Blank Park Zoo
Blank Park Zoo

Open Daily, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
$20 adults, $15 children
 

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Open Daily, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
$20 adults, $15 children
 

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Monarch Day

September 7, 2024, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (US Central)

Join the Zoo and our Plant.Grow.Fly partners to celebrate the monarch butterfly as it starts the journey to Mexico. Show your pollinator pride and wear your favorite butterfly wings, bug antenaes, or pollinator apparel! 

Activities

10:30 a.m. - Pollinator Yoga/Guided Stretching – Join our educators and find your Zen through pollinator inspired guided stretches to get you ready for your day.

11:30 a.m. – Story time with an Ambassador Animal friend  – Join Ruby the Reading Red Panda for a story and meet a special guest that is a little known Iowa pollinator.

12:00 p.m. - Prairie Fire Restoration - Learn about the importance of making space for native plants in our yards and homes and removing the invasive plants and refuse for the sake of our future.

12:30 p.m. – Celebration 10 years of PGF

                       Latina Dancers - Jovenes Embajadores 

1:15 p.m. - Monarch Release – Monarch Conservation Consortium

1:30 p.m. – Become a Pollinator & Dance Party – What does it take to be a pollinator?  Learn about pollinator adaptations that help them survive, then show off your dance moves. 

PGF Partners attending include:
  • Brenton Arboretum
  • City of Des Moines Parks & Recreation
  • City of Des Moines Sustainability
  • Good Neighbor
  • Iowa Bird Rehabilitation 
  • ISU Extension & Outreach / Master Gardeners
  • Living History Farms
  • Monarch Conservation Consortium
  • Prairie Fire Restoration
  • Polk County Conservation
  • Rain Campaign
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