Montgomery Co-Sponsors the 27th Annual Gifford Arboretum Lecture at the University of Miami

Dr. Dennis W. Stevenson, Vice President for Laboratory Research, Editor ofBotanical Review, Adjunct Professor at Columbia, Cornell and Yale Universities, and Member at Montgomery Botanical Center, gave the 27th Annual Gifford Arboretum Lecture at the University of Miami titled, “Yes Bobby, Gardens and Arboreta are Relevant to the Molecular World.”

Dr. Stevenson discussed why living collections continue to be important to science and why their importance has never been greater.

This lecture, co-sponsored by the Gifford Arboretum at the University of Miami and Montgomery Botanical Center, was well attended. Colleagues from Florida International University, the Kampong, and other local gardens, schools, organizations, and individuals attended the informative lecture.

The Gifford Arboretum Lecture is part of the CETroB lecture series and was brought to you with the support of the City of Coral Gables and the Kelly Foundation.