What to KnowL.A. Zoo BloomThe colorful kick-off weekend is set for March 27-29Spring-themed events and activities will pop up at the animal park each weekend through late MayIncluded with zoo admission or membershipThe festivities will focus on “rebirth, wildlife, and the natural world”

The season that makes the biggest, showiest, I-am-here-iest, notice-me-please-iest entrance, at least in Southern California?

The fluttering orange poppies and purple jacaranda flowers and cherry blossom trees unabashedly reveal where we are going with this: It’s springtime, sweet springtime, the warming and whimsical stretch that is lush with lovely sights, scents, and plenty of dazzle.

The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens has long fangirled/fanboyed — or perhaps we mean “fanzooed” — over the bountiful blooming season, offering visitors a variety of uplifting and educational spring activities, events, and bunny-centered meet-and-greets for families.

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Big Bunny in the house! The popular fuzzy figure will stop by LA Zoo over the final weekend in March and Easter weekend.

Now a new event is hop, hop, hopping into the Griffith Park animal park, and it will colorfully combine so many of the things we associate with spring.

And by “associate” we do mean “obsess over” in an enthusiastic manner, of course.

The inaugural event is called “L.A. Zoo in Bloom,” and it will make a merry debut over the final weekend of March.

But the spring-flavored doings won’t end along with the third month; other bloomful goings-on will sprout each weekend through the end of May, with focuses on Easter, Earth Day, and the majesties/marvels of spring.

The opening weekend will boast appearances by that beloved long-eared legend, Big Bunny, and the opportunities to dance along with 3rd Rock Hip Hop (yep, grooving Earths have a way of making adorable appearances at the party).

The Los Angeles Beekeepers Association is buzzing by the zoo with bee-utiful information and honey tastings, while a workshop devoted to “seed bombs,” which you can take home, will take root at Treetops Terrace.

A scavenger hunt, crafty pursuits, and a Conservation Expo featuring a number of regional groups — the Orangutan Conservancy will be there, along with Friends of the LA River — will also give the festivity’s first few “Bloom”-strong days plenty of earthy oomph.

Again, this is all taking buoyant place over the celebration’s first weekend, but other activities and pop-ups and appearances will grace the LA Zoo’s calendar on select dates through May, specifically on Saturdays and Sundays.

Your wisest course of action if you’d like to bask in the bloom-y bliss of all of this spring-loving goodness?

Check out the zoo’s social pages, and site, to find out what each weekend holds starting in early April.