March Year in Pictures: Sarasota

Allie Purcell, 13, loved riding in a wagon full of plants and flowers at the Plant and Garden Festival at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

Rachel King and Amy Sussman were inspired during the workshop at Ringling College.

Wilhelm Schumann was a fierce competitor in the Island Style Classic wind- surfing competition at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron.

Sean Kolar, Laurie Butler and Joelle Kirkpatrick celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday at Fruitville Elementary.

Audrey Kaplan crowns Ricky Gonzalez as the Prince of the Senior Senior Prom.

Mara Seat and Ricky Gonzalez were crowned the Princess and Prince of the prom and Leonore Hoffman and Simon Dorfman were the Queen and King.

Fourth-graders played clown for a day and followed Circus Sarasota’s Robin Eurich during a sketch at Circus Day at Bay Haven School of Basics Plus.

Tetiana Silecky with the final product of her demonstration on how to make traditional Pysankas, “written eggs,” at the Gulf Gate Library.

Tricia Foster wore some fun shamrock glasses at Shamrock’s fourth annual St. Patrick’s Day Block Party.

Vaishnavi Jayakumar, 9, played in one of the banyan trees after performing at the seventh annual Asian Cultural Festival at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

Hana Kenny performs with the Sarasota Irish Dance Academy at the seventh annual Irish Rover St. Patrick’s Day Celebration at Phillippi Estate Park.

Zinnia Laurens, 5, has her face painted at The First Presbyterian Church’s annual Butterfly Ball.

Christopher Waldo wasn’t hard to find last weekend. He joined more than 40 windsurfers to compete in the Island Style Classic at Sarasota Sailing Squadron.

Brianna Waters, 16, found her dress, shoes and a variety of accessories at the fourth Cinderella Project at Crocker Memorial Church.

Ben Hammond rocked out on the main stage with his band at the 17th annual Giving Hunger the Blues festival.