Spring is almost here…can you feel it in the air? Show your excitement by jumping up and down…or how about hopping? March 23 & 24 we celebrate spring with the opening of the Spring Flower Show and a special “Hop Into Spring” weekend with games, crafts, Blaze Sparky Shows, and special guests: Children’s Theatre Company!
Join us from 10am – 4pm on Saturday, March 23th and Sunday, March 24th as we celebrate Spring with a special fun family-friendly environmental education weekend.
Visit with the Children’s Theater Company (CTC) to participate in a “Seek & Find” around the zoo, see how far you can frog jump, and make a frog or toad puppet to take home! CTC professional Teaching Artists will also be leading 30-minute Story Theatre sessions for kids and their grown-ups to participate in active games and theatre exercises that will spark imagination, promote creativity, and bring the Frog & Toad book to life!
Learn more about CTC’s production of A Year With Frog and Toad (April 23 – June 16, 2024) at childrenstheatre.org/frog.
Daily Schedule – All the scheduled events will have an ASL Interpreter!
Games, crafts, and activities on the Covered Porch all day!
10:30am – CTC Frog & Toad Story Theatre (Visitor Center Lobby)
11am – Zookeeper Talk (RibbitZibit)
11:30am – Blaze Sparky Show (Como Harbor)
12pm – CTC Frog & Toad Story Theatre (Visitor Center Lobby)
1pm – Gardener Chat (Sunken Garden & Spring Flower Show)
1:30pm – Gorilla Program (Gorilla Forest)
2:30 – Blaze Sparky Show (Como Harbor)
3pm – CTC Frog & Toad Story Theatre (Visitor Center Lobby)
If you are spring cleaning, search your drawers for old cell phones and bring them to Como where we will recycle them as part of the Gorillas On The Line challenge, an annual global mobile phone recycling challenge organized by the Gorilla SAFE engagement team with participants from across the country and around the globe.
March 23 also marks the opening of the Spring Flower Show in the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory’s Sunken Garden. The 2024 Spring Flower Show will feature early spring favorites such as blue delphinium, purple foxglove, and snapdragons. Fragrant white hyacinth, Spanish bluebells, white daffodils, purple crocus, blue grape hyacinth, along with a blend of purple and red tulips will adorn this spring floral display.
Click HERE to see a time-lapse video documenting a previous Sunken Garden show change
Click HERE to get a live look into the Sunken Garden
Como Camera Challenge – look for signs of spring in the Zoo Grounds & Conservatory that show the start of spring – such as buds on the trees, birds singing, bulbs blooming (conservatory), animals shedding – take a picture with your phone or camera –show your love for Spring & Como by posting your photos to Instagram, Twitter & Facebook tagged with #SpringatComo and #MyMMC
Make your friends green with envy when you tell them about your fun weekend at Como!
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