The partnership expands Family Togetherness programming to Selby Gardens’ Historic Spanish Point campus and will establish a curriculum for plant science and environmental sustainability to encourage local students to pursue careers in natural sciences. SARASOTA, FL –...
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Selby Gardens selected to participate in Smithsonian and Emerson Collective’s Innovative Summer Internship Program
SARASOTA, Fla. -September 1, 2021: Â Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Selby Gardens) is proud to announce its selection and participation in the Smithsonian Affiliations pilot initiative that increases access to internship opportunities for college-level students. In...
“The Orchid Show 2021: Aerialists from the Tree Top to the Big Top!” in collaboration with The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art and presented by Better-Gro®
SARASOTA, FL – August 26, 2021 – Selby Gardens’ annual Orchid Show brings together two of Sarasota, Florida’s most renowned legacies —orchids and the circus. Presented in collaboration with the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (The Ringling), The Orchid Show...
We Dream A World: African American Landscape Painters of Mid-Century Florida, The Highwaymen Art Fair and Sale Weekend
Selby Gardens is excited to announce an opportunity for individuals to purchase landscape paintings by several “Florida Highwaymen,” African American landscape painters. The Art Fair and Sale Weekend will take place Saturday and Sunday, August 21 and 22, 2021, 10 a.m....
Selby Gardens announces another $1 million for its Master Plan To date, 94 percent of the funds for Phase I are secured
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Selby Gardens) is excited to announce that a fifth, one-million-dollar gift has been secured towards the capital needs for Phase I of the Master Plan for its Downtown Sarasota campus. Marcia Jean Taub and Peter Swain have made this gift...
Robert Mapplethorpe’s Photographs and Patti Smith’s Lyrics Blossom at Selby Gardens Starting February 2022
Marking Sixth Edition of Jean & Alfred Goldstein Exhibition Series, Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith: Flowers, Poetry, and Light Showcases Nature-Inspired Works by Two Iconic Contemporary Artists in Garden Setting for First Time This winter, Marie Selby...
Unprecedented Augmented Reality Exhibition to Premiere at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in September 2021 as One of 12 Participating Gardens Across Six Countries
The most ambitious and expansive exhibition to date of contemporary artworks created with augmented reality (AR) technology will premiere at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in September 2021 as one of 12 participating gardens across six countries. Seeing the Invisible...
Selby Gardens and Duncan McClellan Gallery to present fourth annual glass exhibition In Dialogue with Nature: Glass in the Gardens
SARASOTA, FL – June 24, 2021 - Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Selby Gardens) and the Duncan McClellan Gallery (DMG) in St. Petersburg present the fourth annual summer glass show In Dialogue with Nature: Glass in the Gardens July 10 to September 26, 2020 at Selby...
Selby Gardens Announces New Trustees and Officers
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Selby Gardens) will soon welcome two new individuals to their governing Board of Trustees. Aaron Bellamy and Renée James Gilmore will each serve a three-year term beginning July 1, 2021, during which they will help guide the strategic...
Selby Gardens announces fourth gift of $1 million in the past four weeks as the institution prepares to break ground on its Master Plan
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Selby Gardens) is excited to announce that a fourth, one-million-dollar gift has been secured towards capital needs for Phase I of the Master Plan for its Downtown Sarasota campus. Audrey Robbins and Harry Leopold have made the gift in...