and even home weed and pest control. Each visitor approaches the exhibit a bit differently, and each has a different takeaway from the experience. It’s a great thing to be a part of.”

Also in celebration of National Pollinator Week, the Gardens will hold a pop-up plant sale. They will be selling pollinator gardens to-go, with a mix of plants to support different kinds of pollinators including butterflies and hummingbirds.