Woodland Park Zoo Press Release

What:
Join Woodland Park Zoo, the National Wildlife Federation, the Seattle Audubon Society, and the Washington Native Plant Society for a two-part workshop on creating a backyard wildlife habitat. Meet plant and animal experts and get hands-on experience that illustrate how to: attract birds, butterflies and other wildlife to your backyard; select and care for native plants; recognize and remove invasive plant species; conserve water; maintain your backyard without the use of chemical herbicides and pesticides; place feeders and bird houses; and have your backyard certified as a backyard habitat.

Backyard habitat workshop
photo: Ryan Hawk

When:
Thursday, October 26, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. and Sunday, November 5, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Where:
Woodland Park Zoo’s ARC building located near the West Entrance at N. 55th St. & Phinney Ave. N.

Cost:
$55 per person or $100 per couple. Fee includes the cost of workshop materials and snacks. Space is very limited, so please register early.

Info:
To register, mail, email or FAX your name, address, daytime telephone, evening telephone and email address to:

Jenny Mears
Backyard Habitat Workshop
Woodland Park Zoo
601 N. 59th Street
Seattle, WA 98103
FAX: 206.233.2663
Email: jenny.mears@zoo.org.

On receipt of your registration, the zoo will send an email confirmation and invoice.If you have questions or need further information, please contact Jenny Mears at 206.615.1027. Please do not enclose payment. You will be invoiced for $55 when your space is confirmed in the workshop.

Accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, award-winning Woodland Park Zoo is famed for pioneering naturalistic exhibits and setting a standard for zoos all over the world. With conservation, education and excellent animal care at the core of the zoo’s mission, the zoo is helping to save endangered species in Washington state and around the world including tree kangaroos, snow leopards, red-crowned cranes, African wild dogs, western pond turtles and Oregon silverspot butterflies. By inspiring visitors and others to care and act, Woodland Park Zoo is making a difference in our planet’s future.