"Confessions of a Black Thumb – Plants That I Have Killed (or at Least Seriously Maimed)"

Name: "Confessions of a Black Thumb – Plants That I Have Killed (or at Least Seriously Maimed)"
Start: 2026-04-06T14:30:00-05:00
Location: 209 Merchants Ave, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538-2201, United States

Schedule

Mon, 06 Apr, 2026 at 02:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

209 Merchants Ave, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538-2201, United States | Fort Atkinson, WI

This is a free, in-person talk hosted on April 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM CST by Dwight Foster Public Library in Fort Atkinson, WI. No registration necessary for this event. This event will not be held virtually.
Learn about the favorite plants of Brian Hudelson (aka Dr. Death) and his epic failures in attempting to grow these plants in his home garden, either through his encouragement of plant diseases, his insistence on practicing “Darwinian gardening” or through his sheer gardening stupidity. Use these cautionary tales to improve your own gardening skills.
Brian Hudelson is affectionately known as “Dr. Death” because of his love of plant diseases. Brian received his BS in Botany, Bacteriology and Molecular Biology, MS in Biometry and PhD in Plant Pathology from the UW-Madison, and in 1998, became the director of the Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic (PDDC). The PDDC (part of the Department of Plant Pathology in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension) provides expertise in diagnosing plant diseases, and information on plant diseases and their control to a wide range of clientele throughout the state of Wisconsin.