by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 7, 2010 | Events
Miami Dade College’s Palm Diversity & Maintenance class visited MBC to assist with the summer planting. The course teaches identification and good maintenance practices for the major species of palms commonly found in South Florida. MBC has a history of using...
by Theresa Bramblett | May 6, 2010 | Events
Two cycad experts from Mexico were recently hosted by Montgomery Botanical Center. Dr. Andrew Vovides, Montgomery Botanical Research Fellow (1989) from Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, and Dr. Miguel Angel Perez-Farrera from the Universidad de...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 29, 2010 | Events
Patricia Siemen, Director of the Center for Earth Jurisprudence at St. Thomas University, visited MBC with six law students. Their visit coincided with the last meeting for a course on Earth Jurisprudence. The students remarked that seeing the work of MBC firsthand...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 8, 2010 | Events
Montgomery Botanical Center was honored to co-sponsor the 22nd Gifford Arboretum Lecture at the University of Miami. Dr. John Kress of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution gave a lecture titled, “DNA Barcoding in Plants: The Future of...
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 27, 2010 | Events
Montgomery Botanical Center’s 51st Members Meeting was held on March 27. The MBC leadership offered updates on the previous year’s work, and plans for the coming year. The Members Lecture was given by Dr. Alan Meerow of Chapman Field, who presented an...
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 24, 2010 | Events
Ten students from Mr. Phillip Pearcy’s Environmental Science class at G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School visited Montgomery Botanical Center this week as part of the Fairchild Challenge Environmental Immersion Day. Rotations led by Michael Calonje, Ericka Witcher,...
