Enjoy a casual evening of cocktails and hors d'oeuvres overlooking Little Sarasota Bay at Selby Gardens' Historic Spanish Point campus. Watch the sunset and be the first to see the refurbished Sunken Garden and preview our new exhibition Robert Louis Stevenson: A Child's Garden of Verses. This exhibition is a celebration of childhood and the imagination of youth through the words and images of A Child’s Garden of Verses, the beloved book of poetry for children by the celebrated Scottish writer, Robert Louis Stevenson. The exhibition will feature photographs of pages from a vintage edition of the book, combining Stevenson’s poetry with illustrations by the notable American artist, Alexander Dobkin. Accompanying the photographs will be simple interactives that draw their inspiration from Stevenson’s poems and enhance the visitor experience. An audio recording will enable visitors to hear the poems read by Selby Gardens’ Artist-in-Residence, Patti Smith.

If you know the names and contact information for your guests and would like to provide it at this time please do! If you are not yet sure who will be joining you for this event just check off the "Register Later" check-box for each guest, you may provide guest info at a later date by contacting Lauren Brown at lbrown@selby.org or by calling 941.248.3585.