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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Dr. Emily Sessa is currently an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Florida. Research in the Sessa Lab focuses broadly on plant systematics and understanding the evolutionary and ecological processes that shape plant diversity. In this interview we...
Gift Adds to Pool of Matching Funds for Phase One “Capping Challenge” SARASOTA, Fla., January 18, 2022 – Philanthropists Tom and Sherry Koski have committed a gift of $1 million to support the Master Plan for Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ Downtown Sarasota...
SARASOTA, Fla., January 6, 2021 – More than 1,000 local children, families, teachers, and school staff enjoyed complimentary access to Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ Lights in Bloom® holiday light show this season thanks to a partnership between Selby Gardens and the...
The EcoFlora project is kicking of 2022 with our new EcoQuest, Finding Florida Ferns! This EcoQuest will take place during January and February with the goal of observing as many local ferns as possible and help citizen scientists in effectively identifying fern...
18th Annual Exhibition and Sale Run January 8 to 30 in Museum of Botany & the Arts; Special Ticketed Preview on January 7 Offers Early Access to Show and Sale SARASOTA, Fla., December 30, 2021 – For the 18th consecutive year, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens will...
As we come to the end of our second year with the EcoFlora project we wanted to share some highlights and statistics from a variety of our projects. We are thankful to our volunteers for their valuable contributions to citizen science and hope these observations...
SARASOTA, Fla., December 17, 2021 – Lights in Bloom®: An Open-air Holiday Light Show is a winner in the 2021 USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice contest for Best Botanical Garden Holiday Lights. USA TODAY announced that Selby Gardens’ Lights in Bloom® earned eighth place...
Deck the Halls with… Euphorbia?? You may have unwittingly adorned your home with them already, since the familiar festive holiday plant, the Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima), belongs to this genus. Euphorbias (commonly known as Spurge) are easy to grow...
SARASOTA, Fla., December 16, 2021 – Marie Selby Botanical Gardens announced today that veteran fundraising and development professional Marlo Turner, CFRE, will join the staff of Selby Gardens in January as Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer. Turner comes to...
Florida’s large airplants (Tillandsia utriculata, T. fasciculata, Guzmania monostachia, and others) have been under attack for over three decades by an invasive pest called the Mexican bromeliad weevil (Metamasius callizona). The weevil chews holes in the leaf bases...