by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 8, 2009 | In the Press
On Tuesday, Montgomery Botanical Center was featured in a story in the Local and State section of The Miami Herald titled, “Coral Gables research garden hosts ancient plants.” Herald author Laura Morales wrote a nice article about Montgomery and the plant...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 20, 2009 | In the Press
The Longwood Gardens Graduate Program came to Montgomery Botanical Center for a foot tour of the collection. Despite the Summer heat, they wrote up a wonderful blog entry about the collection here at MBC. To see their post click here.
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 10, 2009 | News
Nine student volunteers from the University of Miami’ s Helping Others Through Pro Bono Efforts (HOPE) came to Montgomery Botanical Center and helped with a large-scale mulching project. They mulched all of the tropical conifer beds in three hours! Having nine...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 1, 2009 | News
Montgomery Botanical Center is dedicated to living plant collections, grown to advance botanical research, conservation, and education. 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of MBC. Looking back, it is easily apparent that the living plant collections at MBC have...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jul 25, 2009 | Publications
Michael Calonje and his colleagues have described two new species of Zamia in Belize, and worked to clarify another species. Three new research papers appeared in the current issue of Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, which has generously made...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 28, 2009 | Events
Montgomery Botanical Center participated in the 2009 American Public Gardens Association conference, held in St. Louis. Dr. Patrick Griffith presented two talks on MBC living collections management, and moderated a session on Conservation and Research at botanic...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 13, 2009 | Events
Montgomery Botanical Center would like to thank the Cardona-Tessy family for supporting a tropical conifer tree planting day. Paul Tessy and Genita Beatriz Cardona, along with six friends, helped MBC plant nine trees. The trees were wild collected and raised in our...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 4, 2009 | Events
Jackie Bergquist, from the Longwood Graduate Fellows program at the University of Delaware, gave a public seminar at MBC on June 4, titled, “The Development of a Natural Disaster Planning Template for use in Plant Collections Management.” Last summer, Ms....
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 1, 2009 | Grants
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Heritage Preservation collaboratively support Montgomery Botanical Center through the Conservation Assessment Program (CAP). Montgomery Botanical Center was one of 100 museums in 39 states to receive this...
by Theresa Bramblett | May 19, 2009 | Research
Dr. Le Corff, an ecologist from the French Institut National d’Horticulture, AGROCAMPUS-OUEST is being hosted in the Arthur Montgomery Guesthouse while researching with MBC Honorary Member Dr. Carol Horvitz from the University of Miami. France is working on “grenelle...
