Almost museum-like Room of Nature Studies consists of a collection of 77 poisonous plants found in the natural environment displayed on framed pages from the catalogue of the Lithuanian Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale. The study of poisonous plants is Garbštienė’s first step towards a better knowledge of nature and has been referred to by the artist herself as amateur scientific work in the field of botany. Cultural values determine how plants are viewed as to their toxicity or usefulness. The properties ascribed and the names given to plants serve the purposes of consumerism. Plants in and of themselves have no inherent properties but people are not able to look at them without the interference of culture.
A collection of poisonous plants is a unique and narrow field comprehensible to very few, like contemporary art and its phenomena. According to the artist, despite the fact that the Venice Biennale catalogue also introduces a unique collection of art, it has been chosen for the herbarium completely by chance – the softness of the paper is extremely suitable for displaying poisonous plants. Moreover, the artist believes that the use of cultural publications, especially catalogues, is problematic. Such publications lose their relevance very quickly and tend to end up gathering dust.

Kūrinį sudaro nuodingų natūralioje aplinkoje randamų augalų kolekcija, eksponuojama ant rėmintų Lietuvos paviljono 54-ojoje Venecijos bienalėje katalogo lapų. Nuodingų augalų studija menininkei yra pirmas žingsnis gamtos pažinimo link, jos pačios įvardijamas kaip pradinukiškas, visiškai mėgėjiškas botanikos mokslinis darbas. Augalų nuodingumas ar naudingumas yra kultūrinio požiūrio pasekmė. Suteikiamos savybės, pavadinimai, formulės, išskiriamos cheminės medžiagos tarnauja vartotojiškam požiūriui. Augalas savaime neturi tokių savybių, tačiau žmogui neįmanoma į jį pažvelgti be kultūrinių apnašų.