Membership

Become a Member of the Gardens!

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens invites you to become a Member, or renew your current membership, and enjoy a wealth of privileges reserved exclusively for our Members. 

Purchase or Renew a Membership For You or A Family or Friend Online:  >Online Application<

Our members are our greatest treasure! Your membership support provides funding for important Gardens initiatives, including community education programs, research and conservation efforts, and the enhancement our beautiful living collection. In return, we offer a host of wonderful membership benefits, including:

  • Unlimited free admission for the Member(s) and one or more adult guests (number of free accompanying guests varies by Membership level)
  • Free admission for children under 12 when accompanied by a Member
  • Free admission at more than 200 reciprocal gardens, arboreta, and conservatories nationwide, many offer shop discounts. Click here for a list. (Link goes to AHS website)
  • Free admission to Asian Cultural Festival in February
  • Early admission to the Plant and Garden Festival held in the Spring
  • Free plants distributed at our Annual Members' Day in November
  • Early admission to our annual Members' Plant Sale
  • 10% discount in The Garden Shop
  • Discounts on Selby Gardens classes
  • Free admission to Garden Music Series Concerts held during March, April and May (nominal guest charge applies)
  • Member's pricing on special event tickets for selected Gardens' events, which include Tropical Fourth of July and Lights in Bloom
  • Subscription to the Tropical Dispatch
  • Use of Selby Gardens Library by appointment (941.366.5731, extension 248)
  • Free or reduced admission to additional local attractions during designated months including:
  • MOSI - Museum of Science and Industry, Tampa, Florida - February and August
  • Florida Aquarium, Tampa, Florida - October and November
  • Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida - April and October
  • G.WIZ, Sarasota, Florida - April and September
  • Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Florida - 50% off admission all year
  • Historic Spanish Point, Osprey, Florida - May
  • Mote Aquarium, Sarasota, Florida - $2 off adult admission; $1 off children's admission all year
  • St. Petersburg Museum of History - St. Petersburg, Florida - August
  • Pier Aquarium Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida - July
  • Reciprocal membership to American Horticultural Society member gardens.  The complete list is available from the AHS here.

Our monthly electronic newsletters will keep you informed of additional reciprocal agreements as they become available if we have your email address on file. You may write to us at membership@selby.org .

Complete the Online Application

Membership Levels:

  • BASIC MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
    • Unlimited daytime free admission for cardholder(s)
    • Free admission for children under 12 when accompanied by cardholder
    • Early admission to Selby's Plant and Garden Festival
    • 10% Discount in the Garden Shop
    • Subscription to Tropical Dispatch member magazine (published three times per year)
    • Free distribution plants at our Annual Members' Day in November
    • Use of Selby Gardens Library by appointment
  • GARDEN FRIEND................$60
    • Single adult membership with all basic member benefits
    • One (1) membership card is issued
    • Unlimited daytime admission to the Gardens for the cardholder all year
    • Cardholder may bring one (1) adult guest to the Gardens free on each visit
    • Free admission for children under 12 when accompanied by the member
    • Two (2) free distribution plants at our Annual Member's Day in November
  • GARDENS FAMILY ..............$90
    • Membership for two (2) adults with all basic member benefits
    • Two (2) membership cards are issued
    • Unlimited daytime admission to the Gardens for the cardholders all year
    • Cardholders may bring up to three (3) adult guests to the Gardens free on each visit, for a total of five (5) adults
    • If only one cardholder is visiting, he or she may bring four (4) adult guests
    • Five (5) guest passes to share with family and friends ($119 value)
    • Two (2) free distribution plants at our Annual Members' Day in November
  • CONTRIBUTING ............... $150
    • Membership for two (2) adults with all basic member benefits
    • Two (2) membership cards are issued
    • Unlimited daytime admission to the Gardens for the cardholders all year
    • Cardholders may bring up to three (3) adult guests to the Gardens free on each visit, for a total of five (5) adults
    • If only one cardholder is visiting, he or she may bring four (4) adult guests
    • Ten (10) guest passes to share with family and friends ($170 value)
    • Three (3) free distribution plants at our Annual Members' Day in November
  • SUSTAINING ....................$250
    • Membership for two (2) adults with all basic member benefits
    • Two (2) membership cards are issued
    • Unlimited daytime admission to the Gardens for the cardholders all year
    • Cardholders may bring up to three (3) adult guests to the Gardens free on each visit, for a total of five (5) adults
    • If only one cardholder is visiting, he or she may bring four (4) adult guests
    • Discount subscription offer to the American Horticultural Society Magazine
    • Two (2) complimentary tickets to a fundraising event
    • Fifteen (15) guest passes to share with family and friends ($255 value)
    • Five (5) free distribution plants at our Annual Members' Day in November
  • SPONSOR............... $500
    • Membership for two (2) adults with all basic member benefits
    • Two (2) membership cards are issued
    • Unlimited daytime admission to the Gardens for the cardholders all year
    • Cardholders may bring up to three (3) adult guests to the Gardens free on each visit, for a total of five (5) adults
    • If only one cardholder is visiting, he or she may bring four (4) adult guests
    • Discount subscription offer to the American Horticultural Society Magazine
    • Two (2) complimentary tickets to a fundraising event
    • Twenty (20) guest passes to share with family and friends ($340 value)
    • Ten (10) Free distribution plants at our Annual Members' Day in November
  •  STEWARDS OF THE EARTH.....$1,000 and above; additional benefits available for upper-level Stewards Members
    • Membership for two (2) adults with all basic member benefits
    • Two (2) membership cards are issued
    • Unlimited daytime admission to the Gardens for the cardholders all year
    • Free admission for an unlimited number of guests when accompanied by cardholder(s)
    • Discount subscription offer to the American Horticultural Society Magazine
    • Two (2) complimentary tickets to a fundraising event
    • Twenty (20) guest passes to share with family and friends ($340 value)
    • Ten (10) free distribution plants at our Annual Members' Day in November
    • 10% discount on weekday rental of the Mansion or Great Room by the Bay
    • Invitations to special exhibition openings
    • Recognition in Tropical Dispatch magazine 

    Online Application

Please note:

We welcome matching gifts. Please provide your company's gift form.

MEMBERSHIP IS TAX-DEDUCTIBLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW

For more information, please contact the membership office at 941-366-5731, ext. 229 or 231, or e-mail Membership@selby.org

Selby Gardens is open every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Christmas.

Adults $17, Children 6-11 $6, Members Free.

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

811 South Palm Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
941-366-5731
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