Greenie's Conservation Corner

The San Francisco Zoo celebrated Earth Day in 2010 with the grand unveiling of Greenie’s Conservation Corner. This lively, sustainable space interactively engages visitors and helps inspire "green" practices at home, school, and within the community. Near the Patas Lawn, the 4,000-square-foot Greenie’s Conservation Corner features an organic garden growing food for some of the Zoo’s animals, an historic 1906 earthquake shack, working rain barrel harvesting system, solar-powered fountain, wind turbine, worm farm, drip irrigation, water-wise gardens, bat houses, beehives and more. Learn more about how the Zoo practices what it preaches by using green practices in its daily operation. 

The San Francisco Zoo would like to thank a handful of organizations and individuals for all their support and assistance in making Greenie’s Conservation Corner a reality – Akeena Solar, Blue Green Pacific Inc., HOK Architects + Planners, Pulu Construction, SalesForce.com Foundation, San Francisco Museum & Historical Society & Western Neighborhoods Project, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and long-time Zoo Docent and Guardian Gail Secchia.