Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is pleased to announce The Orchid Show 2025: Rebecca Louise Law, now on view at the Downtown Sarasota campus and in the Richard and Ellen Sandor Museum of Botany & the Arts through December 7, 2025. Presented by Better-Gro®, the museum exhibition features the work of British contemporary artist Rebecca Louise Law (b. 1980) who has created an immersive installation using natural materials. Visitors are encouraged to navigate through the contemplative space filled with the artist’s signature work featuring preserved flowers, leaves, and other plant parts individually sewn and suspended from the ceiling.
Over the past 20 years, Law has amassed a vast archive of more than two million preserved flowers, which she has exhibited across the globe. Flowers are added to this growing body of work with each new installation, reflecting each new location where Law’s creations are presented. Plant materials from both Selby Gardens’ campuses have been added to the artist’s ever-expanding collection for this presentation.
Law noted that, “Marie Selby Botanical Gardens has taken my breath away with its devotion to conservation. Preservation is present throughout both campus locations… I was touched by the hands that work with nature and the minds that have devoted their lives to care for this earth. A word came to mind whilst studying the array of plants in the collection – Survival. I have always been fascinated by the flower and its ability to evolve and attract. I have also been obsessed with our human relationship with the earth and our struggle to find a peaceful balance. It is all survival. The natural world is striving to survive and the physical and spiritual connection we have with nature is essential for our own survival.”
President & CEO of Selby Gardens, Jennifer Rominiecki, commented, “Rebecca’s breathtaking installation invites our visitors into a space where art and nature are not just in dialogue—they are one and the same. It’s an honor to showcase her work alongside our living orchid displays, which together create a truly immersive experience like no other.”
Accompanying Law’s installation is a stunning presentation of living orchids and other plants in the Display Conservatory. Designed by Selby Gardens’ horticulture team, the presentation draws inspiration from both Law’s work and the institution’s own preserved plant collection. The spectacular results blur the lines between art and nature.
