October 19, 2024, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost: Included with admission
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 19, from 2-4pm, 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!
In addition to our comic artist, meet the sculpture behind our larger than life carnivorous plants, 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!