Join us for a day of hands-on bug-themed booths and activities throughout the Garden. Bug Day is an opportunity to teach the importance of bugs in nature, in the Garden, and to make the little creepy crawlies less scary!

Bug Day Festivities:

🐞Hands-on learning experiences
🐞Live music
🐞Buggie interactive exhibits
🐞Local food & drink vendors
🐞VW Bug Car Show
🐞Dancing praying mantis!*

*Itsy Bitsy the praying mantis, from The Colossal Collective:
Come watch and interact with a 20 footlong dancing praying mantis!
Bitsy will meander the Garden from 10am-1pm.

$8: Garden Members and Youth (4 – 12)
$12: Non-Members
Free: Kiddos 3 and Under

🐝Bug Races – Learn buggy facts and put that knowledge to work in a race!

🐝Compost Critters – Learn about the crawlies that help break down compost

🐝Insect Olympics – Compare your abilities to that of insects!

VW Car Show!

German Speed returns to show off their extensive collection of classic VW Bugs.