Thanks, Margaret. Selby is really nice and they have a lot of my favorite things. Butterflies, bromeliads, orchids. They're right on the water so I usually see some interesting birds, too. Saw a Yellow-Crowned Night Heron there once. Which is weird considering it was the middle of the day. Hmm...
Also, and I can't stress this enough if you live near a plethora of botanical gardens like me (or travel a lot)...take advantage of the American Horticultural Society's reciprocal gardens program:
http://www.ahs.org/gardening-p... Since I'm a member of the USF Botanical Gardens, I can get in to Selby for free using my USF card. I think our family membership to USF is like $35 and one adult ticket to Selby is $19 so you can save some serious money! Plus, I don't feel so guilty buying overpriced food at their cafe.
It is good food, though.
Ooh, Elaine posted while I was typing. The greenhouse is always where I head first! Orchids and bromeliads, oh my! Plus, they have a lot of rare or uncommon species and I like to take photos for the plant database.
