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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. The Bladen Nature Reserve in southwest Belize is one of the countryās best protected areas with nearly 100,000 acres of preserved rainforest that...
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. One of the most tropical of fruits is the delicious and beloved pineapple. Did you know that members of the pineapple family are also some of our...
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens has announced a new partnership with premier restaurateur and caterer, Michaelās On East. The partnership names Michaelās as the exclusive food service provider at Selby Gardens and is also the foundation for enhanced banquet and dining...
Saltmarsh cordgrass (grass family) Spartina alternifolia (Poaceae) Origin: Eastern shoreline of North America Back in 1997, the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens undertook a massive shoreline restoration project in front of the Christy Payne Mansion. When we acquired the...
At Member Appreciation Day on Nov. 7, 2015, Selby Gardens was proud to be able to reopen our Mangrove Walkway ahead of schedule. The walkway was rebuilt this past summer and fall after a portion of it collapsed last March, making it unsafe for visitors. With leading...
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. All this year weāre celebrating our 40th anniversary, and from now through mid-November, the founders of Selby Gardens are being honored in our...
On Oct. 16, Florida State Senator Nancy Detert (R-Venice) visited Marie Selby Botanical Gardens to review improvements recently made at theĀ Gardens. The tour kicked off with a ceremonial reopening of the Gardens' updated Welcome Center where Sen. Detert was joined by...
Conocarpus erectus (Combretaceae) Origin: coastal areas of Florida and the Caribbean to South America. Coastal areas can be tricky to landscape. Salt is poison to most plants, and the difference between a true coastal native and a plant sold as āsalt tolerantā at the...
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. Now through Nov. 15 the galleries at Selby Gardenās Museum of Botany & the Arts are filled with more than two dozen works on paper by an...
Yesterday I had the honor and pleasure of taking a tour through Selby Gardens with our Trustee Emeritus and former chairman, Dr. Carlyle Luer and the Gardens' first executive director, Dr. Calaway Dodson. I can't tell you how amazing it was to spend time with these...