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,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 30, 2011 | Publications
A new paper by the Montgomery Team appears in the September 2011 issue of Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes. The paper, titled: Principles and principes: William Lyman Phillips and the palm collection at Montgomery, discusses how Phillips’...
by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 21, 2011 | Events
Dr. Irene Terry recently offered a lecture at Montgomery, titled: Pollination biology of the Australian cycad Macrozamia lucida and Guam’s Cycas micronesica. Dr. Terry is an expert on cycad pollination biology, and has closely studied the mutual relationship...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 29, 2011 | Publications
The latest issue of Arnoldia features a ‘cover article’ by the MBC Team. The study offers examples of ways in which remote sensing can advance and improve the work of botanic gardens. The paper details how LIDAR data of ground elevation and canopy height,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 19, 2011 | Publications
A new paper by the Montgomery team is the ‘cover article’ in the August issue of HortTechnology. Titled Palma Corcho: A Case Study in Botanic Garden Conservation Horticulture and Economics, the study details the history of the Microcycas collections at...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 12, 2011 | Events
James Clugston, MBC’s newest Kelly Botanical Research Fellow, visited MBC for three weeks to study the phenology of cycads. James Clugston is a 4th year student in Horticulture with Plantsmanship at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE). His research compares...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 11, 2011 | News
In changing times garden design and practices have changed little by little at MBC. One example is the raised beds constructed for the cycads in the 1990s. Their drainage was poorer than anticipated and many cycads did not thrive as well on these mounds as those...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 10, 2011 | Events
MBC is currently supported by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant with FIU, USDA, NYBG, and FTBG to support Zamia research in the Caribbean. Part of the grant supported the hiring of a student intern. Nicholas Espinosa, a student at Florida International...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 1, 2011 | Newsletter
Fall/Winter 2011 Newsletter Fall/Winter 2011 – Volume 19, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.This new issue has articles about collecting in The Bahamas, Florida, and Brazil. It also highlights new infrastructure: the Marion and Tex Haynes...
