by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 4, 2011 | Events
The National Tropical Botanic Garden at the Kampong awarded the 2011 David Fairchild Medal posthumously to Monty Beekman. Dr. Beekman’s medal was accepted by Faith Foss, Professor Beekman’s widow. Dr. Beekman was professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 20, 2011 | Events
Dr. Boglarka Erdei from the Hungarian Natural History Museum presented a lecture at MBC titled, “Fossil Cycads from the Cenozoic of the Northern Hemisphere.” The Hungarian Natural History Museum has 200 employees and a herbarium with 1.5 million herbarium...
by Theresa Bramblett | Nov 6, 2010 | Events
The Chris Tyson Plant Conservation Building was dedicated today at Montgomery. This is a very important advancement for MBC — providing the greatly needed capacity to house our plant conservation and botanical research work. Mrs. Tyson’s generous gift...
by Theresa Bramblett | Oct 15, 2010 | Events, News
Montgomery Botanical Center’s achievements in ex situ conservation were featured at the “Collections Management Best Practices” symposium organized by the American Public Gardens Association. The symposium took place at the Denver Botanic Gardens in Colorado from...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 14, 2010 | Events
Ten student volunteers from the University of Miami’ s Helping Others Through Pro Bono Efforts (HOPE) came to Montgomery Botanical Center and helped with a large-scale mulch to ecoturf conversion. Their work helped MBC to achieve its mission of exemplifying...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 24, 2010 | Events
A focus on living botanical collections remains at the heart of the botanical garden community. As evidence: Montgomery Botanical Center’s work was selected for presentation at the two major garden conferences this summer. Dr. Chad Husby and Dr. Patrick Griffith...
