Bay Area Butterfly Festival

23/06/2026

🦋 A heartfelt THANK YOU to the incredible sponsors who helped make this year’s Bay Area Butterfly Festival possible.

Because of your support, hundreds of community members were able to gather to celebrate pollinators, nature education, conservation, and the beauty of our local environment.

We are deeply grateful for your partnership and commitment to helping our community learn, connect, and grow.

Thank you to:

🌿 Solano Resource Conservation District
🌿 Suite Treatments
🌿 Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation
🌿 US Bank
🌿 MCE
🌿 Recology
🌿 Watershed Nursery
🌿 Mare Island Company
🌿 City of Vallejo
🌿 Safeway
🌿 Trader Joe’s
🌿 Costco
🌿 Monarch Joint Venture
🌿 Rotary Club of Winters

Your generosity helped create a day filled with learning, wonder, and community.

Thank you for helping us plant gardens, protect pollinators, and inspire the next generation. 🦋💜

12/06/2026

🦋 The Schedule Is Here! Plan Your Day at the Bay Area Butterfly Festival! 🦋

From butterfly experts and pollinator talks to mushroom growing, hydroponics, foraging walks, kids’ activities, food vendors, and hands-on workshops—there’s something for every age.

✨ FREE General Admission With Registration
🌿 Guided Pollinator Walks
🍄 Grow Your Own Mushrooms
💧 Hydroponics 101
🧴 Make Your Own Body Lotion
🦋 Butterfly & Pollinator Presentations
🎶 Live Music + Food Vendors
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family-Friendly Activities All Day

📅 Sunday, June 14, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
📍 Vallejo People’s Garden, Mare Island

⚠️ Some workshops and guided experiences have limited capacity, please save your seat by following the link in our bio.

👉 Comment “BUTTERFLY” below and we’ll send you the registration link.
👉 Tag a friend who loves gardening, nature, butterflies, or getting outdoors with their kids.
👉 Save this post so you don’t miss your favorite workshop!

Register with our 🔗 link in bio before spots fill!

12/06/2026

🍴 Come Hungry to the Bay Area Butterfly Festival! 🦋

Exploring butterflies, native plants, workshops, and family fun works up an appetite!

We’re excited to welcome some amazing local food vendors to this year’s festival:

Phat Salads & Wraps

Merna's Hawaiian Kitchen
TJ Taco Jalisco📍700 Broadway St, Vallejo, CA


Whether you’re craving fresh salads, tacos, Hawaiian favorites, burgers & fries, coffee, donuts, or sweet treats, we’ve got something for everyone.

📍 Vallejo People’s Garden, Mare Island
📅 June 14, 2026
🎟️ Free Festival Admission With Registration

Tag a friend you’re bringing and tell us which food vendor you’re most excited to try! 👇🦋

31/05/2025

Bay Area Butterfly Festival Event Schedule

🕙 Festival runs 10AM–5PM
🎤 Guest speakers + presentations
🌿 Garden demos + native plant talks
🧵 Hands-on workshops
🎨 Arts + crafts vendors
🎶 Live music
🍴 Local food + drinks
🦋 Butterfly education + kid activities
📍 Mare Island Promenade @ 860 Nimitz Ave, Vallejo CA

💵 Suggested donation: $15 adults / $5 kids (12 & under)

🌸 Come to learn how you can support the butterflies. Enjoy the festival vibes.

31/05/2025

Tomorrow is the Bay Area Butterfly Festival!

Join us to celebrate and learn about how to help Bay Area Monarch Butterflies and all our pollinators!

Help us achieve our goal to beautify our communities with pollinator gardens and to Bring Back the Monarchs!

31/05/2025

A heartfelt thank you to our incredible sponsors for making the 2025 Bay Area Butterfly Festival possible — and for supporting the creation of local pollinator habitat and community education across the Bay Area.

Your generosity helps bring this event to life, and it powers something even bigger:
🌱 Native plant restoration
📚 Public education on pollinators
🦋 Hands-on learning for all ages

🌼 Pollinator Protector Sponsors:
Mare Island Co. • City of Vallejo • Valero • HayBear Enterprises • Mare Island Brewing Co. • Safeway • Phillips 66 • U.S. Bank • Rocky Michaels Music

🌿 Overwintering Site Sponsors:
Vallejo Flood & Wastewater District • Larry Kay • Touro University California • Meadowcroft Wines • Solano County Water Agency • Izzo Therapy • Astrobotanicals • Mare Island Historic Park Foundation

🐛 Caterpillar Sponsors:
Recology • The Watershed Nursery • Suite Treatments • Jean Cherie Sculptures • Native Seed Group

🥚 Egg Sponsors:
Trader Joe’s • Meyer Corporation • AAA • Bella Siena Restaurant • Costco • Ace Hardware • Friedman’s Home Improvement • Sierra Club • V. Sattui Winery

Together, we're growing a future where butterflies — and communities — can thrive. 💛

30/05/2025

The Bay Area Butterfly is this Sunday, June 1!

VALLEJO — The Bay Area Butterfly Festival is returning to Mare Island on Sunday.

30/05/2025

THIS SUNDAY JUNE 1!!!

Come to Mare Island in Vallejo for a family-friendly celebration of monarchs, pollinators, and native plants. 🌼

🗓️ Sunday, June 1, 2025
🕙 10AM–5PM
🐞 Expert talks on monarchs, pollinators, native plants and more
🌱 Garden workshops + demos
🧵 Eco-conscious arts & crafts vendors
🍴 Festival worthy food and drinks
🐛 Free Kids Zone featuring arts and crafts, face painting, and interactive entertainment

Whether you're a pollinator nerd, native plant fan, or just here for the vibes — you belong!

🎟️ Tickets: Suggested donation of $15 for adults and $5 for kids 12 & under to support habitat restoration and community education programming.

📍 Mare Island Promenade, 860 Nimitz Avenue, Vallejo CA

📸 Tag us & use to spread the buzz!

30/05/2025

Your small garden matters — more than you think.
Many native bees never travel more than 500 feet from where they hatch. That means even a sunny pot of native flowers, a sidewalk strip, or a tiny patch of yard can be a life-saving stopover.

Pollinator habitat doesn't have to be huge. It just has to exist.

Come to the Bay Area Butterfly Festival June 1 to pick up some native plants, learn about pollinator habitats, enjoy music and food, let the kids enjoy free activities – and so much more. Learn more at the link in our bio.

29/05/2025

🟣 Nectar Plant of the Week: Rock Phacelia

💜 Curling clusters of pale purple flowers with serious pollinator appeal
🐝 Beloved by bumble bees and native bees
🪨 Great for rocky, sunny, hard-to-plant spots
☀️ Thrives in fully sun, with basically no water
💪 Self-seeds readily in gravely edges and mulched areas
🌿 Low spreading and easy to grow.

👉 If your garden has a “problem area,” Rock Phacelia might just be the solution.

Come to the Bay Area Butterfly Festival THIS WEEKEND June 1 to pick up some native plants, learn about pollinator habitats, enjoy music and food, let the kids enjoy free activities – and so much more. Learn more at the link in our bio.