TROPICALPICAL dispatch JANUARY-APRIL 2018 IN THIS ISSUE ature is full of surprises. What takes place so instinctively in MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO VOLUME 45, ISSUE 1 BOARD OF TRUSTEES the plant world always presents scientists opportunities for new Michael J. Wilson, Esq., Chair N discoveries. Sometimes the understanding of the lifecycle of a single Message from the President and CEO...... 3 Pauline Wamsler Joerger, Vice-Chair J. Allison Archbold, Esq., Secretary fern or a particular orchid can create wholly new understandings of NEWS...... 4-5 Arthur M. Wood, Jr., Treasurer entire environments. This innate curiosity is what drives our botanists Beverly Bartner at Selby Gardens. I’m proud that the latest issue of our scientific journal, FLOWER POWER Andrew M. Economos, Ph.D. Selbyana, (see page five) continues to expand the knowledge base Warhol Essay by Carol Ockman, Ph.D ...... 6-8 Jean Weidner Goldstein about epiphytes and hope that the work undertaken by our team and Teri A Hansen WARHOL-RELATED EVENTS our founders will inspire and inform botanists for generations to come. Katherine A. Martucci It could be argued that the same curiosity of what lies right in Lectures, After-Hour Events, Children's Activities Daniel M. McDonald and Classes...... 10-11 Wayne Rollins front of us pushes artists, too. Specifically, I’m talking about Andy Warhol, the 20th century visualist whose work chronicled everyday THE PLANTS OF WARHOL Sharyn Weiner Margaret Wise objects, including flowers. This year’s Jean and Alfred Goldstein Horticulture's Take on Andy Warhol ...... 9 Jennifer O. Rominiecki, President and CEO interdisciplinary exhibition, Warhol: Flowers in the Factory, provides a A MASTERFUL PLAN fresh look at the man who was known more for pop than plants. Selby Gardens' Future New Look ...... 12-13 ADVISORY COMMITTEE On page nine you’ll learn about some of the plants our horticulture Teri A Hansen, Chair of the Advisory Committee team will use in the stylings of Warhol in living plant displays, and our ONCE UPON A TIME Gerri Aaron Beverly Koski curator’s essay beginning on page six makes the case for Warhol’s A Look Back at Three Lasting Weddings...... 14 Norbert P. Donelly Martin Kossoff "NATURE IS under-appreciated love of nature. Once again we’re offering many Martin Faust Dr. Elaine Marieb FAMILY EVENTS ...... 15 ways to experience this exhibition, from cultural performances and William Gamble Nathalie McCulloch FULL OF lectures to special classes. I hope you’ll return often to enjoy all that EVENTS & EXHIBITS ...... 16-17, 20 Barbara Hansen Charles Murphy we have planned. Katherine Harris Alice Rau SURPRISES." CLASSES ...... 11, 18-19 Stephen Hazeltine Sandy Rederer In this issue you will also find several stories about some of the many Gary Heard Michael Saunders volunteers who give their time, and their hearts, to Selby Gardens. We VOLUNTEERS...... 21-23 Rod Hollingsworth Charles Stottlemyer certainly could not operate without every single one. Carolyn Johnson Dorothy Stottlemyer SUPPORT & DONORS ...... 24-27 It’s no surprise then that we will certainly rely on all of our volunteers Nora Johnson Joseph Strosnik Wilson M. Jones Dr. Laurey T. Stryker and members in the upcoming years as we work to make our master GeeDee Kerr Peggy Wood site plan for Selby Gardens a reality. This opportunity for Selby Would you prefer to receive your Tropical Dispatch electronically? Marcy Klein Gardens to be fully imagined as a leading botanical garden in whole If so, please email us at [email protected] to be part of our is detailed on pages 12 - 13. The plans are forward-thinking, but also conservation efforts. MISSION keep our heritage in focus. To provide an oasis of inspiration and I look forward to seeing you in the Gardens often in the months to come. tranquility, while furthering the understanding and appreciation of plants, especially epiphytes. Cheers,, PROGRAM SPONSORS ABOUT THE COVER Selby Gardens programs are sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division JenniferJennifer O.O RominieckiRominiecki A hint at what the Selby Gardens' Horticulture team is of Cultural Affairs; the Florida Council on Arts developing for one of their Warhol: Flowers In the Factory and Culture; and are paid for in part by Sarasota exhibition displays. County Tourist Development Tax Revenue Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, commend the garden for its thorough strategic Photo by Darren Erickson. Sarasota’s living museum, has and master planning processes and its astute fiscal again achieved accreditation management and debt reduction, which have HOURS & ADMISSIONS by the American Alliance of improved the overall organizational health of the Garden Hours The Gardens are open 10 am – 5 pm every day except MEMBER ADDRESS CHANGES Museums, the highest national institution.” Christmas Day. Please check the website for special Mail: Membership recognition afforded the nation’s event and weather closings. Accreditation is a very rigorous but highly rewarding Marie Selby Botanical Gardens museums. Admission Members: Free Adults: $20 811 South Palm Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236 process that examines all aspects of a museum’s Children 4-17: $10 3 & under: Free Email: [email protected] “The garden’s strategic plan is outstanding, and is no operations. To earn accreditation a museum first Connect with Us! @selbygardens Phone: (941) 366-5731, ext. 231 doubt a significant driver of the exemplary results must conduct a year of self-study, and then undergo Accredited by the achieved since the last review,” said Burg Logan, a site visit by a team of peer reviewers. Tropical Dispatch ©2018 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens American Alliance of Museums Chair of the AAM Accreditation Commission. “We 2 3 NEWS SUPPORTING A NEWS SISTER GARDEN 3,000 DISCOVERIES

ollowing September’s Hurricane Irma, Selby Officer of Naples Botanical Gardens and recent FGardens was extremely lucky with damage Floridian transplant from Missouri Botanical ... and Counting being limited to much debris, downed trees (none Gardens, was there to greet the Selby Gardens Dr. Carlyle Luer (far left) with his wife, Jane, in Bolivia, 1991. of our historic, iconic trees), and some broken glass team. Along with typical heavy storm damage, in our greenhouses. We were closed for a week. a few prominent trees were lost as well as a he latest edition of the research journal of Marie substantial amount of canopy cover. As is often Other botanical gardens across the state did not TSelby Botanical Gardens, Selbyana, includes seen among botanical gardens, help soon came fare as well. So, following our own cleanup made new work about the orchids of Bolivia from one of from other gardens. Joining Selby Gardens in the possible with the help of 50 volunteers, a group our key garden founders, Dr. Carlyle Luer. The peer- Luer’s creativity in naming new orchids draws on cleanup efforts were crews from Missouri, Chicago headed south to Naples at the end of that month reviewed, scientific publication has been published his deep knowledge of Latin. Some new species and Fairchild botanical gardens, which sent people to assist our colleagues with their continued post- for more than 40 years, providing hundreds of in this new issue of Selbyana with amusing names to assist with the ongoing recovery. hurricane repairs. Naples Botanical Gardens was articles about epiphytes. include: hit hard by Hurricane Irma and remained closed The Selby Gardens group broke into three teams At 95, Luer, the founder of Selbyana, is considered • Stelis ballatrix From the Latin ballatrix, "a ballet nearly two weeks after the storm. to assist with planting and mending irrigation the most prolific taxonomist in the history of orchid dancer," referring to the leaf and stems. issues. Elsewhere, Naples staff braced partially- It was an early start to the day as Selby Gardens’ research. Following a distinguished medical career, uprooted trees, ferried newly arrived flowers and • Stelis fons-stellarum From the Latin fons- employees and volunteers loaded into a van and including serving as an internist and surgeon for bromeliads to be planted, replaced mulch and stellarum, "fountain of stars," alluding to the headed south towards Naples at 6 a.m. The further Marie Selby herself, Luer has published more than repaired anything else showing the effects of numerous tiny flowers. south we went, electric power trucks became a very 3,000 species new for science. common sight on I-75, as were signs of damage. Irma. The overall mood and atmosphere belied • Stelis punchinello Named for Punchinello, a In addition to his written descriptions of orchids, Many trees were knocked down and large highway the hot, dirty and sweaty work being done. celebrated, comical puppet. Luer has also illustrated all of his works, as well as signs twisted flat, fences knocked over and huge Everyone seemed to be laughing and smiling, and those of many other botanists, a feat admired by • Stelis varicella Named for varicella, the piles of tree debris were a common sight. appreciation for Selby Gardens' presence was frequently expressed. Dr. Antonio Toscano de Brito, Selby Gardens’ staff diminutive of Variola vera (small pox), the Donna McGinnis, President and Chief Executive orchidologist. virus that causes chicken pox, referring to the multiple pustules on the sepals. “The amount of illustrations and descriptions make him unique in the history of botany and taxonomy,” Toscano de Brito's favorite of Luer’s published Toscano de Brito said. “He has illustrated more scientific names is Dracula, an orchid genus of Gauging Hurricane species than he has described. This probably makes about 100 species mainly distributed in Ecuador, him the most productive botanical illustrator ever.” Colombia and Peru. “He used the name because of the strange appearance of the flowers,” Toscano de Director of Botany Bruce Holst suggests that Luer Impacts On Epiphytes Brito said. “Dracula literally means “little dragon.” may be among the top five people in history for He went even further and named a species Dracula publishing accounts of new species, counting him vampira as the flowers of this species are so strange among the ranks of Carl Linnaeus, the inventor of that they resemble a flying bat. Vampira means a A team of Selby Gardens’ research botanists and The proposed project, pending funding, will examine the system of naming plants and animals, as well vampire. Vampirus is actually the scientific generic associates, along with faculty from New College trees at six sites throughout Florida, some natural as other botanical heavyweights like the Swiss name of bats.” of Florida, have proposed a project that seeks to and others more urbanized. Results from this project botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle and the examine the interactions between epiphytic plants would provide homeowners valuable information Dutch-born Baron Nikolaus von Jacquin. All three Selbyana is devoted to publishing original research and downed trees resulting from Hurricane Irma. about how to mitigate negative impacts of extreme of these men published voluminously in the 18th on tropical plants, with an emphasis on epiphytes and their forest canopy habitats. Research topics Specifically, they aim to examine how different weather events. The project also could have strong and 19th centuries, but with very brief descriptions include taxonomy, ecology, floristics, natural history, epiphytic species weathered the storm; were they conservation implications, especially for epiphytic, and mostly without illustrations. native bromeliads, which are currently under attack conservation, biology, phytogeography, anatomy, able to hold on to their host tree or did they get blown “Carl Linnaeus described roughly 10,000 species, by an invasive weevil and are now listed as of cytology, morphology and physiology. Most back to the ground? Furthermore, does the number of but his descriptions were comprised of a sentence or conservation concern. issues are available through our research library. To epiphytes in the canopy interact with other features of two and without illustrations, whereas Carl's detailed request copies, email [email protected]. The cost the host tree to determine if that tree will be uprooted descriptions are hundreds of words long and he is $50. by such powerful winds? illustrated many of his new species,” Holst said.

