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    Tuesday, April 16, 2024

    Butterflies are free in Norwich

    Sharon Egan, a teacher at Growing Garden Nursery School in Montville, has her photo taken with a Painted Lady butterfly perched on her forehead as students from area schools visit the Chelsea Botanical Gardens Butterfly Pavilion at Hart's Greenhouse and Florist in Norwich Friday, June 7, 2013. The Butterfly Pavilion will be open Friday until 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. Funds support the creation of the world-class botanical gardens planned for a site near Mohegan Park.

    Students visited the Chelsea Botanical Gardens Butterfly Pavilion at Hart's Greenhouse and Florist in Norwich Friday. The Butterfly Pavilion will be open Friday until 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. Funds support the creation of the world-class botanical gardens planned for a site near Mohegan Park.

    A monarch butterfly flies off rather than be lured onto the hand of a child as students from area schools visit the Chelsea Botanical Gardens Butterfly Pavilion at Hart's Greenhouse and Florist in Norwich Friday, June 7, 2013. The Butterfly Pavilion will be open Friday until 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. Funds support the creation of the world-class botanical gardens planned for a site near Mohegan Park.
    Shannon Charles, a parent chaperone with a student field trip from Stanton School, snaps a photo of a monarch butterfly perched on her hand as students from area schools visit the Chelsea Botanical Gardens Butterfly Pavilion at Hart's Greenhouse and Florist in Norwich Friday, June 7, 2013.

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