NECPS show is drawing close! Official annoucement!

[schloaty]

The 8th Annual Fall Carnivorous Plant Show
Sponsored by the New England Carnivorous Plant Society
Providence RI: The award winning New England Carnivorous Plant Society (NECPS) will again be
hosting the Fall Carnivorous Plant Show at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center Providence
RI. Plant lovers and all those who enjoy something different will be able to get up close to hundreds
of carnivorous plants exhibited by the members of the NECPS. Featured plants will include pitcher
plants from Malaysia with traps the size of softballs that are capable of eating lizards and mice, There
will also be sundews from Australia ranging from the size of a dime to 12+ inches high and the everpopular
Venus Fly trap. For you native plant lovers, NECPS will also display carnivorous plants that
grow locally in Rhode Island and throughout New England.

This is the largest collection of carnivorous plants displayed yearly on the
east coast and the most popular show at the Botanical Center.
Over 300 plants are scheduled to be on display !

Free seminars on growing and feeding carnivorous plants will be offered!
Lots of opportunities for photographers!

Visit the Venus Fly Trap feeding area where you can observe up close how these plants devour
insects. Plants and growing accessories will be available for purchase for both novice and
experienced growers from carnivorous plant vendors and the NECPS. The permanent carnivorous
plant bog exhibit will also be available for viewing. Society members will be present both days to
explain how the plants feed, what they eat, where they live, and how they can be grown and enjoyed
at home.

Admission to the show is FREE with the purchase of regular admission to the
Roger Williams Park Botanical Center

Admission to the RWP Botanical Center is $3 for adults
$1 Children 6 to12, under 6 FREE

Dates and times: Saturday, September 26, 2009 from 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM
Sunday, September 27, 2009 from 10:00 AM till 3:00 PM

Location: Roger Williams Park Botanical Center
1000 Elmwood Avenue
Providence RI 02905

For additional information about this exciting upcoming event, please visit www.NECPS.org
Or email to johnatthebeach@cox.net
(Please note that this event is not located at the Zoo. The Botanical Center Greenhouses are located
across from the Providence Police Mounted Command station in the Park. Follow directional signs
located throughout the park or visit www.NECPS.org for directions.)

The New England Carnivorous Plant Society

[naich]

will there be vendors and plants for sale?

[Nepfreak]

will there be vendors and plants for sale?
You betcha.
There is one retailer that is always there with a good selection of CPs and exotics. The NECPS members will be selling plants as well. There is a silent auction (for NECPS members) where you can usually get some great deals -- I got a practically new copy of McPherson's Pitcher Plants of the Old World Vol. 1 for half the retail price. There's usually a couple of nice Sarracenia there, and dews and Neps as well. Last year I picked up a nice-sized roridula for about $15.
If you're coming, please bring any plants that you are proud of for display! If you want to contribute, we're also looking for plant donations to sell at the NECPS table.

[naich]

how do i join NECPS?

[thez_yo]

I'm entirely sure TSA would not like it if I brought my big mixed australians pot on the plane with me...hummer's giant ceph and pygmy dews in a foot tall pot :lol:

I haven't bought plane tixs yet, but I'm still hoping to go.

[schloaty]

how do i join NECPS?

naich, here:

http://www.necps.org/contact.php

Or simply come to the show - we will have sign-up sheets by the dozen!

[schloaty]

Bump! Can't let this fall by the way-side.

[thez_yo]

Still haven't bought tix yet but I'm thinking at the end of this week I'll decide what I'm doing. What hotel y'alls staying at when you're there? I think I need suggestions on where to stay and like...how to get there (carpool?) and stuff :poke:

Help?

[schloaty]

update - this is embarrassing - it's the EITGTH annual, not seventh. Sheesh.

[Tamlin Dawnstar]

My best wishes for a successful show. Wish I could be there!

[Jayson16]

Plan on being there hopefully!

[schloaty]

My best wishes for a successful show. Wish I could be there!


Tamlin, you surely could be!

One of these years, you gotta come down. Take the bus, a train, whatever, man! I'll drive you around once you get there!

