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Upcoming events

  • Mt. Trashmore Earth Day Celebration

    • April 20, 2024
    • 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    • Mt. Trashmore 310 Edwin dr. Virginia Beach, VA

    Join the Butterfly Society at Mt. Trashmore as we join other exhibitors in celebration of our Earth. We will have examples of butterfly food plants, specimens, and displays depicting life cycles and information about the Monarch butterfly. 

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  • Earth Day Celebration at Virginia Living Museum

    • April 20, 2024
    • 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    • Virginia Living Museum, 524 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News, VA

    Join the Butterfly Society of Virginia at the Virginia Living Museum as we celebrate the Earth and the important role butterflies and moths play in the ecosystem.

    Get ready to embark on a journey of discovery and celebration as VLM honors our planet and helps you explore ways to create a brighter, greener future together! The Virginia Living Museum invites you to an immersive Earth Day event filled with live animal encounters, interactive activities, and enlightening conversations with experts and vendors. Discover innovative green practices and sustainability initiatives, Learn about upcoming conservation projects and discover ways to get involved.

    Included with Museum admission.

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  • Annual Spring Meeting & Lecture (Free/Open to Public)

    • April 21, 2024
    • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    • LETA Building 411 Integrity Way, Virginia Beach, VA

    "The Lives of Butterflies and How Monarchs Are Teaching Us About Resilience"  David James, PhD talks about his newly released book: The Lives of Butterflies – A Natural History of Our Planet’s Butterfly Life. David has been a noted global authority on Monarchs since the 1980s. He will focus on butterfly survival, especially relating to pesticides. Part of the survival equation is a species' adaptability, something Monarchs continue to demonstrate. His latest paper: https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Monarch+Butterflies+in+Western+North+America%253a+A+Holistic+Review+of...-a0780877044  The meeting will start with a brief business meeting where members will vote for candidates to fill open positions on the board. After he speaks, David will autograph copies of his book - we have a limited number available for sale.  This event is free and open to the public.

    Share our meeting flyer: 20240314 BSV David James Flyer.pdf 

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  • BSV Spring Plant Sale

    • May 18, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • Virginia Beach Farmers Market 3640 Dam Neck Road Virginia Beach, VA 23453

    Join the BSV at the Strawberry Jamboree for our annual plant sale featuring a large selection of nectar and host plants along with information and supplies for raising caterpillars.

