Accomplished Scientist Tatiana Arias Brings Expertise in Tropical Plant Biology and Conservation Sarasota, Fla, December 2, 2021 – Marie Selby Botanical Gardens has added another world-class scientist to its diverse botany team. Award-winning botanist Dr. Tatiana...
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Selby Gardens announces Campaign Capping Challenge to secure remaining funds for Phase One of the Master Plan at the Downtown Sarasota campus
Initiator Donors pledge $2.5 million towards dollar-for-dollar match SARASOTA, Fla., October 6, 2021 – Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Selby Gardens) is excited to announce a Campaign Capping Challenge to secure the remaining funds needed for Phase One of the...
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens and Community Foundation of Sarasota County expand partnership through three-year, $200,000 initiative connecting garden experiences and science-based career paths
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 –...
Selby Gardens selected to participate in Smithsonian and Emerson Collective’s Innovative Summer Internship Program
SARASOTA, Fla. -September 1, 2021: 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...