Wicked Bugs: An Evening with Amy Stewart 

About the Evening

Enjoy a delightfully sinister evening with Amy Stewart, author of WICKED BUGS: The Louse that Conquered Napoleon’s Army & Other Diabolical Insects as she crawls through the research that wormed its way into her newest book. From horrific to bizarre, learn about the strange places bugs appear in pop culture, relationships, science, travel and, last but not least, the garden.

About the Exhibit

Wicked Plants: Botanical Rogues and Assassins interprets the New York Times Bestselling book Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln’s Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart. 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 Amy Stewart’s book full of bloodcurdling tales and original botanical etchings by Briony Morrow-Cribbs.

About the Author

Amy Stewart’s essays and commentaries have appeared in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Garden Design, and Organic Gardening. She has been featured on NPR, Good Morning America, and CBS Morning. Amy Stewart is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, the American Horticulture Society’s Book Award, and a California Horticultural Society Writer’s Award. Her newest book, Wicked Bugs, launches this spring. She lives in Eureka, California, where she and her husband own an antiquarian bookstore.

Registration

 Admission: $12 for General Public, $7 for Members. Ticket includes entry to the Conservatory of Flowers from 6:30 - 7:00 pm.

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR! SEE YOU TONIGHT!

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Book art images courtesy of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.