Among the Flowers

Rebecca Louise Law Explores Time, Survival and Community in Her Orchid Show Installation at Selby Gardens

The British artist’s installation opens at the gardens’ downtown campus on Saturday, Oct. 11.

10/07/2025 By Megan McDonald

In Full Flower

Selby Gardens Announces 2025-2026 Programming

The gardens will open its 2025 Orchid Show next month with an installation by British contemporary artist Rebecca Louise Law. Plus: "Flowers and Friendship" from Lynn Goldsmith and Patti Smith, and more.

09/10/2025 By Staff

In Bloom

Selby Gardens’ Phase Two Gets the Green Light From City Planning Board

Board members unanimously approved the project, which will bring a new state-of-the-art conservatory complex and learning pavilion to the downtown campus.

08/11/2025 By Staff

The Sound of Music

The Hermitage's "Sunsets @ Selby Gardens" Series Returns This Fall

The outdoor performance series features works-in-progress by Hermitage artists-in-residence and alumni at Selby Gardens' two campuses.

08/07/2025 By Staff

Flew Season

Selby Gardens' New Exhibit Is for the Birds

Literally.

07/09/2025 By Megan McDonald

'Tis The Season

Selby Gardens' 'Queen of the Night' Cactus Will Bloom Soon

The gardens will host a one-night-only viewing party so they public can watch the cactus' flowers open, which only happens one night every year.

06/02/2025 By Staff

Plant People

A Selby Gardens Botanist Just Helped Discover Four New Plant Species

And one of them is named after Jennifer Rominiecki, Selby Gardens' president and CEO.

05/15/2025 By Megan McDonald

Scent-Sational

A French Perfumer Is Inspired by the Many Fragrances of Florida

Paris-based Anastasia Sokolow has captured our state's unique essence in fragrance form.

04/03/2025 By Lauren Jackson

Future Flourish

Selby Gardens Nears Fundraising Goal for Its Next Phase (Plus a Sneak Peek of What's to Come)

Phase Two is set to bring a state-of-the-art conservatory, expanded gardens and a new learning pavilion as part of a visionary master plan.

03/25/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Moderns That Matter

11 Sarasota Landmarks We Love

Highlights from Architecture Sarasota’s Moderns That Matter program.

03/19/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Botanic Bosses

OLIN Wins Architecture Sarasota’s Philip Hanson Hiss Award

The landscape architecture firm is celebrated for its transformative designs, including the reimagined Selby Gardens.

03/11/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Garden Beatle

Selby Gardens' New Exhibit Pays Tribute to George Harrison

And his widow Olivia shared memories and poetry related to her late husband at a special event on Tuesday.

02/14/2025 By Kay Kipling

It's Lit

Selby Gardens' Lights in Bloom Is Back

The downtown botanical garden's holiday celebration has entered its 21st year. It runs through Wednesday, Jan. 1.

12/13/2024 By Lauren Jackson

Flower Power

Selby Gardens' 2024 Orchid Show Reopens Oct. 17

The botanical gardens closed this year's orchid show ahead of Hurricane Milton, but it reopens Thursday.

10/15/2024 By Staff

Here Comes the Sun

George Harrison's Love of Gardening Is the Theme of Selby Gardens' Upcoming Exhibition

The late Harrison—the legendary lead guitarist of the Beatles—even dedicated his book "to gardeners everywhere."

09/16/2024 By Megan McDonald

Hallelujah!

A Selby Gardens Botanist Was Part of a Team That Discovered a New ‘Miracle Plant’ in Ecuador

Amalophyllon miraculum was found in an area of Ecuador that botanists had almost entirely written off because of deforestation.

08/07/2024 By Megan McDonald

In Full Flower

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Named to TIME List of 'World's Greatest Places'

It's one of just eight U.S. destinations and the only botanical garden on the list.

07/25/2024 By Megan McDonald

Preview

Selby Gardens' New Florida Highwaymen Exhibit Opens Tomorrow

The Highwaymen were a group of Black artists who produced colorful paintings of Florida landscapes despite being denied representation by galleries due to the color of their skin.

07/19/2024 By Megan McDonald

Power Up

Selby Gardens Has Become the World's First Net Positive Energy Botanical Gardens

Switching on the gardens' solar arrays is the latest advance since the January grand opening of phase one of the gardens’ Master Plan.

07/01/2024 By Staff

In Bloom

The Queen of the Night Cactus Will Bloom Tonight at Selby Gardens

The plant blooms one single night each year—and you're invited to watch it.

06/06/2024 By Staff