by Theresa Bramblett | May 3, 2011 | Events
Ten students from Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School visited Montgomery Botanical Center as part of the Fairchild Challenge’s Environmental Immersion Day. The students participated in activities, focused on cycad biology with four rotations lasting approximately...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 30, 2011 | Events
Eight visitors from the Key West Garden Club and one Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden employee visited Montgomery for a tour of the collections of palms and cycads. The Key West Garden Club is a non-profit organization and one of Key West’s last remaining free...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 2, 2011 | Events
Montgomery Botanical Center’s 52ndMembers’ Meeting was held Saturday April 2, 2011. The MBC Board of Directors announced MBC’s new President, Nicholas Kelly. Charles P. Sacher, the outgoing President, spoke about MBC’s accomplishments during his four years as...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 2, 2011 | Events
A highlight of the 2011 Members Meeting was the dedication of The Marion and Tex Haynes Patio. The very generous support of Walter Haynes, Marion Haynes, and the Haynes Family has enabled MBC to add this wonderful new outdoor gathering space. This improvement...
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 8, 2011 | Events
Dr. Angelica Cibrian, from the New York Botanical Garden, was hosted at Montgomery in early March as part of the Kelly Research Fellows Program. Angelica offered a public seminar, titled: “The use of living collections to understand plant evolution, from genes across...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 24, 2011 | Events
Dr. Cristina Lopez-Gallego, Professor at the Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, is being hosted at Montgomery as part of the Kelly Research Fellows Program at MBC. Cristina is an expert on the ecology and demographics of Zamia, and is a longtime...
