TROPICALDISPATCH SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2013

INSIDE: Creating a Man-made Rainforest Fall Displays of Color Garden Paintings with Unique Perspectives Research Thinks Locally; Impacts Globally

The Tropical Dispatch September - December 2013 1 MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS TROPICAL DISPATCH • VOLUME 40 • ISSUE 3 News from the Gardens BOARD OF TRUSTEES A Message from the CEO Christopher N. Romine, Chair Cathy Layton, 1st Vice Chair A Touch of Ancient Rome in the Gardens A garden can provide ongoing contentment, Emily Walsh, 2nd Vice Chair but there are two distinct moments when Sandy Rederer, Secretary A visit to Selby Gardens convinced Daniel and a gardener is filled with palpable, joyful Stephen van C. Wilberding, Treasurer Charlotte Ward from Classic Garden Ornaments Ltd. anticipation. The first is during planning Dr. Laurey T. Stryker, Immediate Past Chair in Illinois that “a botanical garden as lovely as Selby Dr. Kelvin Cooper for a new garden and the second is after the Gardens deserved some elegant garden ornaments.” Stephen Hazeltine garden is planted, but before it has begun to Nora Johnson So the Wards bestowed a gift of exquisite grow. Thomas B. Luzier, Esq Longshadow planters to the Gardens. Two large After years of careful planning and gift cultivation, we at Selby Gardens Alica Rau planters are installed on either side of the stairs Wayne Rollins are in the second state of joyful anticipation. In November, we will leading from the back of the Payne Mansion while three bowls have found a home Michael Saunders near the Selby Memorial just south of the Selby House. Using a process developed We Never Stop Learning officially open the Ann Goldstein Children’s Rainforest Garden and Arthur M. Wood, Jr in ancient Rome, Longshadow dry cast limestone planters and garden ornaments a new era in family-friendly, mission-led programs will begin here at Carlyle Luer, MD, Trustee Emeritus Over the summer Selby’s education are designed and hand crafted in Illinois, but are available locally through an Selby Gardens. Carmen Baskind, Associates President (ex-Officio) department enjoyed hands-on Thomas Buchter, CEO and President exclusive network of landscape professionals. For more information, visit www. tours of the Young at Art Museum, Although the Selbys did not have children of their own, youth and longshadow.com. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden education were causes they cared about. The new children’s rainforest MISSION and the Golisano Children’s Museum, garden sends a strong signal that Selby Gardens is committed to the To provide an oasis of inspiration and Selby Welcomes The Year of the Rainforest! all located in south Florida. The future well-being of children and their families. tranquility, while furthering the understanding and appreciation of plants, especially epiphytes. tours afforded the education team In anticipation of the fall opening of the Ann Goldstein Children’s Rainforest There are many individuals and organizations who are to be commended the opportunity to exchange best Garden, Selby Gardens presents “The Year of the Rainforest.” Featuring a variety for their tireless work and spirited generosity. I would like to acknowledge VISION practice ideas and glean inspiration To touch as many people as possible through our of entertaining and informative diversions, the series will begin in November and just a few. Alfred Goldstein and his wife, Jean, led the charge, financially. for new student programs at Selby urban waterfront garden that is the world leader continue through next summer. The new garden will honor the memory of Al’s late wife, Ann. Beverly in conservation and display of epiphytes. Visitors Gardens. When the Ann Goldstein Koski has consistently demonstrated her support for educational and volunteers alike experience the Gardens’ Thanks to support from community partners, Sarasota County Tourist Children’s Rainforest Garden opens beauty, gaining a better understanding and this fall, it will feature an outdoor programs. Her gift is a testament to a generous heart. Partners such as greater appreciation of the natural world. Development Tax (TDT) and The Woman’s Exchange, Selby Gardens’ guests will Gulf Coast Community Foundation have enthusiastically endorsed the be the ultimate beneficiaries of two grants underwriting several initiatives. With classroom where children can learn value the new garden will bring to the greater community. PROGRAM SPONSORS a $90,000 award, the TDT will underwrite garden and conservatory displays, the to use research equipment and work Selby Gardens programs are sponsored in part by as field botanists. With assistance In this issue you will read more about Tandem Construction and a the State of Florida, Department of State, Division annual holiday spectacle, Lights in Bloom with a playful rainforest twist, as well of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts as the perennial fall and spring music series. A $17,500 grant from the Woman’s from Sarasota County teachers hired talented team of subcontractors who helped make our dream of a and Culture, and are paid for in part by Sarasota over the summer with a planning children’s rainforest garden a reality. We are indebted to our owner’s County Tourist Development Tax Revenue Exchange will help make family programs in the new amphitheater, a visit by author/illustrator Lynne Cherry, and a mural project in Kids Corner possible. grant from The Patterson Foundation, agent, Milton Shenk, who steadfastly worked on our behalf. I look the team will also be able to provide forward to celebrating our new arrival with many of you on November In addition, funding from the state’s Division of Cultural Affairs/Florida Council on a variety of curriculum choices to 9. Meanwhile, there is still time to play a valuable role contributing to Arts and Culture will help the Gardens’ education department produce lectures, area students after the first of the the new garden’s success. Please let me know if you would like additional ADDRESS CHANGES classes, tours, and exhibits focusing on rainforests. year in the new feature. Mail: Membership information: [email protected]. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 811 South Palm Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236 Cordially, Email: [email protected] Read All About It Phone: (941) 366-5731, ext. 231 Tropical Dispatch ©2013 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens A new issue of Selbyana, the peer-reviewed journal of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Produced By Carlson Studio Marketing, containing original research findings, is available. Contents include descriptions of Serbin Printing and The Versatility Group Thomas Buchter, CEO, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens four new species for science and articles on the morphology of orchid pollen and the Hours & Admissions Cover: Encyclia Lee Ward grows wild in tree alarmingly rapid spread of an orchid species native to Asia (Eulophia graminea) in Florida. canopies throughout Selby Gardens. Photo by The Gardens are open 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM every day except Scott Garritty. Bruce Holst co-authored with former Selby Gardens’ intern Yuribia Vivas of Venezuela Garden Hours Christmas Day. Please check the website for special event and weather closings. to describe a new bromeliad species of the genus Guzmania. They named it Guzmania loeflingiana to honor one of Carl Linnaeus’ most promising students, who died tragically Admission Members Free, Adults $17, Children 6-11 $6, 5 & under free in Venezuela in 1756 at the tender age of 27. www.selby.org Guzmania loeflingiana by Vern Sawyer, Facebook - facebook.com/selbygardens Find Us Online Twitter - twitter.com/selbygardens Published since 1975, Selbyana contains research by Selby Gardens’ staff and others about tropical plants, especially epiphytes Google + - plus.ly/selbygardens and their forest canopy habitats. Write to [email protected] for subscription and back issue information. 2 The Tropical Dispatch September - December 2013 3 Fall Music Series Distribution Sundays, October 6, 13, 20, 27 • 1:00 – 3:00pm Plants 2013 2013 Distribution Quantities Enjoy balmy fall breezes while drinking in a variety Solo or Duo – 2 Plants of musical fare during the annual Fall Music Series Contributing Members – 3 Plants under the banyans every Sunday in October. The First Sustaining Member – 5 Plants Brass kicks-off this year’s series with the “Red, White Sponsor level and above – 10 Plants Farfugium japonicum ‘Giganteum’ Alcantarea odorata Green Leopard Plant BROMELIACEAE and Brass: American Salute” concert October 6. Selby Quantities of certain plants are limited. ASTERACEAE 1301 1302 Gardens is pleased to honor veterans at this concert PLEASE NOTE: Found on stream banks and moist meadows A Brazilian beauty, this bromeliad produces a with a reduced admission price of $5. A variety of grilled Distribution of plants will take place in Japan, Farfugium is made for the shade and tall, fragrant inflorescence, but is best known only on November 9, 2013, from benefits from regular deep watering. Dark for its four-foot wide crown of thornless, entrees and beverages from Local Coffee + Tea will be 10:00am until 2:30pm. There are no green, glossy, dinner-plate sized foliage makes silver-blue foliage. It grows successfully under available for purchase. Bring a lawn chair or blanket rainchecks, and we are not able to hold this the perfect bold-textured accent in con- a variety of light conditions in a well-draining or ship plants. tainers or in a shady mixed border. medium, and makes a dramatic statement as and enjoy a day of botanical bliss, musical melodies and either a landscape or container specimen. sweet serenity – every Sunday in October from 1-3 pm.

First Brass For a full schedule of performances, visit www.selby.org.

