Workshops & Special Programs
Enjoy informative workshops on a variety of subjects, from butterfly garden design to butterfly specimen preparation. "Picture Perfect" events are your opportunity to take photographs in the Butterfly Rainforest before it opens and fills with visitors.
PLEASE NOTE: Pre-registration is required and is now closed.
Picture Perfect - Rainforest Photography
Saturday, Oct. 24 | 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, Oct. 25 | 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Ages: 18 and up
Cost: $25 members/$28 non-members
Snap the picture of a lifetime using your tripod or other photographic equipment not usually permitted inside the Rainforest. To help ensure the best shots possible, spaces are limited. Fee includes admission price into the Butterfly Rainforest. Please note: Photos taken at the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Butterfly Rainforest may not be used commercially. In all media and personal usage, photos should be credited accordingly as having been taken at the Florida Museum of Natural History or the Butterfly Rainforest at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
Butterfly Pinning Workshop
Saturday, Oct. 24 | 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Ages: 18 and up
Cost: $30 members/$35 non-members
Speaker: Lorraine Duerden
Interested in pinning butterflies? Then this workshop is for you! Join museum lepidoptera experts and learn how to
successfully rehydrate, handle, position, and spread butterflies using various pinning supplies and techniques.
Workshop fee includes 2 butterfly specimens, one-foot pinning board and riker box to display your finished project at home.
Butterfly Garden Design
Saturday, October 24 | 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Age: 18 and up
Cost: $15 members/$17 non-members
Speaker: Jeff Hansen
This workshop is designed for the butterfly gardening beginner and will provide a simple approach to designing a
butterfly garden. Factors such as soil type, cold hardiness and host plants vs. nectar plants will be discussed.
Learn some basic design concepts and an understanding of the essential elements required for attracting butterflies.
Participants will be able to select a butterfly garden design of their choice and the designs available will cover most common situations
encountered in North Central Florida. Gardeners may follow the design as-is or make their own plant selections
from a list of plants provided.