SARASOTA, Fla. — A love of nature and a longing for a deeper connection — that’s why artist Rebecca Louise Law created the immersive installation at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota.

What You Need To Know • Marie Selby Botanical Gardens' 2025 Orchid Show features artist Rebecca Louise Law • Law said she wants people to able to connect with nature and help look after it • The display is open through Dec. 7

“I felt like my experience of nature was very experiential, it was sensual, spiritual. It felt like you were in something you were connected to,” said Law.

So she started experimenting “painting the air.” It's part of the Gardens’ 2025 Orchid Show.

Check out the delicate live flowers in the display observatory and then the delicate, preserved flowers in their Museum of

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