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Photojournalist Bernie Boston captured this scene on October

; of techniques and media, namely silkscreen, pencil, informed by the space age, TV, the computer 21, 1967 at a rally to end the war in Vietnam of a protestor placing a carnation into the barrel of a rifle held by a soldier. The acrylics and Day-Glo Paint. Warhol’s process in these era, socialism, and sexual liberation it produced. photograph was nominated for the 1967 Pulitzer Prize. Boston works, which enabled the printing of multiple images, But he also seems to have glorified the banal and documented the American social and political scenes from the involved transferring the photographs he had chosen superficial in ways that anticipate the triumph of 1960s to the 1980s. and cropped to the mesh of a silk screen, then passing mass culture and the waning of the intellectual. Do " Bernie Boston , an inked squeegee over the mesh so that the image his impersonal images simply record the surface would print onto the canvas below. of our media-crazed culture, as detractors aver, Large and brightly-colored, the dark backgrounds or do they address issues of death, suffering, and commemoration, as enthusiasts claim? Is this art to

Rochester Institutue of Technology Institutue Rochester of the prints might be said to compromise their "Flower Power "Flower © cheerfulness, alluding to the transience of flowers on consume in the seeming haste with which Warhol the one hand, but also to the violent images Warhol and his assistants churned it out or is it art for produced just before: the Death and Disaster series, reflection? Perhaps both/and rather than either/or the Most Wanted Men series and portraits of the is the answer. recently dead Marilyn Monroe and recently widowed WARHOL & NATURE, PAST & PRESENT Jackie Kennedy. In fact, midway through the Flowers Born Andrew Warhola, son of a Slovak-American coal debut exhibition, Warhol added 42 silkscreened miner in 1928, the self-styled Andy Warhol left his FLOWER portraits of Jackie, drawn from press photographs of native Pittsburgh in 1949 for New York, straight out the assassination of JFK. of Carnegie Tech (today Carnegie Mellon University). On the heels of a hugely successful career as a commercial artist, he established the Factory on East “LAND REALLY IS 47th Street in the heart of Manhattan. THE BEST ART.” - ANDY WARHOL, POWER AMERICA, 1985, P. 169 Over the years the blooms recreated in Flowers have been identified alternatively, if incorrectly, as BY CAROL OCKMAN, Ph.D., Curator-at-Large, Selby Gardens anemones, nasturtium and pansies. They actually represent hibiscus, which grow profusely at Selby Warhol: Flowers in the Factoryy will be on view at

. Gardens, if not in Warhol’s landscapes. Although Marie Selby Botanical Gardens from February 11- the Flowers were reproduced and reprinted to June 30, 2018. the point of illegibility, as is the case with most of the artist’s works, the source was something he copied: a photograph from the cover of Modern onsummately cosmopolitan and cool, Andy Photography magazine by its Editor-in-Chief, CWarhol in the great outdoors seems like an Patricia Caulfield. The subject is Hibiscus fragilis or Mandrinette, currently listed as “critical” on the red The Hopper Art Trust The oxymoron. And yet, the man referred to as “the Pope f

o of Pop,” known for multiples of deadpan Campbell’s list of the International Union for Conservation of Bushy rock rose at the Andy Warhol Preserve, Montauk y Soup Cans, portraits of celebrities and the Death and Nature and Natural Resources, with only 36 wild (New York). ©Maria Terese Barbaccia Disaster series, made 10,000 flowers over the course specimens still extant around the world. of his career. Flowers weren’t a one-time fascination for Warhol. In 1972, together with film associate Paul Morrissey Warhol: Flowers in the Factoryy explores the surprising, From his early commercial illustrations to later work from the Factory, Warhol bought 15 acres of stony and little known, role of nature in Warhol’s art and life. from the mid-80s just before his untimely death, beach in Montauk at the tip of Long Island, NY. In The centerpiece of this innovative exhibition are four there are many examples of botanical imagery the early 1980s he purchased another 40 acres of of the artist’s silkscreens of Flowerss on generous loan in the artist’s body of work. Complementing the undeveloped land in Missouri Heights near Aspen, from the Williams College Museum of Art. four hibiscus prints in our exhibition are two very CO. Warhol hosted celebrity guests, including different prints ofPoinsettias originally made by Jackie Onassis, Truman Capote, Mick Jagger and “SCREENING” FLOWERS Warhol as holiday cards for friends. On loan from Dick Cavett, on his New York oceanfront property Made in 1964 in his new work headquarters, dubbed the private collection of Sarasota art patron Flora before gifting it to the Nature Conservancy some the Factory, this series constituted Warhol’s debut Major, they evince, nearly 20 years after the 60s years before his death. It is now The Andy Warhol that fall at the cutting edge Leo Castelli Gallery, whose “Flower Power” movement, Warhol’s long-lived Preserve. In Colorado, where he went to ski, Warhol stable of contemporary artists included Jasper Johns, preoccupation with nature. left the acreage wild, confessing to a reporter of The Robert Rauschenberg and Frank Stella. These prints When creating his Flowers in the 1960s, Warhol drew Aspen Times, “I’m not going to build on it, it’s too are striking because they are the artist’s first works from the media revolution that exploded alongside pretty.” He even directed a foundation to support the to defy a clear sense of orientation—they have no revolutions in the streets of Chicago, Paris, Prague preservation of urban parks. In short, Warhol was an

Warhol with Flower," (1964) © Dennis Hopper, Courtes (1964) © Dennis Hopper, with Flower," Warhol clear top and bottom—and because of the melding advocate of conservancy. " and Mexico City along with alternative cultures

