by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 10, 2009 | News
Nine 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 mulching project. They mulched all of the tropical conifer beds in three hours! Having nine...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 1, 2009 | News
Montgomery Botanical Center is dedicated to living plant collections, grown to advance botanical research, conservation, and education. 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of MBC. Looking back, it is easily apparent that the living plant collections at MBC have...
by Theresa Bramblett | May 18, 2009 | News
Every year Montgomery Botanical Center conducts multiple expeditions to bring endangered plants into protective cultivation. In the last year, MBC has performed conservation fieldwork in Belize, Jamaica, Panama, Colombia, and New Zealand. Please see the Expeditions ...
by Theresa Bramblett | May 4, 2009 | News
Montgomery Botanical Center has launched its first online donation button. Donating online is a secure and convenient way to support Montgomery Botanical Center. Upon selecting the Donate button, you will be redirected to PayPal’s secure internet site. On...
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 | Mar 4, 2009 | News
MBC was recently host to a botanical record holder, the giant seed of the tree Mora oleifera. This remarkable tree is a semi-mangrove from the Pacific coasts of Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. It is a member of the bean family, Fabaceae, and has never before been...