by admin | Apr 27, 2022 | Events, News
On Friday, May 6, 2022 Montgomery Botanical Center will be offering free Guided Tours of its Plant Collections at 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM, and 1:00 PM. We hope you will join us again this year in celebrating Go Public Gardens Day!
by admin | Feb 13, 2022 | Grants, News, Research, Uncategorized
During the summer months, MBC offers two paid internships for students interested in botanical careers. These positions are generously funded by Dr. Peter R. Jennings and are designed for students interested in botanical careers, providing opportunities for hands-on...
by admin | Dec 19, 2021 | News, Newsletter
Fall/Winter 2021 Newsletter Fall/Winter 2021 – Volume 29, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This issue highlights two new Zamia discoveries along with updates on the Plant Exploration Fund collaborations and expeditions to Colombia and...
by admin | Sep 11, 2021 | Grants, News
Thank you Miami Villagers for your continued support of restoration at Montgomery Botanical Center and Miami-Dade County as a whole! In 2021, The Villagers supported the installation of hurricane windows in the Montgomery Botanical Studio. These new hurricane windows...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | News, Newsletter
Spring/Summer 2021 Newsletter Spring/Summer 2021 – Volume 29, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This issue highlights updates to the landscape design of the garden as well as scientific collaborations supported by the Plant Exploration Fund....
by admin | Dec 13, 2020 | News, Newsletter
Fall/Winter 2020 Newsletter Fall/Winter 2020 – Volume 28, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This issue highlights a botanical project in Crete, Greece, funded by the Plant Exploration Fund (pages 4-5). The project involved botanists from the...
by Patrick Griffith | Oct 26, 2020 | News, Publications, Research
The Proceedings of Cycad 2015 is now available as an open-access book. Please see the Cycad Specialist Group website to view or download a copy. This volume provides a record of the important findings of the 10th international Cycad Conference in Colombia, and...
by Patrick Griffith | Jul 2, 2020 | Conservation, News
Can palms help make architecture more “green?” A fascinating new student project explores that question. John Correa, one of our 2019-2020 Conservation Horticulture Fellows, studied how palm leaves reflect and trap heat, and applied these findings to ...
by admin | May 30, 2020 | Conservation, Grants, In the Press, News, Publications, Research
New Paper Published in the International Journal of Plant Sciences! PALM CONSERVATION STUDY on the cover of International Journal of Plant Sciences! The paper looks at how botanic gardens can help conserve Cacheito Palm (Pseudophoenix ekmanii). A collaboration of...
by admin | Apr 30, 2020 | Conservation, Grants, News, Publications, Research
New Research Paper in Proceedings B! LARGE SCALE STUDY PUBLISHED: Novel genetic data for conserving plants in botanic gardens. A team of 21 experts from The Morton Arboretum, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden, BGCI Education, Center for Plant...
