Sponsored by Peninsula and Middle Peninsula extension offices. Applications accepted until July 30. July 17-18, sponsored by Tidewater Iris Society during Crepe Myrtle Festival at McDonald Garden Center in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake. Butterflies and Flowers. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. July 18, summer garden tour sponsored by Butterfly Society of Virginia.
All gardens offer nectar and host plants.
The museum also provides plants along with butterfly basking and puddling areas and places where mourning cloaks can spend winter. Brochures with directions available at tour homes and from society members. Children under 12 free with adult. Meet and talk with Jack Clark, a retired botanist and resident who voluntarily cares for the gardens.