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 aspects of Selby Gardens’ Master Plan are innovative and progressive. This Master Plan will positively impact our entire region,” says Diane Barth, board president of The Floyd C. Johnson and Flo Singer Johnson Foundation. “We are pleased to provide this capital support needed for Selby Gardens’ Master Plan.”
“We are grateful to The Floyd C. Johnson and Flo Singer Johnson Foundation for their generosity,” says Jennifer Rominiecki, president & CEO of Selby Gardens. “With their gift, we are closer to realizing a sustainable future for our Downtown Sarasota campus.”
To date, Selby Gardens has raised more than 85 percent of the funds needed to implement Phase I. Of the $42.5 million needed to implement the first phase of the Master Plan, more than $36 million has been raised. Selby Gardens will break ground soon at a ceremony on Thursday, June 3, 2021.
The three-phase plan will take several years to complete. Selby Gardens’ trustees, leadership donors and campaign co-chairs Jean Weidner Goldstein, Cornelia Matson and Pauline Wamsler are spearheading the fundraising effort, Innovating a Greener Future- Living Inspiration for The Living Museum®: The Campaign for Selby Gardens.
For more information, please contact Lynn H. Bates, lbates@selby.org.