I have had multiple wonderful experiences with Idlewild Butterfly Farm! Not only do you get to play with bugs and see fascinating butterflies, but in the spring they have a large diverse stock of hard-to-find native butterfly and pollinator plants. The whole staff is very professional and accommodating. I highly recommend visiting and shopping at Idlewild!

Absolutely loved this place. Tour was very informative. We showed up a few weeks before the butterfly garden was open (too early in the season the first week of April 19) but the tour of the exotic bugs was amazing, educational, and totally fun. From a family that dislikes bugs, we had a great time overcoming fears holding spiders and bugs.

Ive been to Idlewild for both a general tour and their Mothball event. Both times were incredibly educational, fascinating, and fun. I recently ordered their Painted Lady caterpillar kit for my cousin, who is five and lives in Florida. She is immune-compromised, and during Corona her family has been looking for things to do. They got the kit and it initially did not have instructions. A quick email to Idlewild fixed that. They loved watching their caterpillars grow up, and all of them eventually emerged as butterflies! She was so excited to release them, and had a fantastic experience. I will definitely be ordering from them again, and hope one day I can bring her to visit!

We thoroughly enjoyed the Creepy Things event! The decor was great and the was a perfect mix of enough lighting to see but still feel a little spooky. There were tons of great things to do from enjoying the creepy crawlies in the insect lab to browsing the amazing shop to searching for spiders in the spider house outdoors. although we didnt utilize them it was nice to see both a food truck and beer vendor on-site as many others were enjoying their services. The presentation by Blake Newton from the University of Kentucky on Medical Entomology was a great addition. The kids loved the cockroach racing and it was awesome to get to hold some of the bugs. Perhaps most importantly was the staff which was very helpful and friendly and quick to share fun educational facts about the bugs!

Fun free little place, well the outdoors butterfly part is free. Definitely fun for little kiddos. There is a paid portion where they do a tour of apparently a lot of exotic and international bugs, beetles, and lots of more critters. So you have good options here! Will be back

It is really fun place to take the family and friends to. I enjoyed the bugs and all the beautiful art. I will be back soon.

Had a nice family visit on a beautiful Saturday. Paid $10 tour cost and saw several exotic bugs and even held a tarantula! It was a little early in the season to see a lot of butterflies. Staff was friendly and very knowledgeable. A fairly small place with a typically over-priced gift shop. Good to note that they purchased the shotgun next door and plan to expand their education and workshop space.

Visited for the first time today, had a great experience. Paid for the tour and so glad I did because it was awesome! They let you hold some of the insects and teach you all about the them.

This place is such a cool hidden gem...its reasonably priced to do a tour of the lab and butterfly garden, and you leave with an experience you (and the kids) wont ever forget. The entomologists are wonderful and guide you through the lab letting you pet, hold and snap pictures of all sorts of bugs and crawly things. This place is wayyyyy too much fun to pass up.

Such an interesting exhibit of insects, both native and non-native. Theyre doing wonderful work, go check it out!

Staff was extremely nice, beautiful place, interesting bugs.

We were looking something new to do with our daughter on her birthday day out. We really enjoyed our visit. The tour of the insect room was intimate and fun. The butterfly garden outside was also neat. Our guide took plenty of time to let the kids (and adults) view and handle the different insects, and was happy to answer questions. Cute gift shop, too. I would love to see it expand and house even more species!This would be a great opportunity for classes, homeschoolers, or just people looking to do something different. (The only drawback is having to explain to my daughter that we probably wont be getting a permit for a Malaysian stick insect...)

This place is the coolest! Staff was awesome and the 2 kids I took cant stop talking about it! Something different and fun to do.

Always a wonderful time! Everyone is so friendly and knowledgeable. We loved the insect lab tour!

This pace is so cool, good art, good price, knowledgeable staff, many bugs.

We love this place!!