Exotic Plants hosts Saturday evening class featuring bug-eating beauties
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The Exotic Plants bog bowl project features carnivorous plants. (Photo courtesy
Exotic Plants)
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Looking for something totally different? This hands-on workshop focuses on the beauty of bug-eating plants.
Exotic Plants, Sacramento’s go-to indoor gardening store, is hosting a “Carnivorous Plant Arrangement Workshop,” featuring pitcher plants, Venus flytraps and other bug-munching flora.
Set for 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, the 90-minute workshop includes all the materials and plants needed for a living arrangement to take home. Price varies ($65 or $85) by choice of container; workshop participants can make a tabletop bog bowl or a mounted cork arrangement with pitcher plants to hang on a wall.
“The bog bowl class includes an American pitcher plant, Venus fly trap, butterwort and an octopus plant as well as all the materials you will need to create your own small carnivorous plant garden,” says the Exotic Plants crew.
“If that doesn’t pique your interest, there also is a Nepenthes mount class where we will show you how to mount your Nepenthes a.k.a tropical pitcher plant onto corkwood. We hope you'll join the fun, and will take a bite out of this fun class!”
Tickets are available via eventbrite.com at https://bit.ly/3R1Nder .
Exotic Plants is located at 1525 Fulton Ave., Sacramento. www.exoticplantsltd.com .
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