Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden - Rochester, NY - Butterfly Houses on Waymarking.com

Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden (the physical addition):

"This graceful architectural creation gives the appearance of outspread butterfly wings and houses the first and only indoor butterfly garden in Upstate New York. Guests enter a lush rain forest environment where they encounter approximately 800 brilliantly-colored, free-flying tropical and native butterflies, tropical foliage, a cascading waterfall, and another water feature. An adjacent support greenhouse contains plants to help keep nectar sources for the butterflies replenished. The ‘wings’ of the building are 30 feet high at the tips and 50 feet in diameter, and are composed of steel rings welded together to create the appearance of a butterfly in flight. The unusual wing-shaped garden roof is a tension membrane structure designed by Taiyo Birdair Corporation of Amherst, New York. (Similar membrane structures, also designed by Taiyo Birdair, cover the Denver International Airport terminal.) While inside the butterfly garden, guests are surrounded by glass walls that create the illusion of being outdoors. That illusion is due to a one-of-a-kind glass system developed in Europe, which attaches more than 130 glass panels to the structural steel columns, and yet is nearly invisible to the naked eye." "Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden:

"This graceful architectural creation gives the appearance of outspread butterfly wings and houses the first and only indoor butterfly garden in Upstate New York. Guests enter a lush rain forest environment where they encounter approximately 800 brilliantly-colored, free-flying tropical and native butterflies, tropical foliage, a cascading waterfall, and another water feature. An adjacent support greenhouse contains plants to help keep nectar sources for the butterflies replenished. The ‘wings’ of the building are 30 feet high at the tips and 50 feet in diameter, and are composed of steel rings welded together to create the appearance of a butterfly in flight. The unusual wing-shaped garden roof is a tension membrane structure designed by Taiyo Birdair Corporation of Amherst, New York. (Similar membrane structures, also designed by Taiyo Birdair, cover the Denver International Airport terminal.) While inside the butterfly garden, guests are surrounded by glass walls that create the illusion of being outdoors. That illusion is due to a one-of-a-kind glass system developed in Europe, which attaches more than 130 glass panels to the structural steel columns, and yet is nearly invisible to the naked eye." (visit link)

The Butterfly Garden (the experience):

"Enter a lush rain-forest environment and walk among approximately 1,000 brilliantly-colored, free-flying tropical and native butterflies that flutter about (and may even land on you!). Be sure to visit the chrysalis case and see emerging butterflies.

"A paved path leads guests through tropical foliage, a turtle pond, and a cascading waterfall. Look closely and you will also notice several four-footed and fine-feathered friends, including Socrates, the garden's brightly plumaged green aracari toucan. Guests may also catch a glimpse of the garden's hummingbirds, honeycreepers, and Button Quail." (visit link)

Town: Rochester, NY Affiliated Website: [Web Link] Hours of operation: Monday–Thursday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last timed entry: 4:40 p.m.) Friday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (last timed entry: 6:40 p.m.) Saturday 10:20 a.m. to 7 p.m. (last timed entry: 6:40 p.m.) Sunday 12:20 p.m. to 5 p.m. (last timed entry: 4:40 p.m.) Prices: Nonmembers: $4 per person Members: $2 per person Children younger than 2: FREE Name of Science Building (if affiliated): Not listed

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