6 TROPICAL DISPATCH z JANUARY-APRIL 2018 7 EXHIBITIONS HORTICULTURE EXPLORE THE FLORAL PLAYGROUND replicates the “all-American” fare served at the For this exhibition, Warhol subsumes the Factory’s opening party, which, according to garden much as his by now familiar images and dealer Ivan Karp, “launched the sixties.” THE PLANTS OF formats have reconfigured our world. In the mansion: reproductions of historic photographs A keynote lecture by the Curator will take place show us the Factory—entirely covered in February 12. (see page 10) aluminum foil and silver paint—and its stable Sources: of “superstars”—in dialogue with Warhol’s • Ric Burns, “Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film,” forays into nature; facsimiles of the artist’s 2006 preparatory sketches chart the evolution of the Flowers and reveal his signature grids; • Kelly A. Cresap, Pop Trickster Fool: Warhol and select antiwar images from the sixties Performs Naivete, 2004 take us back to the time of “Flower Power.” In • Thomas Crow, “Saturday Disasters: Trace and the conservatory and gardens: living displays Reference in Early Warhol,” 1987 emphasize the repetition, modular designs • Michael Lobel, Andy Warhol Flowers, 2012 ike many landscape architects, the visual artist as some of the plants featured in Warhol’s works to and seriality of Warhol’s work as well as the LAndy Warhol was inspired by the repetition create vivid floral and plant displays that will take over prominence of the hibiscus and poinsettia • Matt Wbrican, “A View From the Archives,” of shapes, bright pops of color and the full force the conservatory and gardens beginning in February. families on the grounds; and a food truck Warhol’s Nature, 2015 positioning of a primary object. Our horticulture team Here are some plants to look for as you explore the has drawn inspiration from these concepts, as well exhibition in the months to come:

n 1965 wh en An dy W arh ol w as el ectrify yin g N ew Y ork at hi s Hibiscus - as part of the Neoregelia - As part of Iworkkspace ddubbedd “Thhe Factoryy,” not everyone was in ffavoor Malvaceae, or mallow family, the Bromeliaceae family, of the escapades taking place there, including the late Alfredd TO there are approximately Neoregelia is plentiful at R. Goldstein of Sarasota and supporter of Selby Gardens’ PLEA 300 species of hibiscus. This Selby Gardens. The colorful exhibition series which bears his name. A plant family also includes centers of this popular On November 15 of that year Goldstein, president of Elk Realty okra, cotton, cacao and even bromeliad will be used to STOP THE in New York City, which owned The Factory, sent a letter to the Bombax trees found on create a modern pattern in Warhol about parties being held at 231 East 47th Street. A our property. the conservatory. portionportion ofo the letter read: PARTYING "We havee bbeen advised that you have been giving parties in the fourth flooo r space occupied by you. We understand that theyy are generallyra y large parties and are held after usual office hours. Sunflower - Sunflowers are Madagascar Periwinkle We have foounnd that your guests have left debris and litter in the part of the Asteraceae family, (Catharanthus roseus) - public areasa wwhich you have never bothered to clean.” which also includes daisies, This ornamental plant grows chrysanthemums, lettuce well throughout the tropics Goldstein wewent on to remind Warhol that the indiscretions and artichokes. Placement worldwide, and some weren’t permir itted in the building and violated his lease. Alas, of groups of Helianthus subtropical areas, including parties at Theh Factory continued until 1968. will evoke a sunflower field Sarasota. Its pink and white, While this talle has been documented by many online where Warhol was famously five-petal flowers will be publications in recent years, including The Huffington Post, photographed with some used to inject color into our Goldstein himsem elf did not recall the letter when made aware of of the paintings from the outdoor scenes. it last year. “Flowers” series. “Oh, that was prrobably sent because there were these nuns Tillandsia tectorum - a that had a plaacee in the building and they saw some things Poinsettia - These native quick glance at this large, tht ey didn’t wantn to see,” Goldstein said with a laugh during an Mexican plants from the white, almost fuzzy tillandsia innterview. spurge family (Euphorbia and you’ll understand the pulcherrima) are ubiquitous inspiration comes from during the holidays thanks Warhol’s unmistakable hair- to their red and green do. While this plant doesn’t foliage, but they actually like hot, humid climates, we grow well outdoors in will take advantage of the subtropical climates. The drier, cooler months early in red color comes from the the exhibition to put it on display. right combination of long, dark nights and sunny days. Warhol’s Poinsettias are on display in the museum, and plants from this family in our living collection will be highlighted. Jean and Alfred Goldstein in 2012. 8 MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS z WWW.SELBY.ORG TROPICAL DISPATCH z JANUARY-APRIL 2018 9 WARHOL EVENTS WARHOL CLASSES FEBRUARY 12 • 8:30 AM AT MICHAEL'S ON THE BAY Selby Gardens is proud to present these special EXHIBITION KEYNOTE BREAKFAST: WARHOL classes inspired by the life and work of Andy Warhol. For our full season of classes in horticulture, the WARHOL'S FLOWER POWER CLASSES arts, wellness and photography, see pages 18-19. with curator-at-large, Dr. Carol Ockman Focusing on Warhol’s first silkscreens of brilliantly hued flowers from Print the Warhol-Inspired need: a 2-color mix of seed beads, 2 Swarovski crystal flower the early 1960s, Carol Ockman, Selby Gardens’ Curator-at-Large, Gardens beads, wire, and a pair of sterling or gold-filled earwires. explores the confluence of events that catapulted him to rock star Feb 15 & 16 Instructor: Marilynn Shelley fame: his increased use of silkscreen, which permitted him to churn out April 18 & 19 Class Fee: $50 (Members $40) Materials Fee: $7 (pay instructor) large numbers of images each day; the establishment of the Factory, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Draw on the incredible diversity of Selby the vast studio space that not only enabled the mass production of Gardens’ plants as your inspiration to Gelli Plate Printing à la art works but also the fabrication of superstars; and the sociopolitical design one-of-a-kind nature prints in this Warhol phenomenon of “Flower Power” itself. Ockman addresses Warhol’s two-day class. Learn exciting techniques work methods, sources and the question of meaning in his work to transfer leaf and flower images onto both paper and fabric. Wed, March 28 10:00 am - 3:00 pm before turning to the artist’s surprising, if abiding, concern for nature Create natural art on clothing and linens the first day, followed by note cards and small botanical prints the next. In recognition of the Experience the joy of monoprinting in both his art and life. Andy Warhol exhibit, special emphasis will be placed on printing without a press thanks to the gelli $50 Friends of the Gardens~Associates; $75 General Admission flowers. No previous experience is necessary. plate, a product that looks and feels Instructor: JoAnn Migliore Campisi like gelatin and can be used again Class Fee: $90 (Members $70) MARCH 14 VARIATIONS ON A THEME: and again. We will create one-of- Materials Fee: $15 (pay instructor) a-kind prints using textures, stencils, household items and ANDY WARHOL AND HIBISCUS acrylic paint. Once you start, you won’t want to stop! with Dr. Larry Dorr, The Smithsonian Museum of Pop Art into the Butterfly Instructor: JoAnn Migliore Campisi Natural History Garden, Warhol-Style Class Fee: $65 (Members $50) Andy Warhol established himself as a Pop artist with Hibiscus published in Modern Photography, was March 14 & 15 Materials Fee: $5 (pay instructor) paintings of repeated images of everyday consumer his original source. After a brief discussion of the 10:00 am – 2:30 pm objects such as soup cans, celebrities and death purported identity of Warhol’s Hibiscus, emphasis Just for fun, come and play in the Add POP! To Your Writing world of Pop Art Warhol Style. The and disaster. In 1964, he began a series of paintings will focus on the great diversity in this well-known Butterfly Garden will become a Retreat entitled Flowers. A photograph of a species of genus. Free with general admission. Noon. source of inspiration as you discover April 4 upbeat and artistic approaches for 10 to 3 PM APRIL 11 WARHOL’S NATURE illustrating simple subjects such as butterflies, bugs and Be inspired by the exhibition with Dr. Chad Alligood, Chief Curator of flowers. Experiment with Andy’s “blotted line technique.” Warhol: Flowers in the Factory and American Art at The Huntington Embellish with rubber stamps, stencils and his unique style add POP! to your writing projects. of repetition and pattern to create art that “pops.” All levels Learn new techniques to approach This talk will explore Andy Warhol’s surprising innovative and surprising ways. We will examine welcome! any project with a mind-blowing lifelong engagement with nature as subject matter. works from every decade of the Pop icon’s long Instructor: Marcy Chapman “out of the box” creativity - and redefine your inner artist Although well known for his responsiveness career, from his earliest drawings as a commercial Class Fee: $90 (Members $70) and writer. Get ready for writing exercises to stretch your imagination to release your subconscious artist. It’s a to popular culture and advertising, Warhol illustrator through his later paintings of flowers Materials Fee: $15 includes papers (pay instructor) Happening process and fun! You can even dress for the simultaneously explored the natural world through and wildlife. Free with general admission. Noon. Warhol's Roses 60’s if you like! Open to all genres of writing. No prior his work, depicting landscapes, flora and fauna in writing experience necessary. Mon, March 26 Instructor: Gail Condrick 10:30 am – 2:30 pm WARHOL Capture the essence of Warhol's Class Fee: $65 (Members $55) roses in the traditional style Materials fee: $5 (pay instructor) of watercolor washes and line techniques he created while painting Warhol Cats! along with the instructor. Open to all Mon, April 23 levels. 10:30 am – 2:30 pm Instructor: Carolyn Merenda An introduction and demonstration AT SELBY GARDENS Class Fee: $65 (Members $50) of Warhol's famous cats using his approach to applying flat watercolor Experience Warhol's world at nighttime Hibiscus Earrings Inspired washes enhanced with line to create viewings of the exhibition, along with inspired simple contour shapes of cats with performances by some of our area's best. AT SELBY GARDENS by Warhol minimal detail. Open to all levels. (Ticketed event) Tues, March 27 Instructor: Carolyn Merenda Spend Saturday mornings enjoying fun children's 10:00 am – 2:00 pm FEB. 21 - SARASOTA OPERA Class Fee: $65 (Members $50) art and nature activities inspired by the exhibition. Use your "flower-power" to create MARCH 14 - PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM/ these colorful pop art hibiscus FREE with general admission. SUNCOAST earrings inspired by Andy Warhol's APRIL 11 - SARASOTA BALLET FEB. 24, MARCH 17, APRIL 21, botanical images. Use wire and a MAY 16 - FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE MAY 19 AND JUNE 16 color choice of warm or cool beads JUNE 13 - SARASOTA ORCHESTRA to design these fun and easy earrings. Kit includes all you'll

