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...

Hurricane Katrina Recovery at MBC

Hurricane Katrina arrived at MBC late in the evening of Thursday, August 25th. A significant number of MBC’s Palm Collections were affected, as well as a smaller number of our Cycad Collections. Additionally, many of our hardwood trees were felled. Damage assessments...

Jeremy Stalker, Ph.D. Student in Geology at FIU

Jeremy is investigating the waters that contribute to Biscayne Bay as part of his doctoral studies at Florida International University; he has been collecting data from wells at MBC and aquifers underneath. On Thursday the July 21st at 2:30 p.m., Jeremy discussed his...

MBC Receives National Award for Montgomery News

Montgomery Botanical Center was honored with the Dorothy E. Hansell Award at the 2005 American Association of Botanic Gardens and Arboreta Meeting in Chicago for its newsletter, The Montgomery News. The Hansell award recognizes the accomplishments of gardens with...

Dylan Hannon, Plant Explorer

Dylan Hannon, curator of tropical plants and conservatory collections at Huntington Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, visited MBC from June 4-7 to collect plant propagation material for inclusion in the Huntington’s newly constructed Rose Hills Foundation...

MBC Presents Paper at FSHS Conference

MBC was represented at the Florida State Horticultural Society Conference in Tampa from June 6-7. MBC Staff presented a paper titled  “Effects of a Parasitic Wasp (Coccobius fulvus) on Cycad Aulacaspis Scale (Aulacaspis yasumatsui) at Montgomery Botanical Center,...