Was it exactly like the Butterfly Garden Kit sold by Insect Lore today?
(Laughing) No….Our family sat around the kitchen table assembling the first butterfly habitats. We made them from cardboard, using mylar for windows…Myself, my two younger sisters, and my mom helped, too. Dad put them together also. He made sure we did it right. Your whole family helped. Your mom has been involved from the beginning? Is she still working with the company? Mom has been as instrumental as dad in Insect Lore. He’s the scientist and the dreamer. She made the business part of things happen. She’s the administration. They are both equally invested in the success of it …for years they traveled all over to offer their products to schools and then school suppliers. Rightfully, dad’s the President, and mom’s the Vice President. And as a kid, you continued to help with the process? Yeah, it was a part of my life from as far back as I can remember. We always had butterflies around. On weekends, we always had to go and feed the butterflies. Are there still people on staff caring fo
