See also the Butterfly Farm Store for educational presentation materials.

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Presentations for adults and children

Life cycle of the butterfly, butterfly gardening, organic garden control

Approx: 45- 60 minutes

will travel to destinations ( adjustable mileage charge)

Provides livestock, rearing kits for order

experience in monarchs, PLs, Swallowtails, Red admirals, and Gulfs

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Provides PL larvae kits, coloring book

approx : 30 minutes

Will travel to destination (call for your location)

Provides PL rearing kits as well as artificial diet

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Provides Tours of butterfly habitat

Presentations:

• Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths
• Butterflies in Your Backyard
• Be Ye Transformed - Butterflies and the Christian Woman

approx: 60 - minutes

Will travel to destinations (adjustable mileage charge)

Provides livestock and rearing kits as well as artificial diet

experience in Monarchs, PLs, Gulfs and black swallowtails

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Raising Monarch or Painted Lady Butterflies
Migration and Life Cycle of Monarch Butterflies
Butterflies of West Virginia and surrounding areas
Butterfly gardening
Moth and butterfly differences
History of the study of butterflies
Identifying various tropical species.

Over 30 YEARS experience in studying, raising and teaching about butterflies!

Species experience includes:
Monarchs
Tiger
Pipevine
Eastern Black
Swallowtails
Commas
Question Marks
Mourning Cloaks
Painted Ladies

Audience Options:
Classroom settings of any age
Community groups
Library programs
Birthday parties
Individual tutoring or senior projects
Summer camps, bereavement camps
Teacher continuing education seminars
Art centers(age appropriate projects available)
Any other occasion to celebrate butterflies.

Will travel provided expenses/mileage paid

Rearing kits with instruction and food source provided for sale.

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Butterfly Presentations from pre-K to 99!

Living butterfly eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises, and adults will be on display at all presentations.

Butterfly Lifecycle and Metamorphosis Kits available upon request.

Original Powerpoint presentations will be created for your group from original photographs taken by Edith Smith.

Seen on PBS ‘Wild Florida / Butterflies’ and TV20 ‘County Road 20’ Gainesville FL.

Featured in Country Woman May/June 06, Ocala Style, Florida Agriculture, Gainesville Sun, Ocala Star Banner, Mandarian News, Bradford County Telegraph, Marion Citizen, and Hospice of Marion County News.

Author and photographer of ‘Gardening for Butterflies with Edith’ - 1 hour video.

For more information please phone, email, or visit http://butterfliesetc.com/farmtour1.php.

Edith Smith
http://butterfliesetc.com/index.php
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm
12876 Southwest County Road 231
Brooker, Florida 32622
877-485-2458
edith@buyabutterfly.com

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