Visit Selby GardensExperience Nature Where Fun Is In Full BloomThe 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. Throughout the grounds of the historic Selby estate are many distinct garden areas, including the Tropical Display House with its lush rain forest atmosphere, the towering Bamboo Pavilion, Banyan Grove, Cactus and Succulent Garden and Cycad Collection. Also on the grounds is the former Christy Payne Mansion, a unique example of eclectic Southern Colonial architecture. The Mansion, on the National Register of Historic Places, is the home to ever-changing botanical art and photography exhibits. More than 150 scientific expeditions to rainforests around the world have contributed to our collection of more than 20,000 living plants, truly a wonder to see! 
Voted Arts Organization of the Year by the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Voted #1 Garden in Florida by Florida Monthly readers! Voted “One of America’s Top Ten Botanical Gardens!” Country Living Gardener Magazine Voted #1 of the Top Ten “Must Do’s in Sarasota” by Sarasota Magazine |
Selby Gardens is open every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Christmas.
Adults $17, Children 6-11 $6, Members Free.