Annual Meeting and Member Appreciation Day Saturday, November 9, 2013

8:30 am Check In Tacca integrifolia Bougainvillea glabra ‘Arborea’ Cattleya lueddemaniana ‘Arthur Chadwick’ Mansion Gate – Please don’t forget your membership card. Bat Plant Tree Bougainvillea HCC/AOS DIOSCOREACEAE 1303 NYCTAGINACEAE 1304 ORCHIDACEAE 1305 Member Appreciation Day is With upright bracts resembling bat wings and Unique among Bougainvillea, this upright, Native to coastal Venezuela, this attractive 9:00 am State of the Gardens – The Annual Meeting long, lurid purple “whiskers,” Tacca integrifolia multi-trunked tree blossoms with showy pink lavender Cattleya has an unusually large long- lasting flower with a very broad, deeply veined Selby Gardens’ way of saying Thomas Buchter, Chief Executive Officer has one of the tropical world’s most extraordi- bracts several times a year. Native to Brazil, it nary inflorescences. An understory plant dis- has minimal water and maintenance needs. lip that will stop you dead in your tracks. Dis- “thank you” to loyal Gardens tributed throughout the rainforests of S.E. Asia, Requiring occasional pruning, it can be trained covered in the wild in 1935, this astonishing fans whose support helps keep this bizarre beauty appreciates warm, humid, into a solitary trunked specimen and fortu- clone thrives under high light and should be 10:00 am to 2:30 pm Member Plant Distribution *new location shady conditions and even moisture. nately, it is virtually thornless. kept on the dry side to avoid rot during winter. the Gardens growing. This year Christy Payne Mansion - Come early and choose from eight is extra special because it is also plants specially grown for Selby Gardens members. the day of the ribbon cutting 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Members’ Greenhouse Plant Sale ceremony for the Ann Goldstein Christy Payne Mansion. The perfect time to ask horticultural Children’s Rainforest Garden. experts your gardening questions. Plants from Selby’s own Members will get a sneak greenhouses will be on sale. peek and be among the first Ribbon Cutting and Member Preview for the Ann to experience the new family- 11:00 am Goldstein Children’s Rainforest Garden Doritis pulcherrima ‘alba’ Miltassia Shelob ‘Tolkien’ AM/AOS Sarcoglottis sceptrodes friendly garden feature. 1:00 pm Greenhouse Plant Sale opens to non-members The Beautiful Doritis ORCHIDACEAE Scepter-like Sarcoglottis ORCHIDACEAE 1306 1307 ORCHIDACEAE 1308 Note: this year the members’ Doritis is a hot to warm growing lithophytic or A remarkable cross between species of Brassia Sarcoglottis is a terrestrial orchid found in Grand Opening Celebration for Ann Goldstein terrestrial orchid found in southern Asia. This and Miltonia, this combination of cool and hot Central America whose squat rosette of pat- 1:00 to 3:00 pm plant distribution and sale will Children’s Rainforest Garden pure white form carries many flowers with growing species yields an orchid tolerant of terned leaves is very attractive even when bright yellow cheeks. Grow in a well-drained diverse growing conditions. The flower shape not in bloom. In springtime inflorescences of Open to the community. Guided tours, tropical move to the Gardens’ north end orchid bark mix under bright indirect light, and reflects the Brassia parent giving it the appear- greenish-yellow flowers emerge with a clean, near the Christy Payne Mansion. refreshments, rainforest entertainment and more! provide adequate water during the peak of our ance of a large spider. Commonly grown in heady aroma. Grow in bright indirect light, hot summer months. orchid pots, this bizarre hybrid thrives under good drainage, and adequate air circulation. Get a head start on your holiday shopping! Members receive a 20% indirect light with ample water and fertilizer. discount in The Garden Shop.

The Tropical Dispatch September - December 2013 5 How to Create a Living Wall with Maida Lara Succulents get the spotlight in this artistically arranged Living Wall Planter. To maintain balance, Maida suggests choosing plants with complimentary colors and dispersing the different shades throughout, keeping in mind how much sun/shade the planter location has. Don’t forget to account for how much time you have to devote to maintenance.

Maida selected a mixture of Gather materials including a Layer the bottom of the planter succulents: aloe, sedums and Living Wall Planter, potting soil, with soil and spread evenly. Tip: senicio for this arrangement rhizome clips (for securing loose Save the larger plants for the top Tropical Splendor 1 because this planter will enjoy 2 plants) and gardening gloves. 3 of the arrangement. Garden Paintings by Anna Mason and Tom Stephens bright sun and the plants require Arrange plants in three rows of little water or maintenance. five columns.

EXHIBIT November 21 - February 27 Opening November 21, a new art exhibit in the Museum of Botany & the Arts, will demonstrate two artists’ fascination with Selby Gardens and its plants. Tropical Splendor will feature distinct perspectives in garden painting by the UK’s Anna Mason and Tom Stephens of Sarasota. Their styles represent a broad range of inter- pretation – from grand vistas to detailed close-ups – all depicting beloved Selby scenes and plant specimens.

The exhibit’s opening reception begins at 5:30 pm on November 21st and is open to the public.

The artists will lead two gallery walk ‘n talk tours on Monday, November 25th at 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm. Due to limited space, advance registration is required by email to [email protected]. Remove plant from its pot and Starting from the bottom left, Secure with a rhizome clip if loosen the roots, leaving some insert the plant into the opening loose. Mason, who has won numerous awards and accolades for her vibrant expression of plants, will conduct a soil in place. from the front. two-day watercolor workshop Orchids: Jewels of the Rainforest on November 22 & 23. Visit the calendar at 4 5 6 www.selby.org for more details.

Tropical Splendor showcases beautiful Selby Gardens and its inspiring collections in a fresh, fun way. The show will be on display through February 27.

Continue building from left to Make your way back and forth, Mount your Living Wall with right, adding soil and packing layering like a lasagna casserole. hooks, rinse off any excess soil in the plants to provide a sturdy and enjoy. 7 home for them to thrive. 8 9

Love this arrangement? It’s for sale along with all materials featured in this tutorial in the Garden Shop.

6 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens The Tropical Dispatch September - December 2013 7 ART CLASSES Advanced Watercolor Session I: Oct 3, 10 & 17 Royalty and Rainforests Community Session II: Nov 7, 14 & 21 Session III: Dec 5, 12 & 19 to Reign This Fall Classes Thu, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm September to This course is for the more experienced painter. Refine techniques using December 2013 instructor-provided reference or work on subjects of individual choice. Class critiques will provide stimulus for Class Registration growth. Policies: Instructor: Carolyn Merenda Intermediate Watercolor Member, $85; Non-member, $105 Register online at www. Session I: Sep 10, 17 & 24 selby.org or in person at Session II: Oct 1, 8 & 15 New! Drawing Beautiful Botanicals Selby’s Welcome Center. Session III: Nov 5, 12 & 19 Session I: Oct 5 Session IV: Dec 3, 10 & 17 Session II: Dec 7 Tue, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Dr. Phil Nelson Phil Dr. In the event that a class Sat, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm is cancelled by Selby Each 3-class session focuses on Plant images date back over 20,000 Gardens, students will demonstrations and a variety of years and record our civilization. In Guarianthe bowringiana -Bowring’s Cattleya Guzmania sp. Bromeliaceae receive a full refund. watercolor techniques. Students this one day workshop, students will Student cancellations with previous experience will feel learn about this history while studying free to experiment, create their own Gems of the Rainforest opens October 10 in the Conservatory. Tropical Jewels, like its conservatory counterpart, will showcase made less than 72 hours and drawing a live plant. Advanced prior to class time will not compositions, or paint along with the Amongst the greenery, the rainforest plants in Selby’s only public an outdoor autumnal explosion of color that will celebrate and students who are interested in be entitled to a refund nor instructor. developing this art form will receive greenhouse will sparkle with the radiance of semi-precious pay homage to its tropical Florida environment. The display class credit. Instructor: Carolyn Merenda invaluable advice. Students will be gems. Regal orchids, such as the showy Bowring’s Cattleya and will feature more than 5,000 new plants from the Christy Payne Member, $85; Non-member, $105 able to repeat lessons from this class at the aptly-named Noble Dendrobium, will hold court through Mansion to the Schimmel Wedding Lawn and Pavilion from Please visit our website for home by using Ms. Braida’s “Ten Steps...” October 28. November 7-25. updates and additional book series. Beginners welcome. information. Interested students may pursue a Certificate in Botanical Art if desired. Class sizes are limited - Instructor: Olivia Braida While the crown jewels of the tropical plant world will perform a dazzling show for visitors, please register early. Member, $95; Non-member, $120 Materials Fee: $20 (pay instructor) an impressive variety of arts, culture and educational offerings will complement and Material lists are available enhance the horticultural displays: online and can be emailed Beautiful Botanicals 3-Day or mailed upon request. Workshop Thru November 17 October 23-25 Session I: Oct 14, 15 & 16 EXHIBIT: Batiks Botanicos: Viva Florida WORKSHOP (2 days): Zen Watercolor with Pre-Registration is required. Session II: Nov 18, 19 & 20 Tuition is due with 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm each day November 21-February 27 Deborah Ross registration. Pay online or Students enthralled by the discovery of EXHIBIT: Tropical Splendor: Garden Paintings by Anna October 23 use charge, check or cash detail will find Botanical Art an amazing Mason & Tom Stephens GUIDED TOUR: Greenhouse Manager Angel Lara (limited; rsvp in our Welcome Center. art genre and will benefit greatly from Admission to exhibits in the Museum of Botany & the Arts is required contact [email protected]) this course. Students will concentrate Registration fees are not Beginners’ Only Watercolor included with admission to the Gardens (members free). All November 16 on one subject to develop drawing prorated. If you do not Sep 12, 19 & 26 and/or watercolor skills in the style artwork is available for purchase; proceeds benefit Selby’s CLASS: Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Garden Thu, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm mission. attend any portion of the of the French Court. Understand the November 22 & 23 This 3-class workshop is designed to importance of Gesture, Contour, and October 12 class, your registration fee WORKSHOP (2 days): Orchids: Jewels of the Rainforest with is forfeited. take the beginning watercolor student explore the Five Elements of Geometric CLASS: Container Gems Anna Mason from inexperienced to comfortable Form. Students will be able to repeat October 18 There are no make-up with the basic tools and techniques lessons from this class at home by For more information about these programs and others, classes for students who of this fabulous medium. Learn color using Ms. Braida’s “Ten Steps...” book CLASS: Rousseau’s Rainforest and to register, visit www.selby.org. miss a regular class session. mixing, creating a basic palette, brush series. Beginners welcome. Interested techniques, working with reference students may pursue a Certificate in Promotion for the displays was made possible through a grant from the Sarasota County Tourist Development Proceeds from classes material, and more in this structured Botanical Art if desired. Tax revenues. support the Gardens. small group workshop. Instructor: Olivia Braida Thanks also to area hospitality partners the Ritz-Carlton, Hyatt Sarasota, Hampton Inn at the Sarasota Instructor: Carolyn Merenda Member, $350; Non-member, $375 Bradenton Airport, Hotel Indigo and Marina Jack for their support of the fall displays. Member, $85; Non-member, $105 Materials Fee: $25 (pay instructor)