[Chomp]

I was originally able to go. Then things changed... Can someone take pics and show em here?

[schloaty]

Can someone take pics and show em here?

You know it, Chomp! Several TF members will do so...and most will take better pics than I...however I will post any that I think don't suck too badly.

[thez_yo]

I'm still trying to decide if I'm going to go or not XD

Dang this having a week off and getting to decide which wonderful things I want to do! :-))

[Dave S.]

The 8th Annual Fall Carnivorous Plant Show
Sponsored by the New England Carnivorous Plant Society
Providence RI: The award winning New England Carnivorous Plant Society (NECPS) will again be hosting the Fall Carnivorous Plant Show at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center, Providence RI. Plant lovers and all those who enjoy something different will be able to get up close to hundreds of carnivorous plants exhibited by the members of the NECPS. Featured plants will include pitcher plants from Malaysia with traps the size of softballs that are capable of eating lizards and mice. There will also be sundews from Australia ranging from the size of a dime to 12+ inches high and the ever-popular Venus Fly trap. For you native plant lovers, NECPS will also display carnivorous plants that grow locally in Rhode Island and throughout New England.

This is the largest collection of carnivorous plants displayed yearly on the east coast and the most popular show at the Botanical Center.

Over 300 plants are scheduled to be on display!
Free seminars on growing and feeding carnivorous plants will be offered!
Lots of opportunities for photographers!

Visit the Venus Fly Trap feeding area where you can observe up close how these plants devour insects. Plants and growing accessories will be available for purchase for both novice and experienced growers from carnivorous plant vendors and the NECPS. The permanent carnivorous plant bog exhibit will be replanted during the show! Society members will be present both days to explain how the plants feed, what they eat, where they live, and how they can be grown and enjoyed at home.

Admission to the show is FREE with the purchase of regular admission to the
Roger Williams Park Botanical Center
Admission to the RWP Botanical Center is $3 for adults
$1 Children 6 to12, under 6 FREE

Dates and times: Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM Sunday, September 26, 2010 from 10:00 AM till 3:00 PM

Location:
Roger Williams Park Botanical Center
1 Floral Avenue
Providence, RI 02905
For additional information about this exciting upcoming event, please visit www.NECPS.org
Or email to johnatthebeach@cox.net
(Please note that this event is not located at the Zoo. The Botanical Center Greenhouses are located across from the Providence Police Mounted Command station in the Park. Follow directional signs located throughout the park or visit www.NECPS.org for directions.)
The New England Carnivorous Plant Society
PO Box 606 Saunderstown, RI 02874

[Dave S.]

What hotel y'alls staying at when you're there? I think I need suggestions on where to stay and like...how to get there (carpool?) and stuff :poke:
Help?

I just booked the Courtyard Marriot in Warwick, RI for the Saturday night of the show. It is close to Route 95 which is close to Roger Williams Botanical Garden. I am driving down there on Saturday morning. I can give you a ride if you book a hotel that is close by. If you need hotel advice, you can send me a PM.

I hope you decide to go.

[quogue]

Hiya Dave, I just checked out the Marriot and it said they were full... I think Shloaty found a good spot nearby though.

thez yo: If you like CP's you won't wanna miss this! I have pics from the last few years shows on my website under the Events page. Check it out for an idea of what they are like.

Plus, a bunch of us are going out in Downtown Providence after the Society Dinner!
Part Time!

[thez_yo]

Well...seeing as how I just got a bunch of plants I have to work on hardening from overseas and I'm already traveling a lot beforehand, I think I'm not going to go to NECPS meet in RI :-(
Maybe next year..

[quogue]

When ya see the picture thread you're gonna say "dangit! I really shoulda!!"

[schloaty]

When ya see the picture thread you're gonna say "dangit! I really shoulda!!"


+1

And the hotel I booked was the Radisson Hotel Providence Airport - Looks good online, at least.

