by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 6, 2010 | News
MBC and FIU have just signed an agreement creating the Montgomery Botanical Graduate Fellowship at FIU. “The Board of Directors at MBC is very excited about this agreement. This marks a significant commitment to education and research in botany by both our garden and...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jul 7, 2010 | News
Caroline Parker, Director of Programs for the Coral Gables Museum, brought 21 students to Montgomery Botanical Center to learn about botanic gardens through a palm planting workshop. The children enthusiastically enjoyed planting an important group of Sabal Palms in...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 21, 2010 | News
A great deal of specialized work goes into pollinating plants at MBC. Loss of natural habitat and unscrupulous poaching puts a big pressure on cycads. Cycad seeds produced at MBC are shared with other botanical gardens, educational institutions, and scientific...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 8, 2010 | News
City Year, a branch of AmeriCorp, visted MBC to help us with a large-scale weeding project. The event was organized as part of City Year Miami’s 96 Hours of Power, a program designed to have members volunteer around the clock for a 4 day period. City Year members...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 26, 2010 | News
A new book on Brazilian Palms has been published. Brazilian Flora Lorenzi: Arecaceae (Palms) details 300 species, varieties, and natural hybrids of palms native to Brazil. The work, authored by Harri Lorenzi, Larry Noblick, Frances Kahn, and Evandro Ferreira, contains...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 11, 2010 | News
The coldest weather in nine years is being observed at Montgomery Botanical Center. Over the last week, temperatures have gone below 45 degrees four times, and the coldest on-site thermometer reading (36 degrees) was this morning around 5 am. This morning, ice formed...
