A free-spirited older woman and a lonely widower meet by chance at a butterfly garden at summer’s end and must decide whether their personalities make them ideal ‘pollination partners’ for a future in a warmer climate.

SYNOPSIS:

Ben, late 70s, sits at a bench at Como Park Conservatory that he donated in remembrance of his wife’s passing, wondering what his next steps should be.

Meg, early 80s, a free spirit from a local independent living facility engages Ben in conversation. When she invites him to tour the butterfly exhibit with her, Ben hesitates, but is soon swept up in her frank appreciation of beauty, and distrust of anything that interferes with personal first-hand experience of it.

Meg leaves to catch her bus without telling him her name, but Ben returns on a subsequent day, hoping to meet Meg again, although feeling a little guilty about his loyalty to his wife.

Over the course of several visits, Meg gently tests Ben’s rule-following persona, eventually encouraging him to loosen up. When it’s revealed that Meg’s arthritis means she’ll need (like the butterflies) to migrate to a warmer climate, Ben asks for a sign from his wife about whether or not to pursue a relationship with Meg. He gets his sign when a bird poops on the Florida assisted living brochures, obliterating the word ‘single’, but leaving the words ‘couples welcome’.

This encourages Ben to rethink his life and he hatches a plan so he and Meg can be each other’s ‘pollination partner’.