Christmas Week at Butterflies of Cape Cod: shop hours & gift ideas

It’s your last chance to grab some great holiday gifts or Butterflies of Cape Cod merchandise for yourself before our extended winter shutdown!

While our live native butterfly habitat is only open seasonally, we still have off season costs like rent and utilities, and of course- getting ready for next season! Your holiday purchases help keep us going in the off season and help us expand our offerings.

Shopping at Butterflies of Cape Cod does not only meaning finding great gift ideas, but also means supporting a great cause that your gift-receivers might appreciate!

Here’s a small sample of the items we have available:

• beautiful shirts

• fun t-shirts

• science-themed candles

• STEM toys and activities

• puzzles

• greeting cards

• field guides and other books for all ages

• jewelry for both kids and adults

• butterfly shadowboxes

• awesome socks

• nerdy insect pins

If you know someone who loves science or nature, you are sure to find a great gift at our shop!

Happy Holidays from Butterflies of Cape Cod!

Fluttering Fun & Fabulous Finds!

Please join us for our Fluttering Fun & Fabulous Finds event!

Purchases made at our store in the off-season help support our live butterfly habitat in the summer and our mission to promote healthy and beautiful backyards for everyone- especially pollinators! Your help is critical in moving forward with next year's butterfly exhibit.

Some of the things you can do at our event:
- Fabulous finds: our merchandise is specially curated by Ann who only believes in stocking things that she truly loves herself
- Spin our new discount wheel to win a discount on your purchase: up to 20%
- Free cookies, cider and coffee
- Storytime for the kiddos: 11:30am and 2:30pm
- And more!

Visit our gift shop this holiday season to support next year's butterfly habitat!

Did you know we are STILL open?

Our live native butterfly habitat and gardens may be closed for the season, but we’re still here in our store! We’d love for you to stop by to check out our collection of curated nature-inspired gifts and help support next season’s butterfly habitat.

Off-season support from our customers is a critical factor preparing for next season’s butterflies. We encourage you to come support our cause.

We are open 11am to 4pm every Thursday, Friday and Saturday through December. Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Christmas Goodies

In addition to our normal nature-inspired inventory, we also have a variety of seasonal items that make great gifts.

Visit us soon and help us share the knowledge, beauty and joy of the world’s most beautiful pollinators…

26 Herring Pond Road

Bourne, MA 02532

(774) 413-9310

We're Open for the 2025 Season!

It’s here! It is the start of the 2025 season!

Our habitat is open once more. We are open daily through September (closed for July 4th).

The habitat will be closed when it is raining, but the gift shop will still be open.

2025 Admission Rates:

Adults: $10, Children 12 and under: $8, Seniors 62 and over: $8

Here’s a video featuring our first luna moths of the season.

What's Blooming? May 21st, 2025

Pussy Toes

“What’s Blooming?” is a series of posts intended to help you stagger the blooms in your yard throughout the year, both for the beauty and the pollinators!

Antennaria sp., also known as “Pussy Toes” are found throughout North America. They are named after the appearance of their flower clusters, which look like tiny pompoms clustered together in a soft “paw”. Pussy toes are members of the Asteraceae family, a group of plants excellent in attracting pollinators like bees and butterflies. Pussy toes are a resilient plant that tolerate a wide variety of environmental conditions, but do not like shade.

Pussy toes are a host plant for the American Lady butterfly. Their blooms last about three weeks in the spring. Deer and rabbits are known to avoid this plant.

What's Blooming? May 18th, 2025

Golden Alexander

We’re back with our “What’s Blooming?” series, where we introduce you to plants currently in bloom and important for pollinators. Having plants in your yard that are in bloom during different times of the year is vital to keeping a pollinator garden active, and it also keeps your yard looking lovely throughout the year.

Golden Alexander serves a dual purpose. Not only does the nectar of the tiny yellow flowers of the Golden Alexander attract bees, butterflies and other pollinators, but it is also a host plant to the Black Swallowtail butterfly. In the fall, it even feeds birds!

Zizia aurea is native to most of the United States. It is very low-maintenance and easy to grow, especially after the first year.. It prefers sunny areas and can often be found in fields or along roadsides. However, it can tolerate partial sun and is fairly drought resistant (though it prefers consistent watering). It can handle a wide variety of soils, too. They typically bloom from mid-May through June, possibly even going into early July.

Need a last minute holiday gift? Come see us!

If you are local to us, please consider stopping by the shop for your last minute gifts! Profit from all purchases goes directly toward preparing for next summer’s live butterfly exhibit. Gift shop sales are crucial for the habitat.

We have a wide selection of gifts for all ages. Our collection of items is curated with intention of providing quality nature-inspired products. We seek eco-friendly choices whenever possible. We have art, clothing, STEM toys, cuddly plushies, candles, jewelry and more.

Our final two days are upon us. We are open Monday, December 23rd and Tuesday, December 24th from 10am to 4pm. We hope to see you!

Year End Sale

We are making some room for new exciting products arriving in 2025! You can now get 25% off women’s tops and tees; and 40% off garden flags!

We are open Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am to 4pm! Closed on Thanksgiving!

What's Blooming? April 30th, 2024

Serviceberry

Today we’d like to introduce you to the serviceberry, also known as shadbush, a plant native to most of the eastern portion of the United States. Here at Butterflies of Cape Cod, it is one of our first native flowering trees for pollinators in the spring. It is blooming right now!

Serviceberry has flowers in the spring, berries in the summer, and beautiful foliage in the fall. Birds love the berries, but this tree also attracts butterflies and bees. It is a low-maintenance plant that is salt tolerant (important for the coastal communities!) as well as deer and rabbit-resistant.

It’s the host plant for numerous butterflies such as the viceroy and tiger swallowtail.

Season Opening Announcement