About the Space
Wildlife Workshop, our former Swap Shop space, has been reimagined into a physical space for all ages where guests can come to collaborate, learn, celebrate, and share wildlife-saving behaviors.
Visitors will learn more about what the Houston Zoo is doing locally to save wildlife and have the opportunity to join us with various projects. Our interpretive team will be joining guests during these opportunities, offering a familiar face and encouraging guest participation.
Building hours: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Help Us Save Turtles in the Wild!
Join us in helping clean up Sims Bayou to save snapping turtles in the wild. Houston Zoo will be collaborating with our partners at SPLASh.
Date: Saturday, July 19
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Sims Bayou (Charles Milby Park, 2001 Central St, Houston, TX 77017)
Questions? Reach out to wildlifeconservation@houstonzoo.org or 713-533-6611.
Wildlife Workshop Activities
Guests will help create seed balls using clay mud and native seeds. These can be used to help propagate prairies around Houston or can be taken home by guests to help birds and pollinators at home.
Guests will help replant native habitat all over the greater Houston area, starting with young sprouts, helping them to grow and thrive.
Guests will create and decorate animal-shaped clings out of contact paper. They can take these home to help their windows at home become more bird-friendly. They will also learn about how Houston Zoo uses bird-friendly glass to help protect wild birds at the Zoo.
Guests will create reusable bird nest material holders, learn what kinds of materials make the best bird nests, and be able to fill their holders with material to take home and help protect local birds by offering nesting material that is non-toxic and won’t cause entanglement issues.