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The first phase of the three-phase master site plan includes the Sky Garden and Parking Terrace (1), which includes our plant shop, (2) Jean Goldstein Welcome Center and Nathalie McCulloch Research Library; and the Plant Research Center (3) for housing our preserved collections and administration offices.(4) Palm Avenue is preserved as a pedestrian-only thoroughfare through the Gardens.

ore than 40 years ago, Marie Selby left her Mproperty in our care to preserve an oasis of green space in the midst of downtown Sarasota. Her executors created the world’s only botanical HIGHLIGHTS: research garden specializing in epiphytes, or air plants such as orchids and bromeliads. While still in early phases, we have a Since then, Selby Gardens has become a leading botanical garden in the United States new site plan that: This view from the arrival court off Palm Avenue looks west The Bunya Bunya garden in front of the Welcome Center and and internationally. Through our research and • Increases our green space by 50 toward Sarasota Bay through the Welcome Center with the Sky Plant Shop will offer a pedestrian-friendly entry and "parklet" education, we are committed to plant conservation Garden to the north. Water cisterns below the Sky Garden will into the Gardens. The area will include seating and is overlooked and ensuring everyone we reach understands that percent harvest and clean rainwater runoff. by a rooftop restaurant. plants are essential to all life on earth. • Includes water access While our work has progressed, our 15-acre bayfront property found itself still in need of • Increases parking capacity and the infrastructure a botanical garden requires, organizes visitor experience especially considering future sea level rise to protect our collections. As Selby Gardens moves • Includes a demonstration site into the future we envision an improved master for green building technology, site plan that shares with our more than 200,000 such a large solar energy plant, visitors each year the important work conducted here. These improvements move our scientific Stormwater collection and reuse, and living collections out of flood zones and into nature based water purification, secure structures using the latest green building green walls and roofs and urban technology. We are proud that this plan upholds our past and also ensures Selby Gardens’ future, food gardening Outside of the Welcome Center water features will demonstrate Upon completion of Phase One, a two-story greenhouse which has significant scientific importance. It also the latest technology in water conservation and purification. complex is envisioned along Palm Avenue, allowing Selby Gardens to protect its living collection and showcase a greater allows us to expand on Marie’s original gift to the number of our rare plants. community, but envisioned at the highest level.

12 MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS z WWW.SELBY.ORG TROPICAL DISPATCH z JANUARY-APRIL 2018 13 FAMILY FAMILY O pon a time... nce u ince Selby Gardens first began hosting weddings in the late S1970s, thousands of couples have married here. Each decade has brought many cherished moments, along with timely styles and trends. Here we admire the love cared for by couples who consider Selby Gardens part of their personal stories.

• January 4-6, 2018 • March 1-3, 2018 Ilene & David Denton, Sarasota, FL • February 1-3, 2018 • April 5-7, 2018 Wedding Date: May 28, 1978 Join us monthly from 10:30 to 11:30AM in the Ann Goldstein Children’s Where they said "I Do:" Under the Banyan Trees Rainforest Garden. Preschool-aged children and their families are invited to explore Fun, Fabulous Florida! Celebrate the treasures of Why Selby Gardens: It was the first year Selby the Sunshine State, exploring different Florida plants, animals, and Gardens allowed weddings, but no parties afterwards places through sensory stations, themed arts and crafts, science – we couldn’t even pop a bottle of champagne. activities, story time and free play. FREE with general admission. (Happily, times have changed.) Instead, we had our post-ceremony celebration at the old Women’s Club SPONSORED BY: on Cocoanut Avenue. Words of Advice: Find something to appreciate about your spouse every day. “Even 40 years later, I marvel APRIL 1 • EASTER BRUNCH at David’s wry humor, kind heart and keen intellect,” Families come together for an Easter Brunch that includes a visit Ilene said. from the Easter Bunny and Easter Egg Hunt. Multiple seatings Heidi & Daniel Bodor available beginning at 10 AM at Michael's On the Bay. Wedding Date: September 5, 1998 $80 for non-member adults, $70 for members Where they said "I Do:" Overlooking the water at $30 for children ages 4-11, children 3 and under are free the southern point. MAY 13 • MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH Why Selby Gardens: "I am a native Sarasotan and Selby is the most beautiful place here," Heidi Mothers are treated to a beautiful bayside brunch with the entire said. "So we thought it would be fitting to 'tie the family. Multiple seatings available beginning at 10 AM at Michael's knot' there. We will never forget looking out at the On the Bay. gorgeous view of the water right at sunset." $80 for non-member adults, $70 for members $30 for children ages 4-11, children 3 and under are free

APRIL 18 - MAY 6 SHAKESPEARE IN THE GARDENS Candace & Matt Smith, Tampa, FL RETURNS! Wedding Date: March 12, 2011 “MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING” Where they said “I Do”: Under the Schimmel Wedding by William Shakespeare Pavilion Why Selby Gardens: Matt proposed at Selby Gardens, the couple’s favorite place. “We have come every year on or near our anniversary to visit. We are both in love The Bard’s most mature comedy with some of his most Beatrice’s cousin Hero, at which point disdain turns with photography and enjoy taking photos of the memorable characters, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING into enormous and unexpected passion. MUCH ADO orchids,” Candace said. will be performed outdoors at Selby Gardens this ABOUT NOTHING is a wild comedy that poignantly Words of Advice: When you get married, two do spring. The entire ensemble of second year graduate delves into issues of honor, shame and politics. not become one. You become a team of two. Each actors from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Tickets are available only through Asolo Rep. Visit person brings their own special ideas and talents to Training will take the stage for just over two weeks www.asolorep.org or call the box office at 941-351- make a dream team. Therefore, you both have to give for this tale of sworn enemies Benedick and Beatrice. 8000. it your all. Well, they’re enemies until the impending marriage of

