Calendar of Events
Carnivorous Plant Nursery participates in many plant shows and sales. We all provide presentations and workshops for groups. Here's our current calendar of events.
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Carnivorous Plant Blog
Carnivorous Plant Fossils
Carnivorous Plant Fossils. Though there is debate among archeobotanists, the oldest carnivorous plant fossil may well be Archaeamphora longicervia, found in 2005 near Jinzhou, China.
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Northernmost Carnivorous Plant
World’s Northernmost Carnivorous Plant Scientists have found the carnivorous plant Pinguicula Alpina L., also known as the alpine butterwort, on the Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard.
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Venus Flytrap Sculpture
Gigantic Venus Flytrap appears in courtyard of Carnivorous Plant Nursery. This is the work of VonChandler of D.W.C. Metals of Farmington, AK.
GWAPA visits Carnivorous Plant Nursery.
The Greater Washington Aquatic Plant Association (GWAPA) visited Carnivorous Plant Nursery for a grand tour and fun day. The event gave members the opportunity to explore the nursery and the huge selection of bog and carnivorous plants.
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Carnivorous Plant Nursery Open House June 2015
Carnivorous Plant Nursery Open House June 2015. We were happy to help sponsor and be a key feature of the Smithsburg Tower Home and Garden Tour. The Restore the Tower Project is an ongoing fund raiser to retore the City Hall Tower.
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Huffington Post Article
Huffington Post Article Maryland's Carnivorous Plant Nursery Hosts Killer Botany Nice article about Carnivorous Plant Nursery and a happy customer. DERWOOD, Md. -- There are more than 650 carnivorous plants in the world and Michael Szesze guesses he's got about "four to five hundred" of them.
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Carnivorous Plant Nursery New Logo
Carnivorous Plant Nursery develops new logo. From an early experience photographing Venus flytraps, an Elder Borer Beetle landed right into the Flytrap, and that image evolved into our logo.
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Carnivorous Plant Nursery in the Washington Post
Washington Post Magazine, Sunday, June 25, 2017. Carnivorous Plant Nursery is featured in the Post Sunday Magazine. "Somewhere along the evolutionary timeline of bog-dewlling angiosperms, the plants gathered together and decided they wouldn't take it any longer....." by Adrian Higgins,...
MACPS meets at CPN
The Mid-Atlantic Carnivorous Plant Society was pleased to announce that the first meeting held at Carnivorous Plant Nursery on June 17, 2017 was a huge success! Over 50 people came out to enjoy talks given by Michael Szesze, Jacob Munoz, and Dr. Hongqi Li.
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Mid-Atlantic Carnivorous Plant Society
The Mid-Atlantic Carnivorous Plant Society is a group of carnivorous plant enthusiasts from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and the surrounding area. They hold four meetings throughout the year, go on trips, and exchange cultivation advice.
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