8 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 9 New! Rousseau’s Rainforest Painting Beautiful Botanicals in Print the Gardens Yoga in the Gardens PHOTOGRAPHY Fri, Oct 18, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Watercolor Dec 10 & 11, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm both Session I: Sep 9, 16, 23 & 30 days Here’s your chance to learn about the Session I: Nov 2 Session II: Oct 7, 14, 21 & 28 Using the Digital Camera Session III: Nov 4, 11, 18 & 25 French painter Henri Rousseau and Session II: Jan 11 Draw on the incredible diversity Wed, Oct 30, 10:00 am – 1:30 pm Session IV: Dec 2, 9, 16 & 23 his techniques used in his memorable Sat, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm of Selby Gardens’ plants as your 9:00 am – 10:00 am Begin with an overview of the digital primitive jungle scenes. Students will inspiration to design unique nature Enjoy a 1-day introduction to camera and then explore the scenic try Rousseau’s art techniques using prints in this 2-day workshop. Learn Start your week off right by treating watercolor in the French Court and floral potpourri found out in the markers to create their own mini- exciting techniques to transfer leaf and yourself to a peaceful mind/body Yoga Tradition. Students will explore and Gardens. Suggestions will be offered masterpiece. This class is designed for flower images onto various materials. experience in a beautiful garden or record their own live plant while on viewpoints, settings and other ways all abilities. Bring your interest and Create natural art on clothing and indoor setting. Focus is on alignment, learning a little of the extensive history to create a superior picture. Students’ enthusiasm! linens the first day, followed by note breathing techniques and relaxation. of botanical art. New and advanced New! Attracting Hummingbirds to images will be mailed back to them on cards and small botanical prints the For beginners as well as advanced Instructor: Karen J. Schunk students will learn and benefit from Your Garden a CD with helpful tips on improving next. Beginners welcome. students. Member, $35; Non-member, $50 advice given and lessons from this class Sat, Nov 16, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm photo technique. Bring your camera can also be repeated at home with the Instructor: JoAnn Migliore Campisi Instructor: Nancy Zampella Discover how native and Florida- fully charged with plenty of room on help of Ms. Braida’s “Ten Steps...” book Member, $70; Non-member, $85 Member, $55; Non-member, $75 your memory card. series. Materials Fee: $10 (pay instructor) friendly plants can create a colorful and tropical garden that also attracts Instructor: Bob Fink Instructor: Olivia Braida Circle of Life Bracelet a ‘jewel in the garden’ - the migratory Member, $35; Non-member, $50 Member, $95; Non-member, $120 HORTICULTURE Materials Fee: $2 (pay instructor) Materials Fee: $25 (pay instructor) Fri, Dec 13, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm ruby-throated hummingbird. Led by wildlife biologist, ecologist, and owner Growing Orchids in SW Florida Learn basic bead stringing while of Florida Native Plants Inc. Plants New! Nature’s Impressions in Clay creating a bracelet for yourself or as Fri, Oct 4, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Nov 13 & 14, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm discussed will include firebush, tropical a gift. Recycle beads from old jewelry Orchid enthusiasts with some sage, Jatropha and many more. Pressing leaves, feathers and other and add buttons, charms and other experience will get more detailed meaningful treasures you may have. Instructor: Laurel Schiller natural objects into clay tiles, students information on growing many of Member, $35; Non-member, $45 will create beautiful impressions of Additional supplies will be available for Florida’s remarkable native orchids nature in this 2-day workshop. After purchase. and those best suited for our area. Also Orchids 101 curing them in an oven, tiles will be Zen Watercolor Workshops Instructor: Marilynn Shelley enjoy a tour of the many orchids found Sat, Dec 14, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm painted and arranged into a finished Member, $30; Non-member, $45 growing in the Tropical Conservatory. Paint some of Selby’s gems using wall mosaic, inspired by Mother Materials fee: $15 (pay instructor) Are you an orchid novice? You’ll be Instructor: Monroe Kokin Deborah Ross’ fun painting techniques. Nature’s designs. surprised at how easy orchid growing Member, $35; Non-member, $45 can be! Get insightful instruction, Art in the Digital Age Ms. Ross inspires novice and Instructor: Sandy Frick enjoy a power-point presentation and Fri, Dec 13, 10:00 am – 1:30 pm experienced students to become an Member, $65; Non-member, $80 HEALTH & DISCOVERY New! Container Gems tour the orchids found growing in the “enlightened” artist while capturing Materials Fee: $20 (pay instructor) Sat, Oct 12, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Learn how to create multimedia art Tropical Conservatory. Selby’s beautiful orchids, birds, New! Fall Yoga Pass from digital photographs using the Have you longed for a way to add butterflies and more in her Zen-like New! Orchids: Jewels of the Valid Sep 9 through Dec 23, 2013 Instructor: Monroe Kokin instructor’s recommended presets beauty and color to your lanai or patio style. 2-day, 1-evening, and 1-day Rainforest Member, $35; Non-member, $45 for artistic and impressionist brushes. Due to popular demand we are but don’t enjoy the work or watching workshops available. Nov 22, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm and You can then print images at home offering an 8-session registration expensive plants fry in the hot Florida Instructor: Deborah Ross Nov 23, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm on readily available artist’s grade option for students who want the sun? If that sounds familiar, this class is 2-Day Workshop: watercolor and canvas papers. Simple Award-winning British botanical artist freedom to come for 8 sessions but for you. Get step-by-step instructions Oct 23 & 24, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Anna Mason will lead a 2-day workshop may not be able to use them all in 2 mounting tools and techniques will also Member, $100; Non-member, $120 and demos to create low-maintenance showing you step-by-step how to paint consecutive months. The Fall Yoga be demonstrated. Take home an outline 1-Evening Workshop: potted masterpieces, exploding with realistic orchids in watercolor that leap Pass offers students flexibility in the containing all of the above information Thu, Oct 24, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm colors and textures, using plants that off the paper! Learn how to observe classes they choose from September for home use. Create personal gifts for Member, $50; Non-member, $60 thrive in our Florida environment. these jewels of the rainforest and layer your friends or loved ones in time for 1-Day Workshop: through December, and saves a little in Instructor: Maureen McCracken paint to create 3D effects and vibrant the holidays! Fri, Oct 25, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm registration fees as well! See Yoga in the Member, $35; Non-member, $45 color. Beginners welcome, but best Member, $50; Non-member, $60 Gardens for dates and description. Instructor: Bob Fink Member, $35; Non-member, $50 suited to those with prior experience Member, $100; Non-member, $140 Potting & Mounting Orchids Holiday Cards in Watercolor with watercolor. Be sure to view Ms Tue, Oct 22, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Tue, Oct 29, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Mason’s work in Selby’s Museum of Botany & the Arts from November 21, Selby’s knowledgeable Orchid Grower Create and reproduce your own cards 2013. will help you give your treasured plants for the holidays. Color print-outs will Instructor: Anna Mason a new lease on life! Bring an orchid to be provided for reference as well as a Member, $150; Non-member, $175 re-pot for an additional fee. paint-along with Ms. Merenda to guide Instructor: Angel Lara you in creating meaningful keepsakes Member, $35; Non-member, $45 for your family and friends. Potting fee: $10 average, depending on Instructor: Carolyn Merenda size of plant. Member, $35; Non-member, $50

10 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens The Tropical Dispatch September - December 2013 11 27,000 gallons of water. Essentially it’s a closed loop system so the water recirculates after it is cleaned and A SPECIAL purified. The bubble bead filtration INVITATION TO system uses UV light instead of THE COMMUNITY harsh chemicals. He also produced Trustees of the Marie Selby the 12’ waterfall that will have more Botanical Gardens request the than 300 gallons of water cascading honor of your attendance for the per minute! Grand Opening Celebration The rock structures are created from rebar, wire frames and concrete. Then artisans carve, add pockets for ANN GOLDSTEIN plants and layer the surface to add CHILDREN’S texture and shape. Finally they are RAINFOREST Plumeria sp. stained and water proofed. Peter GARDEN Hayes, head of Tandem Construction who managed construction on the project, Saturday, November 9, 2013 called the formations “works of art.” And added, “The epiphyte canyon will be a 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm remarkable area for exploration and discovery as the twists and bends Certified Pools have created will keep thrill seekers guessing for hours.” Guided tours, tropical Mission Impossible: Create An Authentic Rainforest Science played an important role in construction of the rock formations as the refreshments, rainforest structure has to be sound and permanent. Hayes reported that geotechnical and performances and storytelling, Garden Experience for Children & Families structural engineers spent countless hours working to get everything just right – games, activities and and realistic. SO MUCH MORE! Reproduce a tropical rainforest. From scratch. Include rocks, waterfalls and jungle pools, pockets for epiphytes and other plants, a botanist’s field station, swinging rope In closing, Hayes added, “In our Visit www.selby.org for more details 35-year-history, we’ve done all the bridges, engaging educational features for inquiring minds, make it safe and – oh, by the different components – but have way – it needs to be completed in eight months. never worked on a project that’s as unique as the children’s rainforest Construction Team An assignment that would have daunted most sensible people didn’t faze a team of Southwest Florida construction garden. Community-based projects Ann Goldstein Children’s Rainforest Garden At Selby Gardens professionals who are in the final stages of construction on the Ann Goldstein Children’s Rainforest Garden. Opening in are truly meaningful because they November, the new family-friendly feature will provide a rich environment for students and the greater community to General Contractor tend to have far-reaching impacts. It TANDEM CONSTRUCTION learn about field botany, plant science, biodiversity, rainforest ecology, and the importance of conserving plants and the also challenges because it’s not the www.tandemconstruction.com natural world. kind of thing we do every day.” Owner’s Agent MILTON SHENK, LLC If any intrepid readers develop a sudden urge to simulate a tropical rainforest setting 400 miles north of the Tropic of Faux Rock & Aquatic Features Cancer, the following guide will be useful. CERTIFIED POOL MECHANICS www.certifiedpoolmechanics.com Plantings Project Architect HAZELTINE NURSERIES Hazeltine Nurseries chose bromeliads and orchids and native plants to pay homage to Selby’s conservation work and It Takes a Village to Create a Rainforest www.hazeltinenurseries.com mission. Selby’s Director of Horticulture Mike McLaughlin added, “Over time, we will embellish the faux rock with As the Ann Goldstein Children’s Rainforest Garden continues to come to life Structural Engineer epiphytes, vines and other plants from Selby Gardens’ living collection to improve upon aesthetics and authenticity of the STIRLING & WILBUR ENGINEERING at Selby Gardens, contributions from donors have made the dream a reality. www.stirlingwilbur.com feature.” A rainforest fruit garden is also planned on the garden’s eastern edge. If you share our passion for providing an outstanding family landscape where Electrical Engineer Rock & Water Features children can gather for learning and fun, your donation will help inspire future CRAWFORD WILLIAMS ENGINEERING www.crawfordwilliams.com generations about the importance of plants for life. Visit crg.selby.org or call Certified Pool Mechanics, has twenty years’ experience designing and building large-scale aquatic projects. Owner Rob Civil Engineer (941) 366-5731 ext. 266 for more details. GEORGE F YOUNG Gala explained the processes he used to filter and sanitize the water for the 1,000-square-foot forest pool which holds www.georgefyoung.com 12 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens The Tropical Dispatch September - December 2013 13 Ramping Up Research in Selby’s Molecular Labs Genetic Analysis Gives Scientists Clues Into Plants’ History