14 TROPICAL DISPATCH z JANUARY-APRIL 2018 15 EVENTS EVENTS THE ORCHID BALL 2018 WINE & DESIGN Learn how to design gorgeous, custom flower WINE & DESIGN arrangements as we partner with floral gurus and a celebrated wine tasting room to bring you a night of wine and luscious design. Our instructors will provide a selection of flowers and guide you through the construction of your very own fresh floral arrangements while our partners at Michael’s On East keep the wine and fromage flowing. Purchase tickets at selby.org. LEAD SPONSOR: $125 Non-Member, $115 Member MARCH 7 • FLORAL FASCINATORS APRIL 4 • FLOWER ARRANGING WITH From the elite runways to the pages of Vogue, BELLA MEYER floral headpieces enhance today's chicest fashion Join noted floral artist Bella Meyer for an evening designs. Explore the art of botanical headwear that of fantasy. Meyer, the granddaughter of renowned goes well beyond the basic flower crown. Weave artist Marc Chagall, creates custom, theatrical-like orchids, ranunculi and anemones into a floral floral sculptures large and small, and in this intimate fashion statement guaranteed to turn heads. setting she will share insights into the techniques of floral design and suggestions for inspiration. GARDEN MUSIC SERIES SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2018 This spring our Garden Music Series of concerts returns to a monthly performance schedule. Please HOSTED BY: join us on the Great Lawn once-a-month for these Liebe Gamble - Katie Hollingsworth - Ashley Kozel - Emily Stroud inspired performances: February 25: Chuchito Valdes THE AFTER PARTY March 18: Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones an evening behind the velvet rope April 22: Enrique Chia A tribute to the 1970's most legendary nightspot, glamorous May 20: Ari and the Alibis sophistication and Andy Warhol's favorite social scene. June 17: Diego Figueiredo with Chiara Izzi FREE with general admission. For sponsorship and table information, email [email protected] APRIL 4 • LUNCH IN THE GARDENS Join renowned floral artist Bella Meyer, founder WEDDINGS, MICHAEL’S ON THE BAY offers a variety of beautiful indoor of fleursBELLA, for lunch along with a discussion and outdoor spaces that can about floral art, along with a demonstration tied to CORPORATE accommodate a full range of events, the Warhol exhibition. Purchase tickets at selby.org. & PRIVATE EVENTSTS from intimate gatherings to corporate EVENT CO-CHAIRS: Beverly Bartner, Renee meetings. Michael’s on the Bay at Hamad and Nikki Sedacca Selby Gardens is Sarasota’s premiere An urban oasis indoor event facility. SERIES CHAIRS: Jean Weidner Goldstein, Teri A on the beautiful A Hansen, Margaret Wise Sarasota Bayfront, the Gardens offer a • 4,800 sq/ft LECTURE SERIES stress-free environment conveniently • Panoramic sunset and bay views SERIES SPONSOR: located near hotels and resorts, and • 250 seated/350 theater-style close to downtown shopping, dining and • Equipped with full multimedia and A/V options. APRIL 20 • GARDEN TO PLATE WINE business facilities. Onsite catering at all facilities is DINNER provided by Michael’s On East, the Save The Date for a multi-course dinner by most respected event vendor in the Michael's On East with wine pairings under the region. Banyans.

For more information, please contact Michael’s On East Catering Department at 941-366-0007 or email [email protected].

16 MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS z WWW.SELBY.ORG TROPICAL DISPATCH z JANUARY-APRIL 2018 17 CLASSES CLASSES Marie Selby Botanical Gardens offers a wide Winter Yoga Pass Potting & Mounting Orchids PHOTOGRAPHY COMMUNITY variety of classes taught by experts in their field. Valid Jan 8 through Apr 23, 2017 Session I: Wed, Feb 28 Whether you want to brush up on your watercolor Session II: Wed, April 11 NEW! Dancing in the 11:00 am – 1:00 pm skills or create a scrapbook, if you want to get CLASSES your hands dirty planting orchids or improve your Gardens Orchids 101 Session I: Jan 5, 12, 19 & 26 photography, or even if you just want to start your Sat, March 3 Session II: Feb 2, 9, 16 & 23 NOTE: See page 11 for classes related to 10:00 am – 12:00 pm day with relaxing yoga, there’s a class for you. Session III: Mar 2, 9, 16 & 23 Warhol: Flowers in the Factory. Session IV: Apr 6, 13, 20 & 27 Care & Mounting of ART CLASSES Zen Watercolor Workshops Sumi-e and Haiku – Painting 9:00 am – 10:00 am Epiphytes One-Day Workshops: Feb 8, 9 or 10 & Poetry NEW! Winter Dance Pass Session I: Wed, March 7 10:00 am - 1:00 pm March 29 & April 5 Valid Jan 5 through Apr 27, 2017 Session II: Wed, April 25 10:00 am – 3:00 pm 11:00 am – 1:00 pm NEW! Sumi-e Workshop with Singing in the Gardens From Smart Phone to Frederica Marshall NEW! Ikebana, Japanese March 2, 9, 16, & 23 Smartly Fabulous: Become Feb 19 & 20 Flower Arranging…Minimalist 10:00 am - 12:00 pm a Better Photographer at 10:00 am – 3:30 pm Magic Selby! April 12, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm & April 13, Jan 12, 19 & 26 10:00 am - 1:00 pm 10:00 am – 1:00 pm NEW! Spritzing, Spattering, 20 Quick Tips to Improve Sponging, French Rule & Your Photography More Advanced Watercolor Thurs, Jan 11 Techniques 10am - 1pm Tues, April 24 Adobe Lightroom 12:00 - 5:00 pm NEW! Unlocking the Wed, Jan 24 Borucan Mask Painting Mysteries of Plant Essences – 1:30 – 4:30 pm Mon, Jan 8 NEW! HEALTH & Aromatherapy 10:30 am – 2:30 pm Tarashikomi NEW! Poems of the Living Creating Natural Portraits DISCOVERY April 6, 13, 20 or 27 Feb 22 & 23 World: Writing in the with Photography Intermediate Watercolor 10:00 am – 3:30 pm 1:30 – 3:30 pm Gardens April 6: History and Daily Uses of Essential Wed, Jan 31 Session I: Jan 9, 16 & 23 1:30 – 4:30 pm Session II: Feb 6, 13 & 27 Painting Postcards in the Jan 24, 31 and Feb. 7, 14 & 21 Oils - From Cleopatra to Chanel: Herbalism Session III: Mar 6, 13 & 20 Gardens 10:00 am-12:30 pm to Aromatherapy; and Botany vs. Chemistry Exposed: Behind the Scenes vs Alchemy Session IV: Apr 3, 10 & 17 Session I: Thurs, March 1 Photography Tue, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Session II: Thurs, April 26 HORTICULTURE April 13: Plant Sciences: Plant Signatures Wed, Feb 21 – Language of Plants and Their Gifts; Gelli Plate Botanical Printing 10:00 am – 3:30 pm 2:30 – 5:30 pm NEW! NEW! Walking the Fragrant Investigating Essential Oil Authenticity; and Thu, Jan 18 Drawing Workshop Intuition vs Logic vs Plant Wisdom Tripod Tuesdays 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Path – The Plant Essences March 2, 9 & 16 April 20: Psychology of Scent: Smell Feb 27, Mar 27, or Apr 24 1:00 – 3:00 pm Wed., Jan 17 NEW! Tropical Scenes in 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – the First Frontier; Pathology of Scent 9:00-10:00 am NEW! Explorations; and Molecules of Emotions Watercolor Ecoprint Flowers and NEW! Movie Magic – Learn Tues, Jan 30 Leaves April 27: Sacred, Fragrant, Healing Spaces: the Basics 10:00 am – 2:00 pm From the Sacred to the Divine; and The Thurs, March 8 Yoga in the Gardens Fri, March 30 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Essence of Anointing NEW! Painting Flowers in Session I: Jan 8, 15, 22 & 29 1:30 – 4:30 pm Watercolor Whimsey Workshop in Ink Session II: Feb 5, 12, 19 & 26 Session III: Mar 5, 12, 19 & 26 Feb 1 & 2 and Color with Olivia Braida Session IV: Apr 2, 9, 16 & 23 10:00 am - 4:00 pm March 21, 22 & 23 9:00 am – 10:00 am 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm CLASS REGISTRATION POLICIES • REGISTRATION PROCEDURES! (1) Register online at • Class sizes are limited - please register early. www.selby.org or (2) in person at Selby’s Welcome Center. • Pre-Registration is required. Tuition is due with registration. NEW! Herb Gardening in • In the event that a class is cancelled by Selby Gardens, Pay online or use charge, check or cash in our Welcome Containers students will receive a full refund. Student cancellations Center. Jan 25 made less than 72 hours prior to class time are not entitled • Registration fees are not prorated. If you do not attend any 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Explore Coastal Mangroves to a refund nor class credit. NEW! portion of class, your registration fee is forfeited. Growing Orchids in SW and Seagrass Beds on the New Perspectives in • Material lists are available online and can be emailed or • There are no make-up classes for students who miss a regular Florida Carefree Learner Boat Photography mailed upon request. Fri, April 20 class session. Session I: Sat, Feb 3 Mon, April 30 • Please visit our website for updates and additional 10:00 am – 1:00 pm • Proceeds from classes support the Gardens. Session II: Fri, April 6 11 – 1:30 pm information. 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

