Celebrate Arbor Day by adopting a free mangrove from us! We’re giving away 150 total mangroves – both mature and juvenile – in honor of the 150th anniversary of Arbor Day.

Future mangrove gardeners will be able to pick up their mangroves from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on April 29 in the Zoo’s parking lot at 8225 N. Wickham Road in Melbourne. There are a limited number of mangroves, so we ask you to reserve your trees via the Restore Our Shores website.

We do ask that only lagoon-front homeowners pick up a free, mature red mangrove. By picking up these mature plants, you agree to plant the mangrove on your property.

For non-lagoon-front homeowners who still want to help the lagoon, juvenile red mangroves will be available to “adopt” as well! You can raise the juvenile red mangrove at home and then bring it back to the Zoo. We’ll use the more mature mangrove for future lagoon restoration projects. Your juvenile mangroves must stay in a pot, but you can re-pot the mangrove as it gets bigger.

For more information on this giveaway, please visit our Restore Our Shores website!