Selby Gardens was pleased to welcome back Patricia Gomes for her second summer as an International Intern in the Orchid Research Center under the direction of Dr. Toscano de Brito. A postgraduate student in the Department of Botany, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) in Brazil, Patricia is seeking a PhD in molecular biology and a professional career studying orchids.

Patricia’s responsibilities included helping to identify the genetic code of plants in the research study. Specifically, she performed a step known as “amplification”, a precise process carried out on specimen samples to prepare them for DNA sequencing at the University of Florida. DNA sequencing provides a complete plant genetic fingerprinting service for scientific researchers and other plant professionals.

DNA amplification is a time consuming - and frequently frustrating - process. Each day the amplification process consumed a majority of her day and the next morning she would review the fruit of her labor to determine its success or failure. If the amplification was successful, the DNA was transported to the University where it was translated into letter sequences and a permanent electronic record would be created.

Her summer project was sufficiently large enough to amass a significant body of data – more than 300 samples of several different species were studied for five different DNA regions. Patricia performed at least 1500 amplifications before she returned to Brazil in August. She fittingly described her work as playing “beat the clock.” Her thirst for knowledge has made an invaluable contribution to the work of contemporary researchers and will be a legacy for tomorrow’s botanical scientists.

Surveying Environmentally Sensitive Land Along the Myakka River: Visitors to the Museum of Botany & the Arts have been enjoying Batiks Botánicos: Viva A Collaboration Between Conservation Florida featuring the colorful, botanical flair of Colombian artist Angela Maria Isaza Foundation of the Gulf Coast and Selby Gardens that opened in August. Earlier this year, the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast She began exhibiting her unique botanical prints at Selby Gardens in 1983 and, over the engaged Selby Gardens’ botany team to conduct an inventory of years, has acquired a large, enthusiastic following of loyal collectors and art aficionados. Tarpon Point Landing, a property the foundation owns on the Myakka

Batiks Botánicos: Viva Florida Viva Botánicos: Batiks Art MariaColombian Angela Isaza by 17 15 – November August “Batik is a medium that creates mystery, as does the natural world, and not many artists River in North Port. According to CFGC CEO Christine Johnson, “We use this technique,” she explains. EXHIBIT knew working with Selby botanists meant working with the best. The Batik originated in southeast Asia and utilizes hot wax, dyes and natural fibers. Isaza’s inventory told us what we are doing right and what we can improve original works are inspired by the natural world and she recreates that world in vivid, upon in the future.” captivating detail. After graduating from college (she studied art at Marymount College, Although the team found mostly invasive species, their research followed by architecture at the University of Virginia), she returned to Colombia to revealed a threatened plant species, Acrostichum aureum, and work in architecture with her father. In her spare time, she painted. While architectural Tillandsia utriculata which is considered endangered in Florida. They design and technologies influence her work, she says it’s color that gives her the greatest also recommended storing a specimen of Annona glabra (pond apple) pleasure. in Selby Gardens’ herbarium, as it was the first official record of this Her newest collection of botanical creations will be on display and for sale through species in Sarasota County. Selby Gardens’ Laurie Birch and Bruce November 17. Isaza is fascinated by the many colors, color combinations, shapes and Holst led the research effort with assistance from volunteers David details of plants. “Besides their usefulness, God has put them there for us to see. They Troxell and Dave Feagles. They were accompanied by Lee Amos, a former Selby intern, who coordinated the project for the foundation.

are a feast to our eyes,” she adds. Holst Bruce

14 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens The Tropical Dispatch September - December 2013 15 Major Renovation Completed for Field Studies at Selby Expand Learning At the elementary level, Erica Brusoe and Jessica Gardener Selby’s Great Room By the Bay into the Outdoors brought extensive experience working in Title I classrooms to their assignments. Rita Zywica, who teaches science A popular meeting facility and private event venue, The great outdoors provides curious young minds with a in the International Baccalaureate program at Brookside Selby’s Great Room by the Bay, was the beneficiary of rich setting for exploration and discovery. Selby Gardens Middle School and Andy Harshman who leads the School a major facelift over the summer, re-opening with new welcomes thousands of students each year for guided tours, of Excellence in Math, Science and Technology (MaST) at and improved amenities in September. According to talks and hands-on activities. Ann Goldstein Children’s Sarasota High School rounded out the summer teaching CEO Thomas Buchter, the improvements will “help Selby Rainforest Garden will extend even more valuable academic team. Gardens remain competitive and successful in attracting resources during the school year’s second semester. prime wedding and private event business.” Although capacity will initially be limited as Selby staff test A partnership with Mote Marine Laboratory will expand pilots some of the new programs, as additional funding K-12 students’ knowledge of ecosystems through the Offering a stunning view across Sarasota Bay with becomes available and teaching capacity can increase, use of interactive learning. Starting with distance- its 60-feet of glass windows, the facility has been programming will expand. “Our goal is to make learning learning technology in the classroom, participants study transformed into a setting capable of accommodating more diverse event themes and styles. The Gardens coordinates and experiences at Selby Gardens available to all area students ecosystems and experience them in person during field arranges an average of two weddings a week and hundreds of private functions - from galas to small gatherings - each year. and teachers in a customized, high-quality delivery system,” expeditions to Selby or Mote. This learning is brought to life and documented with students recording their on-site The overhaul was literally “floor-to-ceiling.” Flooring, ceiling tiles and light fixtures were all replaced and the interior was Selby’s Director of Education Jeannie Perales adds. experiences and creating a video production. completely repainted. Billowing kite shapes assembled within a ceiling alcove can be accented with colored spotlights, adding additional drama and excitement to any function. Milton Shenk, Tandem Construction and Fawley-Bryant Architects Perales continued, “These planning grants have allowed generously contributed pro bono services to the project. us to dig in deeper, shifting a majority of the learning from classroom to hands-on, outdoor activities.” Units will focus For more details or to book a special event, email [email protected]. on such diverse lesson plans as native plants, bromeliad tank inspection, soil dissection, plant classification (teaching kids Expand Your Horizons how scientists use keys to classify plants in the field), and the famous Fibonacci sequence (also known as the Golden Ratio) SELBY GARDENS LECTURE SERIES whose ubiquity in nature continues to amaze students and The following lectures are offered free of charge. For more information, visit www.selby.org. scientists alike. OCTOBER Wednesday, October 23, Noon – 1:00 pm – Tropical Display House Gems of the Rainforest with Angel Lara Marvel at Selby’s “Gems of the Rainforest” by taking a colorful, guided tour of Selby’s only greenhouse open to the public with Greenhouse Manager Angel Lara. Participation is limited to 20. RSVP [email protected] Little Sprouts’ to Explore NOVEMBER the Rainforest Monday, November 25, 5:30 – 6:30 pm, and 6:30 -7:30 pm Museum of Botany & the Arts Selby Gardens’ Little Sprouts’ Club is a hands-on program for preschoolers and Tropical Splendor: Garden paintings by Anna Mason & Tom Stephens caregivers. This year’s monthly themes, The artists will lead guests on tours of the museum’s winter art display. Selby’s education department was busy over the summer Aloe polyphylla This exhibit of original art presents macro / micro views of tropical colors ‘Rainforest Friends,’ will offer exciting developing exciting new field studies with the goal of and textures and highlights Selby’s plant collections and garden settings. nature-based crafts such as rain sticks In the Children’s Rainforest Garden, all lesson plans will Participation is limited to 30 each session. RSVP [email protected] enhancing learning outside the classroom. “Because we and mask making, games and story incorporate three key learning concepts in developmentally- are relatively small, we are flexible enough to customize time. A light snack is provided. Little appropriate activities and lesson plans. Those concepts programs to meet the needs of many different teachers Sprouts’ Club meets under the banyans are rainforest biodiversity, physical characteristics of the DECEMBER and classrooms,” Perales proudly states. Grants from The the first Tuesday of every month from rainforest and human impacts on the environment. Selby Wednesday, December 18, Noon – 1:00 pm – Great Room by the Bay Patterson Foundation provided funding to hire teachers from 10:30 am to 11:30 is grateful for ongoing support from its education partners: Costa Rica: From the Pacific to the Atlantic Sarasota County elementary, middle and high schools to am. Reservations are The Patterson Foundation, Sarasota County Education Selby’s Director of Botany Bruce Holst will share images and stories of several develop age-appropriate curriculum units. “The teachers all recent trips to this botanical paradise. not required. Foundation, The Arts & Cultural Alliance and the School came with amazing academic credentials,” Perales effused. Board of Sarasota County. 16 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens The Tropical Dispatch September - December 2013 17 Nurturing the Garden A Giving Tree That Keeps on Giving She Loves SPOTLIGHT ON: photos by Mike McLaughlin

Cathy Layton’s love affair with Selby An icon at Selby Gardens, The Wedding Oak is festooned with epiphytes draped along its extended branches. Gardens officially began when she became Sadly, the weight of those branches has caused the tree to lean and sink over the years. If felled by Mother a member about 15 years ago; but the Nature, the lifetime of memories and celebrations this resilient witness has presided over would be gone Gardens has been a significant part of her forever. adult life since she moved to downtown Sarasota in the early ‘80s.

