by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 5, 2007 | Newsletter
Fall Winter 2007 Newsletter Fall/Winter 2007 – Volume 15, Number 2 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 to...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 1, 2007 | News
Ron Determann, conservatory and conservation director at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, visited Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) to share his experience in conservatory horticulture. Chad Husby, MBC collections manager and botanist, has a long-standing, collaborative...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jul 27, 2007 | News
During the month of July 2007, Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) hosted graduate student Dánae Cabrera in MBC’s Arthur Montgomery Guesthouse. Ms. Cabrera is using MBC’s collections in a parallel project of her Ph.D. research, focusing on the systematics...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jul 26, 2007 | Conservation
Montgomery Botanical Center’s (MBC) cycad biologist, Michael Calonje, has returned from MBC’s Panama 2007 expedition to Kuna Yala Province. A generous donation from MBC Heritage Member, Randal J. Moore, supported the expedition. Mr. Moore’s support...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 1, 2007 | News
Montgomery Fellow, Dr. Mónica Moraes R., of the Herbario Nacional de Bolivia at the Institute of Ecology, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, collected morphological data on Montgomery Botanical’s Butiinae palm collections to compare wild with cultivated...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 21, 2007 | Conservation
Dr. Patrick Griffith, Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) executive director, and Dr. Larry Noblick, MBC palm biologist, have returned from their three-week expedition to Trinidad and Tobago. Drs. Griffith and Noblick collected a total of 4,884 seed. Of the 22 species...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 20, 2007 | Events
Deborah A. Clark, Ph.D., research professor for the Department of Biology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, presented the 2007 Gifford Arboretum Lecture Tropical Rain Forests and Global Climate Change: A Fast-changing Science. This Gifford Arboretum Lecture was...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 3, 2007 | Events
Dr. Damon Little, a research associate of The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular Systematic Studies at The New York Botanical Garden, presented a public seminar at Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) on the Evolution and Circumspection of the True...
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 23, 2007 | News
Chad Husby, Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) collections manager and botanist, is implementing a handheld, weather-resistant PDA interface system for MBC. Laura Vasquez, MBC field supervisor, has also been instrumental in this effort. The PDA interface system will...
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 10, 2007 | Events
This year, the South Florida Palm Society chose Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) as the location for its annual sale. More than 20 vendors offered over 250 species of palms for sale during the weekend event. While at the sale, visitors had the opportunity to tour...