SACRAMENTO BROMELIAD
&
CARNIVOROUS PLANT SOCIETY

3330 McKINLEY BLVD
SACRAMENTO, CA 95816

Meeting Time/Place

The Sacramento Bromeliad & Carnivorous Plant Society will hold meetings on the third Wednesday, with the exception of the months of December, January and May.

Next meeting: Wednesday, Mar 17th, 7:00 PM

Meetings start at 7:00 pm and are held at the Shepard Garden and Arts Center
located in McKinley Park at 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento, Ca.

Guests and questions are welcome.


Program for Wednesday, Mar 17th, 7:00 PM

A virtual tour of a carnivorous plant nursery

Presenter: Josh Brown, owner of Predatory Plants

Predatory Plants is owned and operated by Joshua Brown, a longtime carnivorous plant hobbyist. His first experience with these fascinating plants was his 7th Grade science fair project, in which he tested the effects of a vegetarian diet on carnivorous plants by feeding cape sundews tofu. The study was a success, and since then he has always maintained a collection of assorted carnivores.

After receiving a degree in human biology from Stanford, Josh went to work for a small Silicon Valley start-up building a health-care search engine called Medstory. This start-up was bought by Microsoft, and Josh continued his work on the search engine there. Eventually, the technology behind the Medstory engine became part of Microsoft's Bing Search. After several years of working a desk-job, Josh decided it was time to try something new. What could be better than resurrecting his passion for these amazing plants?

His greenhouse is located along the coast of Northern California, just outside Half Moon Bay. The greenhouse is not open to the public at this time, but plants can be purchased through this website, or at various farmer's markets in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more info, check Predatory Plants.

Meeting Dates for 2010

Mar 17
Apr 13 (Tuesday)

Jun 16
Jul 21
Aug 18
Sep 15
Oct 20
Nov 17

Future dates to be announced.

Upcoming Events

GARDEN CENTER SPRING SALE: Saturday & Sunday, March 27th and 28th, 9AM to 4PM each day.



Comments and inquiries may be directed to sacbrom@gmail.com