Butterflies and supporters attend statue reveal

  • The hackberry emperor butterfly poses atop the sculpture’s butterfly, where it remained for photos. VIRGINIA LINCH/Contributed
    The hackberry emperor butterfly poses atop the sculpture’s butterfly, where it remained for photos. VIRGINIA LINCH/Contributed
  • Butterflies and supporters attend statue reveal
    Butterflies and supporters attend statue reveal
  • Butterflies & Blooms in the Briar Patch habitat founder Virginia Linch (far right), and the BBBP habitat’s supporters and friends gather around the “Butterfly Girl” to commemorate the reveal of the new addition at the habitat. LYNN HOBBS/Staff
    Butterflies & Blooms in the Briar Patch habitat founder Virginia Linch (far right), and the BBBP habitat’s supporters and friends gather around the “Butterfly Girl” to commemorate the reveal of the new addition at the habitat. LYNN HOBBS/Staff
  • Butterflies and supporters attend statue reveal
    Butterflies and supporters attend statue reveal

    As the founder of Butterflies and Blooms in the Briar Patch, Virginia Linch has been a public champion of pollinators in Eatonton and all of Georgia for well over a decade. So it seemed only fitting that a butterfly would land on Linch’s shoulder and remain on her during the ceremonial unveiling of a bronze statue at Butterflies and Blooms in the Briar Patch on Thursday, Aug. 20. Entitled “Butterf…