by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 31, 2012 | Grants
The Villagers awarded MBC a grant to support the restoration of the iconic entrance to Nell’s House. Many early photos and videos were taken using the door as a backdrop. Constructed in 1932, the wrought iron door was intended as a symbol of Montgomery’s love...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 28, 2012 | Events
On January 28th, New York Botanical Garden, Florida International University, Fairchild Tropical Garden, and Montgomery Botanical Center offered a Cycad Biology Course to teachers from Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The course was sponsored by the National Science...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 23, 2012 | Research
Montgomery Botanical Center and collaborators recently conducted a field project in search of a rare palm on Mona Island. Pseudophoenix sargentii is found in many places in the Caribbean Basin, including the Florida Keys – where it is known as the Buccaneer Palm....
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 1, 2012 | Publications, Research
Montgomery begins the New Year with an exciting new discovery — a new species of cycad, Zamia tolimensis, from the “Cordillera Central” mountain range of Colombia. This new species is remarkable for being a large, treelike Zamia — The leaves can be up to 8 feet long,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 1, 2012 | Events
Colonel Montgomery traveled around Florida in the summer of 1932 buying large specimen palms from nurseries, growers, and private collectors. The Colonel obtained specimens of every palm species known to be growing in Florida at that time — around 150 species in all....
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 1, 2011 | Events
The 9th International Conference on Cycad Biology was held in Shenzhen, China and organized by Fairylake Botanical Garden, the Cycad Society of China, the IUCN/SSC Cycad Specialist Group, the New York Botanical Garden and Montgomery Botanical Center, and co-organized...
by Theresa Bramblett | Nov 8, 2011 | Events
Where: Montgomery Botanical Center, Nixon Smiley Building, 11901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL 33156, United States When: November 8, 2011 from 2:00-3:30pm Dr. John Leslie Dowe, Adjunct Research Fellow at James Cook University, Townsville, Qld, Australia &...
by Theresa Bramblett | Nov 4, 2011 | Events
A group of landscape architects and botanic garden professionals visited MBC as part of the Historic Landscapes Symposium, organized by the American Public Gardens Association. The group visited MBC at sunset after a tour of The Kampong. While at MBC, the group...
by Theresa Bramblett | Oct 28, 2011 | News
On Saturday, October 29th, 2011, twenty-five students from the University of Miami came to MBC for Hurricanes Help the Hometown, an annual tradition where UM students volunteer locally during the week of Homecoming. This year the fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi)...
by Theresa Bramblett | Oct 23, 2011 | Events
From 23-28 October, an international workshopwas held in Port au Prince, Haiti, to explore establishing a national botanical garden to further conservation, education, environmental restoration, and economic development in Haiti. Botanic gardens from US, Canada,...
