The Southern Bucks Home and Garden Club has built and maintains a butterfly garden at the Silver Lake Nature Center. The garden is a delightful location to sit during the warm weather and watch the many insects that visit the flowers.
The club has worked hard to find plants that either have flowers attractive to butterflies or that provide food for their young. The garden is a colorful mix of native and introduced plants.
Many different insects can be found here. The most common butterflies are the Cabbage White, Monarchs, Tiger Swallowtails and Spring Azures. Another favorite insect is the Hummingbird Moth. The garden also attracts many types of pollinating insects such as bees.

The habitats include: Coastal Plain woodlands, Lake, Marshes, Fields, Wet Meadows, and an Unglaciated Bog. Protected within the park are several Pennsylvania Species of Special Concern. Silver Lake provides refuge for the Red-belly Turtle while the marsh is home for the Coastal Plain Leopard Frog. Maryland Meadow Beauties, Atlantic Blue-eyed Grass, Umbrella Magnolia, Sweetbay Magnolia and American Holly are some of the showier unusual plants.