Photos: The Farnsworth Butterfly Station
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Hands-on learning: A young visitor reaching into the blacked-eyed susan plants tries to coax a monarch butterfly onto her finger Monday in the native-plant garden at Farnsworth Middle School. Free, guided tours are conducted daily by students until Aug. 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with the last tour beginning at 12:30 p.m.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Butterfly Station: Two monarch butterflies land on an echinacea blossom Monday at Farnsworth Middle School’s Butterfly Station, a student-run community service program designed to make the school a center for the ecological restoration of the community. A train once stopped in the middle of the Pine Bush. People from around the world would come to this spot to walk through the Pine Bush and look at the many wonderful butterflies. The stop came to be known as “Butterfly Station.”
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Tempted: Two girls look at a monarch butterfly in the native-plant garden at Farnsworth Middle School on Monday. Free, guided tours are conducted daily by students until Aug. 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with the last tour beginning at 12:30 p.m. In addition to the garden, the tours include the metamorphosis room and the butterfly catching adventure. A Butterfly Release Celebration will be held on Friday, Aug. 13, as the butterflies are set free.