Wicked Plants: The Exhibit

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This traveling exhibition gave visitors an interactive experience with some of the world's most deadly plants.

Inspired by author Amy Stewart’s best-selling book “Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities” (Algonquin Press, New York, N.Y. © 2009), this fun-filled, family-friendly traveling exhibition gave visitors a safe, hands-on experience with some of the world’s most diabolical botanicals. Thought-provoking and educational, Wicked Plants showcased plants associated with myriad health effects, including pain, addiction, obesity, allergies, cognitive impairment, and even death!

Two- and three-dimensional interactives filled a Victorian-era ramshackle home, where visitors traveled from room to room and learned about various poisonous plants that lurked in their homes and backyards. The exhibition brought together history, medicine, science, legend, and lore to present a treasure trove of bloodcurdling botany that entertained, alarmed, and enlightened. 

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Wicked Plants: The Exhibition is a traveling exhibition produced by The North Carolina Arboretum and was toured internationally by Flying Fish.

Produced By

Wicked Plants: The Exhibition is a traveling exhibition produced by The North Carolina Arboretum and was toured internationally by Flying Fish.

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“Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities” by Amy Stewart

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