California Author Amy Stewart Speaking in San Jose!

Friends of Guadalupe River Park & Gardens and Children’s Discovery Museum with support from the UCCE Santa Clara County Master Gardeners host Amy Stewart  for the introduction to her latest book Wicked Plants: A Book of Botanical Atrocities at the Children’s Discovery Museum.  Fans know that Amy skillfully takes a subject that interests her and explores it scientifically.  Her book The Earth Moved: On the remarkable achievements of earthworms was a witty, offbeat exploration of worms and the little known frontier under our feet.  And in her book Flower Confidential, Amy winds up traveling from her home in California to South America, Miami and Amsterdam tracking the flowers in her bouquet from the local grocery store. You’ll never look at flowers or worms the same way again. Her fascination with wicked plants, plants that have been used as murder weapons, plants that are illegal or immoral, plants that have started wars and inflict pain, or plants that are badly behaved, bursting into flame or smelling terrible has resulted in an exhibit opening this summer at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.  Books will be available, the author will sign your book, and this is the only chance this trip for the general public to meet this best selling author!

Click here to read the May 20, 2009 article in the New York Times about Amy Stewart and her latest book, "Wicked Plants."