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Phase One Subject of Newly Published Case Study Book: “The Living Museum: Celebrating Nature & Modeling Resilience at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens” May 7, 2026-Sarasota, FL. - Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is pleased to announce that Phase One of its...
Alexander Calders sculptures offer much for the gardeners eye
May 4, 2026 | Sarasota, FL. - Selby Gardens is honored to announce the continuation of the Virginia B. Toulmin Leadership Scholarship for the 2026-2027 academic year. The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation envisions a world in which all individuals have an opportunity to...
This Discovery highlights the importance of exploratory fieldwork and demonstrates how taxonomy drives conservation in practice—through visionary leadership, local stewardship, and sustained collaboration. April 6, 2026 | Sarasota, FL. - Selby Gardens research...
February 9, 2026 | Sarasota, FL - Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is pleased to announce that it has been nominated for “Best Botanical Garden” in the United States through USA Today’s 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards. Nominees for the category were submitted by a panel of...
Phase One of Three-Phase Master Plan Recognized by Nation’s Highest and Most Distinguished Building Award December 15, 2025 | Sarasota, FL. - The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, together with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and...
December 3, 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 took place on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at...
Boat Tour Connecting its Downtown Sarasota and Historic Spanish Point Campuses Returns on November 22  November 20, 2025 | Sarasota, FL. – Beginning November 22, 2025, and continuing every Saturday* through April 25, 2026, Set Sail with Selby Gardens returns to Marie...
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,...