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The park receives more than 1.9 million visitors annually. [2] Como Park is a free park and while no admission fee is charged for the zoo or conservatory, voluntary donations of $4 per adult and $2 child are suggested. [3]
Como Park is a neighborhood and city planning district in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in the United States. It is Planning District 10. The main features of the neighborhood are Como Lake and Como Park Zoo and Conservatory. The approximate boundaries of the neighborhood are Snelling Avenue to the west, Larpenteur Avenue to the north, Dale Street to ...
Como Zoo was founded in 1897 when the city of Saint Paul received a donation of three deer and provided a simple fenced in pasture for the animals. In 1902, the animal collection at Como Zoo was expanded to include animals native to Minnesota such as elk, moose, foxes, and two cebus cattle.
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On Sunday, Como Zoo and Conservatory posted that "bloom watch" is on for its corpse flower, a large endangered plant that puts out foul-smelling flowers rarely and on its own schedule.
"Horace," the fetid — and feted — corpse flower at Como Park Conservatory in St. Paul has started to stink, its handlers wrote in a social media post just before 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, a sign that ...
Comofest replaced an annual custom in the Lake Como Park, which came after the parade, according to Burton. The event is a replacement that serves a more suitable time, assures safety, and ...
Como Lake is a 70.5-acre (285,000 m 2) [1] lake up to 15.5 feet (4.7 m) deep in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. [2] It, along with the neighboring Como Park, has been a recreation area for residents of the Twin Cities for more than a century. It was named in 1848 by local farmer Charles Perry.