Peter D'Amato | |
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| Died | June 26, 2024 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Horticulturalist, Author |
| Known for | His expert knowledge on keeping carnivorous plants in cultivation, and his nursery, California Carnivores. |
| Notable work | The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants |
Peter D'Amato was an American author, businessman, and carnivorous plant authority. He was the owner of California Carnivores, located in Sebastopol, possibly the largest nursery of carnivorous plants in the world, and the author of The Savage Garden (published 1998), a book on the cultivation of insectivorous plants.[1][2][3][4][5][6] His book won the American Horticultural Society Book Award and the Quill & Trowel Award from the Garden Writers Association of America, both in 1999.[7]
- ^ Snyder, G. 1998. Savage Garden: Carnivorous plants fill Sonoma County greenhouse with bizarre beauty. San Francisco Chronicle, October 30, 1998.
- ^ Lee, L. 2002. Sonoma's little shop of horrors: The world's largest public collection of carnivorous botanicals lurks in Sebastopol. San Francisco Chronicle, October 25, 2002.
- ^ Coffey, G. 2002. Weird world of the bug eaters: Carnivorous plants nibble at gardeners' sense of curiosity. San Francisco Chronicle, November 6, 2002.
- ^ Van Cleef, L. 2004. The Savage Garden. San Francisco Chronicle, July 21, 2004.
- ^ Yollin, P. 2007. Garden of savage delights: Carnivorous plant show comes to Golden Gate Park. San Francisco Chronicle, May 4, 2007.
- ^ Eaton, J. & R. Sullivan 2010. Snared by a taste for carnivorous plant life. San Francisco Chronicle, July 14, 2010.
- ^ D'Amato, P. 1998. The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California.