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Over 60 Years of Community Service 

Butterfly House Exhibit & Pollinator Garden

Support needed for exhibit to return

Please support pollinator education and help make this possible!

Walk among free-flying native butterflies ** and other pollinators in the Tenafly Nature Center Butterfly House & Pollinator Garden. See if a butterfly will land on your nectar stick or just watch them fly around you as they move between nectar plants. Observe butterfly chrysalis in the chrysalis box. Maybe you will be lucky enough to see a butterfly emerge!

Butterfly House Hours of Operation

Mid June-Labor Day
 Friday-Sunday
12:00-4:00 pm

Closed Mondays-Thursdays
also closed on July 4th and Labor Day

The Butterfly House is a 12' x 24' structure and is located outside near our pollinator garden and visitors center. The butterfly house includes native species of LIVE butterflies and chrysalis and the plants that support them. Offering visitors a total immersion experience, as it introduces guests to the wonders of metamorphosis.

This seasonal exhibit showcases several beautifully colored butterflies sipping nectar and taking flight, offering guests the opportunity to better understand and appreciate their life cycle and importance to the ecosystem. Guests can walk among the dozens of free-flying adult native butterflies and learn about their lifecycles, adaptations, and fun facts that make them truly special organisms. While visiting guests are welcome to chat with staff or volunteers, ask questions, or simply relax and enjoy the space while butterflies flit and fly about.

2022 Butterfly House Daily Admission

TNC Members: FREE
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and visit the Butterfly House all summer!

Non-members: $2/person

  • Young children who will be held off the floor by an adult the entire time inside the house are free.
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult.
  • Butterfly house admission does not include trails.

Our pollinator garden is filled with host plants that naturally attract butterflies, bees, hummingbirds and along with a variety of other pollinators. You may even find a few ideas to try in your own garden!

Both areas are great settings for personal nature photography. Please note that while the butterfly house is not open during the off-season. The pollinator garden is accessible year-round; however, plant life and inhabitants vary seasonally.

**Butterflies are less active when temperatures are cool (below 70 F) or if it is overcast and/or raining.

Please support pollinator education and help make this possible!

Butterfly Level
$1000

Chrysalis Level
$500

Caterpillar Level
$250

Egg Level
$100
Helps to obtain the chrysalis and adult butterflies for the exhibit Purchases the native host plants Provides the needed nectar sources

Helps underwrite pollinator educational activities for visitors
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Are you interested in Supporting the Butterfly House?


Do you love being surrounded by the gentle flutter of colorful wings?

The annual cost for care and maintenance of this fun and educational exhibit is over $6,000 and TNC needs YOUR support to ensure this exhibit can continue.

2023 EXHIBIT GOAL

2%
Collected: $100.00
Goal: $6,000.00

Please support pollinator education and help make this possible!

*Sponsorship Available! We at TNC strive to bring our community together while providing fun and educational elements. Each exhibit is unique and with your help, TNC can continue to build community traditions that connect people to nature while keeping costs affordable. Exhibit sponsorships range from in-kind to organizational sponsors. Please click the button above or reach out to development@TenaflyNC.org to learn more.


    Visitors are encouraged to show off pictures of their visit on social media using the #TNCButterfly #Tenaflynaturecenter

    Interested in encouraging butterflies in your yard? This document lists nectar and host plants for NJ butterflies and moths.

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