Boston Flora

Tag: Wicked Plants

  • Saturday, April 19 – Monday, September 1 – Wicked Plants, The Exhibit

    Heritage Museums & Gardens in East Sandwich is preparing to mount a showcase exhibit.  Visitors will discover the evildoers of the plant world lurking in their own backyards and beyond in Wicked Plants: The Exhibit.  This exhibit is inspired by Amy Stewart’s New York Times bestselling book, Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities, and was created by the North Carolina Arboretum.  It will be on view in the Special Exhibitions Gallery from April 19 to September 1, 2014.  For more information visit www.heritagemuseumsandgardens.org.

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  • Friday, October 21, 7:00 pm – Wicked Bugs

    In  her book Wicked Bugs, a darkly comical look at the sinister side of man’s relationship with the natural world, author Amy Stewart tracks down more than 100 of the worst entomological foes – creatures that infest, infect, and generally wreak havoc on human affairs. Ms. Stewart is the bestselling author of five books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world, including Wicked Plants. Her essays and commentaries have appeared on NPR, in the New York Times, and in Fine Gardening, where she is a contributing editor. Stewart is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and the American Horticultural Society’s 2010 Book Award. She lives in Eureka, California, where she and her husband own an antiquarian bookstore.  Amy Stewart will make an appearance at Porter Square Books in the Porter Square Shopping Center, 25 White Street, Cambridge, this Friday, October 21, beginning at 7 pm.  If you plan to attend this free event, call 617-491-2220, or email ellen@portersquarebooks.com.

  • Sunday, October 23, 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm – Wicked Plants

    Linda Russell of Scentsibilities will speak at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, on Sunday October 23, from 12:30 – 2:30, on Wicked Plants: The Scandalous, the Deadly, the Ill-Mannered, and the Intoxicating.  This combination of lore, stories and facts will increase your knowledge of the silent dangers in the plants around us, many in our own gardens and back yards.  The program is fun and informative, and best of all, no cauldron required! THBG members $10, non-members $12.  Register at www.towerhillbg.org, or call 508-869-6111.

  • Saturday, October 22, 2:00 pm – Wicked Bugs: The Louse that Conquered Napoleon’s Army and Other Insect Monstrosities

    In a follow up to her very successful New York Times bestseller Wicked Plants, Amy Stewart tackles the insects, worms, and spiders that have tormented humankind for centuries. With wit and style, Stewart will reveal some of her discoveries. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Fee $5 sponsoring member, $15 nonmember.  Offered by the Arnold Arboretum,  Roslindale Green and Clean and Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture, and held on Saturday, October 22 beginning at 2 pm, at Weld Hill, 1300 Centre Street in Boston.  Register at www.arboretum.harvard.edu.