Amy Stewart Brings "Wicked Plants" to Urban Roots

Botanical Villains Take Center Stage

Bestselling author Amy Stewart visited Urban Roots on her national tour for Wicked Plants, a deliciously dark exploration of botanical villains—plants that puncture, imprison, poison, maim, intoxicate, paralyze, and kill. Every gardener should own this book, especially if you have enemies (or just a curious streak).

A Rogues' Gallery of Greenery

To complement her talk, we curated a selection of "wicked" plants—many surprisingly beautiful—that showcase nature's more sinister adaptations. Several are still available for those daring enough to grow them.

Watch the book trailer: Click the video image to see Amy's creepy, captivating preview of the world's most appalling plants.

Buffalo Connections

• Amy visited Buffalo's Garden Walk and Urban Roots in 2006, writing about our neighborhood in the San Francisco Chronicle.
• She mentioned Urban Roots in Organic Gardening Magazine and Conservatory Garden Design magazine.
• Her Buffalo host was Talking Leaves bookstore and Elizabeth Licata (editor, Buffalo Spree, contributor to GardenRant.com).

View photos from Amy's Buffalo visit.