VIDEO: Butterfly Conservatory offers escape from the cold and a challenge for the palate
The artificial tropical paradise in Cambridge is a lush, warm alternative for those who find a more southerly escape too pricey.
The artificial tropical paradise in Cambridge is a lush, warm alternative for those who find a more southerly escape too pricey.
BY DEEANNA ROLLINS The Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory is a beautiful place to go and visit, full of anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 colourful butterflies, turtles, finches, doves, quail and an eight-year-old parrot named Cheecho. Most, if not all, of those butterflies are completely new as of two weeks ago. And by the time this is printed, there will be a whole new set of butterflies. This is because the average … Continued
BY CALLIE WRIGGLESWORTH It is hard to say what hits you first, the scents or the heat. The two seem to go hand in hand. Stunning hints of jasmine and the perfume of flowers hang in the moist air. You can taste the humidity and feel it seeping through your clothes and into your skin. A hint of rotting fruit is also in the air but it is not distasteful … Continued