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JANUARY 7 – JANUARY 28 RAINFOREST MASKS OF COSTA RICA 2018

Centuries ago when the natives of Boruca, Costa Rica needed a way to protect themselves against invading conquistadors, they turned to their native environment for help. Balsa and cedar trees were abundant. So they began carving ornate, menacing masks with malevolent spirits, known as diablitos, to scare away any would-be conquerors. This year marks the 14th anniversary of this enormously popular exhibition. Visitors to Selby Gardens’ Museum of Botany & the Arts will be astounded by the newest collection of hand carved masks from these talented Costa Rican craftsmen! This year’s exhibit and sale boasts a collection of more than 200 brightly colored and fanciful masks that reflect the native flora and fauna of the Central American country. A ticketed reception & sale will be held Saturday, January 6 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm in advance of the January 7 opening. Tickets available at selby.org. Many of the artists are descended from the original mask carver families. In the years since the annual tradition began at Selby Gardens, a wonderful cross-cultural exchange has been fostered. This year’s exhibition and sale is brought to you by Lucuma Designs, a local fair trade company working within Latin America. Go ahead, ask them. RELATED LECTURE: n any given Thursday, Lorrie and Gregg Wilkins botanists who identify and catalog plants, many Ocan be found at a green cart near the north others are on the front line, tasked with helping end of Selby Gardens. As year-round volunteers visitors enjoy Selby Gardens. JANUARY 10 • NOON-1 PM manning the Gardens’ “Ask Me Cart,” the husband Gregg Wilkins says he and Lorrie always try to find and wife delight in meeting new people and BORUCAN MASKS, NATIVE answers to visitors’ questions. If someone asks introducing them to some of the plants and trees about a plant he isn’t familiar with, he will look it ARTISTS AND THE ROLE OF in the surrounding area. up on the internet. The Wilkinses also bring along “I will smile and ask them, ‘Have you seen the binoculars so they can point out ospreys, herons FAIR TRADE IN PROTECTING Crucifix Orchids?’,” Lorrie Wilkins says. “If they and other birds that populate Sarasota Bay. NATURAL AREAS AND haven’t, I’ll take them over and show them.” They try to go the extra mile to provide the best The Wilkinses are just two of the 800-plus guest service. For example, they encountered one ANCESTRAL TRADITIONS volunteers who logged 62,962 hours of service in family from Germany with limited English skills. with Alessandra Bravo and Don Blackowiak 2016 at Selby Gardens. That service translates to The Wilkinses called a German-speaking friend over 30 full-time positions. who served as a translator so they could answer “Non-profit organizations cannot survive without the visitors’ questions. their passionate volunteers. Marie Selby Botanical The Wilkinses, who are avid gardeners, say the The annual Rainforest Mask Exhibit opening keeping a strong connection to their forests. Their Gardens is no exception,” says Vera Neumann- rewards of their volunteer work include deepening continues our partnership between the beloved superb craft allows them to earn a fair wage and Wood, the Gardens’ volunteer manager. “Volunteers their knowledge of plants and gardening, drawing mask artists from Boruca, Costa Rica; Selby Gardens improve their standard of living while creating are a fundamental piece of the puzzle. They provide on the expertise of the professional botanists and and Lucuma Designs. Learn how your support opportunities that boost the well-being of their the backbone assistance, commitment, support horticulturalists on staff, meeting people from for their traditional art empowers the Borucan community and environment. FREE with general and energy needed for Selby Gardens to thrive.” around the world and simply spending time in an artists to be great stewards for conservation while admission. While some volunteers work behind the scenes, ever-changing environment of beautiful plants and providing support in the Administration Building, flowers. tending plants in the greenhouses and assisting the

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olunteers are the heart of Selby Gardens workers to the Selby Gardens workforce each year. Vand play a vital role in our mission of They continually tell us that they get back much Selby Gardens Volunteer research, conservation and horticultural display. more than they give: new friends, new interests, Outnumbering staff by more than 15 to 1, volunteers and opportunities to learn and grow in some of Recognized as add the equivalent of more than 32 full-time Sarasota’s most beautiful surroundings. 2017 OUTSTANDING TYPES OF VOLUNTEER POSITIONS HOW TO GET STARTED • Mansion Docent Talk to us about your interests. VOLUNTEER • Tour and Conservatory Guides 1. FIll out the volunteer application at www.selby.org. • Welcome Center/Gift Shops 2. Attend the New Volunteer Orientation by Florida Association • Ask Me Cart 3. After orientation, complete a brief interview with • School Group Guide our Volunteer Manager, Vera Neumann-Wood. of Museums • Kids Corner UPCOMING DATES: • Walk & Talk Guides ORIENTATION: • Research Assistant • January 12, 2018, 1 - 4:30 p.m. Selby Gardens volunteer • Horticulture Assistant • May 19, 2018, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. • Special Events TRAINING: • February 8, 2018, 8:30 - 10 a.m. (specifically • Teen Camp Counselor related to the exhibition Warhol: Flowers in KAY HALE the Factory) Questions? Call 941-366-5731 x227 or email [email protected]. A tour guide and research library volunteer at to the workload of more than 32 additional full-time Marie Selby Botanical Gardens was awarded the staff members and is valued at nearly $1.5 million. statewide “Outstanding Volunteer” award by the The Annual Museum Service Awards Program ong time Selby Gardens supporter Ann Esworthy, 97, passed away Florida Association of Museums last September in sponsored by the Florida Association of Museums LFriday, November 3, 2017. A volunteer who contributed more Naples. recognizes outstanding contributions to the than 7,000 hours over 41 years, Ann continued to mount herbarium Kay Hale was nominated for the award by the museum profession in the State of Florida. In specimens in the Botany Department until just weeks prior to her Gardens' staff in celebration of her 15 years of addition to Hale’s award, other categories to be passing. volunteer service at Selby Gardens. Hale, 86, has recognized include Outstanding New Professional, In addition to co-founding the Friends of the Gardens–Selby logged nearly 4,200 hours of volunteer work Museum Excellence, Philanthropist Award, Associates, Ann established the Gardens’ tour guide program and during that time. She serves as a year-round tour Outstanding Public Official, Exceptional Leadership wrote the volunteer handbook, “Wonder as You Wander,” that was guide, introducing visitors to the thousands of Award and Outstanding Trustee. used for many years to train all guides. She also created a speaker’s unique plants living at Selby Gardens, as well as bureau to handle requests for our botanists to share the Gardens’ offering her expertise as a retired librarian to the scientific mission. In 2008, then-Director of Selby’s Gesneriad Gardens’ research library. Research Center Dr. John R. Clark named a newly-described gesneriad “Kay is a natural educator and loves to share in Ann’s honor. information with fellow volunteers and guests “Ann was an important leader in Selby Gardens’ history who I alike. She motivates everyone she encounters to admired so much,” said Jennifer O. Rominiecki, president and CEO experience the drama of nature and sends them of Selby Gardens. “It was my privilege to present her with an award off with a new appreciation and understanding in recognition of her 40th year as a volunteer in 2016. We will miss of the natural world,” said Jeannie Perales, Anyone wishing to honor Ann may her deeply.” director of education and visitor engagement at contribute to the Research Center Selby Gardens. “We always knew that she was of the Marie Selby Botanical Garden. Botany Directory Bruce Holst, who has been acquainted with Ann outstanding, but it’s nice to know that the Florida To make a donation in her memory, for more than two decades, noted “A most wonderful friend is gone.” Association of Museums agrees.” visit www.selby.org and click on the DONATE link at the top of the page Ann once commented, “My relationship to the Gardens started as Selby Gardens depends on the service of over 800 or send your contribution care of being about the plants and science – and that is still very near and volunteers who last year helped with gardening, Ann Logan to Marie Selby Botanical dear to my heart. But it has grown over time to be more about the giving tours and much more. Their service equated Gardens, 811 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota, people, much more about the people.” She was beloved by Gardens FL 34236. staff, volunteers and members.

