PHOTO GALLERY: Selby Gardens bromeliad tree lighting

Families and friends of Selby Gardens gathered Thursday for the bromeliad tree lighting just outside the Payne Mansion.

Joe and Gloria Voisine

Carolyn Stokes and Lynn Halk

Isabel Rauch and Lois Greer

Randi Donahue and Emma Oliva

Jeannie Perales, Shirley Hicks and Sue King

Jack and Sam Lara

Martin Haberer, associate executive director of The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee, and Sarasota Mayor Suzanne Atwell spoke during the tree lighting.

Victoria Griffiths and Corey Garvin

The tree is 20 feet tall.

The West Coast School for Human Development sang carols during the event.