by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 26, 2008 | News
Montgomery Botanical Center contributed palm foliage and fruits to The U.S. National Arboretum for use in their South African Plants Used in Traditional Zulu Culture exhibit. The Zulu use the dried leaves of Hyphaene coriacea to weave baskets and watertight...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 23, 2008 | Research
Martin Gardner, coordinator of the International Conifer Conservation Programme (ICCP) of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) visited Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) with RBGE Torreya taxifolia and Taxus floridana. glasshouse supervisor Fiona Inches. While...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 18, 2008 | Research
Dr. Donald Hodel, University of California, Davis, studied Montgomery Botanical Center’s (MBC) wild-collected Sabal species in an effort to help identify the Sabal species being cultivated in California. While at MBC, Dr. Hodel presented an update of his...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 15, 2008 | Grants
With a very generous gift from Jeff Shimonski, the Paul Drummond Fund continues to grow. Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) has earmarked this fund for palm conservation work via expeditionary fieldwork to collect palm germplasm. The Fund honors the life and work of...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 11, 2008 | Research
Dr. Sarah Matthews of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, along with postdoctoral fellows Dr. NathalieNagalingum and Dr. Hardeep Rai, collected samples from 80 taxa in MBC’s tropical conifer collection for DNA analysis. This collection constitutes a...