Some of the afternoon children were talking about a plant that “eats flies”. After doing some online research, together we discovered this plant is called a Venus Fly Trap. As part of our ongoing New Life/planting topic the group of children asked if we could look after a Venus Fly Trap in nursery. Together we looked on Amazon and found seeds and agreed we could plant the them in nursery and grow one ourselves. After only one week the plants are starting to grow up through the soil. We must not water them with tap water but only bottled water or rain water instead. Tap water contains chemicals that are harmful to this type of plant. Please come into nursery to have a look at our learning story and at our Venus Fly Traps.
If you would like to try and grow one yourself at home, this is the pack we purchased in nursery Grow Your Own Venus Fly Trap.
