August 2009 Meeting
Michael Szesze hosted our August 22nd meeting at his home in Derwood, MD. Michael is the owner of carnivorousplantnursery.com, the leading provider of engaging educational materials that use carnivorous plants to promote environmental stewardship.
He gave us a wonderful tour of his facilities, and talked about carnivorous plants. He instructed us how to pot the sands in a peat/sand mixture so that the nitrogen content of the soil would not be too high. Amazingly, despite cool winters, Michael is able to run his business year-round using two greenhouses.
Pictures from the Meeting:
![Michael Szesze Talks About Carnivorous Plants](http://gwapa.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IMG_6731-500x333.jpg)
Michael Szesze Talks About Carnivorous Plants
![August 2009 - Michael Szesze](http://gwapa.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IMG_6734-500x333.jpg)
Michael Szesze
![One of Michael's Greenhouses](http://gwapa.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IMG_6687-500x333.jpg)
One of Michael's Greenhouses
![Flats of Carnivorous Plants](http://gwapa.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IMG_6666-500x333.jpg)
Flats of Carnivorous Plants
![Michael's Bog](http://gwapa.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IMG_6683-500x333.jpg)
Michael's Bog
![Grow Boxes for Michael's Plants](http://gwapa.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IMG_6680-500x298.jpg)
Grow Boxes for Michael's Plants
![Sundew](http://gwapa.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IMG_6677-500x333.jpg)
Sundew
![Sundews](http://gwapa.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IMG_6693-333x500.jpg)
Sundews
![Sundews](http://gwapa.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IMG_6701-500x333.jpg)
Sundews
![Sundews](http://gwapa.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IMG_6705-500x333.jpg)
Sundews
![Pitcher Plants](http://gwapa.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IMG_6709-500x333.jpg)
Pitcher Plants
![Venus FlyTrap](http://gwapa.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IMG_6729-500x333.jpg)
Venus FlyTrap