It's the Flying Colors Butterfly Festival
National Geographic author Gary Ferguson is the special guest at this weekend's festivities at the Chattahoochee Nature Center.
Gary Ferguson, author of 18 books on science and nature, will deliver a special presentation today on Atlanta resident John Ripley Forbes, who helped found nearly 200 of the country’s most valued nature preserves, centers and museums. He's the special guest at the Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell, which continues until 3 p.m. today and runs from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The event celebrates the publication of Ferguson’s new book "Nature’s Keeper: John Ripley Forbes and the Children’s Nature Movement," and takes place today at 2:30 p.m. in the Cowie Weiss Theater at the Chattahoochee Nature Center. “When it comes to championing the great outdoors,” says Ferguson, “John Ripley Forbes was one …