[WildBill]

Here's a tease - some random pics from past shows:

http://www.lifehouseproductions.com/images/hort/necps07050.jpg

http://www.lifehouseproductions.com/images/hort/necps06_069.jpg

http://www.lifehouseproductions.com/images/hort/NECPSHO8_0081.jpg

http://www.lifehouseproductions.com/images/hort/NECPSHO8_0035.jpg

http://www.lifehouseproductions.com/images/hort/LeucoBee02.jpg

http://www.lifehouseproductions.com/images/hort/BillOzzy.jpg

http://www.lifehouseproductions.com/images/hort/NECPSHO8_0068.jpg

http://www.lifehouseproductions.com/images/hort/necps07035.jpg

http://www.lifehouseproductions.com/images/hort/necps06_013.jpg

[schloaty]

Oy! It was hard enough to concentrate on work this week already - then you have to go and post those pics.....I'll get you for that....

Now I'm COMPLETELY distracted.

[WildBill]

Oh yeah, folks... that's Schloaty's plant with the blue ribbon!!!!!

I think they'll also have our new 11 x 17 posters at the society table for sale. I think NECPS members get one free and evidently they are very popular. John told me that at least 3 that have been posted so far have been stolen!

http://www.lifehouseproductions.com/images/hort/DropIn2010_web.jpg

[thez_yo]

Yeah :-( ...but I really really have to go work on slowly unbagging my new plants this weekend and next week to get them acclimated soon...can't have them sitting around in bags forever ya know.

[uphwiz]

this thread keeps popping up and tempting me , any one in virginia going, im thinking of going and would be more than happy to ride share .
I know this is late notice, but pm me if your interested.
Do i have to be a memeber of the NECPS, to visit the show? and can I decide if i would like to join after Im there?
Im trying to amp myself up to make the long trip, it will be two days for me if i make it, its over 600 miles and I don't fly.
I'll leave the bedford va area noonish , get a room , at about 2/3 the way or so , then drive in on sat to the show , then back on the road after the show. Will try make it about 1/2 the way back , get another room sat night, from which ill leave sunday morning, to finish the trip back into va.
I can carry two comfortably in my civic , four doors but gets a little crowded with four adults. the back seat is fine for one. but I would not want to be the second back there, as its a little cramped for me at 6'3".

[Dave S.]

Hey Quogue! It's almost time!

Great pictures as always, WildBill. I have your print, that Ozzy is holding in the above pictures, hanging in my office, and I get compliments on it all the time.


Do I have to be a memeber of the NECPS, to visit the show?

No, you do not need to be a member to visit the show.

It is open to the public and it is our biggest annual event to promote carnivorous plants. You do need to be a NECPS member to participate in the NECPS members-only silent auction (which is way cool, and not normally advertised.) The silent auction can get cut-throat as we often have plants that are difficult to find on the auction table.

If you are on this forum and you not yet an NECPS member, please make yourself known at the show.

[chibae]

Does the show rotate sites from year to year on a regular schedule?

[Dave S.]

It is normally at the Roger Williams Botanical Garden, but we did have one show at the University of Rhode Island one year when our show space was under construction.

[chibae]

cool, so i can plan for next year, know the dates yet?

[Dave S.]

I do not know the dates of the 9th Annual NECPS show, but we typicallly shoot for the last weekend in September.

[WildBill]

Just scored a hotel using Priceline's name your own price. 40 bucks (with fees it comes to $53)! Includes a 'breakfast.'

Did the Providence area, and chose the #2 option, "Airport" region, for a 2 star hotel.

I finished up the slides for my presentation today, and will start packing things tomorrow. I'll have a table again like last year's. I'm bringing some Heli's, Hummer's Giants, fresh flytrap seeds, random sarrs and flytraps, and some of of those prints Ozzy was holding in the picture.

My S. purpurea 'Connecticut" has sent up a flower just in time for the show!

[Nepfreak]

Two days left... counting the seconds. Could we get one of those clocks running with the exact number of days, hours, minutes, and seconds left like they do when a new Harry Potter book comes out? And maybe post it across the NECPS website? Maybe a little late now lol.

[dashman]

Man! I wish there was something like that around these parts.

Can't wait to see the pics. I remember last years pics and they were great!

If only I had a buddy on the east coast that would be willing to be my secret shopper for a Regia. Better go check my friend list... LOL.