Eat This Now

Where and What to Eat This Week - 3/15/17

This week: a sweet new sipper, perfect potato chips and more.

03/15/2017 By Eat Beat Team

Wall Flowers

Tips for Taking Your Landscaping Vertical

Seth Stottlemyer sheds light on “living architecture.”

02/24/2017 By Ilene Denton

Weekend Planner

Your Top 10 Things to Do: Feb. 16-22

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Cynthia Sayer’s Hot Banjo Show, Orioles Springfest and more.

02/16/2017 By Ilene Denton

Weekend Planner

Your Top 11 Things to Do: Feb. 9-15

Circus Sarasota, Twyla Tharp, Madama Butterfly, Chagall at Selby Gardens and so much more.

02/09/2017 By Ilene Denton

The Color of Dreams

Marc Chagall Exhibit is Coming to Selby This Month

The exhibit opens Feb. 12 and runs through July 31.

02/06/2017 By Ilene Denton

Tourism

Selby Gardens Picks Landscape Design Firm to Develop Master Site Plan

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens recently selected the landscape design studio Olin to develop a master site plan and establish different uses for the gardens' 15-acre property for the next 25 to 30 years.

01/13/2017 By staff

New Year’s Eve Planner

Six Spectacular Ways to Celebrate New Year’s Eve

Downtown Sarasota’s big celebration, a Starlight and Fire family party at Historic Spanish Point, fireworks on the bay and more.

12/21/2016 By Ilene Denton

Weekend Planner

Your Top 8 Things to Do: Dec. 15-21

Sarasota Ballet presents Jewels, free screening of Frozen at Benderson Park and more.

12/14/2016 By Ilene Denton

Tourism

Panel Focuses on Top Events for 2017

The Sarasota Tiger Bay Club is hosting a roundtable discussion about top local events in 2017.

12/14/2016 By staff

Education

New College, Selby Gardens Create Educational, Research Partnership

New College of Florida and Marie Selby Botanical Gardens recently launched a collaboration between their education and research departments with a focus on plant science, conservation and public outreach.

12/05/2016 By staff

Tourism

Horticultural Shows Sets Attendance, Sales Records at Selby Gardens

'Selby’s Secret Garden,' a six-week horticultural show at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, recently set records for attendance and retail and membership sales.

12/01/2016 By staff

Weekend Planner

Your Top 6 Things to Do: Oct. 20-26

A free Celebration of the Arts, Mote Circus by the Sea, Jazz Club’s Oktoberfest Pub Crawl and more.

10/20/2016 By Ilene Denton

Selby’s Secret Garden

Orchid Lover Alert: Selby Gardens Opens Its New Conservatory Show

It complements the exhibit of rare botanical illustrations now on display in the Gardens’ Payne Mansion.

10/19/2016 By Ilene Denton

Weekend Planner

Your Top 7 Things to Do: Oct. 13-19

RIAF arrives; the Van Wezel, WBTT and Sarasota Contemporary Dance open their seasons; free outdoor movie at Ed Smith Stadium; and lots more.

10/13/2016 By Ilene Denton

Appointments

Selby Gardens Adds New Board Member

Teri Hansen, the president and CEO of the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation, was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

10/07/2016 Research by staff

Plant This

Four Can't-Miss Fall Plant Sales

The changing season brings opportunities to spruce up your greenspace.

10/07/2016 By Ilene Denton

Weekend Planner

Your Top 7 Things to Do: Oct. 7-12

Selby Gardens’ Fall Garden Music Series kicks off, Taste of St. Armands celebrates the Circle’s restaurants, and lots more.

10/06/2016 By Ilene Denton

Their Sarasota Wedding

Chris and Julie Sementa Tie the Knot at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

The two celebrated their day at the classic Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, then headed over to the Hyatt Regency Hotel for the reception.

09/29/2016 By Felicity Warner

Appointments

Selby Educator Named to Smithsonian Review Panel

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ director of education and visitor engagement, Jeannie Peralis, was recently named to the review panel for youth access grants overseen by the Smithsonian Institution.

09/26/2016 Research by staff

Style Star

What I Wear to Work: Selby Gardens' Roger Capote

Roger Capote, senior director of special projects at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, shares his style secrets.

09/15/2016 By Alicia King Robinson