Whale Kangas will be the Garden Club speaker on Monday.
Palisades Garden Club will welcome Whale Kangas, a carnivorous plant specialist from Pan’s Garden Nursery in Ojai, who will speak on “The Curious World of Carnivorous Plants.” The meeting will be held 7 p.m. on Monday, October 7, at the Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford Avenue.
Kangas is an enthusiastic gardener and a carnivorous plant specialist at Pan’s Garden, a native and exotic plants nursery. Pan’s is a specialty nursery whose creative mission is to grow rare plants that are generally difficult to find elsewhere in California like Venus flytraps and American Pitchers.
Although a carnivorous plant may seem like an oxymoron, they do exist. Kangas will help members and guests explore this curious world and meet mysterious sundews, American and Tropical pitcher plants (not baseball players), the innocent looking butterwort, the surprising bladderwort, and perhaps the most famous carnivorous plant of all — the storied Venus flytrap.
Kangas will also discuss how to care for these fascinating plants that make intriguing conversation pieces for any garden.
While not at work, Whale enjoys growing vegetables and flowers, especially her beloved pink jasmine arch that welcomes guests into her garden.
Not only will she show different plants during her talk, but she will also have them available to purchase following her presentation.
Each attendee will receive a ticket for a door prize drawing. There will be refreshments, perspective members are welcomed.
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Methods of growing the Venus Flytrap will be explored.