Butterfly-Botania

Botania, the Botanical Garden of the University of Joensuu, offers year-round experiences for the senses − see, hear and touch. Travel from an arid desert to a melodic rain forest and see a thousand exotic species, carnivorous and tactile plants, lianas and bamboo. There are also butterfly and insect collections, theme exhibitions, turtles, and a talking parrot.

The five greenhouse complex has an area where magnificent giant butterflies freely flit around visitors, from Easter to early September. You can also see butterflies emerging from more..