2013-03-12 — /travelprnews.com/ — It’s the season of birds, flowers and the Spring Fecal Fest
WHAT
Spring is just around the corner, which means it’s time for Woodland Park Zoo’sSpring Fecal Fest! The annual poop event calls for local gardeners to enter a bid to purchase the highly coveted Zoo Doo or Bedspread that Dr. Doo, also known as the “Prince of Poo,” the “GM of BM” or the “Grand Poopah,” has been piling all winter.
Zoo Doo is the most exotic and highly prized compost in the Pacific Northwest. Composed of species feces contributed by the zoo’s non-primate herbivores such as elephants, hippos, giraffes and more, Zoo Doo is perfect for growing veggies and annuals.
Bedspread, the zoo’s premium composted mulch, is a combination of Zoo Doo, sawdust and large amounts of wood chips. Bedspread is used to cushion perennial beds and woody landscapes including rose beds, shrubs and pathways.
HOW
As usual, due to the popularity of Zoo Doo, gardening fans must enter a drawing for the chance to purchase Zoo Doo or Bedspread. Entries will be accepted online or by postcard. To enter, visit www.zoo.org/fecalfest beginning March 11. Only one entry per person is eligible for each drawing.
For postcard entries, send a standard postcard to: Dr. Doo, Woodland Park Zoo, 601 N. 59th St., Seattle, WA 98103. Only one postcard per person is eligible for each drawing. Include the following information:
- Name
- Day and evening phone numbers
- Mark postcard: Zoo Doo or B.S.
- Amount of Zoo Doo or Bedspread you’d like to purchase (anything from a garbage bag to a full-size, pick-up truck load)
- Weekday or weekend preference for pick-up
The online entries and postcards will be randomly selected according to supply and demand. Dr. Doo will contact the lucky drawn entries only. Phone orders will not be accepted.
WHEN
Online forms and postcard entries will be accepted from March 11 through March 31. Pick-up dates will begin April 13 through April 28. The lucky winners load the compost and Dr. Doo provides the shovels.
WHERE
Enter Woodland Park Zoo through the West Entrance at Phinney Ave. N. between N. 55th & N. 56th Sts. or South Entrance at N. 50th St. & Fremont Ave. N.
PRICES
Zoo Doo or Bedspread: Pick-up truck 8×4 bed: $60; 6×4 bed: $45; 6×3 bed: $35. Limit one full truck per person. Garbage cans: $8 to $10 depending on size; bags: $4 to $6 depending on size. Two-gallon and pint-sized buckets are available during zoo hours at the ZooStore for $12.95 and $4.95, respectively.
INFO
For more information, call the Poop Line at 206.625.POOP or visit the zoo’s website at www.zoo.org/fecalfest.
Accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums, award-winning Woodland Park Zoo is famed for pioneering naturalistic exhibits and setting international standards for zoos in animal care, conservation and education programs. Woodland Park Zoo is helping to save animals and their habitats in the Pacific Northwest and around the world. By inspiring people to care and act, Woodland Park Zoo is making a difference in our planet’s future. For more information, visit www.zoo.org.
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Woodland Park Zoo saves animals and their habitats through conservation leadership and engaging experiences, inspiring people to learn, care and act.
Gigi Allianic, Caileigh Robertson
206.548.2550 | woodlandparkzoopr@zoo.org
Woodland Park Zoo’s Spring Fecal Fest begins March 11 and ends March 31. Visit www.zoo.org/fecalfest for information on how to enter a bid to purchase the most exotic compost in the Pacific Northwest.
Photo: Ryan Hawk/Woodland Park Zoo