17th annual Butterfly Festival to be today

From an earlier festival, a butterfly inside the butterfly tent at the annual Butterfly Festival at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (File photo by Mary Rupert)

The 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.

The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park, which has an entrance at 91st and Leavenworth Road.

Those attending may hunt for butterflies, help tag Monarch butterflies or play a Monarch migration game.

There will be a butterfly story time, face painting, a butterfly walk and scavenger hunt, take-home craft kits, a butterfly release tent and resources for gardens.

For more information, see https://www.facebook.com/events/881844559365409 or https://kckpl.librarymarket.com/event/17th-annual-lawson-roberts-butterfly-festival.