Create your very own Zoo in your garden using plants with animal names.  Zoo gardens can be small, as in a container garden, large, or any size in between.  Our list of plants for a Zoo garden includes plants that are low maintenance and easy to grow.  For questions about our Zoo garden, please contact Horticulture@zooatlanta.org.

Zoo Horticulture uses plant material to enhance the guest experience. Zoo guests are transported to exotic places to see amazing animals in a realistic habitat! Carefully chosen plants provide the experience of a tropical rainforest, African plain, or Asian forest.

• Saucer Magnolias, Okame Cherries, Daffodils, Flowering Apricot, Camellias
• Native Wildflowers in the Backyard Habitat
• Butterfly Garden

Summer Highlights

• Butterfly Garden
• Seasonal color areas (Raised planters in KIDZone, Hanging Baskets around the zoo, tropical plants in Ford African Rainforest)
• Ornamental Grasses in the African Plains

Fall Highlights

• Fall foliage color (Black Gum, Red Maple, Yellowwood, Sugar Maples)

Volunteer!

Volunteer Work Days are the second Saturday of the month.
Click here for more information.

For more information, questions, etc. e-mail Horticulture@zooatlanta.org

Zoo Atlanta Horticulture department is a member of the Association of Zoological Horticulture (AZH).