Two monarch butterflies perched on a flower.

Gack’s Flutterby Garden will be hosting a garden open house from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6. Photos provided by Cindy Gackenheimer.

News Release

CLAYPOOL — Flutterby Garden at Beaver Dam Lake will be having a Butterfly Extravaganza open house from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at Gack’s Flutterby Garden, 7295 W. Bensart Drive, Claypool.

The event will include free tours, and participants will have the opportunity to learn about the monarch and how to start a pollinator garden. The open house will also include hands-on activities for children, plant giveaways, food and caterpillars and butterflies.

The goal is to raise awareness of ways the public can save the monarch butterfly, which has recently been listed as endangered.

Private tours of the garden are also available at other times.