Free public programs are held at the Butterfly Barn nature center on Saturday mornings from April through October. Several evenings a year local astronomers invite the public to view planets and distant galaxies.


Families, individuals, and school groups may schedule visits by calling the Butterfly Barn at 570-729-7053 or the Delaware Highlands Conservancy office at 570-226-3164.


Because our educational programs at the Butterfly Barn are sponsored by the Delaware Highlands Conservancy, we list them here and on the Conservancy’s website.

The Conservancy’s calendar also lists important land use and conservation meetings. To Access the Conservancy’s website, please click here.



 

Apr 4 – Emily’s Garden, PPL Environmental Learning Center, Hawley PA, 1:00 - 2:30 pm.

The great poet Emily Dickinson loved wildflowers, especially the delicate blooms of March and April. Join naturalist Ed Wesely for a virtual tour of the fields and streams that Emily Dickinson knew around Amherst MA, and learn about the spring wildflowers that inspired her. Please register for this program, and/or obtain information, by calling the Delaware Highlands Conservancy at 570-226-3164.

May 2 – Wildflower Walk, B'fly Barn, Milanville PA, 10:00 am.

Join us for an informal walk to find, identify and photograph local spring wildflowers in the scenic valley of Calkins Creek. Meet Ed Wesely at the Butterfly Barn. For information please call 570-226-3164 or 570-729-7053.

May 22 – Spring Sky Watch, B'fly Barn, Milanville PA, 8:30 pm.

Join local astronomers who will share their telescopes and sky charts to observe deep sky objects and locate the constellations. This program will last about two hours. Bring binoculars and folding chairs if you have them and dress for cool weather. For information, please call 570-226-3164 or 570-729-7053.

May 23 – Spring Bird Walk, B'fly Barn, Milanville PA, 7:00 am.

Join Barbara Yeaman and birding enthusiast Peter Wolfhorst for an informal two hour walk along the Delaware River and into nearby fields and woodlands. Bring your binoculars (we can provide a few extras) and learn to identify spring birds and their songs. Walk will start at the Butterfly Barn. Please call the Conservancy office at 570-226-3164 or Barbara at 570-729-7053 for more details.

August 22 – Monarch Program with Ed Wesely, B'fly Barn, Milanville PA 10:00 am.

Since 1996 Ed Wesely has rescued Monarch butterfly eggs and caterpillars from threatened habitats and reared them in the Butterfly Barn. With the help of local school children he’s nurtured and released almost 4,000 adult monarchs. Come and learn about the monarch life cycle, help to tag early migrants, and take home a monarch chrysalis to hatch. For information please call 570-226-3164 or 570-729-7053.

Oct 16 – Autumn Sky Watch, B'fly Barn, Milanville PA, 8:30 pm.

Join local astronomers who will share their telescopes and sky charts to observe deep sky objects and locate the constellations. This program will last about two hours. Bring binoculars and folding chairs if you have them and dress for cool weather. For information, please call 570-226-3164 or 570-729-7053.

 
 
The little red/green butterflies are by Kelsey, a fourth grader in Damascus, PA.

    The red/black butterflies are by Joey,
    a Blacksburg, VA pre-schooler.