Nearly, a good quarter of the botanical gardens' property was all but leveled within a few days. Selby Gardens "Tree Mitigation Plan" called for the removal of 52 existing trees, as well as 46 established palms - and for what?
Selby's, city approved future 'master plan' is to allow for expansion; by providing a questionable multi-story parking garage, while incorporating a ground level, 110 seat, for-profit restaurant.
In today's edition of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, reporter Anne Snabes wrote; "Selby Gardens did not have to apply for a tree removal permit from the city because institutional botanical gardens are exempt from the policy."
In response, "It's just ironic that a botanical gardens was exempt from a tree ordinance", (Barbara May; president of the inclusive neighboring properties, of the Hudson Bayou Neighborhood Association).
Finishing the expansive clean-up. Large, old growth oak limbs, quietly being cut-up and hauled away.
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