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The Montgomery Botanical Center’s newsletter is published twice a year to inform its members, collaborators, colleagues, and the community about ongoing collecting, conservation, research, and education efforts at Montgomery.

APGA LogoIn 2005, Montgomery’s newsletter was acknowledged with the Dorothy E. Hansell Award by the American Association of Botanic Gardens and Arboreta.

Fall/Winter 2024 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2024 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2024 – Volume 32, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This issue's cover story highlights the work of three Montgomery scientists (Larry Noblick, Michael Calonje, and Joanna Tucker Lima) who searched for palms in Acre, Brazil to add to...

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Spring/Summer 2024 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2024 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2024 – Volume 32, Number 1  Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This issue highlights Montgomery's position at the forefront of cycad conservation science with an article on a collaborative project with Western Sydney University in Australia,...

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Fall/Winter 2023 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2023 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2023 – Volume 31, Number 2  Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This issue highlights collecting expeditions in Australia (p. 3) and Morocco (p. 6) and participation in Cycad 2023 (p. 7).  Landscape...

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Spring/Summer 2023 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2023 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2023 – Volume 31, Number 1  Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This issue highlights some historical achievements (Joe Hibbard's Master Plan of the landscape has been implemented for 30 years and Long-term China Cycad Research and...

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Fall/Winter 2022 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2022 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2022 - Volume 30, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This issue highlights articles on the native Florida coontie, along with updates on collaborations and expeditions around the USA and Namibia, and an update on a plant taxonomy...

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Spring/Summer 2022 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2022 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2022 - Volume 30, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This issue highlights the many young scholars working with Montgomery Botanical Center to advance botanical and horticultural knowledge and a very generous donation toward to the...

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Fall/Winter 2021 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2021 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2021 - Volume 29, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This issue highlights two new Zamia discoveries along with updates on the Plant Exploration Fund collaborations and expeditions to Colombia and Bonaire! A Corypha utan also bloomed in...

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Spring/Summer 2021 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2021 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2021 - Volume 29, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This issue highlights updates to the landscape design of the garden as well as scientific collaborations supported by the Plant Exploration Fund. The Global Cycad Conservation...

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Fall/Winter 2020 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2020 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2020 - Volume 28, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This issue highlights a botanical project in Crete, Greece, funded by the Plant Exploration Fund (pages 4-5). The project involved botanists from the Botanical Garden of the...

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Spring/Summer 2020 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2020 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2020 - Volume 28, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This issue highlights three new plant discoveries along with updates on collaborations and expeditions around the USA, the Caribbean, Brazil, Australia, and Mexico! You can also...

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Fall/Winter 2019 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2019 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2019 - Volume 27, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.This issue highlights a botanical project in West Africa, funded by the Plant Exploration Fund (pages 4-5). The project involved botanists from Senegal, Switzerland, and the USA, and...

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Spring/Summer 2019 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2019 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2019 - Volume 27, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. Michael Calonje and his colleagues found a new cycad in a remote part of Colombia and on pages 6 and 7, he shares their story.  Joanna Tucker-Lima relates her recent expedition in...

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Fall/Winter 2018 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2018 Newsletter

This issue highlights a new Plant Exploration Fund (page 3). Lin Lougheed, the Fund’s Founder, will give a matching gift of $100,000 to encourage others who
believe in the irreplaceable value of plants to contribute to the Fund. If you are inclined to support plant exploration, this is a good year to donate to the fund, since your donation will be matched.

For updates on reseach being conducting on Brazilian palms see pages 4-5, more research updates on other projects being conducted at Montgomery Botanical Center can be found on page 6, and to read more about our 10 new staff members see page 7!

Montgomery Botanical Center publishes two newsletters a year to keep our supporters and collaborators up to date and informed. To read more about how Montgomery Botanical Center meets our mission of “Advancing Research, Conservation, and Education through Scientific Plant Collections” please see our newsletters online.

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Spring/Summer 2018 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2018 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2018 - Volume 26, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.This issue highlights a search for the Cacheito Palm (pages 6-7) and updates on research being conducted on Cuban cycads (pages 4-5). This year we added two new National...

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Fall/Winter 2017 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2017 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2017 - Volume 25, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This issue highlights a new species discovery (pages 4-5) and updates on research being conducted at MBC (page 6). You will also find articles on Hurricane Irma...

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Spring/Summer 2017 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2017 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2017 - Volume 25, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. Our work to examine the genetics of garden collections is increasingly relevant, as shown by a new federal grant that will allow us to further the project Safeguarding...

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Fall/Winter 2016 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2016 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2016 - Volume 24, Number 2Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.  This new issue is focused on palms, as promised! There are articles on Dr. Larry Noblick's expeditions to Madagascar, the Seychelles, the US Virgin Islands, and Arizona....

