Butterfly House

A magical collision of art, technology, installation and performance

Ever thought how much we rely on insects?

Come and celebrate the miracle of flight and metamorphosis at the Butterfly House. Meet a giant Praying Mantis or make friends with a caterpillar.

Without these tiny alien looking lifeforms, life on earth would be very different.

Magnifying the unseen and exploring the incredible relationships that lie at the bottom of the food chain. Without them the entire web of life would collapse.

Butterfly House is modelled on nature, where nothing goes to waste.

Create your own butterfly from recycled chip packets and release it to fly inside the butterfly chamber.

Puppetry, performance and visual art collide to deliver a playful work that is bound to leave you more appreciative of creepy crawlies.

Take home a seedling to plant in your garden and wait for the real butterflies to arrive and help reverse the trend of disappearing butterflies and habitats.

A great reminder that we are all connected to the web of life, and the more we care for these tiny creatures, the more they care for us.

“More than 40% of insect species are declining and a third are endangered. The rate of extinction is eight times faster than that of mammals, birds and reptiles.”

— Biological Conservation Journal

Butterfly House at the Royal Botanical Gardens Victoria.