Articles Tagged: Bever Park

How did Cedar Rapids’ Bever Park Zoo get started? And when and why did all of the exotic animals leave?

Do splash pads recycle water? How are pools cleaned? And how often is the water tested? The Gazette answers your pool and splash pad questions just in time for summer.

Old MacDonald’s Farm at Bever Park in Cedar Rapids will be closed Thursday and Friday after a goat at the farm was diagnosed with orf, a viral infection known as “sore mouth.”

The city’s first greenhouse was built in the 70-acre Bever Park in 1900.

Old MacDonald’s Farm, which has been in operation at Cedar Rapids’ Bever Park for more than 100 years, features a variety of farm animals and North American waterfowl and offers hands-on experiences for visitors of all ages.

History Center offers tidbits on social media platforms

Ethan Prentice, a senior at Xavier High School, said he was motivated by wanting to help people and “our community.” The work was his Eagle Scout project.

Service started Fourth of July 1904 in Cedar Rapids

Seedlings planted in in gravel beds June as a pilot project were recently planted in Bever Park, the first city park where the seedlings were planted. These seedlings offer an additional source of tree stock for parks as Cedar Rapids works to replant about 42,000 trees on public land after the derecho.

‘Gazzy,’ born in 1941, was named for The Gazette

Distribution event starts at at 11 a.m. and is first-come, first-served; limit one tree per vehicle

A new neighborhood association in Cedar Rapids’ southeast quadrant will kick off activities with a party from 4 to 6 …

Potential risk to visitors of the farm is limited to May 10-11 visitors who touched feces in the calf pen then touched their mouths. One infected calf died but the other remains well.