A new outdoor public art installation has come to 30A and South Walton with the opening of the Watersound Monarch Art Trail, an outdoor sculpture project created by the Cultural Arts Alliance in partnership with The St. Joe Community Foundation.

It is well-known that Northwest Florida is part of the migratory path of the Monarch butterfly on its annual 3,000-mile long journey to Mexico.

Since 1992, the Cultural Arts Alliance has celebrated this natural event with an annual children’s arts and science festival, The Flutterby Festival. In November, the Monarch Art Trail was officially unveiled at the 2021 Flutterby Festival to the fanfare of local families, visitors, and artists in attendance.

The Monarch Art Trail is positioned along the paved path, which is the north/south thoroughfare for cyclists, joggers, and walkers connecting them from the fast-growing Watersound Origins community to the 30A bike path and beaches. It also represents a destination of cultural interest and eco-tourism, especially during the fall season when it is flooded with migratory Monarch butterflies resting on the perches offered by the sculptures and native plants along the trail.

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