Make a Mud Puddle

Male butterflies often visit mud puddles to obtain salts necessary for reproduction. To create one in your own backyard, simply fill a pie plate with a 1:1 sand/compost mixture and keep the mixture moist. You can then bury the bottom of the pan in a sunny spot in your butterfly garden.


Outdoor Gardens
The outdoor landscape at the Butterfly Pavilion welcomes people, plants and wildlife. Our habitat gardens are specifically designed to attract butterflies and other beneficial insects at all stages of their lives. Shrubs, trees and groundcovers provide shelter for chrysalids and roosting adults. Other plants, such as dill and showy milkweed, provide food for hungry caterpillars. And, of course, our colorful flowers provide nectar to native butterflies from May to October.

Our gardens also emphasize sun-loving and drought-tolerant perennials that thrive in Colorado's climate.

See what's blooming in our gardens!


Create Your Own Butterfly Garden

It's easy to create or convert your landscape into a butterfly garden. In just a few simple steps you can plant and maintain a habitat that attracts butterflies and provides them with what they need to survive during their entire life cycle.

Check out our How To Guide for step-by-step instructions.


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The Butterfly Pavilion combines science education with interactive fun to teach visitors about invertebrates and conservation. Our five immersive exhibits, including our rainforest filled with 1,600 free-flying tropical butterflies, provide a year-round, unforgettable experience. Visitors can get up close and personal with live animals, enjoy daily educational programs, explore the wonder of the outdoors on the nature trail, and discover the newest traveling exhibit. Butterflies are just the beginning. 

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