Published: June 7, 2019
Flamingo Gardens is, of course, famous for its pink-feathered friends, but an entirely different kind of creature will be captivating visitors on Father’s Day weekend and throughout the summer.
“Lost World of Dinosaurs,” a big hit in 2017, is back again through Sept. 2, with a special “Featured Creatures Dinosaur Weekend”
from 9:30am-4pm, June 15-16.
Created by Guy Darrough, the exhibit features 27 realistic replicas of some of the largest terrestrial creatures that ever lived, staged throughout the realistic jungle settings of the botanical gardens.
In the gallery, the exhibit is complemented by a new addition, “Echoes of Extinction,” a showcase of rare, prehistoric fossils and fossil skeletons — including one of only two mounted Nanotyrannus skeletons in the world and a 14-foot-long mounted Triceratops skeleton.
On Father’s Day weekend, dads enter free with another paid, full-price admission, as experts give guided tours and live animal and fossil presentations about modern raptor and crocodilian dinosaur descendants. Kids can also challenge Dad to games, make crafts, unearth bones in the Dino Dig and touch real fossils.
Flamingo Gardens is at 3750 S. Flamingo Rd., Davie. For more information, call 954-473-2955 or visit http://www.flamingogardens.org
