7.29.2008

TBZ and Selby Gardens: A Great Partnership

From Sharon...

It is great for TBZ to solidify important relationships that empower our institution and add to the environmental and conservation profile of other organizations. Recently, I was able to visit Belize Zoo groundskeeper Charles Sho at Selby Gardens, Sarasota, Florida, where he was undertaking a horticultural internship. Charles is concentrating on bromiliads and bamboo
propagation and both will greatly benefit his work at The Belize Zoo. I also saw valuable plants, collected over ten years ago by Bruce Holst, in Little Quartz Ridge, Belize, thriving in Selby green houses. And I had valuable meetings with Selby Education Director and amphibian expert, Donna Krabill, about our collaborative efforts...and even had a lesson on how to play the harp!!! Pictures speak so much louder than words.....

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