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Who: The Texas Triffid Ranch is a very small nursery specializing in carnivorous, prehistoric, and otherwise exotic plants.
Where: As the name implies, the Triffid Ranch is based in Dallas, Texas. http://www.txtriffidranch.com for details.
Why: I used to be a professional writer, but then I got better, and the plants are a major factor in this.-
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Tag Archives: Museum of Nature & Science
Things to do in Dallas when you’re dead
It’s only a matter of time before the Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas’s Fair Park moves to its new home near downtown, and that means that we’ll have a new home for the Beer & Bones events on … Continue reading
Things To Do In Dallas When You’re Dead
Thursday, December 15. You could watch the annual recreation of the end of Dawn of the Dead at the local malls, or you could go out to the latest Beer & Bones event at the Museum of Nature & Science … Continue reading
And this makes it all worthwhile
A surprise arrival in the mail from the Museum of Nature & Science in Fair Park: Well, this was surprising, but the interior was even more so: The photo on the right was from last month’s Discovery Days: Discovering Reptiles … Continue reading
Posted in Shows
Tagged Joey Shea, Museum of Nature & Science, shows, Thank You
Discovery Days: The Final Assessment
Last weekend, the folks at the Museum of Nature & Science in Fair Park were considerate enough to invite the Triffid Ranch to display plants at its regular Discovery Days event on reptiles and other critters. This year, the “other … Continue reading
Posted in Hard Science
Tagged Discovery Days, green harlots, Museum of Nature & Science, nepenthes, road trip, shows
Discovery Days: Day Two
I’ll have pictures from this weekend’s Discovery Days: Discovering Reptiles & Other Critters event at the Museum of Nature & Science after we’re done, but now it’s time to go back. Saturday’s crowd was extremely impressive, with a lot of … Continue reading
Events past and present
Now that the Halloween insanity is over, you’d think that gardening season joins it. It may for those in northeast North America (my friend Joey Shea just sent me a picture of a little girl with a jack-o’-lantern atop a … Continue reading
Upcoming Triffid Ranch lectures
It’s amazing what you find in the E-mail box these days. Today, it was an invitation from the Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas, asking about availability to man a booth at its upcoming “Discover Reptiles and Other Critters” … Continue reading
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Tagged Beer & Bones, Discovery Days, Museum of Nature & Science, Triffid Ranch lectures