Selby Gardens Light Bromeliad Tree (Video)

The bromeliads are shining bright once again at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.
The annual Bromeliad Tree is helping to light up the gardens for the holidays with Mayor Suzanne Atwell and Marty Haberer, associate director of the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee, hitting the switch Tuesday night.
The gardens has displayed a bromeliad holiday tree in front of the Christy Payne Mansion since 1997 with a new design each year. This year volunteer and former Selby Gardens employee Bob McComb designed the tree.
"It has endured and it gets better every year," McComb told Patch about the event.
McComb gives credit to the horticulture staff and Mike McLaughlin, director of horticulture, for putting the bromeliad tree togther and selecting the tree.
The gardening expert said by now designing the bromeliad tree is "innate knowledge."
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