by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 29, 2005 | News
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...
by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 5, 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...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 29, 2005 | Events
MBC hosted Cliff Sawtell the last week of August. Cliff is responsible for the Economic Collections at Adelaide Botanic Gardens (ABG) in Adelaide, Australia, which includes many palm and cycad species. Mr. Sawtell was awarded a scholarship by the Friends of the ABG to...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 26, 2005 | News
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...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jul 22, 2005 | Events
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...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jul 11, 2005 | Events
For two weeks in July, MBC hosted Dr. John Dowe, botanist with the Australian Center for Tropical Freshwater Research at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia. John is an expert on Livistona, and has done extensive research on systematics and ecology of the...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jul 6, 2005 | Events
From July 5th through July 10th, MBC hosted Dr. William Hahn, associate dean and associate research professor of biology at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Bill, a longtime contributor of specimens to MBC, is doing research on palms of the tribe Cocoseae....
by Theresa Bramblett | Jul 1, 2005 | 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...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 6, 2005 | Events
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...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 6, 2005 | Events
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,...
