April 23 & 24, 2016
10:00am to 4:00pm
Free with Zoo Admission
What better place to implement sustainable actions to help wildlife than in your own backyard! Join the Toronto Zoo in our Earth Day Celebrations and learn about greening and naturalizing your backyard and community for wildlife. Join us for lots of information and kid-friendly activities from local organizations who are passionate about conservation to get inspired and learn how you can take action. This event will have activity stations distributed between the Giant Panda exhibit and Tundra Trek area of the Zoo.
Our Earth Day Celebrations are powered by green energy through Bullfrog Power!
Even small actions can have a big impact, and by greening your yard for wildlife, through planting native gardens, reducing water use, creating habitat for native species and many other possibilities, you can help the environment and create beautiful, natural yards to enjoy!
Workshops:
Looking for something more? Register for a workshop to get an exclusive hands-on experience and presentation. Money raised through these workshops will go toward the construction of a rain harvesting system for the Zoo.
- Building Your Rain Garden Workshop – Learn all about rain gardens and how to plan, develop and implement one on your property!
- Container Gardening Workshop – Learn how to make efficient use of small spaces to grow plants and vegetables in containers! Participate in a planting activity and go home with your own container garden.
- All About Honey Bees – Learn all about honeybees, see a demonstration hive with a real colony of honey bees, and bring home native flower seeds to support pollinators!
- Our Urban Pollinators Workshop – A family workshop to learn all about native pollinators. Build a “Bee Condo” and support pollinators in your backyard!
