Get Outside and Connect with Nature at Beautiful Selby Gardens
Get Outside and Connect with Nature at the Beautiful Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
This video was taped pre-pandemic thus why there are no face masks. I thought long & hard about when and if I should share it now when there is so much going on in our world. I decided to do so because Selby Gardens
has re-opened and is exactly the kind of place we need right now…a place to experience nature and serenity.
Selby Gardens is right on the shores of beautiful Sarasota Bay and is a tropical urban oasis with something for everyone of all ages and interests. The purpose of Selby Gardens is to provide bayfront sanctuaries, connect people with air plants of the world, native nature, our regional history, and most importantly educate the people. There is an endless amount of knowledge to be learned here at the gardens and with the rotating displays, I learn something new every time I go. It is my happy-go-to place relaxed and unwind.
The gardens consist of a conservatory, an epiphyte garden, a fern garden, bamboo garden, a banyan grove, a children’s rainforest garden, bromeliad garden, and a butterfly garden to name a few. They even have a wedding pavilion to share your special day in one of the most beautiful and serene places in Florida! Everything is arranged in a spectacular collage of color and design making every step an adventure. The plants feature marvelous adaptations like insect-catching pitchers and spiny trunks that can keep anyone interested for hours.
My favorite part about the Selby Gardens is, of course, how the Selby’s gave back to the community and their legacy continues to do so through the Selby Foundation. The William G. and Marie Selby Foundation has made a significant impact on the lives of thousands of young people and on the operation of hundreds of charitable organizations since 1955. Two significant contributions to the Foundation, one in 1955 and one in 1972, totaling $19,500,000 have made possible financial assistance to individuals and organizations in excess of $120,000,000. At the same time, the corpus of the Foundation has been preserved and today has a market value of over $72,000,000. This insures a continuing contribution of nearly $3,000,000 a year for scholarships and grants to benefit the local community. In addition, Selby Gardens is dedicated to innovating a greener more sustainable future as it continues to improve & expand while educating its visitors on how to be good stewards of the environment.
They are open daily from 10:00AM – 5:00PM and tickets range from $10-$15, but are free for members. Member’s guests even get a discount on tickets! Located at 900 S. Palm Avenue, it is definitely worth a visit and there is no better time than now to do it. For more information on events or general information, please visit their website at https://selby.org/. Stay safe.
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