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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
A renowned orchid expert recently showed a group of Selby Gardens staff, volunteers and guests examples of how advances in genetics have expanded our understanding of orchids—their origin, their specialization and relationships between various orchid species. Dr....
All eyes are on Brazil now that the Olympics are in full swing, but for those who can't make it to Rio, Selby Gardens has many beautiful plants and flowers that come from the region. From colorful bromeliads to delicate orchids, flora from Brazil can be found...
Those who know Selby Gardens know you have to look both up and down to fully appreciate the grounds, and this week, the Gardens' Director of Horticulture, Mike McLaughlin, shows you how easy it is to start your own "sky garden". With its focus on epiphytes (plants...
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. Not all orchids are alike, and this week you can learn the best way to repot your orchid and keep it happy.
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. Like most non-profit organizations, Selby Gardens has long relied on donors and volunteers to help achieve its goals. Libby Besse was a volunteer...
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. At Selby Gardens, we appreciate plants on a variety of different planes - from admiring, growing and caring for them, to the careful...
Recently, Selby Gardens’ Director of Events, Roger Capote, visited the design studios of our Orchid Show sponsor, Better-Gro, a national gardening retailer, to discuss different ways to display orchids. Capote, a professional floral designer, spent a day with the...
In preparation for Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ 2016 Orchid Show, Angel Lara, Assistant Director of Horticulture, visited the production greenhouses of the event sponsor, Better-Gro, a national gardening retailer earlier this month. During the site visit Lara met...
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. Marie Selby was an avid gardener who was passionate about roses. How then did Selby Gardens become a world-renowned center for orchid research?...