The Venue
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
South Entrance of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ Downtown Sarasota campus is a bayfront garden oasis made up of many smaller gardens containing plants from our world-renowned living plant collection. Featuring 15 acres located along Sarasota Bay where visitors can take in rainforest, desert, native Florida, and display garden areas plus stroll along a bayfront mangrove walkway. Guests should arrive before 5pm to take in the beauty of the gardens. If you wish to tour the gardens before the wedding day, costs are $15 for Adults, $10 for Children, and Free for 4 and under.
Front of Payne Mansion
Getting Here
Driving
From I-75
Take exit 210 toward Sarasota / St. Armands – 0.4 mi
Merge onto Fruitville Rd. – 6.0 mi
Turn left onto N. Tamiami Trail – 0.2 mi
Continue onto Bayfront Dr. – 0.7 mi
Turn right onto S. Palm Ave.
Destination will be on the right.
Heading south on US-41
Slight left onto US-41 S. / S. Tamiami Trail – 4.0 mi
Keep left at the fork.
Continue to follow US-301 S. – 11.4 mi
Turn right onto 3rd St. / Fruitville Rd. – 1.0 mi
Turn left onto N. Tamiami Trail – 0.2 mi
Continue onto Bayfront Dr. – 0.7 mi
Turn right onto S. Palm Ave.
Destination will be on the right.
Heading north on US-41
US-41 North.
Slight left onto Mound St. / S. Tamiami Trail at US-301 / US-41 fork.
Continue to follow Mound St. – 0.6 mi
Turn left onto S. Palm Ave.
Destination will be on the right.
Plane
Sarasota International Airport - 5 miles
Clearwater International Airport - 50 miles
Punta Gorda International Airport - 55 miles
Tampa International Airport - 60 miles
Ft. Myers International Airport - 90 miles