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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Selby Gardens) received a Commendation in Horticulture from The Garden Club of America at their Zone VIII annual award ceremony, held virtually, on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. The award recognized Selby Gardens innovative and vital...
Young bottlebrush tree in bayfront exhibit. Inset: Weeping stem and leaves of bottlebrush (Photos by Aaron Fink)Written by Shawn McCourt, Ph.D., Plants Record Keeper Claude Monet’s famous paintings of his gardens and home at Giverny in France have been brought to life...
Selby Gardens received a generous gift form Deb Kabinoff to launch the Deb Kabinoff Media Center at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Selby Gardens). The gift will allow Selby Gardens to continue producing virtual programs to connect with key constituents. The media...
© canstockphoto_liveslowIn a nod to the "Roy Lichtenstein: Monet's Garden Goes Pop!" exhibit at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Downtown Sarasota campus, April’s EcoQuest Challenge is Plants that Pop! We are focusing on plants that spread their seeds through...
Bring the beauty and whimsy of Roy Lichtenstein: Monet's Gardens Goes Pop! to your smartphone screen* and be transported to Selby Garden's Pop Art inspired Giverny throughout the day! *Click on the wallpaper of your choice, and save it to your phone to use as a...
Written by Shawn McCourt, Ph.D. Plant Records KeeperDendrobium nobile var. cooksonianum in MSBG’s greenhouse collection.When most people think of spring flowers, they tend to think daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, cherry blossoms, or azaleas, but here at Marie Selby...
For our March Ecoquest, Check your boots, we have been working with local cabbage palm expert Jono Miller. He wrote a very informative article for Palmetto, Florida Native Plant Society’s newsletter, which is directly related to our EcoQuest. It is not sold on...
Written by Shawn McCourt, Ph.D., Plant Records Keeper Some of the largest, and showiest, exotic trees planted in parks and gardens here in southwest Florida include several members of the mallow family, the Malvaceae. Among these are the deciduous spring-blooming red...
Bioblitz Group in the field.The goal of the Sarasota-Manatee EcoFlora project is to enlist the help of citizens in documenting the diversity and distribution of plants in Sarasota and Manatee Counties, utilizing the iNaturalist app and website. You don’t have to be a...
SARASOTA, Fla., March 1, 2021 – Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Selby Gardens) received a Gold ADDY, AMY Award for Best in Category and Overall Best of Show for the Orchid Ball 2020, Expect the Unexpected, invitation at the Suncoast AdFed ADDY award competition held...