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Creepy-Crawly Creature Awareness Weekend
October 22, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Slither in over MEA break, October 20 – 22, and get eyeball-to-eyeball with some of our resident creepy crawly bugs and spiders.
Use your creativity to make a spider craft, and learn more about creepy carnivorous plants. Get up close to interesting bio-facts, and learn about Como’s anaconda and hissing cockroaches at the Zookeeper talks. Xcel Energy will be bringing their 110sq foot Tiny House. Find out how easy it is to make energy efficiency improvements in homes both large and small.
Creepy Crawly Daily Schedule
10:00 -11:30 and 1:00-2:30 get eyeball-to-eyeball with BUGS!
11:00 Zookeeper Talk
Friday – Anaconda
Saturday – Hissing Cockroaches
Sunday – Anaconda
11:30 SPIRE Sparky Show
1:00 Gardener Talk
Friday – Carnivorous plants
Saturday – Carnivorous plants
Sunday – Pest Control
1:30 Gorilla Program
2:30 SPIRE Sparky Show
10:00 – 4:00PM – Spider Craft Station, Carnivorous Plant Station, Bio-Facts Station, and of course…The Fall Flower Show in The Sunken Garden!
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