BUTTERFLY GARDEN

and MICROSOFT POLLINATOR PATIO

ABOUT THE ExHIBIT

Butterfly Garden

More information coming soon!

We look forward to reopening again in the future to welcome you to this beautiful garden where native North American butterflies fly around you!

Microsoft Pollinator Patio

Open year-round

Want to attract beautiful butterflies and other pollinators to your own backyard? This garden is full of ideas and actions you can take on behalf of native pollinators such as hummingbirds, beetles, bees and flies. Before you leave, take a sneak peek at the zoo’s Silverspot Butterfly Lab where zookeepers and teen volunteers hatch and raise endangered Oregon silverspot butterflies for release into protected wild habitat.

Pollinator Toolkit

An informational flyer from Woodland Park Zoo titled Care and Maintenance of Your Backyard Pollinators lists five ways to support bees and pollinators, including planting flowers, mowing less, and providing shelter.

Care and Maintenance of Your Backyard Pollinators

An informational flyer from Woodland Park Zoo titled “Finding the Right Plant for the Right Place” with gardening tips, a plant label example, and a list of factors to consider when choosing plants, such as light and water needs.

Finding the Right Plant for the Right Place

An instructional flyer from Woodland Park Zoo titled “How to Make a Simple Seed Ball,” featuring step-by-step directions, an image of a hand holding a small seed ball, and information on how seed balls help plants grow.

How to Make a Simple Seed Ball

Informational poster titled The Real Dirt About Soil, describing soil components: organic material, mulch, compaction, chemicals, moisture, with related photos and gardening tips, plus logos for Cedar Grove and Party for the Planet.

The Real Dirt About Soil

A flyer from Woodland Park Zoo titled NATIVE BEE HOMES, giving detailed instructions and tips on building tunnel-nesting bee homes, including hole sizes, materials, placement, and maintenance. Contact info is listed at the bottom.

Bee House Tips

Informational poster titled Your Guide to a Healthy Garden, promoting healthy gardening to control pests and attract pollinators. Includes illustrations of flowers, insects, birds, and gardening tips like proper mulching and watering.

Healthy Garden

I Am Living Northwest

Pro-pollinator? Join the movement of people like you who care about local wildlife.

Get more pollinator actions tips and inspiration

Pollinator Plant Guide

A comprehensive list of all the flowering plants in the Butterfly Garden and Microsoft Pollinator Patio.

Your guide to a healthy garden starts here

Need tips for natural pest control? Get the dirt on dirt and pro-tips on plants—feel good about your garden and keep it a vibrant habitat for pollinators!

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Pollinator Power

Bee inspired to do more for tiny, important pollinators. Join the movement to create habitat, support wildlife, clean up green spaces and spread the love for Northwest pollinators in your community and beyond!

See what the buzz is all about!

Protecting a Rare Pacific Northwest Pollinator

Animal keepers assist in releasing endangered island marble butterflies, learn more about this collaborative recovery project on San Juan Island, WA.

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Saving Northwest Butterflies

Giving endangered butterflies a headstart before releasing into protected Northwest coastal grasslands.

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