22 MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS z WWW.SELBY.ORG TROPICAL DISPATCH z JANUARY-APRIL 2018 23 SUPPORT SUPPORT CHAIRMAN’S Roberta Leventhal Sudakoff Mrs. Pattie B. Clendenin Mrs. Ina L. Schnell Community Foundation of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Koski Ms. Jacqueline W. Vlaming Ms. Liz Charak and Ms. Betty CIRCLE Foundation Dr. Deborah E. Cohen and Mrs. Mrs. Betty A. Stewart Sarasota County, Inc. Mrs. Beverly L. Koski Mrs. Ann M. Vozzolo Charak (As of September 2017) Vaughn-Jordan Foundation Maxine Spitzer Dr. Laurey M. Stryker and Dr. Mr. Marvin R. Crepea Koski Family Foundation Mr. Jack Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Marty Enger Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Watson Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Cooper Charles Stryker Dart Foundation Mr. and Mrs. E. Ramsey Kraft Ms. Sandra Waller Mr. and Mrs. Carl T. Fischer Sponsor Tom & Katie Cornell Mrs. Lois Stulberg Mr. and Mrs. Kees Davison Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Kriska Mrs. Elizabeth H. Wildhack Mr. William T. Harrison Jr. Mrs. Gerri Aaron Patron Mr. John F. Cuneo Jr. Ms. Jessica Swift Mrs. Mary E. Day-Karl Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Kunkle Mrs. Dorothy W. Williams Jelks Family Foundation Amicus Foundation Ms. Peggy C. Allen and Mr. Steve Dixon Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Daley Mrs. Sylvia M. Thompson Dr. and Mrs. Carlo R. De Rosa Ms. Emily C. Lane Williams, Parker, Harrison, Dietz & Mr. Bernd Koken Bank of America Client Mrs. Bernice M. Davis In memory of Paul van Mr. and Mrs. Neil P. DeFeo Mrs. Patricia J. Lenke Getzen Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Lonsdale Foundation Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Neil P. DeFeo Antwerpen Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Delaney Mr. and Mrs. John LiMarzi Mr. and Mrs. Michael Williams- Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Luger The Charles & Margery Barancik Baltimore Orioles Mr. Dan Denton Ms. Emily A. Walsh Dr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Doherty Jones Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Palmer, Jr. Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Travis Brown Ms. Phyllis Loewengart Mr. and Mrs. David Denton Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Waters Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Dorsay Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rescigno BMO Private Wealth The Chrisman Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Luzier Dr. and Mrs. John D. Welch Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wittlinger Management Dr. and Mrs. Kelvin Cooper Mr. and Mrs. James Dewey Andrew and Judith Economos Mr. and Mrs. Randall McCrea Mr. and Mrs. James L. Ritchey Ms. Michael Ann Wells and Mr. Foundation Woman’s Exchange The Calusa Fund Ms. Carole Crosby and Mr. Larry Mr. James E. Duffy and Ms. Julie N. Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. McGarvey Springs at Lake Pointe Woods Baker Dave E. Soltis Mrs. Theresa L. Edwards Ms. Mari Wright The Doris M. Carter Family Wickless Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. McLaughlin Mrs. Mignon Stetman Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. West Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Curd Mr. and Mrs. Chris Elser Mrs. Linda Egerbrecht Mr. Mike McLaughlin Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R. Zastrow Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Ms. Janet Wettlaufer and Mr. Community Foundation of Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Davies Mr. and Mrs. Robert Essner Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Elder Mr. and Mrs. Craig R. McLeod Stottlemyer Donald Miller GIFTS IN KIND Sarasota County Ms. Teri A Hansen Mr. and Mrs. John E. Evans Ms. Lucy H. Etheredge Mr. and Mrs. Steve Metz Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Windom Mr. Martin J. Wilheim (Recognizing gifts given between Mr. and Mrs. Warren J. Coville Mr. and Mrs. Martin W. Faust Ms. Barbara B. Falcone In memory of John & Marie Ms. Carolyn Keystone and Mr. Mrs. Evelyn S. Mink June and September 2017) Mrs. Margaret Wise Millett Mr. and Mrs. Norbert P. Donelly James Meekison Mr. and Mrs. William T. Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Falkner Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Moccia Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Wood 530 Burns Gallery The Frank E. Duckwall Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Knapp Forrester Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Ferguson Mr. Robert Baum Mr. Gerald Moody Ackerman Group Ms. S. Marce Fuller and Mr. Lee De Ms. Judith Zuckerberg and Mr. In memory of Mr. C.J. Shelley Inc. Mr. Marvin Kocian Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Ms. Julie E. Moore Ovies George M. Kole Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Armitage Drs. Andrew and Judith Ms. Cathy L. Layton and Mr. Pete Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Foss Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ernst Mrs. Sue H. Moreland Better-Gro Mr. and Mrs. William J. Gamble In memory of Mr. Stephen V. Economos Russell Mr. and Mrs. George Fox Mr. David A. Muolo Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gray INDIVIDUAL AND Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Birmingham Wilberding Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Elder Ms. Marietta F. Lee Friends of the Gardens ~ Selby Neil & Sandra DeFeo Family Mr. David A. Hagelstein and Mr. CORPORATE Miss Jennifer E. Ciesar Mr. and Mrs. Robert Essner Gulf Coast Community Marie Selby Gardens Associates Foundation Stephen Heffron DONORS Mr. and Mrs. Wade L. Collier Foundation Associates Mrs. Jocelyn F. Garber Mr. and Ms. Robert Otterberg Peter and Katie Hayes (Recognizing gifts given between Ms. Renee Crames Honorarium The Jewish Federation of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. June and September 2017) Glenridge Charitable Foundation Mr. Timothy J. Owens Contributions Sarasota-Manatee McInerney Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Dr. Marilyn H. Eigsti Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Ackerman GodwinGroup Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Park Jr. In honor of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Koski Family Foundation Ms. Carol L. Miller Hazeltine Fontana CPAs Ms. Peg Allen and Mr. Steve Dixon Mr. and Mrs. Jon Griffee Mrs. Dorothy R. Pass Frymier on their 50th wedding Mr. Ernest R. Kretzmer Ms. Virginia A. Miller Mrs. Maria Heise Mr. and Mrs. Alan J. Hersh anniversary American Online Giving Ms. Patricia E. Gruteke Pineapple Yoga Studio Rita B. Lamere Memorial Mr. and Mrs. Keith D. Monda Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Jackson The Ritz-Carlton Ms. Janis Gamer Foundation, Inc. Gulf Coast Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Robinson Foundation Trust Vicki and Dillard Jeff Moore Carolyn and Bob Johnson Serbin Printing In honor of Ms. Teri A Hansen’s Ms. Linda M. Aronson and Mr. Ms. Joanne Haines Ms. Doreen F. Ruppert Dr. Elaine N. Marieb Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T. Mutz Mr. and Mrs. William R. Johnson June Simmons Jewelry, LLC birthday Calvin Kendig Mr. Stuart A. Hammer Mr. and Mrs. Vicente Salgado Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Martucci Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Park Kimley-Horn and Associates Spotlight Graphics Mr. and Mrs. Robert Essner Ms. Lesley Baker Mr. and Mrs. Julian R. Hansen Sarasota County Tourist Michael’s On East Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Kreit Ms. Karen Stewart and Mr. Doug Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Luberecki Charlotte and Charles Perret Baltimore Orioles Limited Mrs. Eleanor C. Harding Development Tax Revenues Mr. and Mrs. Wayne F. Seitl Dr. and Mrs. William J. Lahners Zartman The Sybil A. Pickett Trust Partnership Mr. and Mrs. Garth C. Harding Mr. Keith A. Scholl Butterfly Garden Mr. Harry Leopold and Ms. Audrey Suncoast Environmental Group, Mr. Joseph A. Strosnik Mrs. Alice W. Rau Bank of America Mr. and Mrs. Allen Heise Ms. Susan H. Serling Inc. Walkway Bricks The Harry Sudakoff Foundation Robbins Mr. and Mrs. Zuheir Sofia Ms. Barbara Barran Ms. Ruth E. Herrman and Ms. Sheboygan Progressive Care Dr. and Mrs. Bart H. Levenson WUSF Public Media in Memoriam Ms. Pauline Wamsler Joerger Mr. and Mrs. Elli Streit Mr. and Mrs. Terry Barrett Martha Herrman Center D. R. Long Foundation In memory of Mr. Greg Brewer Mrs. Jean Weidner-Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Hobart K. Swan Mr. David A. Beck and Ms. Angela Mrs. Joanne K. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Russell Skillman Mrs. Sally Ruth Lucke-Elkes TRIBUTES Ms. Sue Rowe Williams, Parker, Harrison, Dietz & The Swart Family Foundation L. Johnson Ms. Ruth R. Hirsch Mr. and Mrs. Hudson Smith (Recognizing gifts given between In memory of Mrs. Pam Brewer Getzen Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Luzier Ms. Rowena Jean Belez Ms. Marcia Jean Taub Mr. and Ms. Harry Hobson Mr. and Mrs. Jan D. Steber June and September 2017) Ms. Sue Rowe The Woman’s Exchange Mrs. Flora Major Better Gro Mr. and Mrs. William D. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hollingsworth Mr. and Mrs. James W. Steffke Memorial In memory of Mrs. De Griffin Tompkins Mrs. Nathalie W. McCulloch Bok Tower Gardens Co-Sponsor Mr. Charles L. Huisking Dr. Chris Steinwachs Contributions Colony Cove Thursday Group Francis and Barbara Misantone Mr. Damian Boroughs Mr. and Mrs. James A. Armour Benefactor IBM Corporation Matching Grants Dr. George Straschnov In memory of Mr. Bill In memory of Nancy Earle Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Mitchell Mrs. Susan G. Boston Lorenzo Bank of America Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Program Dr. and Dr. George Straschnov Carmichael Mrs. Gloria Moss Ms. Eileen Ann Westermann Dart Foundation Ackerman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Boston Mr. Paul R. Jenkins Mrs. Elizabeth I. Sutliff Mr. Richard Carmichael Mrs. Tatyana Mullin In memory of Mr. Bob Rowe Dr. and Mrs. William Gill Anonymous Mrs. Eva L. Boxser and Mr. Dan Mrs. Valerie B. Joels Mr. and Mrs. Jack S. Tate In memory of Mr. Alfred R. Dr. and Mrs. Philip K. Nelson Boxser Ms. Sue Rowe Mr. and Mrs. Rodney W. Ms. J. Allison Archbold, Esq and Mr. and Mrs. William R. Johnson Mr. Philip Tavill Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. James M. Oates Mr. John C. Boyd Hollingsworth Mr. Hugh J. Bettendorf Johnson & Johnson TB Mall at UTC LLC Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Klein In Honor Mr. Richard E. Perlman and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Bricker Mr. Dale S. Kammerlohr Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Arthur Ms. Margaret S. Kaminski Ms. Susan Thomas In memory of Jane H. Jones In honor of Ms. Emily A. Walsh Ellen Hanson Mr. and Mrs. John M. Brownell Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Klein Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Baker Mrs. Margaret Z. Kelley Triad Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William L. Carwile Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Powers Mrs. Adrienne R. Bryant In honor of Mrs. Kristine Cornelia and J. Richard Matson Mrs. Libby Besse Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Clifford E. Tryon In memory of Betty Kane Mr. Sandy Rederer Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Butcher Kilmartin Mrs. Evelyn S. Mink Mrs. Rose Marie Bowles Mr. and Mrs. Patrick W. Kenny Mr. Martin Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Caldwell Ms. Rosemary A. Reinhardt and Mr. Mr. Peter Kilmartin and Ms. Kristine PNC Wealth Management Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cassidy Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kline In memory of Dr. G. Wallace David P. Welle Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Tugwell Kilmartin Mr. and Mrs. O. Wayne Rollins Brunckhorst Mr. and Mrs. Richard Chenoweth Kosciusko County Community Letchworth Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Russell Ms. Heidi Turner In honor of Terry and Sam Roth Chicago Botanic Garden Foundation Mr. Stuart Salenger Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Carter Mrs. Charlene B. Carstens Mr. and Mrs. Sam Roth Mr. and Mrs. Skip Sack Visit Florida

