A short while ago Terry and I went to see Wicked Plants: Botanical Rogues and Assassins Exhibit at the Conservatory of Flowers in SF. It was absolutely amazing! I've got a tone of photos to share. I was sooooo thrilled that they allowed cameras inside (I was initially hiding mine under a scarf, and what a relief it was when I saw everybody snapping away! :) I'll accompany them with the text taken from the Conservatory of flowers website.
And here is this lovely/wicked place...
"Paralysis, strangulation, derangement – these are just a few of the misdeeds of the plant kingdom as chronicled by award-winning author Amy Stewart in her 2009 New York Times Bestseller, Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln’s Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities."
"And now, something wicked this way comes. It’s mayhem under glass, as the Conservatory of Flowers transforms its Special Exhibits Gallery into an eerie Victorian garden full of Mother Nature’s most appalling creations."
"Building on the fascinating plant portraits in Stewart’s book, the Conservatory introduces visitors to living examples of dozens of infamous plants that have left their mark on history and claimed many an unfortunate victim."
"As visitors enter the exhibition, they find themselves in a mysterious, untended yard behind a ramshackle old Victorian home."
"Peeking through the window, it’s clear that a crime has just taken place. A man is slumped over on a table, a goblet in his lifeless hand, as the lady of the house flees in the background."
"Crows caw, and a rusty gate creaks. In the overgrown garden, moss covered statues rise up out of an unruly thicket of alluring plants."
"Beautiful flowers and glistening berries bewitch the eye, but consider yourself warned – these plants have names like deadly nightshade, poison hemlock and white snakeroot. Here lurk some of the greatest killers of all time."
"The exhibition features over 30 species of wicked plants from those with famously scandalous histories to those that grow “innocently” in millions of gardens and homes today. Visitors can enjoy corresponding excerpts from Stewart’s book full of bloodcurdling tales and fascinating facts on signs throughout the gallery."
The exhibit is on till October 11, so if you find yourselves in San Francisco, I highly recommend you go. Find more info here: Conservatory of Flowers.
And some more shots of other rooms like the Water Room, the Victorian Potted Plants Room, etc... in the beautiful Conservatory of Flowers (my favorite place right now!)...
I was most impressed by the glass ceilings and ceilling fans. :) My dream is to have a small rooftop conservatory of our own!
Hope you didn't mind me going crazy with the photos. I haven't posted in a while so I thought I would compensate!
xoxoxo
{All photos Tina Tarnoff}
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