- May 31, 2017
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Ruth Frushour and Aura Rasmussen with the St. Clair Butterfly Foundation release a number of monarch butterflies into the sky.
Ruth Frushour and Aura Rasmussen with the St. Clair Butterfly Foundation release a number of monarch butterflies into the sky.
Ruth Frushour with the St. Clair Butterfly Foundation release a number of monarch butterflies into the sky.
Aura Rasmussen with the St. Clair Butterfly Foundation release a number of monarch butterflies into the sky.
Ruth Frushour with the St. Clair Butterfly Foundation release a number of monarch butterflies into the sky.
Some of the butterflies took a moment at the Children's Garden.
Anastasiya and Nika Sivakova enjoy the colored mask.
Ruth Frushour with the St. Clair Butterfly Foundation teach children about caterpillars.
Elyse Germeroth and Kai Frisoli admire the small caterpillar.
Beatriz and Miguel Garcia check out the small caterpillar.
Brielle and Shay Coffey work on their butterfly mask.
Charlotte Kushto keeps focused on her mask
Butterflies took flight across the Children's Garden play area during a learning event on June 25.
The Butterfly Encounter event welcomed Ruth Frushour and Aura Rasmussen of the St. Clair Butterfly Foundation — which supports underserved children and families — to teach families and children about the life cycle and development of caterpillars and butterflies.
It's one thing to hear about something, and it's another to see it. To that end, Frushour and Rasmussen brought some newly emerged monarch butterflies and caterpillars to the garden for children to see. After teaching the kids about butterflies, Frushour and Rasmussen released the monarchs high into the sky to continue their life spans.
Following the display and release of the monarchs, children got busy coloring in their own butterfly masks to take home.
