Ellen Elliott Weatherbee has taught botany at the University of Michigan for thirty-three years and is the founder of the Adult Education Program at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens. She has been on the editorial board of the Michigan Botanist and is active in environmental groups in the United States, Canada, and Europe. She is also coauthor of Edible Wild Plants: A Guide to Collecting and Cooking.

Family

Ellen's father, Eugene B. Elliott, was president of Eastern Michigan University, 1948-1965.

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