Interactive Events at Hershey Gardens
Hershey Gardens is open daily this winter except Jan. 5-9 for maintenance. Visitors can take a stroll through the 23-acre walk-through botanical display garden, featuring an indoor tropical Butterfly Atrium with 600 butterflies from around the world. The atrium is one of only 25 year-round indoor tropical butterfly atriums in the U.S.
NEW! Winter Wednesdays Family Series: Winter Animal Adaptations
Every Wednesday in January from 10 a.m. to noon, meet new “friends” at the Zoology Zone Interactive Cart and engage in family activities that explore how animals and plants survive winter. You’ll learn how to compare and contrast native species to Zoology Zone species, discuss winter survival and when seeds are sleepy over winter. Activity is located in the Milton & Catherine Hershey Conservatory and the Education Center.
Dried Floral Arrangement Class
On Saturday, Feb. 7 from 10 a.m. to noon, create your own dried floral arrangement to bring beauty to your home in the winter months. You’ll use an assortment of dried specimens such as seed pods, florals, grasses and greens to learn about color, form and texture when creating an arrangement. Class held in the Education Center in The Children’s Garden. Registration is required.
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