Monarch Butterflies from Brookside Gardens

Monarch on pretty foliage: Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2015

Happy wild Wednesday! This week I'm featuring beautiful monarch butterflies from Brookside Gardens' Wings of Fancy butterfly exhibit. They have a nice butterfly garden in the exhibit with both local and exotic butterflies as well as gorgeous outside butterfly gardens with wild local butterflies.

Monarch butterfly on agastache: Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2015

It's always a blessing to be able to visit a butterfly garden but I think this is my favorite.

Monarch butterfly on pink zinnia: Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2015

The monarchs seemed most active on this visit and it was neat to catch them on so many different kinds of flowers and plants.

Monarch with shadow: Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2015

 I believe this monarch butterfly is resting on a giant elephant's ear leaf.

Monarch butterfly on lantana: Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2015

They clearly loved the lantanta flowers. The exhibit is staffed with many kind hearted volunteers so if you visit and want the name of a butterfly or plant, just ask and one of the volunteers probably knows or will find out for you.

Thank you for stopping by! May God bless you and all of His creatures!

Related posts:
Exotic butterflies: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2015/08/brookside-gardens-wings-of-fancy.html
Monarch butterflies on chrysanthemums: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2014/10/monarch-butterfly-on-pretty.html
Monarchs on tithonia: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2014/10/monarch-butterflies-on-tithonia.html
Cute critters on flowers: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/search?q=monarch

Note: I wasn't asked or paid to write this post and all opinions are my own. I just like butterflies and Brookside Gardens.