Registration Closed: Carnivorous Plants with Brandon Huber, Ph.D. (Thursday Night Nature May 12)

Brandon Huber, Ph.D., has been growing carnivorous plants successfully for nearly 20 years and attributes some of his earliest passion for horticulture to them. In this lecture, he will highlight the incredible variability of carnivorous plants seen around the world, including ones that can be easily grown in and around your home garden. There are many common myths regarding the culture of carnivorous plants which lead to failure when trying to grow them. Brandon will cover the essentials of growing these striking plants in our region to ensure long-term success and share photos of these plants in their natural habitats to provide further insight and help understand their culture.

Brandon Huber, born and raised in Philadelphia, found his passion for horticulture at a young age. He credits his early interest partly to annual visits to the Philadelphia Flower Show and interactions with carnivorous plants. He began working at PHS Meadowbrook farm in 2009, eventually becoming the head grower before leaving to pursue graduate school at North Carolina State University. His time at Meadowbrook gave him industry experience and opened his eyes to research and plant breeding. In 2014, he accepted a master’s program offer focused on the breeding of Stevia and in 2017, he became interested in controlled environment horticulture. His work extends well outside of his Ph.D. research, growing over 200 plants in his apartment as a hobbyist.