Montgomery Botanical Center Celebrates 85 Years in Coral Gables!

Friday, August 4th from 6-10pm the public is invited to celebrate the 85th anniversary of Montgomery Botanical Center with a special pop-up exhibit and Opening Night at the Coral Gables Museum during Mercedes-Benz of Coral Gables Gallery Night Live! The Museum offers free admission, live music and a cash bar every first Friday in conjunction with Coral Gables Gallery Night. The exhibit, which will feature historic and present-day photos of the Center activities, will open on Gallery Night and remain on view through Sunday, August 6th.

Montgomery Botanical Center has grown with Coral Gables, from a unique, out-of-the-way plant collection in 1932, to a thriving center for botany and horticulture, 85 years later. Coral Gables Museum will share the history of plant exploration by this nationally recognized living treasure. Montgomery Botanical Center was established as a private garden in 1932 and as a not-for-profit in 1959. Montgomery keeps living specimens from wild plant populations worldwide and holds National Collections of Palms, Cycads, and Tropical Conifers in a 120-acre botanic garden.

Montgomery Botanical Center Celebrates 85 Years in Coral Gables is made possible with the support of the City of Coral Gables. Image: Courtesy of Montgomery Botanical Center, a photograph of Eleanor Nell Montgomery and Colonel Robert H. Montgomery at the Montgomery Botanical Center, 1936.