There are several larger signs with basic information about the butterfly life cycle. Lantana has been used as a groundcover throughout the gardens, attracting many skippers. Use the second entrance to the Conservatories if you wish to park near the Butterfly Garden. Drive up to the closed gates and stop, and they will open automatically. The butterfly garden is located in front of the nature center fronting on Thrift Road.
Visitors can park in the lower nature center parking lot and follow the marked trail to the garden.
Persons with disabilities can park across the street on the side of the road directly across from the garden. Both host and nectar plants are present and labeled. The garden is especially rich in host plants and includes pussytoes, several milkweed species, asters, thistle, senna, violets, and herbs. Monarchs raised on the milkweed are tagged by the nature center. Hidden behind Jerry's Ford and the Salvation Army off Little River Turnpike, this beautiful garden park includes a backyard wildlife habitat garden, a small demonstration meadow, and a native plant trail.