by Theresa Bramblett | Jul 31, 2008 | Events
Montgomery Botanical Center’s research in palms and cycads was recently presented at Botany 2008, the annual conference of the Botanical Society of America and other plant science associations. Dr. Patrick Griffith, Executive Director, presented two talks at the...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jul 23, 2008 | Research
Ian Cole, recent M.Sc. Graduate in Phytochemistry at UBC, is in residence at MBC this summer, studying Montgomery Botanical’s Nypa collections. Ian is the recipient of a 2008 Montgomery Fellowship for Early Career Botanists. By using the live scientific...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jul 17, 2008 | Events
Dr. John Dowe, Montgomery Botanical Research Fellow, presented a lecture on the Palms of the Wet Tropics Bioregion of Australia, on July 17. Although Australia is the driest continent on earth, with an average continent-wide rainfall of only 165 mm (6”), there are...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 27, 2008 | Events
The Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) team participated in many aspects of the 2008 American Public Gardens Association (APGA) Conference in Pasadena, California. Chad Husby organized and spoke at a session on challenges in plant collection and exchange for botanical...
by Theresa Bramblett | May 30, 2008 | Research
From May 13 through May 29, Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) cycad biologist, Michael Calonje, traveled extensively in China during a cycad conservation conference and study tour organized by Willie and Limei Tang. Michael visited and studied native populations of...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 29, 2008 | Newsletter
Spring/Summer 2008 Newsletter Spring/Summer 2008 – Volume 16, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. Montgomery Botanical Center publishes two newsletters a year to keep our supporters and collaborators up to date and informed. If you would like...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 26, 2008 | News
Montgomery Botanical Center contributed palm foliage and fruits to The U.S. National Arboretum for use in their South African Plants Used in Traditional Zulu Culture exhibit. The Zulu use the dried leaves of Hyphaene coriacea to weave baskets and watertight...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 23, 2008 | Research
Martin Gardner, coordinator of the International Conifer Conservation Programme (ICCP) of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) visited Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) with RBGE Torreya taxifolia and Taxus floridana. glasshouse supervisor Fiona Inches. While...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 18, 2008 | Research
Dr. Donald Hodel, University of California, Davis, studied Montgomery Botanical Center’s (MBC) wild-collected Sabal species in an effort to help identify the Sabal species being cultivated in California. While at MBC, Dr. Hodel presented an update of his...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 15, 2008 | Grants
With a very generous gift from Jeff Shimonski, the Paul Drummond Fund continues to grow. Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) has earmarked this fund for palm conservation work via expeditionary fieldwork to collect palm germplasm. The Fund honors the life and work of...
