A nonprofit institution established in 1959, Montgomery Botanical Center curates living specimens from wild plant populations worldwide. Emphasizing palms and cycads, the population-based, documented, scientific collections are available for study in Montgomery's 120-acre botanical garden of exemplary design.

Montgomery Botanical Center (originally The Montgomery Foundation) was established by Nell Montgomery Jennings in memory of her husband, Colonel Robert H. Montgomery, and his love of palms and cycads. Today, Montgomery Botanical Center educates the community about its scientific and conservation work through workshops, lectures, publications, and tours of its scientific plant collections.