by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 24, 2007 | Research
During his visit to Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC), Montgomery Botanical Research Fellow, Dr. John Dowe of the Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research, collaborated with MBC executive director, Dr. Patrick Griffith, MBC palm biologist, Dr. Larry Noblick,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 17, 2007 | Events
Anders Lindstrom, director of botanical collections at Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden, Thailand, and Ex situ Conservation Subgroup leader of the Cycad Specialist Group (IUCN), generously provided his insight and expertise during a cycad walk-through at...
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...
