Butterfly World is a butterfly zoo located on the Isle of Wight.
| Butterfly World, Isle of Wight | |
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 Butterfly World's logo | |
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| 50°42′41″N 1°15′16″W / 50.71127°N 1.25447°W | |
| Date opened | 1983 |
| Location | Isle of Wight |
| Website | www.butterfly-world-iow.co.uk |
It opened on 1 May 1983 as part of the Medina Garden Centre, becoming the first butterfly farm opened in a UK garden centre, and the fifth Butterfly farm in the world.[1]
It includes an indoor sub-tropical garden with free-flying butterflies.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Butterfly World opens its wings". Gardeners Chronicle and Horticulture Trade Journal. 193. Haymarket Publishing: 8. 1983. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ Long, Peter (2004). The Hidden Places of England (4 ed.). Travel Publishing Ltd. p. 291. ISBN 978-1-904434-12-2. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
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