When: Saturday, September 25, 2010 - Sunday, September 26, 2010 from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Enjoy Butterfly Days at Fairchild!

This year's keynote speaker will be Robert Michael Pyle, who will speak about his journeys searching for as many of the 800 American butterflies as he can find, the topic of his new book, Mariposa Road.

• Explore the colorful and fantastic world of butterflies
• Learn to identify South Florida’s most beautiful butterflies
• Find out which plants are best to attract these winged wonders
• Take a butterfly walk through Fairchild with South
  Florida experts
• Purchase Georgia Tasker's new book, Butterfly Gardening in South Florida
• Take home the best butterfly plants to make
  your own butterfly garden
• Enjoy engaging kids’ activities  

All memberships purchased or renewed on Butterfly Day include a complimentary Butterfly Adoption, a $25.00 value.

Schedule of Events, Saturday, September 25

Butterfly Talks: Garden House 

9:45  a.m.         Welcome, Announcements 
                           Elane Nuehring

10:00 a.m.       Butterflies 101
                          Becky Smith

11:00 a.m.        South Florida’s Wild Butterfly Habitats & Food Plants,
                           Roger Hammer followed by booksigning

1:00  p.m.         Robert L. Kelley Annual Lecture: Mariposa Road: 
                           The First Butterfly Big Year
                           Robert Michael Pyle

2:30 p.m.          Butterflies, Botany and Battlefields
                           Sandy Koi

3:45 p.m.          South Florida Imperiled Butterflies,
                           Dennis Olle, Dean Jue

Butterfly Talks: Corbin A

9:45  a.m.         Growing Your South Florida Butterfly Garden
                           Cindy David

2:15 p.m.          Butterfly Gardening with Herbs
                           Carolyne Coppolo

Butterfly Walks: 

9:00 a.m.          Field Trip for the Intrepid: Keys Coastal Habitat and
                           Pinelands Walk or Vine pergola

All Day              Butterfly Observation in the Butterfly Garden & Vine Pergola

Book Signings: Garden House

12:00 p.m.      Robert Michael Pyle, Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year
                         Rick Cech, Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer's Guide
                         Georgia Tasker, Butterfly Gardening in South Florida
                         Roger Hammer, Everglades National Park and the Surrounding Area,
                         Everglades Wildflowers, Florida Keys Wildfowers

Schedule of Events, Sunday, September 26

Butterfly Talks: Garden House 

9:45 a.m.          Welcome, Announcements
                           Elane Nuehring

10:00 a.m.        Butterfly Photography
                           Rick Cech

11:45 a.m.        Butterflies 101
                           Becky Smith

1:00 p.m.          The Magic of the Monarchs
                           Robert Michael Pyle

2:30 p.m.          Puerto Rican Butterflies: Mariposas de la Isla del Encanto,
                           Alana Edwards

Butterfly Talks: Corbin A

10:00 a.m.        Growing Your South Florida Butterfly Garden, 
                           Cindy David

11:30 a.m.        Pineland Restoration Gardening for Butterflies,
                           Steve Woodmansee

2:15 p.m.          Butterfly Gardening with Herbs,
                           Carolyne Coppolo 

Butterfly Walks:

All day             Butterfly Observation in the Butterfly Garden & Vine Pergola

Book Signings: Garden House

12:00 p.m.      Robert Michael Pyle, Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year
                         Rick Cech, Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer's Guide
                         Georgia Tasker, Butterfly Gardening in South Florida
                        

For the Kids Saturday and Sunday 

Butterflies are enchanting, and a beautiful way to introduce your child to the wonders of Nature. Come have fun while learning! 

Follow the "pied piper" from the Garden Café to our children's music program in the Corbin Building. Your child will hear original butterfly music and get to play instruments with musicians Laura Schrier-Coe, Michael Malone, Bonnie Boddicker and Jack Sklepowicz. 

Sit and listen as Sandy Lysinger's lovely voice captures your child's attention with a reading from The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, with beautiful illustrations. 

Make butterfly art from recycled materials with Miami's very own ReThink + ReUse Center. Children will have meaningful learning experiences with discarded clean business waste to promote innovative solutions for a cleaner tomorrow.

Admission: Free to Fairchild members and children 5 and under. Non-members: $20 for adults, $15 for seniors 65 and up and $10 for children 6-17. If you ride your bike, walk or use public transportation, admission is $15 for adults and $8 for children.

Special thanks to our sponsors:

The Miami Blue Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association and