Our indoor facility is a rainforest environment, with computerized temperature, light and humidity control. Our tropical paradise is housed in a 12,000 square foot greenhouse allowing butterflies to fly freely, fish and ducks to swim in the stream, birds to fly, and plants to grow. There is a large stream that meanders through the gardens, assisting with the humidity, and providing the perfect place for our majestic flamingos to relax.

Over 250 different tropical plants provide beauty and function in the gardens. Many of the plants in the gardens are “host plants”. These are plants that support one or more species of butterflies through out their life cycle. The butterfly will lay its eggs on the leaves, the caterpillar will emerge from the egg and feast on the foliage, and then when it is ready, form its chrysalis on the plant as well. As well, there are “food plants”, on which the butterflies will feed after emerging from their chrysalides. At times the blooms on these plants are supplemented in providing nectar for the butterflies by our staff placing trays of sliced fruit covered with a piece of screening throughout the gardens. This allows the butterflies to use their proboscis to suck sugars from the fermenting fruit, quite a diet for these special butterflies.