About the Panhandle Butterfly House

Jack and Fonda launched the Butterfly House in a tent in their backyard in Navarre Florida. With community and local government support, the Butterfly House found a home in Navarre Park, became known as the Navarre Butterfly house where it operated  for 21 years. 

Keep Santa Rosa Beautiful was established in 1984 and adopted the Butterfly House and accepted the role of parent organization to the project. The panhandle Butterfly house was registered as a business name for Keep Santa Rosa Beautiful.

The historic T. W. Jones House in Milton Florida was restored by the Blackwater River Foundation, Inc. The foundation funded and completed the restoration with financial assistance from the State of Florida Historic Preservation Grants program and contributions from individuals and other nonprofit environmental organizations. 

The foundation has placed the majority of the land surrounding the Jones House in a permanent conservation easement. The property was sold to Keep Santa Rosa Beautiful as a new home for the organization.

Keep Santa Rosa Beautiful purchased the The T.W. Jones House Education Center and built the new Panhandle Butterfly House with assistance from an Impact 100 grant. The education center, vivarium, demonstration gardens, and adjacent hiking trails on the conservation land serve as the centerpieces of the Keep Santa Rosa Beautiful site where history, education, and conservation meet to implement the  Keep America Beautiful inspired programs CleanUp Santa Rosa and GreenUp Santa Rosa.