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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
As it's Mother's Day this weekend, Marie Selby, the "Mother of Selby Gardens", is honored in this week's segment. Even before moving to Sarasota, she had been an accomplished pianist as well as one of the first women to travel cross country in an automobile. Find out...
Throughout the grounds of Selby Gardens, statues, sculptures and historic artifacts are woven among theĀ outdoor gardens. Many of these pieces are gifts given to Selby Gardens from families of longtime supporters of this institution. Other elements like this bell were...
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. Florida's typically dry winter usually triggers tree blooming in early spring, but last year's wetter-than-normal winter has delayed that, causing...
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. Cycads have been around since before the dinosaurs, and today these beautiful, but toxic, plants are commonly used for landscaping. This week,...
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. Here's a look at how Michael's On East has carefully created their menu at the Selby Cafe, using inspiration found within the Gardens.
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. In this episode, find out how to mount and care for the fascinating staghorn fern.
Tabebuia spp. (Bignoniaceae) Trumpet trees (Trumpet Tree family) Origin: tropical Americas We have featured a couple of Tabebuia species in this feature before, and we will certainly feature more in coming years. This time around weāre going to focus less on a species...
Selby Gardens has been honored with multiple āBest of SRQ Localā accolades thanks to the readers of SRQ Magazine for the publicationās 2016 awards. In the April 2016 issue of the magazine, look for Marie Selby Botanical Gardens receiving top billing as āBest...
As always, the hand-carved, intricately-painted rainforest masks are again a huge hit and quickly selling out. Meanwhile, the visiting artists from Boruca, Costa Rica, who have created these beautiful pieces have certainly not been idle. As a resultĀ of their carving...
International and local musicians will perform on the great lawn at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens this April and May during the Gardensā popular Springtime Concert Series. The concerts are held from 1 -3 p.m., Sundays, April 3 ā May 8 and are appropriate for all ages....