by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 29, 2009 | News
April 29, 2009 has been proclaimed Montgomery Botanical Center Day in Coral Gables. The city commission presented a glowing proclamation highlighting 50 years of accomplishments to the MBC leadership at the April 28 City Commission Meeting. Dr. Patrick Griffith...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 22, 2009 | Events
Six volunteers from the Education Department at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden came to Montgomery Botanical Center to work on a large cycad horticulture project. These Encephalartos collections are important for conservation and botanical research. These...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 16, 2009 | Events
Montgomery Botanical Center was honored to co-sponsor the 21st Gifford Arboretum Lecture at the University of Miami. Dr. Lucia Lohmann of the Universisdade de Sao Paulo, Brazil, gave a lecture titled, “Disentangling one of Darwin’s great mysteries: The story of...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 15, 2009 | Research
Dr. Larry Noblick, MBC Palm Biologist, performed conservation and research fieldwork in Belize during March, working with biologists from Belize Botanic Gardensand Green Hills Botanical Collections. Belize is known to have a very diverse palm flora, with an especially...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 5, 2009 | Newsletter
Spring/Summer 2009 Newsletter Spring/Summer 2009 – Volume 17, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.This special fiftieth anniversary issue issue combines history and current research. Montgomery Botanical Center is celebrating its fiftieth...