The Woodland Park Zoo is once again organizing for its annual Fall Fecal Fest, when garden enthusiasts and Zoo Doo loyalists, get ready to enter a drawing to purchase the highly coveted Zoo Doo.

The piles of waste make up the richest, highly aromatic, most exotic compost in the Pacific Northwest, according to a release from the zoo. This year, the zoo has less Zoo Doo to go around, making the lottery more competitive.
 
Also available is Bedspread, a composted mulch made from the manures and bedding of the zoo’s non-primate herbivores.

Bedspread is like Zoo Doo but contains higher amounts of wood chips and sawdust. It is excellent fertile mulch for perennial beds and woody landscapes, such as native gardens, rose beds, shrubs, tree rings or pathways, and is a good mulch and soil builder for Northwest gardens.
 
The zoo is accepting entry cards for Zoo Doo or Bedspread from Sept. 11 through Sept. 25 only. Entry cards will be randomly selected according to supply and demand. The zoo will contact the drawn entries only.

The Fecal Fest traditionally sells out.
 
Pick-up dates begin Oct. 9 through Oct. 25. The lucky winners load the compost, using shovels provided by the zoo.
 
Only one postcard per person is eligible for the drawing. Phone orders will not be taken.

Send a standard postcard to:

Zoo Doo
Woodland Park Zoo
601 N. 59th St.,
Seattle, WA 98103.

Include the following information:

Name
Day/evening phone numbers
Preference: Zoo Doo or Bedspread
Amount of Zoo Doo or Bedspread you’d like to purchase (anything from a garbage bag to a full-size pick-up truck load)
Weekday or weekend preference for pick-up

Zoo Doo and Bedspread prices: Pick-up truck 8 by 4 bed: $60; 6x4 bed: $45; 6x3 bed: $35. Garbage cans: $8 to $10; bags: $4 to $6 depending on size.

Limit one full truck per person. Two-gallon and pint-sized buckets are available in the ZooStore for $14.95 and $4.95, respectively.
 
For more information, call the poop line at 206.625.POOP or visit the zoo’s Web site at www.zoo.org.