About this Event
The Great Duck Derby 2025!
Saturday, March 29th, 10am- 2pm!
Gather up the kids and head out to The Great Duck Derby for a day of family fun at Mead Botanical Garden.
The Duck Derby, a spring-time tradition, features little yellow rubber duck races and LOTS of FUN, FREE activities. It’s just $5 to adopt a little race duck or $20 for a 5-duck quack pack.
All other activities are FREE.
***The Derby runs rain or shine.***
Event fun includes...
- Duckoration Station (decorate your little rubber racing duck)
- Mr. Harley Sing-Along Concert
- Back to Nature Wildlife Animal Encounter
- Bounce Houses
- Bubble Zone
- Nature Crafts
- Bug Closet! UCF Entomology Dept
- A Budget Tree Service, Inc. - FREE Giveaways
- City of Winter Park Sustainability – Education & Giveaways
- FREE Tree Give-away - City of Winter Park
- Orange County Environmental Protection Division – Activities & Giveaways
- Leaf Rubbing Nature Art Craft
- Big Duck Photo Op – Pose with the Big Yellow Duck
- Nature Clay Craft - MBG Community Garden
- Fun4OrlandoKids – Craft Activity and Bubbles
- Bookwyrm Bookshop - Childrens Books, Coloring, Storytime @10:30am
- Winter Park Library – Craft & Carnival Game
- Magic Beans Activity - Plant a Seed to Take Home
- Kids Temporary Tattoos
- Young Naturalist Summer Camp - Craft and Game
- and the Duck Races!
Food and Snacks:
- Rosario's Kitchen Food Truck
- Dubsdread Catering: Kid Friendly Food
- Yum Yum Pops
- Chamberlin's Natural Foods - Fresh Coconuts
Event and Race Schedule
10:00 a.m. Duck Adoptions & Activities begin
11:00 a.m. Big Beautiful Sponsor Duck Race
11:15 a.m. Family Duck Race #1
11:30 a.m. Silly Song Sing-Along with Mr. Harley
12:00 p.m. Family Duck Race #2
12:30 p.m Silly Song Sing-Along with Mr. Harley
1:00p.m. Family Duck race #3
1:30 p.m. Family Level Mead Membership Drawing
THANK YOU Quackacular Sponsors!
Massey Services, Inc
The Galloway Foundation
A Budget Tree Service, Inc.
Track Shack
The Balmoral Group
Toni Jennings
Chamberlin's Natural Foods
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor + Reed, P.A.
Ovation Construction Company
Dubsdread Catering
Bowman and Blair Ecology and Design, Inc.
Yum Yum Pops
St. John Lutheran Church
City of Winter Park/Parks and Recreation
For more information or volunteer opportunities, visit www.meadgarden.org or contact Emily at [email protected]
All proceeds from the Great Duck Derby benefit Mead’s children’s nature programs.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Mead Botanical Garden, 1300 South Denning Drive, Winter Park, United States
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