Hamrick Butterfly Garden
Located in Downtown Park #6, the Hamrick Butterfly Garden includes eight large metal butterfly sculptures designed and painted by local artists and high school students who painted two of the butterflies alongside of residents of an assisted living facility.
Rainbow Hope
Angie Griffin
Lady Madonna
Bridgette Waldau
Dripping In Florida
Dana Vines
Soaring Flagler
Diane Richmond Hall
Sent From Above
Fawn McNeill Barr
Wings of Sunflower Faith
Kathy Scott
Rock n Roll Heaven
Bridgette Waldau
Geome
Student – Rodolfo Juarez IV
Change is Good
Student – Chelsea Burgos
Grand Oaks Assisted Living Facility Residents who painted along side the OHS Students!
George Corbin – Sam Smith – Jean Wallace – Nina Bach
Ruth Durham -Doris Minton and Activity Director: Kimberly Rucks
Project Investors
The City of Okeechobee | Okeehcobee County Sheriff’s Department
Ben Fafka (Extension Office Master Gardener) | Frank DeCarlo (American Drilling Services)
Matt Buston (Buxton Bass Funeral Home & Crematory)
Mill Iron Metalworks | Mira Realty | Nutmegs Cafe
Grand Oaks Assisted Living Facility | Okeechobee High School
Corporate & Private:
Terry & Maureen Burroughs | Staffords Salon | Lillies & Lace Boutique
George & Mary Beth Cooper | Waste Management | The Budjinski Family
Community Partners for Health through the Arts
Gilbert Family of Companies (Gilbert Collision Center)
Project:
Fine Art Club of Okeechobee
Bridgette Waldau Studio of Art
Butterfly Memorial
Bridgette Waldau & sisters Jerilyn and Shawn | Donna Walpole & the Barber Family | The Stas Family
Renina Hamrick | Lisa Marie Turtle | Lillies & Lace Boutique | Family & Friends of Trey Howard
Butterfly Bench
Mill Iron Metalworks | Shirley Palmer
Thanks to Joanie & Andrew Tomlin and Shirley Palmer for the great photos!
We also give thanks to the press for following this project and reaching out to the community on our behalf
Okeechobee News | Okeechobee The Magazine | True Country WOKC | Heartland LIVING Magazine
