by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 18, 2014 | News
New findings link ancient fossils to modern plants! Dr. Boglarka Erdei, Research Fellow at Montgomery and Chief Museologist at the Hungarian Natural History Museum, discussed her findings at the 10th Conference of the North American Paleontological Convention in...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 14, 2014 | Events
Please join us for a special seminar at Montgomery Botanical Center. Title: “Proteomics of cycad pollination drops” Speaker: Natalie Prior, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Date & time: Friday, February 14, at 2:00 PM. (Reception with...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 4, 2014 | Publications
The oldest cycads still show features of ancient plants – this is one idea put forward in the latest paper from the Montgomery Team. The study, appearing in the latest issue of International Journal of Plant Sciences, carefully examined the leaflet anatomy of Cycas,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 6, 2014 | Publications
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) has published a new guide, Building living plant collections for conservation. The guide features example cases from Montgomery’s work, including genetic evaluation of the Sinkhole Cycad.This guide is designed to...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 4, 2014 | In the Press, Publications
The latest issue of Public Garden magazine, the journal of the American Public Gardens Association (APGA), highlights college students in public gardens. Montgomery Botanical Center’s Nursery Curator, Vickie Murphy, and Miami Dade College Service Learner, Evelyn...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 2, 2014 | In the Press, Publications
An exciting new issue of Botanical Review features work by Montgomery! The collection of papers here are the proceedings of a symposium on Genetics and Plant Conservation in Latin America, which was chaired by Angelica Cibrian Jaramillo, of Langebio, Mexico. Among the...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 1, 2014 | News
Three new videos are now online at MontgomeryTV. Thanks to the dedicated work of James Clugston, Kelly Botanical Research Fellow, you can now see: A video highlighting the importance of plant collections at MBC, Some highlights of research using the collection, and A...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 19, 2013 | Events
December 19, 2013 Speaker: Dr. Boglarka Erdei Time and date: Thursday, December 19. Reception: 2:00 PM, presentation, 2:30 PM Location: Montgomery Botanical Center, Nixon Smiley Meeting Room About the Speaker: Dr. Erdei is Chief Museologist at the Hungarian Natural...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 12, 2013 | Events
December 12, 2013 Speaker: James Clugston, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Date & time: Thursday, December 12, at 2:00 PM. (Reception with refreshments at 2:00 PM, talk from 2:30-3:15 PM.) Location: Nixon Smiley Meeting Room, Montgomery Botanical...
by Theresa Bramblett | Nov 11, 2013 | Events
On Monday November 11, a French palm society, Association Fous de Palmiers, visited MBC to explore our palm collections. Members of the society in attendance were from various parts of France, Switzerland, Guadeloupe and French Guiana. The society had first visited...
