Annual Huron Hospice Butterfly Release Back For Eighth Year

by Bob Montgomery

The Annual Huron Hospice Butterfly Release is back for its eighth year.

Hospice Fund Development Manager Christopher Walker explains the release of the butterflies is significant because butterflies are a symbol of transformation, and that kind of message really resonates with families at the Huron Hospice.

The Hospice gets their butterflies from a certified butterfly breeder in Lakefield, and all of their gardening practices at the Hospice are organic so the Hospice makes an ideal place for butterflies to stop over on their migration either to the north or the south. But, Walker says they haven't been able to get Monarch Butterflies for three years now because they've been declared an endangered species, so the butterflies they get now are called Painted Ladies.

The Butterfly Release is a fundraiser for the Hospice so they sell the butterflies as well as pollinating plants. The release of the Butterflies is on Sunday, August 25th, but the deadline for ordering butterflies is August 1st.

More information about the Annual Butterfly Release can be found on the Hospice website.