Butterfly Festival

Sat. Sept. 21 & Sun. Sept. 22, 2019

Make it a Getaway

Celebrate butterflies, caterpillars and all things crawly at our inaugural Butterfly Festival!  With crafts, games and activities for children of all ages (and kids at heart), the Cecil B. Day Tropical Butterfly Conservatory  will be the hub of happenings all weekend long.  Adventure out on Cecil’s Epic Scavenger Hunt or create a  beautiful butterfly mask to take home in one of our many craft tents, but above all slow down to take in the magic of the conservatory and Callaway Gardens’ “flying flowers”.

This festival is included in general Gardens admission, Saturday 9/21 and Sunday, 9/22, 2019 (FREE for Annual Members and Resort Guests)!

Children 12 & under dressed as a butterfly, caterpillar or insect receive FREE ADMISSION to Callaway Gardens!

Stay tuned for 2019 schedule!

Butterfly Festival 2018 Schedule

Printable Schedule

Saturday, September 22nd

8:30 to 10 a.m. Registration for Cecil’s Scavenger Hunt^ in the Butterfly Center Lobby
9 a.m. The Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center Opens
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Discovery Tables
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Craft Tables

• Butterfly Mask
• Pompom Caterpillar
• Hand-print Painted Butterfly
• Caterpillar Necklace
• Chromatography Butterflies
• Butterfly Wand
• Pasta Lifecycle
• Origami Butterflies

10 a.m. Registration Opens for Games
10:30 a.m., sharp, Blue Morpho Release  (this is a cannot-miss photo/video opportunity!)
10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Games

• Younger Children
  • Lifecycle Race
  • Butterfly Egg Hunt
• Older Children
  • Lifecycle Race
  • Pollinator Race

1 to 4 p.m. Monarch Tagging
4 to 7 p.m. Live Music & Cash Bar
4 to 7 p.m. Fruit to Feed Morphos
5 p.m. Deadline for Cecil’s Hunt^ Check-in
6 p.m. Cecil’s Hunt^ Winners Announced

Sunday, September 23rd

8 to 10 a.m. Muffins with Morphos* (Additional Ticket purchase required for this Breakfast event)
10 a.m. The Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center Opens
10:30 a.m. sharp, Blue Morpho Release  (this is a cannot-miss photo/video opportunity!)
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Discovery Tables
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Craft Tables

• Butterfly Mask
• Pompom Caterpillar
• Hand-print Painted Butterfly
• Caterpillar Necklace
• Chromatography Butterflies
• Butterfly Wand
• Pasta Lifecycle
• Origami Butterflies

11 a.m. Registration Opens for Games
11:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Games

• Younger Children
  • Lifecycle Race
  • Butterfly Egg Hunt
• Older Children
  • Lifecycle Race
  • Pollinator Race

1 to 4 p.m. Monarch Tagging

Make it a Getaway

^Cecil’s Hunt Rules

*Muffins with Morphos  breakfast event requires an additional ticket purchase and includes Gardens Admission for the day, $30 per child, $40 per adult.  CLICK HERE  to purchase.