I love this precious little spot. Birds, and turtles, owls, snakes, frogs, butterflies... what is not to love?
They will get the snakes out on request for you (or in my case, my children) to hold. They will also get the skunk out! Apparently, they are a lot like cats-- and I must admit, my curiosity got the best of me and I did find myself stroking the coarse hair of the injured animal. The butterfly garden is a wonder! We also found turtles hidden in there. My younger (5 y/o) loves the puppet shows.
The staff is so friendly and knowledgeable!
The little play area gets crowded and lots of inattentive mothers can create quite a bit of mayhem... we usually skip this area.
Bring sanitizer, as little hands seem to find their way into the turtle water. Eeek!
Once we are finished here, we walk on the nature trail to Freedom Park for picnic fun and play time! We usually look for the grumpy old troll who lives uinder the bridge, as we cross into the park.
This is a great way to spend the day!