Ijams Park introduces its newest animal ambassador, an opossum, on Saturday
An hour with the park's new opossum and the naturalist who works with it, then a lesson in nature journaling and a drawing to take home. Ten dollars, ages five and up, parking free.
- When
- Sat Sep 26 · 3–4 PM
- Where
- Ijams Park · 2915 Island Home Ave
- Cost
- $10 · registration required
- Ages
- 5 and up
- Parking
- Free for program participants · arrive 5–10 minutes early
- Indoors or out
- Depends on the weather; Saturday is sunny and about 77
- Next one
- Wed Oct 21 · 6 PM
Ijams Park has a new animal ambassador, and it is an opossum. Saturday at three is the first public meet-and-greet: an hour that starts with the animal and the naturalist who handles it, covers what the park calls the misunderstood marsupial's adaptations — the prehensile tail, the playing dead, the tick-eating — and ends with a short introduction to nature journaling and an opossum drawing every participant makes and takes home.
Who it's for
The program is built for ages five and up, and it is mostly sitting, which makes it the easiest thing on the park's Saturday for the youngest visitors. It also caps a full day there for a family: the free storytime at the Nature Playscape runs ten to noon, and World Cyanotype Day, a free sun-print workshop on the Visitor Center plaza, runs noon to three — both covered in this episode. Ten dollars, register ahead, and parking is free for anyone signed up. The next one is a Wednesday evening in late October if Saturday fills.