24 MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS z WWW.SELBY.ORG TROPICAL DISPATCH z JANUARY-APRIL 2018 25 SUPPORT SUPPORT CONTRIBUTING Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Hubbard New Family Members Mr. Elam Hertzler and Mrs. Janet S. MEMBERS Dr. Allen N. Jelks and Dr. Mary Ms. Ada C. Bailey Hyman-Hertzler (Recognizing gifts given between Larson Jelks Mrs. Diana Bello and Mr. David Dr. William Koenig A Lasting Legacy June and September 2017) Mrs. Amy Katz Rojas Ms. Karen Kunnert-Peet Dr. and Mrs. Philip K. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bishop Mr. and Mrs. Elihu Ledesma Stewards of the Rosemary Reinhardt and husband David Welle are some of the most Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Nimtz Dr. Steve Brasington and Rev. Ms. Sandra McAdoo Earth giving, caring, just plain nice people you’ll ever meet. And when they Ms. Marjorie L. Pflaum Cynthia Brasington Mr. and Mrs. E. Michael Meza Mr. John W. Bean and Mrs. became snowbirds in Sarasota, they fell in love with Selby Gardens. Dr. Dennis A. Revicki and Ms. Dr. Steven Cole Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Quilter Alexandra Jupin-Bean In addition to Rosemary’s weekly volunteer shift in horticulture, the MaryLou Poe Mrs. Laurie Cosentino Mr. and Mrs. Jim Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Buckley couple are Chairman’s Circle supporters and seldom miss an event at Jennifer and Robert Rominiecki Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Cunningham Mr. Arlan Clayton and Ms. Dale Mrs. Elisabeth Stevens the Gardens. Not surprisingly, they also have chosen to join the Marie Mr. and Mrs. Michael Scharf Horwitz Mrs. Karen Dakin Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Storms Selby Legacy Society. Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Scott Schechter Mrs. Nancy Devol Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Traynor Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Degnan Mr. and Mrs. James I. Uihlein Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dittus Mr. and Mrs. William Tyle “There’s some really interesting science happening here, there’s plant conservation…also the education,” notes Rosemary. “We’re Ms. Marce Fuller and Mr. Lee De Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wetzel Mrs. Deirdre D’Silva Mr. and Mrs. David Verdoni Ovies Mrs. Nicole Fromer Mr. and Mrs. Derek Viers very interested in what’s happening with the children here. They can New Patrons come here and they can learn and play with the dirt and get involved Mr. and Mrs. John Gartner Mr. John G. Gurrisi Ms. Maureen Watson Ms. and Mr. Deborah L. Hill and stay in touch with the earth, which is really important to us.” Carol and Charles Hamilton Ms. Cynthia L. Miller Dr. Jordana Hollen and Dr. Tyler Hollen Mr. and Mrs. Julian R. Hansen Mrs. Roberta Somach The decision to support the Gardens in their wills was an easy one for Rosemary and David. “Selby Gardens is a place where we can contribute to children, we can contribute to the earth, to conservation, and to the beauty and serenity that all of Sarasota enjoys.” If Selby Gardens means something special to you, consider joining the Marie Selby Legacy Society. Leaving a legacy is easy and costs corporate you nothing during your lifetime. To learn more, contact Ann Logan, [email protected], (941) 366-5731 PARTNERSHIPS ext. 266.

Investments made in Selby Gardens by To become involved, or for more information, corporate partners help us accomplish our contact Ann Logan at [email protected] mission of conservation, botanical research, MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS education and beautiful display of the Gardens’ world-class collection of living and preserved plants.

7TH THANK YOU ANNUAL to our corporate partners. MARIE SELBY LEGACYCY Society Sponsored by LUNCHEON

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2018

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LEAD SPONSORS Amicus Foundation • Betsy and Doug Elder • Gulf Coast Community Foundation • State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture MAJOR SPONSORS Gerri Aaron • Maryann and James Armour • Better-Gro • BMO Private Bank • The Doris M. Carter Family Foundation • Margot and Warren Coville • Drs. Andrew and Judith Economos • Gold Coast Eagle Distributing • Ernest R. Kretzmer • Flora Major • Katherine and Frank Martucci • So Staged • Williams Parker Harrison Dietz & Getzen SUPPORTING SPONSORS Beverly and Bob Bartner • Linnie E. Dalbeck Memorial Foundation • Dart Foundation • Marcy and Michael Klein • The Woman’s Exchange ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Teri A Hansen • Aimee and Chris Cogan/Maria and Allen Heise • Charlotte and Charles Perret