by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 8, 2007 | News
Michael Calonje is the new cycad biologist at Montgomery Botanical Center. In addition to broad experience in field botany and plant collecting, Michael has worked for various botanic gardens internationally, in management, collections, horticulture, and plant...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 8, 2007 | News
Chad Husby has joined Montgomery Botanical Center as collections manager and botanist. Leading the Collections Development Department at MBC, Chad brings a background in plant exploration, collections management and botanical research to the position. Chad comes...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 8, 2007 | News
Annual grounds inventory ensures that each plant in Montgomery Botanical Center’s collection remains solidly associated with its data. Each plant’s label and mapped location work together and provide redundancy for this all-important linkage: inventory...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 13, 2006 | Publications
Dr. Larry Noblick, Montgomery Botanical Center’s palm biologist, has described, for the first time, two rarely collected Butia species — B. exospadix and B. marmorii. Butia exospadix and B. marmorii (at center of photo) imitate grass and were discovered in...
by Theresa Bramblett | Nov 29, 2006 | Events
Dr. Andrew Vovides of the Instituto de Ecologia, A.C., Xalapa, México—and México’s leading cycad researcher—visited Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) to advance the collaborative cycad research in progress between the two institutions. While at MBC, Dr. Vovides...
by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 5, 2006 | Newsletter
Fall/Winter 2006 Newsletter Fall/Winter 2006 – Volume 14, 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 | Sep 3, 2006 | Events
Montgomery Botanical Research Fellow, Dr. John Dowe of the Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research, made significant progress in researching palm hurricane and cyclone damage during his visit to Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC). Dr. Dowe examined...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 11, 2006 | Events
MBC Research Associate Cristina Lopez-Gallego, Doctoral Candidate at the University of New Orleans, presented her research on Zamia with a seminar given at the Nixon Smiley Meeting Room at 2:30 PM on Friday, August 11th. Cristina investigates genetic and adaptive...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 8, 2006 | Events
Dr. Patrick Griffith, Montgomery Botanical Center’s executive director, represented MBC at two national meetings this summer—The American Public Gardens Association (APGA) conference, and the Botany 2006 conference. The APGA selected MBC’s proposed...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 15, 2006 | Events
Montgomery Botanical Center hosted the leadership and supporters of the University of Miami’s Gifford Arboretum on June 15th. The Gifford Arboretum is conducting a master planning process involving landscape architecture and collections planning. The Gifford...
