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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
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...
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...
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Selby Gardens) is excited to announce another one-million-dollar gift towards capital needs for Phase I of the Downtown Sarasota campus Master Plan—this time from Susan and Zuheir Sofia. This is the third gift of $1 million announced by...
We Dream A World, African American Landscape Painters of Mid-Century Florida, The Highwaymen, will be on view at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ (Selby Gardens) Downtown Sarasota campus July 10 to September 26, 2021. We Dream a World explores the depth of art and...
In a victory for nonprofits statewide, today Governor DeSantis signed HB 7061, which includes legislation to preserve Florida’s longstanding property tax exemption for nonprofits. Authored by Sarasota Senator Joe Gruters and Miami Representative David Borrero, the...
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Selby Gardens) is excited to announce a one-million dollar gift from The Floyd C. Johnson and Flo Singer Johnson Foundation towards capital needs for Phase I of the Downtown Sarasota campus’ Master Plan. “The environmental sustainability...
SARASOTA, Fla., May 11, 2021 – Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Selby Gardens) is thrilled to announce a one-million dollar gift from Jean Weidner Goldstein, towards the endowment of the Master Plan for the Downtown Sarasota campus. Goldstein serves on Selby Gardens’...
Selby Gardens invites citizens to participate in the City Nature Challenge, April 30 to May 3, 2021Friendly competition throughout the State of Florida SARASOTA, Fla., April 26, 2021 – Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ (Selby Gardens) Sarasota-Manatee EcoFlora project...
In an effort to help students safely explore Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ (Selby Gardens) campuses from their classrooms or homes during the pandemic, the education team created and launched a series of virtual tours. Since launching the programs in January 2021,...
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Selby Gardens) received a Commendation in Horticulture from The Garden Club of America at their Zone VIII annual award ceremony, held virtually, on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. The award recognized Selby Gardens innovative and vital...