“In addition to its rare, natural beauty, Selby is an economic engine for the City and David Muolo, the County. It’s part of what makes the Gardens Volunteer community unique,” she says about what drives her passion for Selby. With a professional background in construction After 34 years teaching in Syracuse, management, she found her purpose shepherding recent facilities’ projects such NY, David Muolo wanted to give as Ann Goldstein Children’s Rainforest Garden, Great Room by the Bay renovation back to his new community. “I used and Garden Shop improvements. She considers updating an overall master plan to visit when I was on vacation and thought Selby Gardens was a great Selby’s horticulture team employed a two-step process After digging two holes 18” wide by 16” deep to hold the “essential to the organization’s future health and wellbeing.” to extend the majestic oak’s lifespan; jacking up the tree poured-concrete footers, Horticulturist Dan Whitten inserted place. After I retired I decided to with temporary braces until a permanent solution could be a stainless steel pin in the center to give added stability to “When I think about what the Gardens means to people and the community, start volunteering.” In his first year designed. the permanent braces. it seemed a natural fit for my philanthropic interests,” she states. Earlier this of service, he amassed a staggering year, Layton and her husband Pete Russell presented Selby Gardens with a 520 volunteer hours! His volunteer combination bequest and philanthropic contribution toward the newest garden responsibilities include greeting feature opening in November. Her hopes and dreams for the new family-friendly guests in the Welcome Center and feature include seeing more families joining the Gardens, increasing opportunities answering questions at the “Ask for children to indulge in meaningful play and broadening the Gardens’ reach - Me” cart. Somehow he finds time giving people even more reasons to relocate to Sarasota. to volunteer for special events and Lights in Bloom as well. He recently While this level of investment represents the first time the couple has significantly joined the board of the Associates stepped up to match their means to their hearts, as Layton explains it, they are and will chair Wine, Dine & Pine on approaching a time in their lives where “what the future holds” is forefront in their December 5. He hopes his extensive minds. They “see the organization as being fiscally responsible with an engaged, event planning experience will professional management team, committed employees and a talented board.” To Horticulturist Jay Parker cut bevels at the top of the tempo- Hydraulic bottle jacks raised the tree slightly – 2 inches – contribute to “making this year’s rary, pressure-treated pine braces (6” by 6”) to create saddles while waiting for its permanent braces. Once the permanent emphasize her point, she adds, “Our investment feels secure.” event a huge success.” to support the tree branch until the permanent braces could braces were fitted onto the footers, the jacks were backed be installed. out. Their gift will be used to name the garden’s waterfall in honor of their 6 “wondrous” grandchildren ranging in age from 3-11. She quotes a friend who said, “Why wait until you’re dead to make good things start happening in your life?” as inspiration Join Us at the Marie Selby Legacy Thanks to resourceful thinking, for the couple’s legacy. Society Luncheon this Fall! another generation of couples will be able to tie the knot under the Have you included Marie Selby Their generosity will give children in this community a lasting gift … a love of majestic canopy of this popular, Botanical Gardens in your will, or are nature. weathered oak. Because the site is you considering doing so? We’d like a backdrop for momentous occa- to recognize your generosity now. The sions, the team wanted the perma- annual Marie Selby Legacy Society nent solution to add an elegant, Luncheon, sponsored by Northern refined aesthetic to the proceed- Trust Bank is coming this October. ings. They selected peeled cypress Call (941) 366-5731 ext.266 or email logs , sealing the ends with tar to [email protected]. maximize their lifespan.

