Annual Butterfly Festival Returns June 2-3

ROSWELL, GA — The 19th Annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival is a wild extravaganza focused on the beauty of butterflies at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell, a premier nature oasis. The festival is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 2 and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 3.

The theme for this year’s celebration is Monarchs and Milkweed. Join us as the air fills with butterflies set free during the releases. Butterflies attract us with their ethereal flitting, here then gone. Join us to experience this rare and magical wild enchantment.

Witness nature’s pollinators and enjoy a magnificent show featuring live butterfly releases, face painting, crafts, live musical interludes, yoga class, festival food and fun in the native butterfly gardens.

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The new and expanded Butterfly Encounter tented exhibit allows visitors to hand-feed free-flying butterflies. Our experts will be on hand to give you advice on how to attract pollinators to your own garden. Pollinator and host plants native to Georgia will be on sale. Bring your camera to capture these fantastic, fluttering creatures up close as these illusive insects land on people and flowers. Children are encouraged to wear their butterfly costumes.

Admission is $12 for the general public, $8 for Chattahoochee Nature Center members and free for children ages 2 and under.

Please carpool, a free shuttle bus service is provided for your convenience and additional parking is available at the St. Francis School at 9375 Willeo Road. For more information, contact 770-992-2055 ext. 236 or click here.

Images via Chattahoochee Nature Center