The Butterfly House at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Part 1 and Part 2

We were excited to see that the botanical garden had a butterfly house!

Unfortunately, a lot of the butterflies were not very cooperative as they just did not want to land on anything! As soon as they landed on something they would take right back off again.

The blue morpho butterfly was especially quite difficult to get a picture of because it just wouldn't land! It would always take off again as soon as I was going to take a picture, or it would close up its wings. It's interesting how the blue morpho looks so 'ugly' on the outside but so pretty when it spreads its wings. As you might already know, that is how they camouflage themselves.

There weren't very many different varieties of butterflies at the garden, or any that were particularly colorful or anything, but it was still pretty neat to observe.

There are quite a few different varieties listed on the garden's website, but we only saw maybe half of them. There is one called a gray cracker that would have been neat to see!

Have you ever visited a butterfly garden/house?

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Part 2

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Part 1

The garden was just so pretty that I ended up taking so many pictures! The greenhouse was pretty neat because one part had a whole bunch of orchids in many different colors and shapes. Another part had a butterfly exhibit (which I'll share in another post!) and another part had a neat little house that reminded us of Hagrid's hut! 

Back outside, we saw a rose garden, but there weren't too many roses blooming anymore. We enjoyed walking along the different paths and around the pond while enjoying the many different kinds of plants and flowers.

We really enjoyed our time at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden! The garden was just the right size-not too big and not too small. It's easy enough to do in a few hours or longer if you wish. I can definitely see us visiting again!