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The last Point Defiance flower and garden festival was held in 2007 before restarting in 2023. Wilton said future iterations of the festival will add one or two permanent display gardens a year ...
Metro Parks Tacoma is warning that the Point Defiance Flower & Garden Festival is going to impact traffic to the park, zoo and aquarium, ferry terminal and other park features. On festival days ...
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Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington, United States, is a large urban park.The 760-acre (3.1 km 2) park includes Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, the Rose Garden, Rhododendron Garden, beaches, trails, a boardwalk, a boathouse, a Washington State Ferries ferry dock for the Point Defiance-Tahlequah route to Vashon Island, Fort Nisqually, an off-leash dog park, and most notably about 400 acres ...
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (PDZA) is the only combined zoo and aquarium in the Pacific Northwest, located in Tacoma, Washington, US, owned by Metro Parks Tacoma. Situated on 29 acres (12 ha) in Tacoma's Point Defiance Park , the zoo and aquarium are home to over 9,000 specimens representing 367 animal species .
In 2000, voters passed a sales tax increase that provides a steady income for the Point Defiance Zoo, Trek and other Pierce County parks and supplies about half of the park's income. The park also opened the Hellyer Natural History Center, a laboratory/classroom that can be used by students, scientists, and others in the community. [1]
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Commencement Bay, seen from the air facing west. Commencement Bay is a bay of Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington.The city of Tacoma is located on the bay, with the Port of Tacoma occupying the southeastern end.