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A child and adult wandering through past flowering shrubs and grasses in the rooftop garden on top of Fed Square.
20 Sep – 6 Oct

A Butterfly Story: A Garden Activity for Kids

  • Free
  • Family and kids

These school holidays, flap your wings to find your way to the Test Garden at Fed Square, to learn all about butterflies.

Pick up a set of colouring pencils and an activity sheet in the Atrium and follow the map to the Test Garden – located on top of the Fed Square car park.

In springtime, there will be lots of butterflies in the Test Garden, looking for pollen in the many freshly blooming flowers. Search for the different butterflies in the garden, to learn all about these amazing insects.

You might find the Australian Painted Lady Butterfly, a migratory butterfly that heads south in the spring as the weather warms up.

Learn about how butterfly wings are more than just fancy clothes – and what their special markings and colours can tell us.

What would your wings look like, if you were a butterfly? Share your drawing for your chance to win.

Presented as part of RESET: a free festival for greener living at Fed Square.

Hours

Date Times
Sat 20 Sep
  • 8am - 6pm 8:00am - 6:00pm
Sun 21 Sep
  • 8am - 6pm 8:00am - 6:00pm
Mon 22 Sep
  • 8am - 6pm 8:00am - 6:00pm
Tue 23 Sep
  • 8am - 6pm 8:00am - 6:00pm
Wed 24 Sep
  • 8am - 6pm 8:00am - 6:00pm
Thu 25 Sep
  • 8am - 6pm 8:00am - 6:00pm
Fri 26 Sep
  • 8am - 6pm 8:00am - 6:00pm
Sat 27 Sep
  • 8am - 6pm 8:00am - 6:00pm
Sun 28 Sep
  • 8am - 6pm 8:00am - 6:00pm
Mon 29 Sep
  • 8am - 6pm 8:00am - 6:00pm
Tue 30 Sep
  • 8am - 6pm 8:00am - 6:00pm
Wed 1 Oct
  • 8am - 6pm 8:00am - 6:00pm
Thu 2 Oct
  • 8am - 6pm 8:00am - 6:00pm
Fri 3 Oct
  • 8am - 6pm 8:00am - 6:00pm
Sat 4 Oct
  • 8am - 6pm 8:00am - 6:00pm
Sun 5 Oct
  • 8am - 6pm 8:00am - 6:00pm
Mon 6 Oct
  • 8am - 6pm 8:00am - 6:00pm

Location

Atrium + Test Garden
Fed Square
Swanston St & Flinders St
Melbourne 3000

Open in maps location for Fed Square

Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9655 1900
  • email address: info@fedsquare.com
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Accessibility

  • Accessible toilets
  • Service animals
  • Additional accessible features Contact for more information

All accessibility information is self-reported by the listing owner. It has not been verified by the City of Melbourne.

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