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...
by Theresa Bramblett | May 18, 2009 | News
Every year Montgomery Botanical Center conducts multiple expeditions to bring endangered plants into protective cultivation. In the last year, MBC has performed conservation fieldwork in Belize, Jamaica, Panama, Colombia, and New Zealand. Please see the Expeditions ...
by Theresa Bramblett | May 4, 2009 | News
Montgomery Botanical Center has launched its first online donation button. Donating online is a secure and convenient way to support Montgomery Botanical Center. Upon selecting the Donate button, you will be redirected to PayPal’s secure internet site. On...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 29, 2009 | News
April 29, 2009 has been proclaimed Montgomery Botanical Center Day in Coral Gables. The city commission presented a glowing proclamation highlighting 50 years of accomplishments to the MBC leadership at the April 28 City Commission Meeting. Dr. Patrick Griffith...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 22, 2009 | Events
Six volunteers from the Education Department at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden came to Montgomery Botanical Center to work on a large cycad horticulture project. These Encephalartos collections are important for conservation and botanical research. These...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 16, 2009 | Events
Montgomery Botanical Center was honored to co-sponsor the 21st Gifford Arboretum Lecture at the University of Miami. Dr. Lucia Lohmann of the Universisdade de Sao Paulo, Brazil, gave a lecture titled, “Disentangling one of Darwin’s great mysteries: The story of...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 15, 2009 | Research
Dr. Larry Noblick, MBC Palm Biologist, performed conservation and research fieldwork in Belize during March, working with biologists from Belize Botanic Gardensand Green Hills Botanical Collections. Belize is known to have a very diverse palm flora, with an especially...
