Create a planter with your family that's good for your local bugs too at the Flowers and Friends: Bug-Friendly Container Garden at the Butterfly House!
Using fall annuals and a mini insect hotel, dress up your porch or patio with a spot that gives a splash of autumn color before yielding to a cozy winter shelter for your local ladybugs and bees.
Flowers and Friends: Bug-Friendly Container Garden takes place on Saturday, September 11.
Registration is required and ends on September 10, so act fast!
More information and registration: mbgregistration.mobot.org
Kids can work on existing gym skills, learn new skills or just play around during Open Gym at Miss Kelly's Gym. Reservations are not necessary.
Kids Art Night Out at Yucandu Art Studio features a new creative project each month, ranging from mosaics, to collage, printmaking, glitter, clay and more.
See the Zoo's California sea lions perform acrobatic and athletic feats, including Olympic-style dives on a high-diving platform, flipper walks, frisbee tosses and plenty of surprises. While on stage with the sea lions, the Zoo's trainers explain sea lion behavior and positive-reinforcement training, in addition to the need for conserving the sea lion's ocean habitat.
Young visitors and their families are invited to the Energy Stage to enjoy interactive read-alouds of science-themed picture books. Story times are followed by a short demonstration or discussion connected to the book's main concepts.
Meet the animals at Suson Park and learn about their care at the Suson Farm Park Barn Tours.