Living Shorelines
Please visit our entry on the Gulf Coast Innovation Challenge Site to learn about Selby Gardens’ Living Shorelines project, one of 31 local projects vying for a $375,000 prize in the Gulf Coast...
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Found in Florida:35 Years of Award-Winning Local Photography on Display
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens has been proudly producing an annual photography...
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Why Living Shorelines?
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. Help Selby Gardens win the People’s Choice Award by visiting the Gulf Coast...
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Belize: Notes from the Field
In May, four team members representing Marie Selby Botanical Gardens returned to Belize as part of an ongoing collaboration with Caves Branch Botanical Garden there. The scientific purpose is to...
View ArticleHurricane Season Landscape Tips
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one Hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30 each year. While tropical...
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Southern shield fern, southern wood fern,Kunth’s maiden fern (Thelypteris...
Thelypteris kunthii (Thelypteridaceae) Origin: Southeastern United States south to the Caribbean Although this feature is supposed to showcase plants in bloom, not all plants do, in fact, bloom. The...
View ArticleThe Backstory on Java
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. Species information Scientific name: Coffea arabica L. Common name: Arabica...
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Cabbage Palm, Sabal Palm (Palm Family)
Sabal palmetto (Arecaceae) Origin: Gulf Coast and Southern Atlantic States of the U.S, Cuba, Bahamas This month’s featured plant is near and dear to the hearts of many Floridians. Although not...
View ArticleYoga in the Gardens
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. Part of the mission for the education department at Marie Selby Botanical...
View ArticleTemporary Closings
The Garden Shop will be closed Monday, July 13, and the Tropical Conservatory will be closed Monday, July 13 through Friday, July 17. We apologize for any inconvenience! The post Temporary Closings...
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Royal Palm (Palm Family)
Roystonea regia, Arecaceae Origin: Florida, Mexico, Central America, and the Carribean Royal palms are the tallest palms native to Florida, and really stand out with their massive and smooth white...
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Selby House Cafe Update
On August 11, in recognition of Marie Selby’s 130th birthday and in celebration of Selby Gardens’ 40th Anniversary, the Selby House Café has received a makeover and a new permanent exhibit dedicated to...
View ArticleWe’re Bananas Over Bananas!
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. featuring David Troxell, Botany Volunteer South Palm Avenue runs right through...
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Coontie, Florida arrow-root(Order Cycadales)
Zamia integrifolia (Zamiaceae) Origin: Florida and Georgia, Cuba, Bahamas? We have featured plants before which do not bloom, most of them spore-releasing ferns. Our featured Florida native this month,...
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A Message from the President & CEO: The Founders of Selby Gardens
Yesterday I had the honor and pleasure of taking a tour through Selby Gardens with our Trustee Emeritus and former chairman, Dr. Carlyle Luer and the Gardens’ first executive director, Dr. Calaway...
View ArticleGardens of the Mind: A Retrospective of Dr. Joel Elkes at 102
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. Now through Nov. 15 the galleries at Selby Garden’s Museum of Botany & the...
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Buttonwood (white mangrove family)
Conocarpus erectus (Combrataceae) Origin: coastal areas (especially swamps) of Florida and the Caribbean to South America. Coastal areas can be tricky to landscape. Salt is poison to most plants, and...
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Senator Detert Visits to Review Improvements at Selby Gardens
Dr. Laurey Stryker, Sen. Nancy Detert, Emily Walsh and Cathy Layton celebrate the improvements made at Selby Gardens this year during a ceremonial ribbon cutting on Oct. 16. On Oct. 16, Florida State...
View ArticleNew Exhibit Featuring Plants from Around the World
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. All this year we’re celebrating our 40th anniversary, and from now through...
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Steinwachs Family Foundation Mangrove Walkway Dedicated at Member...
Chair Emily Walsh, Trustee J. Allison Archbold, Esq., Jeff Steinwachs, Trustee Dr. Kelvin Cooper and President and CEO Jennifer O. Rominiecki reopen the Mangrove Walkway Nov., 7, 2015. At Member...
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