Plants With Bite- DAILY

Plants With Bite- DAILY

By Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust

Date and time

Sun, 24 Mar 2019 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM AEDT

Location

The Calyx

Mrs Macquaries Road Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia

Description

Plants with Bite tells the story of the captivating and bizarre world of carnivorous plants. As fascinating as they are horrifying, these plants are truly a miracle of evolution. Sun, soil and sky – this is all most plants need to survive. Yet carnivorous plants can thrive in inhospitable environments by luring, trapping, killing and digesting insects.

At this free floral display you’ll get to see the iconic Venus flytrap: an example of a ‘snap trap’. You can also observe the ‘pitfall’, ‘flypaper’, ‘lobster-pot’ and ‘bladder’ styles of traps. Combining botany with hands-on activities, Plants with Bite showcases these fascinating plants while bringing awareness to the ways in which many species are currently under threat due to habitat loss.

Curated by horticulturalists at The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, this is the largest vertical floral wall in the southern hemisphere.

Please note: The Calyx is occasionally closed for private access. Updates will be published on our website so we suggest checking here >> https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/whatson/Plants-with-Bite, or phoning (02) 9231 8104 before arriving.


Organised by

The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust is responsible for the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan and the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah. 

People visit our Gardens for peace, relaxation, education and to learn more about plants and horticulture. Entry is free but some special events are ticketed.

We provide a range of community events, classes, tours and children's activities led by our expert Education Rangers, Horticulturalists, Volunteers and Specialists. For our full What's On calendar visit our website.

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