18 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens The Tropical Dispatch September - December 2013 19 CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE Mrs. Priscilla E. Ruddiman Ms. Susan Davenport Mr. and Mrs. Leif Jacobsen Mr. and Mrs. Kevin North Mr. Paul Tschirhart Cornelia and Richard Matson Benefactors Mr. and Mrs. Skip Sack Ms. Joyce A. De Maria Ms. Roxie Jerde Dr. Betty Y. O’Dell and Ms. Debbie Tschirhart Sarah and George Pappas Ms. J. Allison Archbold The Chairman’s Circle is an Ms. Michael Saunders Dr. and Mrs. Carlo De Rosa Mrs. Anne H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Fred Opie Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Tschudy Patrons and Mr. Hugh J. Bettendorf opportunity for Selby Gardens Mrs. Marjorie L. Schmiel Ms. Helen-Marie Dearden Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Pass Dr. Anton D. Tucker Sylvia Barber Mrs. Jean R. Armour contributors to provide annual Mr. Steve Seidensticker Mrs. Helen Dennis Mrs. Marie Jones Mr. and Mrs. Bob Paulishak Mr. and Mrs. Andy Tugendhat Suzanne and Henry Foster Mr. Jon A. Bakke support for one or more Gardens Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shuff Ms. Patricia Desantis Mr. William R. Jones Mr. and Mrs. James Pavlik Dr. Richard Van Buskirk Ann and Larry Garberding Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Bloch Mr. and Mrs. Bayne Stevenson Dr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Doherty Mr. and Mrs. Jack J. Kahgan Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pease Mr. and Mrs. Paul Varley Marvin Kocian activities about which they are Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Boesel Mrs. Betty Stewart Mrs. Fay K. Donaldson Ms. Cornelia M. Kase and Mr. John Minton Mr. Doug L. Perry Mr. and Mrs. Vincent P. Ventimiglia Gloria Moss Mrs. Lois M. Cardinal especially passionate. Chairman’s Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stottlemyer Ms. Carol Donnelly and Ms. Susana Mapu Mrs. Irene Kauffman and Ms. Konnie K. Kruczek Ms. Jean Walker Laurey and Charlie Stryker Mr. and Mrs. Van G. Carlisle Circle donors enjoy exclusive Laurey and Charlie Stryker Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Duke Ms. Jacinta Kavanaugh Ms. Elizabeth P. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Con Weiser Mrs. Irene Chrisman benefits, including behind-the- Mr. and Mrs. Hobart K. Swan Mr. Michael Duranko Mr. and Mrs. George F. Keane Ms. Andrea Pilch Ms. Kim L. Wheeler Other Operating Support Mr. and Mrs. Michael V. Corrigan scenes experiences for a true Mr. Ronald Taub and Ms. Marcia Jean Taub and Ms. Trudy Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Patrick W. Kenny Ms. Julie Planck Mr. and Mrs. Paul White ABC7 WWSB-TV Ms. Marce Fuller and Mr. Lee De Ovies Mrs. Olivia M. Braida-Chiusano insider’s look at the Gardens. For Mrs. Margarete van Antwerpen Ms. Cynthia J. Dwyer Mr. Jamie Kirkell Mrs. Katherine R. Porter Mr. Carl J. Wild Mr. and Mrs. Norman Dobiesz Ms. Emily Walsh Ms. Diane L. Dyla Ms. Phyllis A. Kirtley Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Potter The Edward and Ruth Wilkof Foundation Carlson Studio Marketing, Inc. information about joining the Ms. Arlena Dominick Mr. and Mrs. Tom Watson Mr. and Mrs. Brian Eckl Mr. and Mrs. Al Klamert Dr. Susan Potter and Mr. Gary Potter Mrs. Dorothy W. Williams Classic Garden Ornaments, Ltd and Ms. Capri Blaskovich Chairman’s Circle, call Ann Logan Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Weiner Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Elder Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Knack Mr. Jan Prokaj Mr. H. A. Williams and Mr. Tom Williams Mr. and Mrs. Joel D. Fedder Mrs. Ann Esworthy at (941) 366-5731, ext. 266. Ms. Janet Wettlaufer Mr. Douglas W. Endicott Mrs. Patricia B. Knasiak Mr. Joel Pye Ms. Tamara B. Williams Ms. Cathy L. Layton and Mr. Pete Russell Ms. Jane Famiglio and Ms. Talia Famiglio Ms. Sally Lynch We are pleased to recognize and Mr. Donald Miller Mr. and Mrs. Martin W. Faust Ms. Deborah Knowles Mrs. Marilyn Rangel Ms. Elizabeth Wright Mr. and Mrs. John Gartner Mr. and Mrs. R. Elton White Mr. and Mrs. Joel D. Fedder Mr. Marvin Kocian Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reed Dr. and Mrs. Fred Wurlitzer Mail It, LLC Ms. Patricia A. Haas the following members of the Mr. Stephen V. Wilberding Mrs. Barbara Feinberg Mr. Ramsey Kraft Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Reston Mr. and Mrs. Frank Yarosh Mattison's Forty-One Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hallock Chairman’s Circle: and Ms. Teri Hansen Ms. Josefina D. Fenix Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Kreit Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Rheingold Mr. and Mrs. John H. Yoder & Catering Company Mr. and Mrs. Larry Jamieson Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Wood Jr. and Ms. Kristin Feninix Ms. Carol H. Kristan Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Richter Mr. and Mrs. John Zeiner Mrs. Elaine B. Meshad Al Purmort Insurance Mr. and Mrs. Michael V. Janes Dr. and Mrs. Fred Wurlitzer Ms. Deanna C. Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. David Kurshan Dr. Mark L. Rieke Ms. Alicia Zoller Microsoft Corp. Marie Selby Gardens Associates Dr. Diana Lager Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zabelle Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ferguson Ms. Emily C. Lane Mrs. Ruth H. Robinson Mr. Nicholas Zoller The Observer Group Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Allen Dr. and Mrs. William Lahners Mrs. Rosalie Fitzgibbons Mr. Gilbert W. Lee Ms. Sally Robinson Mr. and Mrs. William C. Zoller Power Air Conditioning Amicus Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Rudolf J. Mueller ANNUAL FUND Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Foster Ms. Joan Leonard Mrs. Susan L. Robinson Reliant Roofing Ms. J. Allison Archbold Dr. Dennis A. Revicki Ms. Mimi Fowler Ms. Denise H. Leschinski Ms. Jeanne T. Roche Botany RLI Corp and Mr. Hugh J. Bettendorf Mr. and Mrs. Stuart D. Alexander and Ms. MaryLou Poe Mr. and Mrs. William K. Francis and Ms. Catherine Wieczorik Dr. and Mrs. Leonard R. Rosen Sarasota Bromeliad Society Sarasota Magazine Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bak Mr. and Mrs. Doug Allen Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Reuwer Ms. Josephine E. Franz Ms. Sharon Leshner and Mr. Doug Hess Mr. A. David Rossin Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Schunk Ms. Shivan Sarna Bank of America Client Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William I. Arbuckle Mr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Robertson and Mr. Russell A. Gill Mr. and Mrs. Melvin L. Lestock Ms. Marsha C. Roth Serbin Printing Mr. and Mrs. Ian Rolland Mr. and Mrs. Antony Borthwick Ms. J. Allison Archbold Corporate Matching Gifts Mrs. Ann M. Gamble-Blechta Mr. William Lewis and Ms. Susan Grundy Mr. and Mrs. Murray Roth SNN6 Dr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Romano Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Buchter and Mr. Hugh J. Bettendorf The Boeing Company Mrs. Edeltraude Geipel Ms. Harriet Leyden Mrs. Priscilla E. Ruddiman Tornado Construction Ms. Cathy A. Schawk Casto Management Services, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James Armour ChevronTexaco Matching Gift Program Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Gewirtz Ms. Cynthia Lichtenstein Mr. and Mrs. William Rusling The Versatility Group Ms. Nancy Schroeder Mrs. Pattie B. Clendenin Marie Selby Gardens Associates ExxonMobil Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Tom Giles Dr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Lignelli Mrs. Lenore Sayers De Funes Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Scully Dr. and Mrs. Kelvin Cooper Ms. Susan Bailey GE Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Godshalk Mr. Philip Lindenbaum Ms. Gail P. Schaeffer STEWARDS OF THE EARTH Dr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Cornell Ms. Lesley Baker IBM Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Larry Goichman Mrs. Joan M. Lipsky Mrs. Patricia C. Schemm Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Stottlemyer Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Cuza Mrs. Ruth A. Barker Matching Grants Program Stewards of the Earth is Marie Mr. and Mrs. Peter Goldbecker Ms. Phyllis Loewengart and Ms. Lynn S. Harding Mr. Thomas Wilson Dart Foundation Ms. Mary Baxter Pfizer Foundation Selby Botanical Gardens’ premier Mr. Samuel P. Gotoff Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G. Logan Mr. Keith A. Scholl and Mr. Patrick Crimmings Mr. Dan Denton Mr. Robert O. Becker Matching Gifts Program Ms. Kathy Greager Mrs. Ruth Ann Logan Ms. Nancy Schroeder membership organization. Mr. and Mrs. David Denton Mr. William E. Betzer, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Woods Mr. Edward T. Green James M. and Patricia R. Lombard Mrs. Helen Schwartz Stewards share a common vision: The Frank E. Duckwall Foundation, Inc. Dr. Frederic F. Bigio Education Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Griffin Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Scully to discover and preserve wild Patrons Mr. James E. Duffy Dr. Janet Bisset and Dr. Kevin Madden Mr. Sandy Rederer Rev. and Mrs. Roy Gulliford Ms. Jan Lovelace Mr. and Mrs. Timothy G. Seidenkranz Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Elder Mr. Ronald E. Boring places, to cultivate a reverence Mr. and Mrs. Darryl F. Allen Mr. Douglas T. Gurak Mr. and Mrs. J. Donald Lynne Mr. and Mrs. William M. Seider Dr. and Mrs. Fritz Faulhaber Mr. and Mrs. Antony Borthwick Grants for the living world, and to Mr. and Mrs. Hal Alterman and Ms. Mary M. Kritz Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Madden Ms. Susan H. Serling Mr. and Mrs. Martin W. Faust Mrs. Susan G. Boston The Arts and Cultural Alliance generously support the mission of Drs. James and Nancy Amberson Mrs. Linda J. Habif Ms. Eloise Malinsky Mrs. Charleen Sessions Mr. and Mrs. Joel D. Fedder Mr. Edward J. Boulton of Sarasota County Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Armitage Ms. Julie Hagen and Mr. Mark Mattheys Mr. and Mrs. Neal Marcus Mr. and Mrs. William C. Sexton the Gardens. Mr. and Mrs. William T. Forrester Ms. Amy Boyd and Mrs. Hedy Boyd Sarasota County Commissioners Mrs. Sylvia S. Barber Ms. Kay K. Hale Mr. and Mrs. David Marks Ms. Jane E. Shannon Founders Garden Club of Sarasota, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Bragg Woman's Exchange Mr. and Mrs. James A. Armour Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bear Mr. Jay Handelman Ms. JoAnn Matray and Mr. Paul W. Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Brennan Mr. John W. Bean Dr. Jeffrey S. Beard Mr. and Mrs. Julian R. Hansen Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Matson Mrs. Joan S. Shaver Horticulture Mr. Robert D. Hevey Mrs. Martha F. Brown and Ms. Alexandra Jupin-Bean and Dr. Margita V. Beard Ms. Lise Harman Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Maurer Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Shelley Mr. John T. Golitz Mr. Charles Huisking Mr. and Mrs. John H. Buchanan Mr. Ronald E. Boring Mr. and Mrs. Keith Bednarowski Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Harrison Ms. Catherine L. McCaskill Mrs. Kimberly Sherrod Gulf Coast Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Buchter Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Buckley Mr. and Mrs. David Berkowitz Mr. Peter Hayes and Mr. Brian Leaver Ms. Myra J. McClure Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Singmaster Orchid Ball Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Donal Bush Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Bernstein Ms. Linda Heller Ms. Mary J. McGinty-Underwood Mr. Richard Smolens Diamond Sponsor Mr. and Mrs. Steve Knopik Mr. A. Scott Bushey Mr. John F. Cuneo, Jr. Mrs. Libby Besse and Mr. Arnold Moskowitz and Ms. Jennifer Sara Mr. and Mrs. James Sortore Sarasota Magazine Mr. Marvin Kocian Mr. and Mrs. John Buzilow Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Degnan Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Biegel Mrs. Jeannie Hendrick-Perales Mr. and Mrs. James H. McGuire Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Stafford Platinum Sponsors Mrs. Beverly L. Koski Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Caltagirone Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dow Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blackburn and Mr. Daniel Perales Mr. and Mrs. Fisher K. McKown Ms. Marion Stanton David Lee Holland Ms. Cathy L. Layton and Mr. Pete Russell Dr. Richard Cardozo Ms. Kimberly S. Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Blekicki Ms. Ruth E. Herrman Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McLean Ms. Pat F. Steck Mindy and Wayne Rollins Mr. Harry Leopold Ms. Grace Carlson Mrs. Ann M. Gamble-Blechta Ms. Elsie S. Bracken and Ms. Martha Herrman Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. McQuillan Mrs. Lorene C. Steffke Gold Sponsors Linnie E. Dalbeck Mrs. Cheryl M. Cason Mr. and Mrs. Julian R. Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hersberger Mr. and Mrs. Alvin E. McQuinn Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Steinwachs Ariane and Robert Dart Memorial Foundation Trust Mrs. Elizabeth Chalker Mr. Peter Hayes and Mr. Brian Leaver Mr. and Mrs. David W. Brandenburg Mrs. Janet E. Hevey Mr. and Mrs. Eugene T. McShea Ms. Jane Stephenson and Mr. Robert Ray The Observer Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G. Logan Ms. Sandra Chapnick Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Holly Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Bridgford Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Hicks Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mellgren Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Stone Silver Sponsors Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Matson Ms. Belinda M. Chase Mr. and Mrs. E. Russell James Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cahn II Ms. Paula Hollins and Mr. Kenneth Clark Ms. Christie Meloan Laurey and Charlie Stryker Black Bird Home Gallery Mrs. Nathalie McCulloch Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Chase Ms. Cornelia M. Kase and Mr. John Minton Ms. Claudia N. Cannon Mrs. Elizabeth W. Holman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Merrill Ms. Amy Sullivan Margie and Kelvin Cooper Ms. Virginia Miller and Ms. Carol Miller Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Chismar Ms. Deborah Knowles Mr. Michael K. Connelly Mr. Bruce Holst and Ms. Susan Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Steve Merriman Mrs. Patty Sullivan Ellen and Joel Fedder Mr. and Mrs. Francis Misantone Mr. John Clarke and Ms. Lorna Clarke Mr. Daniel R. Long III and Ms. Susan Kretz and Ms. Meg Mahoney Mr. Clifford Hornsby Mr. and Mrs. Steve Metz Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Sutherland Gulf Coast Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Keith Monda Mrs. Pattie B. Clendenin Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Luzier Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Conover and Mrs. Mary F. Hornsby Ms. Patricia A. Michaels Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Bibb Swain Hazeltine Nurseries Mrs. Gloria Moss Dr. Deborah Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Allan B. Miller Ms. Helene Crawford Mrs. Clare E. Howell Ms. Treanne Michel and Mr. David Steiner Mr. and Mrs. Hobart K. Swan The Misantone Family The Observer Group Ms. Sarah W. Colandro Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Misantone Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dentice Mr. and Mrs. Richard Howland Mr. Daniel Miller Mrs. Mary L. Swanton Northern Trust Bank Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perret Dr. and Mrs. Keen Compher Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Nimtz Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Echlin Mr. and Mrs. Crandall B. Huckins Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Mills and Mr. S. Michael Kozubek Michael Saunders / The Porter Foundation Switzerland Ms. Robin S. Connor Ms. Donna T. Rourke Dr. and Mrs. Albert B. Eisenstein Mr. and Mrs. Ove Hultin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Minehardt Dr. Kiat W. Tan Nora and Billy Johnson Mrs. Alice W. Rau Mr. and Mrs. John J. Corcoran Mrs. June Schechter Mr. and Mrs. David D. Eller Ms. Judith Hydeman Mrs. Gloria Moss Mr. and Mrs. James P. Tantalo Serbin Printing / Mail-It, LLC Mr. Sandy Rederer and Ms. Joni Steinberg Mr. and Mrs. Paul Corologos Mrs. Sylvia M. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ellin and Ms. Jennifer Crooks Mr. David A. Muolo Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tatham Tandem Construction Rita B. Lamere Memorial Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Crootof Mrs. Kate B. Wickham Mrs. Ruth O. Frank Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ihrig Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Murray Mr. and Mrs. Roger E. Thibault Margarete van Antwerpen Mr. and Mrs. O. Wayne Rollins Ms. Barbara Culbertson Mr. and Mrs. John P. Gaffey Mr. and Mrs. William B. Irish Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Newberry Mr. and Mrs. Ron Trachtenberg The Windsor of Lakewood Ranch Mr. and Mrs. Chris N. Romine Ms. Kathryn Cunningham Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Gibeau Benefactors Mr. and Mrs. William P. Danner Dr. Mae L. Jackson and Mr. Allyn Smart Ms. Margaret Noble 20 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens The Tropical Dispatch September - December 2013 21 Mrs. Valerie E. Gill and Mr. Warren Clark Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Crisci Mr. and Mrs. Albert Haab Mr. and Mrs. William R. LaFollette Mr. and Mrs. Calvin P. Owen Ms. Marilyn Spencer Memorial Bench Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Godshalk Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Andrews Ms. Candria Crisp Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Haar Mr. Nick Hopkin Drs. Babette and James Pachence Mrs. Anne Spindel In Memory of Charles Flueck Mr. Alfred R. Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Andriola Mrs. Jane R. Daganhardt Mr. and Mrs. Edward Halloran and Mr. Nick Lambert Mr. and Mrs. Jack Panoyan and Miss Stephani Spindel Ms. Rosetta M. Flueck and Family and Mrs. Jean Weidner-Goldstein Mrs. Elaine S. Arzberger Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Daku Mr. and Mrs. James P. Halstead Ms. Louise Lamphier Mr. Roderick Smith Ms. Linda L. Spivey Mrs. Cynthia J. Guiles Mr. and Mrs. Bud Aspatore Mr. and Mrs. Alfred D’Alessio Mrs. Dorothy B. Hamill Ms. Jean E. Langdon and Lois Patterson Dr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Spoor Memorial Contributions Mrs. Hedwig Hamer Mr. and Mrs. Ken H. Bachman Mr. and Mrs. William P. Danner Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Ellis L. Lasberg Dr. and Mrs. Peter A. Pav Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Spore In Memory of Jim Herrington Mr. Elam Hertzler Mr. and Mrs. C. Dan Bailey, Jr. Mr. Kurt F. Daume Mr. and Mrs. Keith Hamilton Ms. Dorothy E. Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. John W. Pearce Mr. and Mrs. Harvey D. St. John Mr. and Mrs. Harold Josephson Mrs. Janet E. Hevey Mr. and Mrs. H. Whitney Bailey Mr. and Mrs. John C. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Hanson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Leach Mr. and Mrs. Jim Peelor Dr. and Mrs. John M. Steele In Memory of Victoria Regina McGrath Mr. and Mrs. George G. Hicks Mrs. Ruth A. Barker Mr. and Mrs. J. David Day Mr. Richard C. Harmon Ms. Nancy C. Ledding Mr. and Mrs. David T. Peirce Mr. and Mrs. David Stetson Mr. and Mrs. Skip Conkling Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hoban Mr. and Mrs. Andrew E. Barnes Mr. and Mrs. Dale De Haan Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Harrison and Ms. Susie Berger Mr. and Mrs. John F. Peirson Mr. Michael Strebel Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hurwitz Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Hollstadt Ms. Bonnie Barton Mr. and Mrs. James De Haan Mr. and Mrs. James V. Hartlage, Jr. Ms. Margret Lehnert Mrs. Betty K. Phillips and Ms. Karen N. O’Shea In Memory of Dorothy McSweeney Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jacobson Mrs. Sarah R. Barton Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Delaney Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hase and Mr. Leo Orye Mr. and Mrs. William A. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Strong Ms. Donna Agostino Dr. and Mrs. Harold Joels Mrs. Carmen Baskind Mr. and Mrs. David Denton Dr. and Mrs. Jess Hawke Mrs. Alison Levin Bishop Mrs. Audrey Pinney Ms. Elizabeth Sublett Dr. Catherine Bergschneider Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Dexter P. Baum Mrs. Zita Desenberg Mrs. Alice Hawrilenko and Mrs. Ruth Levin Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Planck Mr. and Mrs. John J. Sullivan Ms. Catherine Burnett Mrs. Betsy Kane-Hartnett Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Beck Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Diedrich Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Heard IV Mr. and Mrs. Gordon I. Levine Dr. and Mrs. Iren J. Pober Mrs. Eva R. Talbert Ms. Sheila Camuso Mr. John B. Kemp Mr. and Mrs. Gregory H. Belew Mr. and Mrs. Matt Dobbins Mrs. Antoinette Herber Ms. H. Lee Levins Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Porter and Ms. Sara de Godoi Mr. and Mrs. Richard Geiger Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kreiss Councilman and Mrs. Rebecca Donelson Dr. and Mrs. Alfred D. Hernandez Dr. and Mrs. Richard Lewis Ms. Patricia Porter-Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tate Ms. Deborah Jones Ms. Sharon Leshner and Mr. Doug Hess Mrs. James H. Bennett and Dr. Robert Blattberg Ms. Claire E. Herzog Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Lewis Mr. and Mrs. William E. Power Mr. and Mrs. Scott B. Taylor Ms. Joan Kelleher Ms. Kyle K. Lundquist Mr. and Mrs. James Billingsley Mr. and Mrs. Murray Duffin Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heusner Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Light Dr. and Mrs. John A. Puleo Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Testwuide, Sr. Ms. Mary Lou Maloney Ms. Martha Bremmer Dr. Janet Bisset Mr. and Mrs. Joel E. Dyckes Mr. and Mrs. Lance Hewitson Mrs. Betty Lindenberg Mr. and Mrs. Henri L. Quintal Mr. and Mrs. Richard Theidel Ms. Sharon Parker Mrs. Nancy M. Marcotte and Dr. Kevin Madden Mr. and Mrs. George H. Edmonds Mr. Christopher L. Hicklin Mr. and Mrs. Per-Erik Lindqvist Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Rakowski Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Thevenin Ms. Marcia Prophet Dr. Chetica A. Maus Mr. Donald H. Bittner Mr. and Mrs. Roger Effron Mr. Gerald F. Hill Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Mrs. Jean K. Ranallo Mr. and Mrs. Harold N. Timmer Ms. Marion Stanton and Mr. David W. Maus Dr. Daniel J. Blacklow Dr. Alvar O. Elbing Lt. Gen. Jerome B. Hilmes Mrs. Joan M. Lipsky and Mrs. Rose Sujdak Mr. John A. Timoshenko Dr. Ronald Watanabe Mrs. Nathalie W. McCulloch Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Bladstrom and Dr. Carol J. Elbing Ms. Jean Hall Hinckley Mr. John F. Lo Russo Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Ray and Mr. Steven G. Timoshenko Mr. Ben Meluskey Mr. and Mrs. Douglas F. Blake Dr. Catherine M. Elliott Mr. Emil G. Hirsch Angelina Loetschert Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Rayevich Mr. and Mrs. Roger Tinney Tributes Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Merriman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blalock and Dr. Douglas R. Elliott and Mr. Bernard D. Hirsch and Christian Tschudi Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Reams Ms. Deborah Tomczyk In Honor of Nat McCulloch Mrs. Maria R. Molnar Mr. and Mrs. Willard Block Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ericson Mr. and Mrs. Rod Hollingsworth Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G. Logan Mrs. Nora Lea Reefe Ms. Janet C. Trettau Ms. Sandra Swan Mr. and Mrs. Peter Morris Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bommer Mr. and Mrs. Robert Essner Ms. Ann B. Hollins Ms. Elizabeth Lucchesi Mr. and Mrs. Antone A. Reeves III Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Tschudy In Honor of Cora Persy’s birthday Ms. Christina Narr Mrs. Marjorie S. Bonnett Mr. and Mrs. Zachary R. Estrin Mr. and Mrs. John Hopper Mr. Philip Reiss and Mrs. Lynn Lyons Mr. and Mrs. S. Ted Reiner Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turffs Ms. Carroll P. Jenkins Mrs. Elinor M. Neal and Ms. Margaret S. Kaminiski Mr. and Mrs. Alan Esworthy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Howe Ms. Jill Lyons Mr. Gary Remmen Mr. and Mrs. Philip Turk In Honor of Sandy Rederer Mr. and Mrs. Patrick K. Neal Mr. Robert L. Booth Mr. and Mrs. William Eubank Mr. and Mrs. Terry D. Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Vytas Maceikonis and Ms. Beverly Barish Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Turner Mr. and Mrs. John L. Mason Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Neef Mr. and Mrs. Gil Bosse Mr. and Mrs. Paul Euwer, Jr. Ms. Sandra R. Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maciag Mr. and Mrs. James Repp Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Urso In Honor of Rona Ross’s birthday Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Newberry Mrs. Elaine M. Boyer Mr. and Mrs. Richard Evans Mr. John Hurt Mr. and Mrs. Sean Maher Ms. Joan K. Resker Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Vance Ms. Karen Ross Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Niewijk and Mrs. Christy Boyer Ms. Barbara B. Falcone and Ms. Mary A. Findling Ms. Laverne Mahloch Mr. and Mrs. M. William Rex Mr. and Mrs. Peter Vandermark Butterfly Garden Walkway Bricks Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nobel Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Brennan Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Falkner Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hutchins Mr. and Mrs. Ralph S. Major, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Luis Rivas Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Vecci in Memorium Mr. and Mrs. James Padilla Mr. Edward Brickman Mr. and Mrs. S. David Farr Mr. Peter Imrik and Mr. Eric Bowyer Mr. and Mrs. John Manatt Mr. and Mrs. John H. Rixse Mr. and Mrs. Vincent P. Ventimiglia In Memory of Evan Beck Dr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Pope Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brodkin Dr. and Mrs. Cary Findlay Mrs. Barbara T. Ives Mr. and Mrs. Morton Mandle Mr. Daniel E. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Mike Venz Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Beck Mr. and Mrs. Henry Porter Mrs. Margaret R. Brown Ms. Tracy Fitzpatrick Mr. Orton P. Jackson, Jr. Ms. Rachel K. Mann Mrs. Mary Ann Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wagner In Memory of Irene Franz Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Potter Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brown Mrs. Shirley Foss Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Leo H. Roi Mr. and Mrs. Rolf Wagschal Ms. Amanda K. Birney Mr. Charles J. Prizer Mr. and Mrs. James J. Buck Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Foster Mr. and Mrs. Rick L. James Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Maschino Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rosenblum Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Walker In Memory of Judy Lasher Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Richman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Budny Ms. Ellen Fox and Ms. Lyn Fox Mr. and Mrs. Oliver J. Janney Dr. and Ms. David Massari Mr. and Mrs. Sam D. Roth Mrs. Eleanor Watson Mr. and Mrs. Irving Press Ms. Sally Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Burgos Mr. and Mrs. Herman Frankel Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. John Mr. and Mrs. Henk Mastenbroek Mr. and Mrs. Uzi Ruskin Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Watson Ms. Anna B. Thorson Dr. Thaddeus S. Rodda Ms. Nancy S. Bushnell Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fritsch Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johns Dr. and Mrs. Martin H. Max Mr. and Mrs. Alan Sachs Mr. and Mrs. Dana Watts Ms. Katharine S. Westie Ms. Catherine S. Rodriguez and Mr. Victor G. Reiling, Jr. Mr. Thomas L. Olson Mr. and Mrs. Poindexter M. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan McCagne Mrs. Risha Samuelson Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Webel Dr. Jane Zarzecki Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Rossberg Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Butler and Ms. Elizabeth B. Fugazzi Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Dennis S. McChesney Mr. Alex Rigopulos Mr. and Mrs. Dick Weerts and Mr. Jim Ketcham Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rubinovitz Ms. Patricia Buttenheim Mr. and Mrs. Steve Fyffe Mr. and Mrs. John P. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Michael McCool and Ms. Sachi Sato Dr. Karen C. Weiner In Memory of Dr. David L. Krusing Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Salisbury Mr. and Mrs. Louis W. Cabot Mrs. Silvia K. Galmarini Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Jost Mr. Michael L. McGrael Mr. Eugene P. Dunlap and Mr. J. L. Weiner Ms. Kathleen L. Kunde Mr. John F. Carson III Ms. Nancy W. Callis and Mrs. Maria Galmarini Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jowett Mr. and Mrs. Jim McInteer and Ms. Kirsten Schmidt Mrs. Mildred Weissman In Memory of Randolph J. Plewak and Ms. Agnes M. Schipper Dr. Richard Cardozo Mr. and Mrs. Ed Garno, Jr. Mr. Jack Kallis Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKean Mr. and Mrs. William G. Schmus Dr. and Mrs. John D. Welch Mrs. Gwendolyn D. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Werner Schuele Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Cardwell Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gawron and Ms. Marna Cogswell Mr. and Mrs. Mike B. McKee Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Schoenke Dr. and Mrs. Stanley G. Werner and Family Dr. Judith F. Shank Dr. John W. Carrier Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. Geier Dr. Michael Kalman Mrs. Edith V. Mehiel Mr. Thomas W. Schulte Ms. Kim L. Wheeler In Memory of Sarah Plewak and Mr. Stephen G. Shank and Mr. Peter Rutherford Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Geithner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David Karoub Mr. and Mrs. L. Scott Merritt Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Schwartz Dr. James J. White Mr. Jeffrey F. Plewak Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Starostecki Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd W. Carter Mrs. Martha S. George Mr. Richard G. Katz Mrs. Margrit Messenheimer Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Schwartz and Mrs. Anne M. Jacobi-White Ms. Karen Stewart and Mr. Doug Zartman Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Case Ms. Lisa Gialdini Mrs. Margretta P. Kauffman Ms. Sally Miller Mrs. Anita B. Scott Dr. Penny H. Hill Bricks in Tribute Dr. and Mrs. David Sugar Mr. and Mrs. James Cash Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. Giever Mr. and Mrs. George F. Keane Mr. Dom Monge Mr. and Mrs. Niranjan Seshadri and Dr. Lawrence Wild In Honor of Chuck Prizer Mr. and Mrs. Roger E. Thibault Ms. Irene Cass Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gill Mrs. Betty J. Keil Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moore Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Settle Mr. and Mrs. William A. Wildhack Mrs. Bonnie W. Prizer Ms. Barbara Thomason Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Chase Mr. and Mrs. Jordan E. Gillman Mrs. Margaret Z. Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Morrisroe Mr. and Mrs. William C. Sexton Dr. and Mrs. Stan Williams In Honor of Connie and Jim Ring’s 25th Mr. Charles Thomson Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Christ Mr. and Mrs. Herbert B. Gofman Mr. Richard Kemmler Mr. and Mrs. Alan Mossberg Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Shackelford Mr. and Mrs. Tom R. Williams Anniversary and Mrs. Sara Fields-Thomson Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Christian Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Goggin and Mr. Nicolas Curpluk Dr. and Mrs. Earl M. Mumford Mr. and Mrs. Harvey M. Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Lawlor Ms. Phyllis Werber Mrs. Mary H. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Goldner Mrs. Nancy Kennedy-Wood Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Murray Ms. Marleigh C. Sheaff Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Winkofske In Honor of the Sanford Family and Mr. Matthew F. Ruch Ms. Patricia K. Clark Mrs. Charlotte P. Gollobin and Mrs. Melissa Mohammed Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Nathanson and Mr. Stephen Bracker Ms. Leone Levy Mr. Bruce R. Sanford Mr. and Mrs. R. Paul Westpheling and Ms. Cynthia Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Dan Goloveyko Mr. and Mrs. Patrick W. Kenny Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Naylor Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Shepard, Jr. and Ms. Cassandra Winters In Honor of Karen Sawdai Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Cobb Ms. Gail Gorlitzz Mr. and Mrs. William Kestelik Dr. and Mrs. Philip K. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Simon Shlenker, III Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wittlinger Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sawdai Mr. and Mrs. John A. T. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Ric Coffey Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Gossett Mr. and Mrs. John E. Kidd Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Newman Mr. and Mrs. Murray Sidman Mr. and Mrs. Dale Woodling In Honor of E.A. Stewart Ms. Marie Cohen Mr. Samuel P. Gotoff Ms. Sarabeth King Ms. Margaret Noble Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Sieve Mr. and Mrs. John W. Woods III Mr. and Mrs. David B. Hoffberger Supporters Ms. Rosemary Coleman Mr. and Mrs. John H. Gove Mr. Lorin K. Klukas Mr. James F. Noss Mr. and Mrs. John Simensen Dr. Elzbieta Wozniak Mr. and Mrs. Robin G. Adair Mrs. Phyllis C. Collins Mr. Edward T. Green and Mr. Bill Wood Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. O’Connor Mr. Michael Sims Ms. Norma Jean Wright Mr. Gary Albert Mrs. Martha T. Combs Ms. Sandra R. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. James J. Knicos Ms. Leslie O’Dell and Ms. Grace W. Winkler Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Yamin and Mr. Jim Shoemaker Mrs. Marjorie Connor Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Greene Mr. David Koehlinger and Mr. Glenn Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Curtis L. Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Young Mrs. Barry Alexander Mr. and Mrs. N. Perry Cook Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Grenier and Dr. William Ayer Ms. Chris A. Olson Mrs. Nancy L. Smith Dr. John J. Yurosko Dr. Janet E. Allgair Mr. Robert E. Copeland Mr. and Mrs. Larry Grescoviak Mr. and Mrs. Stewart L. Kohn and Mr. Jim Eccleston Mr. and Mrs. W. Haywood Smith Mr. and Mrs. W. Paul Zampol and Dr. George W. Allgair Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Cordes Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Griffith Mr. and Mrs. George Kokolis Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Orders Ms. Cynthia O. Smyth Dr. and Mrs. Ruan Jin Zhao Dr. Arthur Ancowitz Mr. and Mrs. Warren Coville Mr. and Mrs. Norman Gross Mr. Michael R. Krupp Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Orders Ms. Christie Soffel Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zimmerman Mr. Richard Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Coyle Mr. and Mrs. William L. Guisewite Mr. and Mrs. Walt Kuerschner Mr. and Mrs. David Osborn Mr. and Mrs. Zuheir Sofia Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie M. Zinn Ms. Dolores Andrew Mrs. Catherine B. Cranor Mr. and Mrs. Gary Gulden Ms. Jennifer LaFemina Mr. and Mrs. Peter Osgood Mr. and Mrs. James Sortore

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Lights in Bloom

December 20-23, 26-30 - Nightly from 6:00 to 9:00pm Add sparkle to the holiday season during the annual Lights in Bloom celebration!

Explore Selby Gardens and view life-size garden-themed holiday lights presented by Lights in Bloom creator Bob McComb. Don’t miss the chance to see the new Ann Goldstein Children’s Rainforest Garden decked out with holiday lights for the first time. Enjoy festive live music while dining on grilled entrees, delicious kids’ “Merry Meals,” and delightful holiday snacks. Children of all ages will love exploring the rainforest garden aglow with holiday lights. Kid-friendly activities, such as creating fun crafts, will be available in the Kids’ Corner. Santa and his elves make an appearance December 20-23, so remember to bring your gift list!

Additionally, guests will marvel at the festive décor in the Museum of Botany & the Arts. The Christy Payne Mansion will be transformed into a tropical wonderland for the holidays with whimsical, tropical décor and greenery with pizazz.

Tickets for Lights in Bloom, which will include admission to the Museum, are available December 2 at www.selby.org or at the Welcome Center. 24 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens