Our living museum at Selby Gardens is constantly growing and changing. Keep up with all things botanical in our blog!
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July 19, 2018Category: Uncategorized“The Factory” Reaps Rewards for Selby Gardens in 2018
Dear Selby Gardens Members & Friends: I am thrilled to be writing to you with great news to share during Read More
June 13, 2018Queen of the Night Blooming
Our Selenicereus “queen of the night” cactus once again made its annual bloom well worth the wait. The conditions over the last Read More
May 29, 2018Selby Gardens Participates in Annual Sarasota Bay Seagrass Survey
As an opportunity to identify seagrass species and collect data for Sarasota County’s Seagrass Monitoring Programs, staff and volunteers at Read More
March 28, 2018Category: BotanyBotanical Body Art
It stands to reason that people who work at Selby Gardens would be inordinately attached to flowers and plants. Read More
March 7, 2018Category: EducationField Trip Season at Selby Gardens
It’s always a good time of year to visit Selby Gardens, but come spring, there is definitely an increase in Read More- January 22, 2018Category: Botany
Genetics Research Reveals the Secrets of Orchids
A renowned orchid expert recently showed a group of Selby Gardens staff, volunteers and guests examples of how advances in Read More - December 6, 2017Category: Events
Behind the Holiday Scenes at the White House
Today the Friends of the Gardens-Selby Associates welcomed White House decorator and author, Coleen Christian Burke to speak at a Read More 
November 27, 2017About Our Master Site Plan
More than 40 years ago, Marie Selby left her property in our care to preserve an oasis of green space Read More
November 13, 2017Remembering Ann Esworthy
Long time Selby Gardens supporter Ann Esworthy, 97, passed away Friday, November 3, 2017. A volunteer who contributed more than 7,000 Read More
November 7, 2017Orchids & Ecuador
In early November 2017, Selby Gardens’ Director of Botany, Bruce Holst, traveled to Ecuador at the invitation of a scientific Read More