Instructor Information for 21WAEHORPHC
| Name | Bio | |
|---|---|---|
| Melissa Bennett | N/A | Melissa Bennett earned a PhD in entomology from the University of California at Davis, studying the evolutionary biology of social insects. She has conducted field research and worked at museums including the Smithsonian, the American Museum of Natural History, and the British Museum. She has taught science to students from second grade to graduate school, and her blog explains the natural history and biology of gardening to a general audience. She has almost four decades of professional gardening experience, with her own gardening business From Root to Shoot LLC, serving the Catskills region of New York. She has also worked for a NYC-based horticultural firm, working on rooftops and brownstone backyards. She is a local specialist with a global perspective, having worked in a variety of natural environments (temperate hardwood, desert, tropical, and urban) as a gardener and a scientist. |
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