Enchanted Plants: An Exploration of Plants in Folklore and Fairy Tales with Featured Author Varla Ventura In-Person
From the ordinary apple to the fabulous foxglove, we’ll discover plants that have played a significant role in fairy tales, folklore, and history. Join folklorist, rotten botanist, and author Varla Ventura for an exploration of some of the world’s most enchanted plants. We’ll start in the queen’s garden of cultivars, then amble over to the cottage garden where ordinary plants offer extraordinary stories. Carefully we’ll slip through the iron gates of the witch’s garden to discover poison plants that have shaped history. We’ll gallop on to meadowlands, forests, and finally, the sea!
Varla Ventura is the author of Enchanted Plants: A Treasury of Botanical Folklore and Magic (New Page: April 2025) as well as Varla Ventura’s Paranormal Parlor and Fairies, Pookas & Changelings along with several other books on folklore, magic and strange history.
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This program is funded by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund
- Date:
- Saturday, March 7, 2026
- Time:
- 1:00pm - 2:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Johnsville Meeting Room
- Library:
- Johnsville Library
- Audience:
- Adult
- Categories:
- Authors/Writing Featured Local Author