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Two weeks: Jun 8–21, 2026

Searched Jun 8, 2026 · window Jun 8, 2026–Jun 21, 2026 · 26 kept / 30 set aside

Confidence note: Catch Des Moines is authoritative for the events it lists — title, date, location, link, and (with --details) scraped times and prices. The Botanical Garden’s event page reads cleanly via JSON-LD and is trusted for its own events. Blank Park Zoo’s calendar is JavaScript-rendered and didn’t return content via WebFetch; class titles/dates here come from a web-search summary and should be verified at the zoo’s site before going. Web-sourced anchors (Storytime Under the Green Umbrella, Johnston Green Days, Father’s Free Visit Day) are double-confirmed by two listings each.

✓ Kept — on the agenda

Mon Jun 8

  • Yoga at the Farm — 5:30–6:30 pm · Middlebrook Farm · $10 · outdoor · Catch Des Moines

Tue Jun 9

Wed Jun 10

Thu Jun 11

Fri Jun 12

Sat Jun 13

Sun Jun 14

Mon Jun 15

Tue Jun 16

Wed Jun 17

Thu Jun 18

  • Picnic with Turtles — 11:00 am–12:00 pm · Free · outdoor, kid-friendly · Catch Des Moines

Fri Jun 19

Sat Jun 20

Sun Jun 21 (Father’s Day · Summer Solstice)

✗ Set aside — and why

Adults / 21+:

  • Sip & Stroll at Botanical Garden (Jun 19) — 21+ only
  • Zoo Brew Wednesdays at Blank Park Zoo — 21+ only

Expensive workshops or niche classes (not casual family fit):

  • Wilderness Rangers Summer Camp (Jun 8–12, $305) — week-long registered camp
  • Junior Botanists Summer Camp (Jun 15–19, $305) — week-long registered camp
  • Succulent Wreaths workshop (Jun 11, $60)
  • Solar Dyed Silks (Jun 19, $80)
  • Kombucha, Jun, & Lacto-Fermented Sodas (Jun 18, $100)
  • Pints & Ponytails: Dad + Daughter Hair Class (Jun 20, $50)
  • Paint & Sip at Lavender Life Farm (Jun 20, $39)
  • Dough with Dads (Jun 20, $50/$45) — fine event but priced steep for a casual outing
  • Exploratory Beekeeping (Jun 9, $20) — lecture-demo, adult-leaning
  • Yoga in the Garden (Jun 17, $25) — adult fitness class
  • Sunrise Solstice Yoga in the Garden (Jun 20, $25) — adult fitness class
  • Pick a Posy Drop-In (Jun 19, $12/bouquet) — niche craft drop-in
  • Summer Kick-Off Family Glow Bowling Party (Jun 21, $65/lane) — expensive lane buy-in

Niche / unclear family fit:

  • PrideFest 2026 (Jun 12) — no firm date/time on CDM listing
  • 50’s Sock Hop ($15)
  • He-Man / She-Ra Art Show — gallery vibe, evening
  • 36th Annual Iowa Metaphysic Fair
  • Pet Pageant / Capital City Pride ($20)
  • Emancipation Day & Election Day — political programming, not a family outing
  • Fierce Faith Music Fest ($25) — religious music festival
  • Free Range Music & BBQ Festival ($60) — adult festival, expensive for family
  • Michelob Ultra Soccer Fan Zone — sponsored bar fan zone
  • World Cup Watch Party at Fong’s Pizza (Jun 12, Jun 19) — restaurant viewing
  • Pride Yoga (Jun 14) — narrow audience
  • Pride Parade / Capital City Pride (Jun 14) — kept off curated agenda but optional
  • June K² Marketplace Magic at Outlets of Des Moines — vague concept
  • MACC Foundation Annual Board Break — fundraising event
  • Dog Park Open Houses (Jun 14) — fine but weak draw
  • Early Childhood Music Exploration (Jun 10) — very narrow age band

Date/data conflicts:

  • “Fathers Free Visit Day” Jun 14 from Catch Des Moines — Father’s Day is Jun 21, 2026; the Botanical Garden’s own listing places this on Jun 21. CDM’s Jun 14 entry is likely a scrape ambiguity; the Botanical’s Jun 21 version was written instead.

Sources hit

  • Catch Des Moines — fetched via the bundled Playwright script in --family --details mode. 297 raw events in window → 52 family-fit after the site’s category filter + bar/brewery denylist; ~22 of those made the curated keep list. Authoritative for title/date/link; times and prices scraped from each detail page.
  • Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden — dmbotanicalgarden.com/events/ parsed cleanly via WebFetch (JSON-LD on the page). Surfaced ~22 events; many overlap with CDM. Kept Weary Ramblers (Jun 11), Fathers Free Visit Day (Jun 21) as venue-authoritative entries.
  • Blank Park Zoo — tickets.blankparkzoo.com/events and blankparkzoo.com/events/calendar are JavaScript-rendered and returned empty content. Class listings (Creative Camouflage Jun 11/13, Fantastic Fathers Jun 18/20, Zoo Tots) came from a web-search summary; left off the curated agenda this run because times/prices weren’t pulled directly from the venue. Verify at the zoo’s site if interested.
  • Web search (Des Moines Mom, DM Performing Arts, Des Moines Parent) — surfaced the headliners CDM missed (Storytime Under the Green Umbrella, Johnston Green Days). desmoinesparent.com/event-calendar/ returned 403; desmoinesmom.com/things-to-do-in-des-moines-in-june-2/ was used directly.