Over the years since the Triffid Ranch switched from a hobby with delusions of grandeur to an actual business, it’s attracted a lot of interest from local and national venues. Some of the attendant press went the way of all electrons (a big article in the Dallas Morning News evaporated in a site redesign, and several articles in the late, lamented Pegasus News disappeared when the site was bought by the Morning News and shut down), but here’s a good cross-section of what’s still available. And for those members of traditional and online news outlets in search of feature and pictorial sources, feel free to give a yell.
Awards
- Best of Dallas 2017: Best Little Shop of Horrors (Dallas Observer: September 28, 2017)
- Nine Dallas Dates That Will Woo Anyone (Dallas Observer: October 6, 2017)
- Best In DFW “Best Art Gallery” (Bronze) (Dallas Morning News: November 14, 2021)
- Best in DFW “Best Immersive Experience” (Silver) (Dallas Morning News: November 20, 2022)
Press Releases
- Texas Triffid Ranch Relocates (December 16, 2015)
- World Carnivorous Plant Day (March 17, 2021)
- Carnivorous Plants for Beginners (Reptiles, April 2011)
- Cultivating Carnivores by Andrea Grimes (Dallas Observer, December 6, 2007)
- Carnivorous Plants, sci-fi, oh my: the Texas Triffid Ranch (Richland Chronicle: February 2022)
Radio
- The Master Gardener’s Hour with Kate Copsey (April 14, 2015)
Video
- Good Morning Texas (October 31, 2022)
- Fangirls: Dames of the Round Table (February 23, 2016)
- Fangirls: Dames of the Round Table (April 27, 2014)
- Texas Country Reporter, Episode #1212 (November 20, 2010)
Online
- Spotlight on Texas Triffid Ranch, Part 1 by Emily Goldsher (Grower’s Supply Blog: July 10, 2012)
- Spotlight on Texas Triffid Ranch, Part 2 by Emily Goldsher (Grower’s Supply Blog: July 17, 2012)
- Keeping up with the carnivorous: ‘Odd’ plant shop expands, illuminates upcoming events by Brentney Hamilton (Dallas Morning News: January 14, 2016)
- Not Dead Yet: Valley View Center Is Still Open For Business. (Really.) by Alex Gaskin (Central Track: February 9, 2016)
- With Valley View Demolition Scheduled to Begin March 1, Artists Pack Up Their Things by Nicholas Bostick (Dallas Observer: February 21, 2017
- In the Market for a Plant That Eats Meat? Dallas Has Its Own Little Shop of Horrors. by Nicholas Bostick (Dallas Observer: July 5, 2017)
- Meet Paul Riddell of the Texas Triffid Ranch (VoyageDallas: February 7, 2018)
- The Magician’s Garden (Clarkesworld:March 2019)
- The Texas Triffid Ranch (Atlas Obscura: July 2019)
- Carnivorous Plants in Dallas (Houston Chronicle: July 15, 2019)
- The Best Things To Do in Dallas, October 8-13 (Dallas Observer: October 7, 2019)
- Celebrate the Chinese New Year with These 6 Food Events (Dallas Observer: January 23, 2020)
- The Texas Triffid Ranch is a real gallery specializing in carnivorous plant life (BoingBoing: August 6, 2020)
- Cultural Events Are Happening Again in North Texas (Dallas Observer: September 16, 2020)
- Carnivorous plant gallery Texas Triffid Ranch offers rare selection in Richardson (Community Impact Richardson: September 2021)
- The Best Things To Do in Dallas Nov. 3-Nov. 10 (Dallas Observer: November 3, 2021)
- Visitors Can Appreciate the Beauty of Carnivorous Plants At Paul Riddell’s Texas Triffid Ranch (Dallas Observer: December 16, 2021)
- The 10+ best things to do this weekend in Dallas & Collin County (Local Profile: January 13, 2022)
- The Carnivorous Plant Gallery in Richardson is Going Sci-Fi (Dallas Observer: September 16. 2022)