California Carnivores

California Carnivores is a plant nursery in Sebastopol, California in the United States.[1][2] Specializing in the cultivation of carnivorous plants, CC is home to one of the largest collections of imported carnivorous plants in North America, and possibly the world, with more than 1,000 types of imported plant and dozen of varieties for sale in the retail section of the nursery.[3][4][5]

California Carnivores
Private
IndustryGardening
HeadquartersSebastopol, California
ProductsCarnivorous plants
OwnerPeter D'Amato
Websitewww.californiacarnivores.com

Owner
Main article: Peter D'Amato

CC is owned by horticulturist Peter D'Amato, carnivorous plant expert and author of The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants. He operates the nursery alongside co-owner and chief plant propagator, Damon Collingsworth. Collingsworth also curated all of the photos in the revised edition of The Savage Garden. [1]

Public displays

CC 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]

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See also

References
  1. "About Us". californiacarnivors.com. California Carnivores. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  2. "Visit Us". californiacarnivors.com. California Carnivores. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  3. Amelinckx, Andrew (24 February 2015). "Feed me, Seymour!". Modern Farmer. Modern Farmer Media. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  4. Mcconahey, Meg (10 April 2014). "Plants with a mean streak". pressdemocrat.com. The Press Democrat. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  5. Adams, Paul (8 July 2013). "THE VIOLENT BEAUTY OF CARNIVOROUS PLANTS". Popular Science. Archived from the original on 11 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  6. "Botanical Displays". californiacarnivors.com. California Carnivores. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  7. Lehmann, Tracy Hobson (28 June 2013). "Feasting flora lures prey, fans in exhibit". mysanantonio.com. Hearst Newspapers, LLC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  8. Eaton, Joe; Sullivan, Ron (14 July 2010). "Snared by a taste for carnivorous plant life". sfgate.com. Hearst Newspapers, LLC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
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