During your visit to see our current carnivorous plant exhibit, Mutation Invasion: Flesh-eating Flora, meet the artists that brought it to life!
On October 5, 20, and 26, from 10am-4pm, meet Nate Phillips, the artist and author behind our exciting comic book! This exciting, action-packed adventure will teach visitors about shocking and interesting carnivorous plants, and show how these monstrous, mutated creatures took over our conservatory. Will our star horticulturist Barry Burnham survive a night at the Botanical Gardens surrounded by hungry carnivorous plants? Find out for yourself during Mutation Invasion!
On October 19, from 2-4pm, meet Nate Phillips and Melanie Fisher! If the plants from the comic weren’t enough, there’s even more mutated spectacles to see thanks to a series of spooky sculptures! These marvelous artistic representations of bug-snatching carnivorous plants are a sight to see. See her alien versions of Venus flytraps, Pitcher plants, Sundews, and more!