Lynn Bates

SARASOTA, FL – August 26, 2021 – Selby Gardens’ annual Orchid Show brings together two of Sarasota, Florida’s most renowned legacies —orchids and the circus. Presented in collaboration with the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (The Ringling), The Orchid Show...

SARASOTA, Fla., February 17, 2021 – The Sarasota City Commission voted 4-1 on Tuesday, February 16 to give final approval to Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ Compromise Master Plan. The approval allows Selby Gardens’ 15-acre Downtown Sarasota campus to realize its full...

SARASOTA, FL – October 28, 2020 – A new experience will soon take flight at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ Historic Spanish Point campus, when the Butterfly House opens to the public on October 31, 2020. The region’s only butterfly house will reside beside the outdoor...