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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
November 12, 2025 | Sarasota, FL. - Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is pleased to announce that the official Groundbreaking Ceremony for Phase Two of its transformative three-phase Master Plan for the Downtown Sarasota campus will take place on Tuesday, December 2,...
On View at Selby Gardens’ Historic Spanish Point campus November 15, 2025, through August 30, 2026 October 29, 2025 – Sarasota, FL. | Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is pleased to present Robert Louis Stevenson: A Child’s Garden of Verses on view November 15, 2025,...
Jennifer Rominiecki Amongst Florida’s Most Influential Business Leaders October 23, 2025 | Sarasota, FL – For a third consecutive year, Florida Trend Magazine has named president and CEO Jennifer Rominiecki to the Florida 500, a list of Florida’s most influential...
September 16, 2025 | Sarasota, FL ─ Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is pleased to announce the 10th anniversary of the annual Jean & Alfred Goldstein Exhibition Series, Alexander Calder: The Nature of Movement, which will be on view February 8 through May 31, 2026,...
Year-Long Schedule of Exhibitions, Programs, and Special Events Delivers Robust Line-Up September 9, 2025 | Sarasota, FL – Marie Selby Botanical Gardens officially launches its season with a year-long calendar of special exhibitions, programs, and dynamic events. As...
Tickets now on sale for fourth-annual Halloween-themed, walk-through light show at Selby Gardens’ Historic Spanish Point Campus in Osprey August 26, 2025 | Sarasota, FL. – Lights at Spooky Point, the Halloween-themed light show introduced to Selby Gardens’ Historic...
Call for submissions open Aug. 4–11, with virtual gallery on view Aug. 28–Sept. 30, 2025 SARASOTA, FL. | July 21, 2025 – Marie Selby Botanical Gardens will present its 45th Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition from August 28 through September 30. This year’s...
SARASOTA, FL. | July 9, 2025 – The Board of Trustees of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens has elected Katherine Martucci as Chair and Jeannie Russell as Vice Chair for its 2026 fiscal year. The Selby Gardens Board also elected executive Sherry Koski, businessman Kevin...
Sarasota, FL.| July 2, 2025 – Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is excited to announce Amelia Swiecki of Sarasota as the award recipient of the 2025 Virginia B. Toulmin Leadership Scholarship. Ms. Swiecki is a rising junior at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida,...
SARASOTA, FL., June 16, 2025 – Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is pleased to announce its summer exhibition, The High Life: Contemporary Photography and the Birds, on view at Selby Gardens’ Downtown Sarasota campus, July 19 through September 14, 2025. A press &...