Staff Report
Wimberly senior living community Alexis Pointe is celebrating the 22nd annual Wimberley Butterfly Festival in a unique, fun way.
The community will release butterflies they’ve lovingly raised at their community during the free festival on Saturday, April 23 at 1101 FM 2325 in Wimberley, rain or shine. The release begins at 9 a.m. and the festival runs until 5 p.m.
In partnership with the EmilyAnn Theater & Gardens, Alexis Pointe Senior Living residents have been raising caterpillars into butterflies for release at the upcoming festival. Residents and guests have been able to see their metamorphosis in the community’s front lobby.
Katy Starr, Alexis Pointe Community Relations Director, thanks Ann Rolling for donating caterpillars and art projects.
”Residents are loving watching the caterpillar-to-butterfly life cycle,” Starr said. “It’s a magical transformation to watch."
Resident Carole Malone, who loves to attend the festival, shared that she is very moved by the remembrance ceremony that takes place when the butterflies are released each year.
“They release the butterflies and you can see everything from the top of the hill,” Malone said. “I love watching all the young children running around the gardens with the butterflies. It’s really beautiful.”
Attendees who visit the festival can also see the fun and vibrant “Great Grand Butterfly” mural that Alexis Pointe residents made as a much-needed creative escape in 2021. The collaborative and unique art project featuring a trendy Granny with butterfly wings was then donated to their friends at EmilyAnn.
Alexis Pointe welcomes members of the local community to come see their butterflies, take some fun photos with the mural, and appreciate the spring weather.
More information about Alexis Pointe’s independent living, assisted living, and memory care community can be found at www.civitasseniorliving.com/alexis-pointe-of-wimberley.