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Past events

April 14, 2024 “Flies Parasitizing Adult Lepidoptera”; Monarch Rx Update POSTPONED
April 13, 2024 Currituck Home, Flower, and Garden Show
April 06, 2024 Earth Day Event
February 25, 2024 BSV Member Winter Meeting
January 27, 2024 Winter Wildlife Festival
October 29, 2023 Fall Lecture Meeting: *"From Whales to Moths: A Lifetime of Photographing the Wild, Both Near and Far" Presented by Todd Pusser
October 21, 2023 First Landing State Park Fall Fest
October 14, 2023 CANC: Southeast Virginia Hokie Bugfest
October 07, 2023 BSV at the VBMGA Gardening Festival
September 30, 2023 York County Bugfest
September 23, 2023 Virginia Living Museum Butterfly Bonanza
September 16, 2023 BSV Fall Plant Sale
August 26, 2023 Third Annual Pawpaw Festival at Endview Plantation
July 28, 2023 7th Annual BSV Moth Night
July 23, 2023 BSV Annual Member Summer Potluck
June 24, 2023 BSV Summer Plant Sale at the Honey Festival
May 20, 2023 BSV Spring Plant Sale
April 29, 2023 Spring Birding Festival at the Great Dismal Swamp
April 23, 2023 Annual Spring Lecture and Meeting (Open to the Public)
April 22, 2023 Virginia Living Museum Earth Day Celebration
April 22, 2023 Earth Day Event at Mount Trashmore
April 22, 2023 Currituck Home, Flower, and Garden Show
February 26, 2023 BSV Annual Member Winter Potluck
January 28, 2023 Winter Wildlife Festival
November 13, 2022 Zoom Webinar Featuring Lepidopterist Harry Pavulaan
October 29, 2022 2nd Treetopia Event at Mount Trashmore
October 23, 2022 Fall Lecture Meeting: "The Humane Gardener: Nurturing Habitat for Wildlife"
October 08, 2022 Southeast Virginia Hokie Bugfest
October 01, 2022 Autumnfest at the Chesapeake Arboretum 624 Oak Grove Road, Chesapeake, VA 23320
September 24, 2022 Butterfly Bonanza at the Virginia Living Museum
September 24, 2022 Outdoor Exploration Day at Kiptopeke State Park
September 24, 2022 BSV at the VBMGA Gardening Festival
September 17, 2022 BSV Fall Plant Sale
August 27, 2022 Second Annual Pawpaw Festival at Endview Plantation
August 20, 2022 Honey Bee Festival
July 29, 2022 6th Annual BSV Moth Night
July 24, 2022 BSV Annual Member Summer Potluck
July 16, 2022 Butterfly Festival
May 21, 2022 BSV Spring Plant Sale
April 24, 2022 BSV Spring Lecture and Meeting
March 27, 2022 Webinar: Monarch Rx Featuring Michael Boppré Entomologist, Chemo­ecologist and Professor and Nancy Lawson Master Naturalist and Author
February 27, 2022 Winter Meeting as a Zoom "Member Show and Tell"
January 29, 2022 Winter Wildlife Festival
November 06, 2021 TreeTopia 2021
October 24, 2021 BSV Fall Meeting: Sara Dykman presents "Bicycling with Butterflies"
October 16, 2021 BSV at Southeast Hokie Bugfest
October 02, 2021 BSV at the VBMGA Gardening Festival
October 02, 2021 BSV at the Norfolk Arbor Day Celebration
September 24, 2021 NBG/BSV Virtual Butterfly Festival
September 23, 2021 NBG/BSV Virtual Butterfly Festival
September 22, 2021 NBG/BSV Virtual Butterfly Festival
September 21, 2021 NBG/BSV Virtual Butterfly Festival
September 20, 2021 NBG/BSV Virtual Butterfly Festival
September 18, 2021 BSV Fall Plant Sale
September 12, 2021 Q and A with Doug Tallamy
September 11, 2021 Williamsburg Botanical Garden Virtual Butterfly Festival
September 10, 2021 Fall Moth Night at Sleepy Hole Park
July 25, 2021 BSV Virtual Summer Meeting with Member "Show and Tell"
July 23, 2021 BSV Moth Night
May 08, 2021 Spring Plant Sale
October 25, 2020 Fall Lecture Featuring Doug Tallamy: "Nature's Best Hope"
October 01, 2020 VBMG Fall Gardening Festival
July 18, 2020 7th Annual Butterfly Festival, CANCELLED by NBG
June 20, 2020 BSV Spring Plant Sale, CANCELLED by City of VB
February 23, 2020 BSV Member Winter Potluck
January 25, 2020 VB Winter Wildlife Festival (BSV Display)
January 24, 2020 Flower and Garden Expo (BSV Display)
October 20, 2019 Sam Jaffe presents "Uncovering the Whole Story"
September 22, 2019 Monarch Tag and Release at Norfolk Botanical Garden
September 21, 2019 “BSV Fall Plant Sale” at Virginia Beach Farmers Market
July 26, 2019 3rd Annual National Moth Week Event
July 21, 2019 BSV Summer Potluck
July 13, 2019 6th Annual Butterfly Festival
June 23, 2019 RIVERFest
June 14, 2019 Norfolk Botanical Garden Butterfly House
May 18, 2019 BSV Spring Plant Sale
May 03, 2019 NBG's Spring Plant Sale
April 27, 2019 Spring Festival
April 20, 2019 Party for the Planet
April 14, 2019 Wings & Things Spring Fling
April 13, 2019 Currituck Home, Flower, and Garden Show
April 07, 2019 BSV Annual Meeting and Lecture
April 06, 2019 28th Annual Gathering of the Guilds
April 06, 2019 Support York County Pollinators - Plant Hampton Roads Natives
March 30, 2019 CNU Gardening Symposium
February 24, 2019 BSV Winter Potluck
October 28, 2018 ‘The Life and Times of Virginia's Amazing Caterpillars’
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