Since 2018, the Goodman School program has given students in grades 4 - 6 the opportunity to take up residency at the Zoo, spending a full week immersed in interactive, discovery-based learning.
Poinsettias are native to Central America and can become a 10' tree in its native habitat, although we are more familiar with it as a decorative house plant during the holiday season.
This hardy ornamental grass is commonly used in landscaping and provides excellent fall and winter interest in our gardens while many of our other plants are no longer in bloom.