“Flying flowers” arrive at the Maxine and Jonathan Marshall Butterfly Pavilion at the Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 North Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, Arizona (map), September 30, 2013, and flit around until November 24, 2013.

The Mariposa Monarca Monarch Butterfly Exhibit will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Tickets are $3.50 for the general public (with a paid garden admission).

Road Trips Gardeners will find themselves surrounded with hundreds of live butterflies at Mariposa Monarca. This engaging exhibit features the life cycle and migration patterns of the monarch butterfly and the environmental threats and conservation efforts that surround it.

(Photo courtesy of Desert Botanical Garden)