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Selby Botanical Gardens Description
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota specializes in epiphytes or plants that attach themselves to others without damaging them. The gardens here feature over 20,000 plants including a large collection of 6,000 orchids, bromeliads, cacti and succulents, hibiscus, cycads, bamboo trees and a banyan tree grove. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens also contains the Baywalk Sanctuary, which is an elevated boardwalk with views over a mangrove swamp and parts of the Sarasota bay. As well there is a museum of botany and the arts, a butterfly garden and a research and learning facility.
Hobbies & Activities category: Garden or botanic display
Address
Selby Botanical Gardens
811 South Palm Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236-7726
United States
Phone 1 (239) 366-5731
Fax 1 (239) 366-9807
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Closed17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
Always closed on:
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Cost
Adult$12.00
Child 11 & under$6.00
Child 5 & underFREE
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Facilities
Gift shop
Wheelchair loan or rental
Typical Visit
1 hour 30 minutes
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