[OGD] Re: Request for E-mail Address of CEO at Selby

scientific orientation, Selby Gardens is just another somewhat pretty garden to 
attract tourists to Sarasota."Wait a minute, the latter is exactly what Marie 
wanted it to be, an attraction, a botanical garden for the enjoyment ofthe 
general public. She would be extremely pleased, not disappointed, as you 
assume. There is nothing that indicates Marie had any "scientific orientation" 
in mind for her botanical garden.Marie would probably disapprove of calling her 
botanical garden, "just another somewhat pretty garden."Marie loved her garden 
which had no O.I.C.,and no B.I.C.It is ludicrous to assume that the absence of 
scientificorientation in her botanical garden would be "extremely 
disappointing" to her. Marie died in 1971. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 
finally opened to the general public in 1975.  You can find the Selby History 
on Marie Selby Botanical Gardens' website, www dot selby dot org., from which I 
extracted the following:"Marie's love of nature and of gardening was her most 
consuming passion.  She was a charter member of Sarasota's first garden club, 
the Founder's Circle. She had a great desire to keep Sarasota a beautiful and 
green place.""Marie continued to live quietly in the home she loved until her 
death on June 9, 1971.  The contents of Marie Selby's will revealed her wish to 
leave her property to the community as a botanical garden "for the enjoyment of 
the general public.""peter

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