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Catherine Hedlund

Catherine Hedlund is a public educator at a metropolitan botanical garden, where she organizes school visits and classes on plant diversity. She managed children’s greenhouse workshops for a municipal park system and has a BS in Horticulture. Hedlund is certified as an Extension Master Gardener.

Important Drugs From Plants and How They Are Made Botany
Are Palm Trees Really Trees? A Botanical Explanation Trees & Shrubs
Do Plants Have Sentience? What the Science Says Botany
What Is an Angiosperm? Definition, Types, and Uses Botany
Is Wood a Living Thing? When It Is and When It Isn’t Botany
The Taxol Plant: From Pacific Yew to Cancer Treatment Cancer
What Are Monocots? Characteristics, Examples & Importance Botany
How Are Plants Classified? Ranks, Traits, and Types Botany
Why Are Trees Brown? The Science of Turning Leaves Botany
What Is a Plant Callus and How Does It Form?Botany
What Is a Cork Cell? Biology and Practical Uses Biology
Is Wood Made of Cells? A Look at Its Cellular Makeup Biology
Budding: Asexual Reproduction Process Explained Biology
What Is a Radicle and Its Function in Plants?Botany
What Are Non-Vascular Plants? Characteristics & Types Botany
What Is a Welwitschia and Why Is It So Unique?Botany
Taiga Plants and Their Survival Adaptations Botany
What Is the Plantae Kingdom? Characteristics and Classification Botany
What Are Sori? The Reproductive Structures of Ferns Botany
Forbs: What They Are and Their Ecological Importance Botany
What Is Nectar? Its Composition and Biological Role Botany
The Plant Cell Wall: Its Structure, Function, and Role Biology
What Is Micropropagation and How Does It Work?Botany
What Is a Root Hair and What Is Its Function?Botany
What Are Woody Plants? Definition, Types, and Structure Botany
Do Trees Have DNA? The Genetic Code of Plant Life Genetics
Dioecious Plant: What It Is and Why It Matters in Biology Botany
Panicles: Structure, Purpose, and Common Plants Botany
What Is a Plant-Like Protist? Types and Examples Biology
What Is Mucilage? Its Functions and Uses Biology