Special Exhibits Schedule
The Butterfly Zone
opened on Tuesday, March 17 and will continue through Sunday, November 2.
Night Safaris
First and third Thursdays
of the month
May 1 - Oct 2
8 pm - 9:30 pm
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VISIT US
Hours:
* Tuesday - Sunday, 9am - 5pm (last entry is at 4:30pm)
* The Conservatory is closed Mondays
* The Conservatory is closed on all Holidays except Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day.
* Please note that on Sundays and all major holidays, Golden Gate Park closes many of its roads to all vehicle traffic
Information line:
415-666-7001
Admission:
* $5.00 for Adults
* $3.00 for Youth 12-17, Seniors 65 & over, and Students with ID
* $1.50 for Children 5 - 11
* FREE for Children 4 and under and all Jungle Pass holders
* The Conservatory is free to all visitors on the first Tuesday of every month.
Maps and more information
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| HELP SUPPORT THE CONSERVATORY
We invite you to support the Conservatory to help us expand our environmental education programs and our horticultural collections. Your tax deductable donation is greatly appreciated.
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MADE IN AMERICA
Mark your calendar
June 14 at 12 noon the Conservatory will be featured on the
Travel Channel
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Dear ,
For a lot of people, memories of fathers and grandfathers in their lives often revolve around family times, vacations, car repairs or handyman projects around the home front. For me, I was fortunate to have a dad and two granddads that were very fond of nature, out of doors leisure time like camping and fishing, gardening, landscape and lawn care. So I suppose I can say that my green thumb is genetic from many different aspects.
As we celebrate the men in our lives who have lovingly nurtured and provided for us as fathers and grandfathers and in some cases, great grandfathers, regardless of whatever shade of green their thumbs may be - do consider sharing the botanical richness and architectural grandeur of the Conservatory of Flowers with them on their special Sunday in June.
Maybe even surprising them with a thoughtful gift of a Jungle Pass that would give them a year's long enjoyment of so many days of back-to-back 'grand openings' and horticultural 'wows' would be the perfect sign of appreciation? Plus, we do have the best oxygen in San Francisco within our plant-filled conservatory galleries!!!
However you choose to make the most of your Father's Day, make the Conservatory of Flowers part of your plans GO GREEN the 'official color of Father's Day 2008"!
Brent Dennis
Director
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| The Discovery Cart is Born!
Discovery Cart Committee: Thea Vierling, Rosalie Bohner, Rich Casse and Cheryl Miller
Our very popular Jungle Tours for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students take place Tuesday - Thursday during the school year. But for young visitors on weekends and during the summer, we were missing a hands-on educational opportunity. A group of very dedicated Conservatory volunteers saw a need and worked diligently to create our first "Discovery Cart". The committee has spent the last six months meeting, assembling materials, and writing scripts to be used with the Discovery Cart materials.
The committee debuted their new learning sessions to enthusiastic focus groups and refined their presentation based on feedback from numerous children.
Five modules are currently available: Roots, Fruits and Seeds, Carnivorous Plants, Leaf Adaptations and Flowers. Each module lasts five minutes and covers very basic information, appropriate for young children, presented in an engaging, interactive style.
Our volunteers have attended training sessions for each of the modules and will soon be available in the Conservatory to share their knowledge with you.
Further enhancements to our Youth Education program and our Discovery Cart are in store, thanks to a very generous grant from the Mary A. Crocker Trust.
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The Dean Witter Challenge Grant
We are so very grateful for the generosity of our supporters to help us meet the $10,000  challenge grant offered by The Dean Witter Foundation. To date, we have received $7,450. Please show your support for our hands-on environmental youth education programs by donating at our secure on-line donation site. Click here to donate.
You'll get double the satisfaction from your act of generosity as your gift now will be matched dollar-for-dollar by The Dean Witter Foundation, up to a total of $10,000.
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New Orchids for the Conservatory
 Mario Vega, Colin Sprang, Brent Dennis, Lupe Cota
Our Nursery Specialists, Mario and Lupe, pictured above, along with Clare Cangiolosi and Eric Imperiala are nurturing the 50 lovely orchids in the greenhouses and will have them on display in the galleries when they are in bloom.
Thank you, Ruth and Colin, for your very generous donation to the Conservatory! We will treasure these beautiful plants.
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 A variety of butterflies are enjoying the nectar from sweet alyssum. The big blue one towards the top is a Spicebush Swallowtail. The 2 orange beauties are Orange Julias and the black & white butterfly is a Zebra Longwing. A Luna moth has also joined the party - but it has no mouth and does not eat during its short lifespan.
Don't miss these delightful creatures appearing in the Special Exhibits Gallery through November 2nd.
Night Safaris to search for mysterious moths start at 8pm on the first and third Thursday of the month through October 2nd. For more information click here. |
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