Boston Flora

Tag: Carnivorous Plants

  • Wednesday, November 3, 10:00 am – Bog Gardens

    Instructor Priscilla Purinton of the New England Carnivorous Plant Society will speak at The Garden Club of the Back Bay’s monthly meeting on Wednesday, November 3, beginning at 10 am at The College Club, 44 Commonwealth Avenue. Learn to create a  bog habitat for your garden or patio with rare and interesting plants.  Bogs are unique habitats saturated with acidic, low nutrient water that would spell death for most plants.  However, they support a surprising diversity of unique flora that can grow nowhere else.  You will learn how to create a good soil mix, what plants do well (and why) in bog situations, and will also learn how to keep your bog flourishing for years.  The program is free, but reservations are required – email info@bostonflora.com.  An optional lunch will follow the meeting ($20 members of GCBB, $25 for non-members), for which reservations must be made no later than October 29.  Garden Club of the Back Bay members will receive written notice of this meeting.

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  • Saturday, August 14, 8:30 a.m. – New England Carnivorous Plant Society Cookout

    The New England Carnivorous Plant Society (www.necps.org) will hold a cookout and show on Saturday, August 14, beginning at 8:30 in the morning with an optional bog walk at the Black Jungle, 370 Avenue A, Turners Falls, Massachusetts 01376.  This annual event is always much anticipated.  You will see all sorts of plants, and there are wonderful discounts for NECPS members.  See the site for information on joining ($20/year for adults), or call Black Jungle Terrarium Supply 413-863-2770 for more information and directions. Below is Drosera capillaris ‘Emerald’s Envy.” Photo by William Joseph Clemens.

  • Saturday, April 24, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Create a Mini Bog

    Instructor Priscilla Purinton of the New England Carnivorous Plant Society will conduct a hands-on workshop at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Saturday, April 24, from 1 – 3 pm.  Priscilla will be a featured speaker of The Garden Club of the Back Bay in November, 2010, and here is a chance to get down and dirty with her! Create a miniature bog habitat for your garden or patio with rare and interesting plants.  Bogs are unique habitats saturated with acidic, low nutrient water that would spell death for most plants.  However, they support a surprising diversity of unique flora that can grow nowhere else.  Wow your friends with this most unusual container garden filled with carnivorous plants, rushes and other bog endemics.  Participants will be provided with all materials and plants, and will learn how to create a good soil mix, what plants do well (and why) in bog situations, and will also learn how to keep the mini bog flourishing for years.  Tower Hill member price $40, non-members $43.  To register, log on to www.towerhillbg.org.

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  • Saturday, February 13, 12:30 – 3:30 pm – Powerpoint Presentation of the Atlanta Botanical Garden

    Shaun Montminy, New England Carnivorous Plant Society Membership Secretary, will give a presentation of his visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden and California Carnivores on Saturday, February 13, beginning at 12:30 pm at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center.  For more information, log on to www.necps.org.

  • Burger’s Onion

    We’ve come upon an interesting blog we thought would interest our followers.  Burger’s Onion, http://burgersonion.blogspot.com/, deals with weird botany and horticulture.  Posts with fabulous pictures range from a description of the minute Anacampseros hillii to pictures of flowering Hondelbal (“dog ball” in Afrikaans – just guess what this plant looks like) to gymnosperms of the Namib Desert to Organic Pest Control, the Mad Botany Way (using carnivorous plants to mop up fruit flies in the greenhouse.)  The site also has good links to plant organizations, on-line communities and specialist nurseries (you can order poison dart frogs from Black Jungle, www.blackjungle.com).  Always good to have a sense of humor.

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  • Saturday, September 26 – Sunday, September 27 – 7th Annual Fall Carnivorous Plant Show

    The award winning New England Carnivorous Plant Society (NECPS) will again be hosting the Fall Carnivorous Plant Show at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center in Providence, Rhode Island.  Plant lovers and all those who enjoy something different will be able to get up close to hundreds of carnivorous plants exhibited by members of the NECPS.

    Featured plants will include pitcher plants from Malaysia with traps the size of softballs that are capable of eating lizards and mice.  There will be sundews from Australia ranging from the size of a dime to 12+ inches high, and the ever-popular Venus Fly Trap.  For you native plant lovers, NECPS will also display carnivorous plants that grow locally throughout New England.  This is the largest collection of carnivorous plants displayed yearly on the East Coast and the most popular show at the Botanical Center.  Over 300 plants are scheduled to be on display.

    Free seminars on growing and feeding carnivorous plants will be offered, and there are lots of opportunities for photographers.  Visit the Venus Fly Trap feeding area where you can observe up close how these plants devour insects.  Plants and growing accessories will be available for purchase for both novice and experienced growers from carnivorous plant vendors and the NECPS.  The permanent carnivorous plant bog exhibit will also be available for viewing.  Society members will be present both days to explain how the plants feed, what they eat, where they live, and how they can be grown and enjoyed at home.  Admission to the show is free with the purchase of regular admission to the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center : $3 adults, $1 children 6 – 12, under 6 free.  The show will run on Saturday September 26 from 11:00 am until 4:00 pm, and on Sunday September 27 from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm.  The address is 1000 Elmwood Avenue in Providence.  For additional information, please visit www.NECPS.org, or email johnatthebeach@cox.net.

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  • Sunday, August 30, 8:45 a.m. – New England Carnivorous Plant Society Cookout

    The New England Carnivorous Plant Society (www.necps.org) will hold a cookout and show on Sunday, August 30, beginning at 8:45 in the morning at the Black Jungle, 370 Avenue A, Turners Falls, Massachusetts 01376.  This annual event is always much anticipated.  You will see all sorts of plants, and there are wonderful discounts for NECPS members.  See the site for information on joining ($20/year for adults).  This year, there will be a visit and talk from renowned author Stewart McPherson.  Stewart has written several amazing books on varieties of carnivorous plants, and has new ones on the way.  He will be giving a talk on Nepenthes, and will be signing books.  This is a wonderful chance to speak with and meet a true giant of the CP world.

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