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900 S. Palm Avenue

Sarasota, FL 34236

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Hours & Admission

Open daily 10:00AM – 5:00PM*

*closed on Christmas Day

Members	Free
Member guests	$10
Adults	$25
Youth 4-17	$15
3 and under	Free

Reciprocal members and guests with other discounts will be charged $5 during the Dalí exhibition. Please note that Bank of America cardholders are also subject to a $5 charge on the first full weekend of each month. Full-price admission will apply any other time for non-members.

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Pollinators usually get an early start in the morn

Pollinators usually get an early start in the mornings at some of our plants, the Salvia 'Mystic Spires' and Buddleja 'Buzz Hot Raspberry'. Our horticulturists usually see a variety of local wildlife visitors on a daily basis, including the Julie butterfly seen here.

Selby Gardens In Bloom. Take a look at this Dendr

Selby Gardens In Bloom. Take a look at this Dendrobium secundum, more commonly called the toothbrush orchid! Its common name refers to the fact that all its flowers are on the same side of the stem, like a toothbrush! Our horticulturists say that this large epiphytic plant, a plant that grows on other plants, is actually mounted on a large slab of cork in this picture. #bringingselbygardenstoyou #ourgardensyourhome #natureheals

Today our Vice President for Botany shares this be

Today our Vice President for Botany shares this beauty, Passiflora xiikzodz, which resides in our living plant collection, and is also called a Passion Flower. Our plant was collected during botanical inventory work in Belize nearly twenty years ago by Selby Gardens' staff. You can learn more about this stunning and fragrant flower at our Selby Gardens blog at https://selby.org/blog/! #ScienceSaturdays #PassionFlower #sciencesaturday #OurGardensYourHome

Break up your quarantine with our plant Scavenger

Break up your quarantine with our plant Scavenger Hunt! This fun hunt is the perfect way to get outside in your backyard, and connect with nature just as you would if you were visiting Selby Gardens. Visit bit.ly/MSBGPlantHunt to download your scavenger hunt materials!
#bringingselbygardenstoyou #ourgardensyourhome #natureheals #dailydoseofselbygardens

At this point of the Salvador Dali: Gardens of the

At this point of the Salvador Dali: Gardens of the Mind exhibition tour... I "mustache" you a question? How would you look with Dali's mustache? Try on Dali's favorite accessory, and learn about some of its unique characteristics from Dr. Carol Ockman, Selby Gardens' curator-at-large and Robert Sterling Clark Professor of Art History Emerita at Williams College.

#Gardensofthemind #bringingselbygardenstoyou #natureheals #ourgardenyourhome

We are missing you today! Enjoy this relaxing view

We are missing you today! Enjoy this relaxing view out to Sarasota Bay from our Mangrove walkway. #ourgardensyourhome #bringingselbygardenstoyou

Our horticulture team always keeps the Gardens in

Our horticulture team always keeps the Gardens in tip-top shape! Pentas 'Lucky Star Deep Pink' and Pentas 'Lucky Star White' are in bloom and are adding a pop of color to our grounds this week. They are easy to plant, take a look. #bringingselbygardenstoyou #ourgardensyourhome #natureheals #horticulturelife

As the Moreton Bay Fig roots support one of our mo

As the Moreton Bay Fig roots support one of our most iconic Selby Gardens' trees, we are grateful for our Selby Gardens' community and all your support! We look forward to welcoming you back to explore our bayfront oasis as soon as we can reopen. Until then, we hope you might consider supporting our slice of paradise today to sustain our vital operations during this challenging time. Visit https://selby.org/get-involved/give/donations/ #natureheals #Bringingselbygardenstoyou #serenescenesatselbygardens

The Botany team at Selby Gardens is collaborating

The Botany team at Selby Gardens is collaborating with our neighboring counties to study rare Florida plants in efforts to conserve them in wild. They gather data and DNA samples of plants to name just a few of the activities they conduct during their field work. They then bring this data and samples back to study them further. Here are a few behind-the-scenes pics of a trip this week taken at Cayo Pelau in Lee County, Fla. .
📸 1 - Unloading the boat for our trip to Cayo Pelau. Boat driver is Lee County Parks and Recreation Land Stewardship Coordinator Hanna Joergens. .
📸 2 - A mutated Harrisia aborignium, the focal species of this field trip. Typically the top tips of these plants gradually narrow to a tip, rather than flattening out like a paddle as shown here. This is the first we have seen a plant exhibiting this form in the field. .
📸3 - Dr. Shawn McCourt standing next to a very large Agave decipiens. This species is endemic to Florida in only 8 or 9 counties, and goes by the common name False sisal. The tips of the leaves are quite spiny, as are the teeth that are found on the margins. So many spiny plants in this landscape!

#bringingselbygardenstoyou #ourgardensyourhome #natureheals

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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

900 S. Palm Avenue • Sarasota, FL 34236

941.366.5731 • Email