Jean Weidner Goldstein, one of the co-chairs of the campaign to raise funds for a major renovation to the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens master plan, has made a $1 million gift to the project.
The endowment gift will go to Innovating a Greener Future – Living Inspiration for The Living Museum: The Campaign for Selby Gardens. Selby Gardens is an extraordinary garden of international stature, not only for its world-class collections, but for the master plan, Goldstein said in a statement. The sustainability features of this master plan will solidify Selby Gardens as a leader in sustainability worldwide.
Selby Gardens has raised more than $35 million, or about 80% of the $42.5 million needed to launch the first phase of the new master plan, and a groundbreaking ceremony is planned on June 3.
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3 days ago Share Jean Weidner Goldstein, a member of the Selby Gardens board of trustees, gifted the money to the nonprofit’s endowment amid a campus renovation effort.
Jean Weidner Goldstein has donated $1 million to help Marie Selby Botanical Gardens implement its master plan for renovating its bayfront campus in downtown Sarasota, the nonprofit announced today.
The gift will go towards Selby Gardens’ endowment, which it is establishing alongside an effort to raise $72 million in capital funds for a 10-year, multiphase project at 1534 Mound St. Selby s master plan includes a new parking garage, plant research facility, greenhouse complex, welcome center, learning pavilion and restaurant.