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Something Magical Is Happening at Our Historic Spanish Point Campus
Enchanted Garden Family Festival, March 26 and 27 Visitors will have the opportunity to see Selby Gardens’ Historic Spanish Point campus in a whole new way on March 26 and 27, 2022. During the...
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Orchid Care 101: Expert Tips from Selby Gardens
People often think they don’t have the skills to grow orchids. But that’s not true, as Mike McLaughlin, Selby Gardens’ senior vice president for horticulture, explained during a March 23 segment on...
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Join the 2022 City Nature Challenge!
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ (Selby Gardens) Sarasota-Manatee EcoFlora project is seeking partners and participants for the City Nature Challenge (CNC), an international effort to document urban...
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Selby Gardens Scientists Tapped to Help Protect and Diversify Vanilla Resources
If you’ve ever prepared a batch of chocolate chip cookies or a classic crème brûlée, you know that vanilla extract or beans are must-have ingredients. You probably have some in your pantry at home...
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$51.6-Million Phase One of Campus Master Plan Scheduled for Completion in August 2023; Project Will Create First Certified Net-Positive Energy Botanical Garden Complex in World SARASOTA, Fla., April...
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Global Icon Patti Smith Becomes Selby Gardens’ First “Artist In Residence”
Residency Announced at Encore Performance by Smith to Celebrate “Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith: Flowers, Poetry, and Light” Exhibition SARASOTA, Fla., April 29, 2022 – Poet,...
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Mustard Madness
Pepperweed (Photo credit: Kaylynn Low) Most of us are familiar with the sight and taste of cabbage, broccoli, kale, radishes, turnips, and mustards on our dinner plates, but did you know that these...
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First Class Graduates from Tuition-Free Construction Training Program in Newtown
First Class Graduates from Tuition-Free Construction Training Program Offered by CareerEdge and Funded Through Selby Gardens Master Plan Dominique Campbell’s first day on the job The inaugural class...
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Selby Foundation Awards Selby Gardens $250,000 Grant for Master Plan
Funding Will Help Renovate Historic Palm Avenue into Pedestrian Promenade During Phase One of Gardens’ Master Plan for Downtown Sarasota Campus Rendering of the view south down the restored historic...
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One Month Left to See Mapplethorpe-Smith Show at Selby Gardens
“Flowers, Poetry, and Light” Pairs Art of Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and Poet/Singer-Songwriter Patti Smith for First Time Ever in a Botanical Garden Setting An immersive, multisensory art...
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Talking Mustards with Dr. Tatiana Arias
Happy June, EcoFlora participants! We are now in the second half of our May-June Ecoquest, “Mustard Madness!” To learn more about mustards and why we should be mad for them, the EcoFlora team looked...
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The World Comes to Selby Gardens
International bromeliad experts (l to r) Greg Brown (U.S.), Eric Gouda (Netherlands), Ivón Ramírez (Mexico), and Julian Aguirre-Santoro (Colombia) with Selby Gardens’ Bruce Holst in the Tropical...
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Selby Gardens Announces Three New Trustees
The Board of Trustees of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens has elected three new members. Attorney Morgan Bentley, journalist Mary Braxton-Joseph, and philanthropist Audrey Robbins each will serve a...
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July-August EcoQuest: Counting Convolvulaceae
A vibrant ocean blue morning glory exhibiting a variety of leaf structures. (Photo credit: Kaylynn Low) The theme for our July-August EcoQuest is Convolvulaceae, otherwise known as the morning glory...
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Walter Gilbert Named Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion
Selby Gardens has promoted Walter Gilbert to the position of Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion. In his expanded role, Gilbert will guide Selby Gardens’ pursuit of diversity and inclusion...
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“Hermitage Sunsets @ Selby Gardens” Continues for Another Year
Playwright Terry Guest Hermitage Sunsets @ Selby Gardens produced in collaboration with the Hermitage Artist Retreat continues into its third year at our Downtown Sarasota campus! The outdoor series...
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Flora Imaginaria Opens July 16 at Selby Gardens
We’re excited to announce our summer exhibition! Erwan Frotin, Freesia sp., 2007© Erwan FrotinCourtesy of the artist Flora Imaginaria: The Flower in Contemporary Photography officially opens...
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Announcing the 2023 Jean & Alfred Goldstein Exhibition – Tiffany: The Pursuit...
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens will present Tiffany: The Pursuit of Beauty in Nature as the 2023 installment of its Jean & Alfred Goldstein Exhibition Series. Opening February 12, 2023, the...
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Submissions Open for Selby Gardens’ Virtual 42nd Annual Juried Photo Exhibition
Best in Show 2021 – “BEEutiful” by Gary McNulty Submissions are now being accepted for Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ 42nd Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition. Amateur photographers are invited to...
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Selby Gardens Completes Botanical Inventory of Myakka Headwaters Preserve
Photo courtesy of Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast Earlier this year, Selby Gardens’ botany team completed a botanical inventory of Myakka Headwaters Preserve, an ecologically important area...
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