​BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – April 21, 2021 –In an important collaboration with The Pollinator Pathway program, Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has joined the chain of properties with gardens that support butterflies, bees, hummingbirds and other pollinators. With multiple gardens throughout the Zoo grounds emphasizing the important connection between animals, people and plants, the Zoo was already recognized as a Monarch Waystation and as a Certified Wildlife Habitat through the National Wildlife Federation.
 
“The Pollinator Pathway designation is one more way to signal the Zoo’s role as a community leader in supporting wildlife and wild places,” said Horticultural and Greenhouse Manager Jonathan Dancho. “Our emphasis is on planting food sources for pollinators, using plants native to Connecticut, and not relying on chemicals to maintain the beauty of the Zoo grounds.”

​BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – March 1, 2021 – Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo will present “DAZZLE: A Garden of Glass” with a presentation of 500 pieces of the Riverton, Connecticut-based artist Peter Greenwood’s glass art. The award-winning Glass Master has shown his work in twenty-five museums, from The Louvre Museum in Paris, France, to Connecticut’s The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, and the New Britain Museum of American Art. ​

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. –  December 14, 2020 –How many people get to work at their dream job for four decades? Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo Director Gregg Dancho always knew he wanted to work with animals. His fascination began as a young boy while catching snakes and frogs in the woods behind his Stratford home (and startling his mother when some invariably escaped inside). The Ralph Waldo Emerson quote,” Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself” might have been written for him.