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There's something truly spectacular about the transition between Summer and Autumn when the colors of Kansas scenery create the ideal backdrop for outdoor fun. You're invited to join us as we celebrate Kansas agriculture for our KC Wine Co Sunflower fest!

On Friday, August 7, at 6 pm Pacific, meet a few of CuriOdyssey's animals and learn about them from a professional animal keeper and enjoy music by children's music performer Renee Padgett.

Experience the world of our favorite pollinator at the annual Festival of Butterflies at Powell Gardens. The vibrant colors of over a thousand free-flying butterflies and moths will populate our glass-walled conservatory, where a mesmerizing fountain pool will be surrounded with tropical plants that are native to the natural habitats of these exotic pollinators. Witness metamorphosis from chrysalis to butterfly and cocoon to moth as each newly-winged wonder takes flight for the very first time. Next you are invited to embark on the outdoor trail that traces the northward migratory path of the monarch butterfly. Your journey begins in our Seed to Plate greenhouse, which will be transformed into a facsimile of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Michoacán, Mexico, a World Heritage Site where monarch butterflies spend the winter months. Approximately 200 million butterflies cover the trees, creating a captivating landscape of fluttering wings. You will continue following the trail through stops that feature nectar and host plants from Texas, then Oklahoma, until you have reached the outdoor habitat where we raise native Missouri butterflies every year.

Gather 'round with the little ones and join a #NHMLA Gallery Interpreter for a live reading of one of their favorite books! Join in every Friday for a brand new story!