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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Dr. Peter Raven, one of the world's leading botanists and advocates of conservation and biodiversity, recently spoke with leadership, staff, volunteers and advocates at Selby Gardens. This was Ravenās fourth such visit to Sarasota, having spoken at the formal...
As it's Mother's Day this weekend, Marie Selby, the "Mother of Selby Gardens", is honored in this week's segment. Even before moving to Sarasota, she had been an accomplished pianist as well as one of the first women to travel cross country in an automobile. Find out...
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. Marie Selby was an avid gardener who was passionate about roses. How then did Selby Gardens become a world-renowned center for orchid research?...