Rick Mikula - The Butterfly Guy
No longer doing programs.
After 44 years of being on the road my body has told me it is time to retire. I will no longer be doing butterfly presentations. I will continue to edit books and magazines and consult on various projects. I have met so many wonderful people along the way and will truly miss visiting schools, but the time has come for me to pass the family butterfly business to my daughter, Butterfly Lynn. She has been helping me with lectures and managing the farm for years so it is now time for her to take over. Lynn will be doing lectures and handling the Outreach programs for our family's Hole-In-Hand Butterfly Farm from now on.
I will certainly miss you all but perhaps we will meet again as now that I am Lynn's roadie and will be assisting her with her wonderful butterfly presentations.
Rick Mikula has been delighting audiences of all ages with his humorous and off-beat way of looking at butterflies. An award-winning author with several books to his credit, he is also a photographer and habitat consultant, and has created butterfly atriums and gardens for Dolly Parton, Hershey Gardens, among others. Rick Mikula has been breeding and sharing his love of butterflies for with audiences for the past 35 years. He has been delighting audiences of all ages with his humorous and off-beat way of looking at butterflies.
He is currently President of Butterfly Rescue International and serves as consultant to both the Association for Butterflies and The International Butterfly Breeders Association. Rick is a co-founder and past president of the IBBA, has served as a vice president of the Canadian Butterfly Breeders and Exhibitors Association, secretary and treasurer for the New Jersey Lepidopterist Society, and on the BOD for The Center for Landscape Design and Stewardship. He is also the pioneer and inventor of the releasing butterflies at weddings and funerals and has helped to make it a global phenomenon.
Rick has written several books on butterflies including the award winning "The Family Butterfly Book. "The Butterfly Fandex" and "Garden Butterflies of North America" and served as staff writer for several magazines. He has been featured man magazines including, People, Organic Gardening, and Entrepreneur.
He has appeared on many TV shows including Animal Planet, The Discovery Channel, and has served as consultant for others such as CSI - Las Vegas. Rick has also designed several live commercial butterfly exhibits including the Hershey Butterfly Atrium, Clyde Peeling's Reptileland, and DollyWood. He has also helped numerous organizations install butterfly gardens at their locations and has been consultant to various endangered butterfly re-establishment projects such as The National Wild Turkey Federation and in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica. He also conducts butterfly and botanical photography tours through Central and North America.
He has presented to every type of group imaginable from children with severe developmental disadvantages to the Smithsonian Institution, and from Mainline garden clubs to the New Jersey Correctional systems and everyone in between. From Pre-K to college Rick has a program for you.
Find out more by going to Rick's website.
Meet Butterfly Lynn
Butterfly Lynn's love for butterflies shows very clearly in her fun and informative programs and presentations. Not only will Lynn teach you what you didn't know about butterflies, but she will also demonstrate how to care for and nurture them by using simple household items.
Lynn is a true farmer's daughter which is doubly exciting when you grow up on a butterfly farm. She has traveled to many countries and throughout the United States and truly enjoys sharing her experiences with her audiences. She is now General Manager and in charge of Hole-in-Hand Butterfly Farm outreach program. We at Hole-In-Hand invented the releasing of butterflies at weddings and other events and have designed several butterfly exhibits for several well-known clients such as Dolly Parton, Hershey Foods, and Clyde Peeling Reptile Land. We have also been featured on many TV shows such as Animal Planet, Discovery Channel and Outdoor Life, to name a few.
Her presentations are fast-paced, humorous and include LIVE butterflies, which are always a showstopper. There are plenty of visual aids and mounted specimens of the most beautiful butterfly and moths. Lynn's programs entertain everyone from 3 to 103, but adult and children's day care, assisted care, and pre-K to 3rd grade are her specialties.
To book a performance, contact Butterfly Lynn:
Lynnie0414@gmail.com
570-459-1327
