Lantern Festival, bird and plant walks help you get outside this week, Michigan

• The Grand Rapids Lantern Competition returns to the John Ball Zoo April 9
• The spring fowl tour on Nayanquing Level State Wildlife Space in Pinconning takes place on Saturday
• Numerous different occasions give Michiganders the prospect to take pleasure in their state the following week

The Grand Rapids Lantern Festival Will return to the John Ball Zoo on April 9. A path of a mile will come to life with glowing, handmade Asian lanterns within the type of vegetation, animals, bugs and extra.

“These stunning lanterns inform the intersecting story of animals within the wild and Asian tradition,” mentioned John Ball Zoo Promotions and Occasions Supervisor Darci Mitchell.

Final yr’s show largely included life -sized animals, an space underneath the ocean and {a partially} the wrong way up Lotus backyard, amongst different issues.

A whole lot of lanterns will probably be included on this yr’s exhibition. Simply do not count on you to see actual animals, as a result of the zoo says that the majority of them will probably be of their internal habitats, not seen from the route of the Lantern Competition.