California Carnivores

California Carnivores
Private
Industry Gardening
Headquarters Sebastopol, California
Products Carnivorous plants
Owner Peter D'Amato
Website www.californiacarnivores.com

California Carnivores is a plant nursery located at 2833 Old Gravenstein Highway, in Sebastopol, California.[1][2] Specializing in the cultivation of carnivorous plants, California Carnivores is home to one of the largest collections of cultivated carnivorous plants in North America, and possibly the world, with more than 1,000 types of carnivorous plant on display or for sale in the retail section of the nursery.[3][4][5]

Owner

Main article: Peter D'Amato

California Carnivores is owned by horticulturalist Peter D'Amato, carnivorous plant expert and author of The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants. He operates the nursery alongside general manager and chief plant propagator, Damon Collinsworth. Collinsworth also maintains the nursery's website and is in charge of photography. He was one of the nursery's first employees.[1]

Public displays

California Carnivores also provides consultation and plants for both temporary and permanent public exhibitions of carnivorous plants at museums, botanical gardens, and plant shows.[6] Carnivorous plant exhibits at the San Antonio Botanical Garden and the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers have featured plants grown and provided by California Carnivores in their exhibits.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "About Us". californiacarnivores.com. California Carnivores. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Contact Us". californiacarnivores.com. California Carnivores. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Amelinckx, Andrew (24 February 2015). "Feed me, Seymour!". Modern Farmer. Modern Farmer Media. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Mcconahey, Meg (10 April 2014). "Plants with a mean streak". pressdemocrat.com. The Press Democrat. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Adams, Paul (8 July 2013). "THE VIOLENT BEAUTY OF CARNIVOROUS PLANTS". Popular Science. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Consultation & Plants for Public Displays". californiacarnivores.com. California Carnivores. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Lehmann, Tracy Hobson (28 June 2013). "Feasting flora lures prey, fans in exhibit". mysanantonio.com. Hearst Newspapers, LLC. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Eaton, Joe; Sullivan, Ron (14 July 2010). "Snared by a taste for carnivorous plant life". sfgate.com. Hearst Newspapers, LLC. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
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