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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Selby Gardens has spent more than four decades amassing the best scientifically documented collection of wild orchids in the world. The bulk of these orchids have been wild-collected, with excellent representation of the rare, the gorgeous, and the unusual. In fact,...
Orchids were central to the founding goals of Selby Gardens. The three senior scientists tasked with establishing the Gardens as a research institution were orchid botanists (Drs. Calaway Dodson, Carlyle Luer, Kiat Tan). Since Selby Gardens volunteers and staff began...
Editor's Note: As part of an ongoing partnereship with the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast, Selby Gardens’ Director of Botany Bruce Holst is assisting in a yearlong plant survey of a 230-acre property on Pine Island, Fla. known as Pine Island Preserve at...
UPDATE: Our Selenicereus the spectacular night-blooming cactus, appears ready to bloom tonight, May 31! Join us from 8 to 11 p.m. in front of the Botany Building on Palm Avenue* to witness this annual blooming. The event will take place rain or (moon)shine. Things to...
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 Raven’s fourth such visit to Sarasota, having spoken at the formal...
By Liz Gandy In early December 2016, Selby Gardens' Director of Botany, Bruce Holst, led a team for a two-day trip through the mud, water and raw beauty of Fakahatchee Strand State Park to continue a critical conservation project in Southwest Florida. With staff from...
In late April 2016, a group of international botanists specializing in orchids gathered at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens to discuss the institution’s strategic plan and how it will influence the future of orchid research undertaken by the Gardens’ scientific team. The...
For three weeks in March 2016, botanists, professors, ecologists and horticulturalists are exploring a remote region of Belize that has been described as a “botanical black hole” that is largely undocumented by scientists. The expedition team of 11 men and women...
Selby Gardens was recently invited to consult with a plant preserve in Eleuthera, Bahamas, the first national park on the island of Eleuthera. The Winter Botanical Retreat at the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve on Eleuthera was held in early December 2015. During...
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...