Here’s the thing: they never fail to get children excited!

And when children are excited, they are fully engaged and ready to learn! At the BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair in May 2024 where World Garden Schools was conducting workshops for children (photos and worksheets here), our resident star, Ellen Bella Cheese the cheese plant, met a few stunners from Hampshire Carnivorous Plants:

We acquired a couple, which inspired this artwork:

Click here to download the worksheet for children (and a comic strip featuring Martin the Venus Fly Trap).