Who doesn’t love a flower that gobbles up bugs? That’s part of the allure of carnivorous plants.
“Our stuff is a little bizarre, a little different,” said Eric Trygg, past president of the Sacramento Bromeliad and Carnivorous Plant Society. “People love the idea of bug-eating plants.”
This weekend, the club will present its 49th annual show and sale at Shepard Garden and Arts Center in McKinley Park. It marks the first time this popular event will be held on Father’s Day weekend.
The show “was always the last weekend in July – and hotter than hell,” Trygg said. “That’s wildfire season and the last couple of years, there was so much smoke in the air, people were told to stay inside. That’s also the last weekend of the State Fair, so we had that conflict, too.”
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