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The Art of Botanical Illustration
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. At Selby Gardens, we appreciate plants on a variety of different planes - from admiring, growing and caring for them, to the careful...
Floral Design Tips for Orchid Displays
Recently, Selby Gardens’ Director of Events, Roger Capote, visited the design studios of our Orchid Show sponsor, Better-Gro, a national gardening retailer, to discuss different ways to display orchids. Capote, a professional floral designer, spent a day with the...
Preparing for the Selby Gardens Orchid Show
In preparation for Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ 2016 Orchid Show, Angel Lara, Assistant Director of Horticulture, visited the production greenhouses of the event sponsor, Better-Gro, a national gardening retailer earlier this month. During the site visit Lara met...
Medicinal Uses of Tropical Trees
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. While many of the plants and trees here at Selby Gardens are admired for their beauty, in their native lands, many are also appreciated for their...
What’s In Bloom – Epiphytes
Selby Gardens is featured weekly on ABC7 News at Noon. Tune in Thursdays to see more informative segments like this one. Something that sets Marie Selby Botanical Gardens apart from other botanical gardens is that we specialize in the research, culture and display of...
What’s in Bloom: Resurrection Fern – December
Pleopeltis polypodioides (Polypodiaceae) Resurrection fern (Polypody family) Origin: Subtropical Americas, including the SE United States; Africa Florida is home to dozens of species of epiphytic plants, mostly orchids, bromeliads, and ferns. The most common epiphytic...
David Leaser’s Award-Winning Flower Portraits Featured In A Special Exhibit
The rare and exotic flower portraits of photographer David Leaser will be exhibited as part of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ “Lights in Bloom” holiday gala. The exhibit, organized by State of the Arts Gallery, will feature a selection of David’s large-scale...