Florida Garden Railway Society's OCTOBER Members TOUR Page

Florida Garden Railway Society's

OCTOBER 6, 7 & 8 2006 Members Tour

October 6,7 & 8th, 2006

Every year the SMRC (Sarasota Model Railroad Club) puts a show on at the
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota..
This year it was held on the first weekend in October 6,7,8. There was a large display of
G scale trains running thru and around the Banyan trees, approx 700 feet of track and 9 trains.
There were 7 main line trains and 2 point to point routes under the shade of several huge banyon
trees.

Dick Oldenburg and Dick Miller made arrangements with Selby Gardens to let members of the FGRS
in at half price. It was a great display of trains on a beautiful weekend. The layout covered just
about every inch of space of the Banyon Trees. If you didn't get a chance to see this spectacular
design, you really missed the train on this one.... Here are some photos of the Garden.

Click on each photo for the Enlarged picture Enjoy!

Inside the Tropical display house were
some rare Orchids to view
Exotic plants were everywhere

Plants of all nature It was a beautiful display of all sorts of rare
and hard to find displays

The plantings along the walkway to the Mansion Outside the front of the mansion was a
Butterfly Garden

A few of the little devils
The Butterflies did not stay in one place long
enough to catch many pictures...sorry

Inside the Mansion, the design of a few rooms Beautiful works of Art were hanging on all walls


Inside the Tropical display house were some rare Orchids to view	Exotic plants were everywhere


Plants of all nature	It was a beautiful display of all sorts of rare and hard to find displays


The plantings along the walkway to the Mansion	Outside the front of the mansion was a Butterfly Garden


A few of the little devils	The Butterflies did not stay in one place long enough to catch many pictures...sorry


Inside the Mansion, the design of a few rooms	Beautiful works of Art were hanging on all walls