Tea: a drink with jam and bread and butterflies!

I love tea! As a gardener I love the idea of sipping a brew made from delicate flowers and leaves that I might raise in my own garden or delights from far off postmarks where I may never visit. Tasting plants and delighting in their bouquet fascinates me and I am certainly a tea-a-holic. Now, partner tea with butterflies and I am helpless against the power of this potent formula!

The BioWorks Butterfly Garden @ MOSI has a cozy butterfly encounter where you can get up close and personal with butterflies, two acres of gardens where butterflies fly free, ponds filled with space fish descendants an animal husbandry lab where you can watch butterflies in every stage of the life cycle, but it also has a really neat butterfly classroom.

This classroom is indeed used for educational classes but can also be rented for things like the High Tea that was held the day before yesterday. I received a few questions on facebook about the pictures I posted there so here is the info:

Butterfly teas can be booked for groups from 6 to 20 people at two different price points: $8 per person for tea and cookies and $25 per person for high tea which also includes admission to the MOSI permanent exhibits. We also have annual Mother's Day and Holiday teas where you can book seats. If you are interested in holding a tea or an event in the classroom or butterfly garden call Pat Robison at MOSI (813-987-6320) and she will be happy to help you with whatever you may need!

Normally I don't blog here about things other than butterflies and plants but this was just so darling and of course involved my bugs! I so wanted to run inside and join these ladies at their wonderful little tea!