by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 24, 2010 | Events
A focus on living botanical collections remains at the heart of the botanical garden community. As evidence: Montgomery Botanical Center’s work was selected for presentation at the two major garden conferences this summer. Dr. Chad Husby and Dr. Patrick Griffith...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 21, 2010 | News
A great deal of specialized work goes into pollinating plants at MBC. Loss of natural habitat and unscrupulous poaching puts a big pressure on cycads. Cycad seeds produced at MBC are shared with other botanical gardens, educational institutions, and scientific...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 18, 2010 | Research
Dr. John Leslie Dowe is a Research Botanist based at James Cook University, Townsville, Australia and a Research Fellow with Montgomery Botanical Center. Dr. Dowe has worked on the systematics, ecology and taxonomy of Australia palms for the last 20 years. John has...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 8, 2010 | News
City Year, a branch of AmeriCorp, visted MBC to help us with a large-scale weeding project. The event was organized as part of City Year Miami’s 96 Hours of Power, a program designed to have members volunteer around the clock for a 4 day period. City Year members...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 7, 2010 | Events
Miami Dade College’s Palm Diversity & Maintenance class visited MBC to assist with the summer planting. The course teaches identification and good maintenance practices for the major species of palms commonly found in South Florida. MBC has a history of using...