Idlewild Butterfly Farm

Green Lacewing eggs are back in stock!

It’s been chaotic at Idlewild, but we are almost to the finish line with the new caterpillar lab!

A few baskets remain online to purchase for Mother’s Day, get your order in.

SO MANY Zinnias, Gomphrena, Strawflowers, Mexican Sunflowers and more! These cutting varieties are a great addition to your pollinator/butterfly garden.
Milkweeds and other natives for butterflies are also in stock.

$2 veggie plants! 🍅 🌶️ 🫑

Red admiral pupa kits are also available.

Lacewings and Beneficial nematodes will also be in stock for Saturday.

Many butterfly visitors to our plants today, especially Pipevine Swallowtails!

Zinnias, compact Genovese Basil, Corn Poppy, Cosmos, Butterflyweed, MI Lily, Indian Pink, and so much more!

Plant restock this week includes Eastern Sweetshrub, PawPaw (Zebra Swallowtails have found them), Poke Milkweed, Carolina Lupine, and Narrowleaf Mountain Mint. Grown with love and good bugs.

Hey y’all,

We’ve had a tremendous response to our FREE workshop this Saturday with Margaret Shea! We are offering a second workshop at 11:30, please sign up on our website. We do ask that you please limit 2 spots per registrant.

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While this is not a great photo, we have been releasing Mourning Cloaks for years and FINALLY had our first wild visitor! This beauty fluttered into our space in search of a snack, which we gladly provided. We are so thankful we got to see her!

Mourning Cloaks overwinter as adults and are usually some of the first we see in early Spring. Their host plants include willow, birch, and cottonwood trees.

Our diapause is coming to a close…time to get ready for Spring 🪴!
Kentucky’s own Margaret Shea is kicking off our first workshop of the season. Just because you have a small space doesn’t mean you can’t provide habitat for pollinators and butterflies, and Margaret is going to teach you how! This is a FREE workshop with the option of pre-ordering plants. Margaret is a trailblazer in native plants and habitat restoration, don’t miss this!

Idlewild is getting a new website, facility upgrade, and more. Stay tuned for info...