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The 45th Anniversary Orchid Show at Selby Gardens:

Women Breaking the Glasshouse Ceiling
October 10 to November 29, 2020, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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This year marks the 45th anniversary of the official opening of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.  To celebrate, the annual Orchid Show will honor the founder, Marie Selby, and highlight the accomplishments of the many notable women who have built on her legacy and helped to make Selby Gardens home to the best scientifically documented collection of orchids in the world.

The Orchid Show will combine a spectacular display of living orchids in the Tropical Conservatory with an impressive exhibition of orchid treasures from Selby Gardens’ library and preserved collections in the Museum of Botany and the Arts. To these will be added a stunning display of orchids and roses at the Selby House, marking the 100th anniversary of William and Marie Selby’s purchase of the property in Sarasota on which Selby Gardens now stands.  The rose was one of Marie Selby’s favorite flowers and also a symbol of the Women’s Suffrage Movement.

The year the land for Selby Gardens was purchased was a momentous one in women’s history.  The dynamic display in the Tropical Conservatory will celebrate the Suffrage Movement and the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote.  Without this landmark decision, it is hard to imagine where the progress of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens would stand today.  The orchid celebration in the Tropical Conservatory will feature the symbolic colors of the Suffragettes, which include purple for loyalty and dignity, white for purity, green for hope, and gold for light and life.  The experience will be enlivened by kinetic planters that set orchids in jubilant motion. ​

The Orchid Show is presented by Better-Gro.

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