The Butterfly Pavilion serves over 35,000 students each year through outreach and onsite education programs.
All of our field trip classes meet Colorado State Model Content Educational Standards.

Gardening How-Tos

Download the following lists and step-by-step instructions for creating and maintaining beautiful and conservation-wise gardens!

Grow a Butterfly Garden - In just a few simple steps, you can add beauty and butterflies to your home!

Plant Suggestions - A list of recommended plants for attracting butterflies to your Colorado garden.

Create a Xeriscape - Key guidelines for a drought-resistant and attractive landscape that conserves water and can endure Colorado's bright sunlight.

Xeriscape gardening can create striking and colorful landscapes. Contact our experienced horticulturists at 720-974-1874 for details.

Additional resources available at xeriscapecolorado.org.

Composting - A great way to enrich your garden soil and reduce the waste you send to landfills.

Pesticide-Free Gardening  - Also known as integrated pest management (IPM), this is a rule of gardening at the Butterfly Pavilion. Learn how you can apply the same strategies at home for a beautiful garden!

Build a Worm Bin - Worm compost is a nutrient-rich natural fertilizer and soil conditioner. Instead of buying compost, build your own at a fraction of the price!

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If it creeps, crawls, slithers, flies, wiggles or squirms, chances are you'll find it here. Come for the butterflies, then stay for the spiders, scorpions, millipedes, centipedes, horseshoe crabs, sea stars, and walking sticks. Love to learn? We also offer youth education programming, volunteer opportunities and lifelong learning. Only 15 minutes from downtown Denver. Butterflies are just the beginning.

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