What:
Media
are invited to visit Woodland Park Zoo’s Butterflies & Blooms
exhibit on their own before it closes it doors for the season. This weekend
is the final weekend for the vibrant display of nearly 1,000 free-flying
butterflies representing at least 15 North American species. Experience
a colorful explosion of flowering plants in bloom and an outdoor conservation
garden. Free with zoo admission.
When:
Saturday
and Sunday, September 29 and 30, 9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Where:
Butterflies & Blooms
is located near the North Meadow near the West Entrance of the zoo at
N. 55th St. & Phinney Ave. N.
Info:
Butterflies & Blooms
promises visitors an experience that reveals the value, beauty and
interdependence of butterflies and flowering plants. The exhibit also
inspires a deeper appreciation of ecological relationships among butterflies,
plants and people.
The exhibit presents a story in three chapters. The first chapter,
Life Cycle Landscape, encourages visitors to imagine they are butterflies
in each of four distinct life stages: the egg, larva (caterpillar),
pupa (chrysalis for butterflies, cocoon for moths) and adult. Butterflies
in Flight immerses visitors in a variety of habitats with free-flying
butterflies. The final chapter, the Conservation Garden, demonstrates
how butterfly enthusiasts can attract and sustain wild butterflies
in their own backyards. At times, zoo horticulturists and other gardening
experts are on hand to answer questions.
Summer zoo hours are 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily May 1 through September
30. Zoo admission for May 1 through September 30: Adult (13-64) $15;
Child (3-12) $10.
Winter hours and admission fees begin October 1: 9:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. daily through April 30. Adult (13-64) $10.50; Child (3-12) $7.50.
Free for children 2 and under year round. Seniors and people with disabilities
receive a discount and zoo members receive free zoo admission year
round. Parking is $4.00 and space is limited. Please call Metro at
206.553.3000 for bus service to the zoo.
For more information and how to become a zoo member, call 206.684.4800
or 684.4026 (TTY), or visit the zoo’s Web site at www.zoo.org.
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.
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