October 18 – 27, 2019
10 a.m. – 4 p.m
Closed Mondays & Tuesdays
The plants, many of which live in nutrient-poor soil, like in bogs and mossy cloud forests, have adapted to attract, trap, and kill prey to absorb nutrients. View the wide variety of trap shapes and colors, and features such as sticky surfaces, digestive enzymes, and hairs that trigger movement. Specimen plants will be on display in the Orchid Room.
A selection of carnivorous plants will be for sale.
Admission is free. We appreciate donations, and recommend $5 per person.
Please, no TRIPODS OR MONOPODS on weekends during the show.
SPECIAL EVENT – October 19 – talk, workshop, and special sales
Special carnivorous plant sale (from MACPS members’ collections) 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Talk & demo, 1 – 1:30 p.m., free
terarrium-building workshop, 1:30 p.m., $40
Plant Sale: The Conservatory will have carnivorous plants for sale in the gift shop for the duration of the show. On October 19, members of The Mid-Atlantic Carnivorous Plant Society (MACPS) will bring plants from their own collections to sell.
Talk & Demo: The Mid-Atlantic Carnivorous Plant Society (MACPS) will give an overview of carnivorous plants, their unusual adaptations, and some guidelines on how to take care of these fascinating, beautiful plants. They will also demonstrate how to build your own carnivorous plant terrarium.
TERRARIUM WORKSHOP REGISTRATION
Workshop – Online registration is now closed. Learn how to build a terrarium! Take home a completed terrarium, made with a 6 inch glass bowl, venus flytrap, sundew (D. spatulata), and pitcher plant (S. purpurea). All supplies will be provided. Preregistration is required. $40 per person.
