by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 4, 2011 | Events
The National Tropical Botanic Garden at the Kampong awarded the 2011 David Fairchild Medal posthumously to Monty Beekman. Dr. Beekman’s medal was accepted by Faith Foss, Professor Beekman’s widow. Dr. Beekman was professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 20, 2011 | Events
Dr. Boglarka Erdei from the Hungarian Natural History Museum presented a lecture at MBC titled, “Fossil Cycads from the Cenozoic of the Northern Hemisphere.” The Hungarian Natural History Museum has 200 employees and a herbarium with 1.5 million herbarium...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 13, 2011 | Research
Paleontologist Kevin Aulenback gave a seminar at MBC entitled, “Conifers, Cycadeoids and Palms of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta, Canada, with a new interpretation of fossil conifer leaf arrangement.” This presentation focused on the plants of the formation...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 29, 2010 | Research
Angela Cano, a first year master’s student from The University of Geneva, working with the Conservatory and Botanical Garden of Geneva, is being hosted at Montgomery to collect DNA and voucher specimens for research on her thesis. She is working on a monographic...
by Theresa Bramblett | Nov 6, 2010 | Events
The Chris Tyson Plant Conservation Building was dedicated today at Montgomery. This is a very important advancement for MBC — providing the greatly needed capacity to house our plant conservation and botanical research work. Mrs. Tyson’s generous gift...
by Theresa Bramblett | Nov 5, 2010 | Research
Belize is home to a rich cycad flora, with five native species in an area the size of New Hampshire. Two of these species, Zamia decumbens and Zamia meermanii, both endemic to Belize, were described by MBC Cycad Biologist Michael Calonje based on extensive fieldwork...
by Theresa Bramblett | Nov 1, 2010 | Newsletter
Fall/Winter 2010 Newsletter Fall/Winter 2010 – Volume 18, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This new issue has articles organized around the theme of exceptional plants: new and interesting plants collected, plants no other garden grows, and...
by Theresa Bramblett | Oct 30, 2010 | News
A very large group of dedicated volunteers — Boy Scouts, their families, and friends — came together today at Montgomery for the Eagle Scout project of Emerson King, Boy Scouts of America Troop 457. The group built and donated two picnic tables, three...
by Theresa Bramblett | Oct 22, 2010 | Research
Montgomery Botanical Center, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, and the National Herbarium of Trinidad and Tobago participated in a joint fieldwork project during October 2010, in Trinidad. Melissa Abdo (project leader) and Juan Rivera of FTBG, and Yasmin Baksh-Comeau...
by Theresa Bramblett | Oct 17, 2010 | News
A group of Boy Scouts, their families, and their friends — 40 people in all — put in an long day of hard work at MBC this Sunday. Jonathan Hirst of Boy Scout Troop 840, Pinecrest, Florida, organized the project as part of his Eagle Scout award. The MBC...