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Spring/Summer 2016 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2016 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2016 - Volume 24, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.  This new issue has articles on our recent collaborations in Cuba, Cycad 2015 in Colombia, and the World Cycad Office at Montgomery. The Kelly Foundation made a one...

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Fall/Winter 2015 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2015 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2015 - Volume 23, Number 2Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.  The new fall issue of the Montgomery Botanical News has articles on Nell's vision and the last 25 years at Montgomery Botanical Center. It also has articles on the future...

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Spring/Summer 2015 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2015 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2015 - Volume 23, Number 1Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This new issue has articles on searching for Pseudophoenix on Elliott Key, collecting cycads in Colombia, more palm discoveries, and recent publications and awards...

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Spring/Summer 2014 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2014 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2014 - Volume 22, Number 1Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.This new issue has articles on collecting Syagrus in Brazil, searching for Coccothrinax in the Dominican Republic, and the innovative science that our Research Fellows are...

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Fall/Winter 2013 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2013 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2013 - Volume 21, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This issue highlights Loyd Kelly's contributions to Montgomery. This spring we dedicated the Loyd G. Kelly Conservation Nursery, a facility that promotes better plant...

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Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2013 - Volume 21, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.  This new issue has articles about a palms in the Dominican Republic and Texas, and cycads in Colombia. It also highlights the Plant Exploration exhibit at the Coral...

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Fall/Winter 2012 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2012 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2012 - Volume 20, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This new issue has articles about a palms in Dominica and French Guiana, cycads in the Cayman Islands, and new agricultural equipment that we have been testing. It also...

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Spring/Summer 2012 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2012 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2012 - Volume 20, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.  This new issue has articles about a new Giant Zamia, and discusses fieldwork in Florida, Texas, Colombia, and on the Island of Mona. It also highlights The 9th...

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Fall/Winter 2011 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2011 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2011 - Volume 19, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.This new issue has articles about collecting in The Bahamas, Florida, and Brazil.  It also highlights new infrastructure: the Marion and Tex Haynes Patio.Montgomery...

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Spring/Summer 2011 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2011 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2011 - Volume 19, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This new issue has articles about collecting in Colombia, Trinidad, Belize, and Hawaii.  It also highlights new infrastructure: the Chris Tyson Plant Conservation...

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Fall/Winter 2010 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2010 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2010 - Volume 18, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This new issue has articles organized around the theme of exceptional plants: new and interesting plants collected, plants no other garden grows, and newly designated Champion Trees....

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Spring/Summer 2010 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2010 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2010 - Volume 18, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.This new issue has articles on fieldwork in St. Lucia, Martinique, the Bahamas, Tonga, and the Fiji Islands.  There are also articles on the 50th Anniversary, best...

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Fall/Winter 2009 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2009 - Volume 17, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.This new issue has articles on scientific collaboration, fieldwork in Belize, new additions to our collection, natural disaster planning, and updates on current research....

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Spring/Summer 2009 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2009 - Volume 17, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.This special fiftieth anniversary issue issue combines history and current research.  Montgomery Botanical Center is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary in 2009 and this...

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Fall/Winter 2008 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2008 - Volume 16, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.This new issue has an article by Larry Noblick  about exploring for new palm species in Brazil (see page 4) and an article by Montgomery Fellow Cristina Lopez-Gallego on...

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Spring/Summer 2008 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2008 - Volume 16, 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 to support Montgomery...

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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 support Montgomery...

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Spring/Summer 2007 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2007 - Volume 15, 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 to support Montgomery...

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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 support Montgomery...

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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 to support Montgomery...

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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 support Montgomery...

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Spring/Summer 2005 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2005 - Volume 13, 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 to support Montgomery...

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Fall/Winter 2004 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2004 - Volume 12, 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 support Montgomery...

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Spring/Summer 2004 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2004 - Volume 12, 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 to support Montgomery...

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Fall/Winter 2003 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2003 - Volume 11, 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 support Montgomery...

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Spring/Summer 2003 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2003 - Volume 11, 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 to support Montgomery...

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Fall/Winter 2002 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2002 - Volume 10, 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 support Montgomery...

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Spring/Summer 2002 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2002 - Volume 10, 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 to support Montgomery...

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Fall/Winter 2001 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2001 - Volume 9, 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 support Montgomery...

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Spring/Summer 2001 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2001 - Volume 9, 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 to support Montgomery...

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Fall/Winter 2000 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 2000 - Volume 8, 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 support Montgomery...

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Spring/Summer 2000 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2000 - Volume 8, 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 to support Montgomery...

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Fall/Winter 1999 Newsletter

Fall/Winter 1999 - Volume 7, 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 support Montgomery...

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Spring/Summer 1999 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 1999 - Volume 7, 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 to support Montgomery...

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Spring/Summer 1998 Newsletter

Spring/Summer 1998 - Volume 6, 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 to support Montgomery...

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