Sarasota Marie Selby Gardens
Posted by Fay on March 22, 2008
On our drive down to Naples we spent some time investigating Sarasota. We are thinking that might be where we are “snow birds” next winter. Had lunch outside with a beautiful view of the water and then went to visit Selby Botanical Gardens. The following info. is from their web site. They also had an exhibit of carved masks that were stunning.
The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida is a not-for-profit institution fostering understanding and appreciation of tropical plants, especially epiphytes (plants that grow on other plants), through programs of research, conservation, education and display. Selby Gardens is perhaps best known for its living collection of more than 6,000 orchids.
The 9.5-acre bayfront property is an open-air and under-glass museum of more than 20,000 colorful plants, many collected in the wild on over 150 scientific expeditions to tropical rain forests by Selby Gardens research staff. Seven greenhouses are the heart of botanical research and plant identification, for which Selby Gardens is internationally recognized.
Watch the slide show. Don’t forget to click on the original view.
