Name: Bouquets
Start: 2025-02-27T19:00:00-06:00
Location: 1225 Estabrook Dr, Saint Paul, MN, United States, Minnesota 55103

Join us for Bouquets, an after-hours benefit for Como Park Zoo & Conservatory on Thursday, February 27, in support of the plants, animals, and free access you love at Como!
Come in from the cold and celebrate the warmth and natural wonder of Como at Bouquets, Como Friends’ most spirited fundraiser. Featuring extraordinary wine, beer, and food, Bouquets is a favorite mid-winter tradition for Como supporters, protecting the free admission, family-friendly programs, and first-class animal habitats and beautiful gardens that make Como Park Zoo & Conservatory a community treasure.
Ticket Options
Bouquets Plus ticket – $145 l 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
This special experience in the Primate Building includes culinary treats from Bao Bao Buns and Burger Daddies, wine and beer selected exclusively for Bouquets Plus, a zookeeper Q & A, and of course, Como’s extraordinary primates. Bouquets Plus tickets include entrance to the general admission event.
Bouquets General Admission ticket – $85 l 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
With wine, beer, and food tastings arrayed throughout Como’s Visitor Center and the gardens of the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, no other fundraiser in town has a more beautiful backdrop. Bouquets guests can sip and sample small bites, listen to live music, bid on a host of exceptional silent auction packages, take a turn at popular Bouquets games, and learn more about the high-priority improvements supported by Bouquets’ Fund-a-Mission donations.
Bouquets Flavors of Chocolate Add-on Experience – $25 l 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Como’s North Garden is filled with plants that provide both familiar and unique flavors used in chocolate making, from vanilla and cinnamon to guava and fig. Add more Como to your evening at Bouquets with this open house style experience in the Berglund Room, featuring chocolate tastings and Como horticulturist demonstrations about the edible plants of the North Garden. Guests must purchase a Bouquets Plus or General Admission ticket to participate.