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Location

Downtown Sarasota Campus
Downtown Sarasota Campus
1534 Mound Street, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA

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Date

Jul 24 2024

Time

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm

Steinwachs Family Plant Research Center Tour

Join us on select Wednesday afternoons for an exclusive tour of the Steinwachs Family Plant Research Center (PRC). This new state-of-the-art facility combines the best of traditional and cutting-edge science. Discover Selby Gardens’ outstanding preserved and library collections, and the green technology and innovative sustainability features throughout the facility helping to make Selby Gardens a pioneering net positive botanical garden complex.

These 45-minute tours include access to:

  • The Marieb Herbarium and the Carlyle A. Luer Spirit Laboratory to explore meticulously preserved plant specimens, each with its own story to tell
  • The Nathalie McCulloch Research Library, a repository for thousands of holdings focused on plant sciences and ecology, horticulture, and ecology, including rare books and botanical prints dating back to the 1700s
  • The Marieb Laboratory to get a glimpse into the magic of DNA and molecular biology

Regular day time admission is required to tour the Plant Research Center – free for Selby Gardens members! Space is limited to 12 guests per tour.