Spring/Summer 2006 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2006 Newsletter Spring/Summer 2006 – Volume 14, 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...

FIU Graduate Geology Site Visit

Dr. Grenville Draper, Professor of Geology at Florida International University, brought his department’s graduate students to learn some local geology. In addition to sinkholes and other karstic features (see photo), The Silver Bluff Escarpment, an exposed limestone...

Florida 2005 Palm and Cycad Expeditions

Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) is renowned for its quality wild-collected population samples of palms and cycads from all over the world, but, surprisingly, the Florida native palms and one native cycad are markedly under-represented in MBC’s collections. In an...

Hurricane Wilma Strikes South Florida

Once again, we sustained major damage to our plants collections from yet another hurricane. As of November 1st, power was restored to part of the property and damage assessments and recovery efforts were underway. Additional information and photos will be posted once...

Guyana 2005 Expedition, Adelaide Botanic Gardens

MBC hosted a group of nine travelers from Adelaide Botanic Gardens in South Australia, Including Steven Forbes (Director). This group was passing through Miami on its way to Guyana, to revisit the routes of Richard Schomburgk’s expeditions there from 1841 to 1844. The...

Fall/Winter 2005 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2005 Newsletter Fall/Winter 2005 – Volume 13, 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...