We hope that you and your loved ones are healthy and safe during this COVID-19 health crisis we are all experiencing together. We know it is a challenging time, and our team is right there with you as all of our families and friends navigate this unprecedented moment.

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens announced last week that Historic Spanish Point will become a companion campus beginning May 1. Despite concerted efforts by Historic Spanish Point and due to resulting financial challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the merger of the two entities into one umbrella organization became vital to safeguarding Historic Spanish Point's future. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens will now operate with two campuses -- both Downtown and Historic Spanish Point— and our combined organization has become even more critical for the long term sustainability of natural bayfront spaces in our community.

We are stronger as one—working together towards our joint mission to provide bayfront sanctuaries connecting people with air plants of the world, native nature, and our regional history. And we are stronger with you!

That is why we need you to be the one to support the expanded Selby Gardens—nearly 45 acres of bayfront nature and history at both the Downtown and Historic Spanish Point campuses.

Starting at noon on April 28, visit www.givingpartnerchallenge.org to make a donation to Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. Each individual gift of $25-100 will be matched dollar for dollar by The Patterson Foundation!

This is YOUR chance to be a part of a once in a lifetime opportunity to preserve two important environmental, historical, and archaeological sites for the public to enjoy forever. Your support now is even more vital, since both campuses have been temporarily closed for more than a month due to COVID-19 guidelines and are challenged with losses in earned revenue that would usually be garnered from daily admission, memberships, cafe sales, and gift shop purchases.