Mt. Cuba Center
Melissa Starkey currently serves as the Marketing and Communications Manager and Educator at Mt. Cuba Center, specializing in interpretation and public programming focused on native plants, ecology, and naturalistic gardening. Previously, Melissa held various roles at the American College of Physicians, including Senior Clinical Associate, responsible for developing clinical practice guidelines and leading methodology training. In addition, Melissa has experience as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School - Massachusetts General Hospital, where research on cell-cell signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa was conducted, and as a Visiting Lecturer at Wellesley College teaching biotechnology. Melissa holds an MSc in Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants from The University of Edinburgh, a PhD in Biology from Northwestern University, and a BS in Biotechnology from Rutgers University.
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Mt. Cuba Center
Mt. Cuba Center is a botanical garden that inspires an appreciation for the beauty and value of native plants and a commitment to protect the habitats that sustain them. Over the past 70 years the gardens at Mt. Cuba Center have been transformed from fallow cornfields into thriving ecologically functional landscapes, thanks to the initiative of Mr. and Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland. With paths that take visitors from the formal gardens of a du Pont mansion through stunning vistas, intimate woodlands, and lush meadows, Mt. Cuba Center is a botanical garden that puts the beauty of native landscapes on display to inspire conservation. What began in the 1930s as the private estate of Mr. and Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland is now a public garden that centers the beauty and value of native plants. In addition to cultivating the public garden's formal and naturalistic landscapes, Mt. Cuba Center staff conduct research, connect guests to the natural world and teach students about native plant horticulture. Gardens are open for general admission Wednesday to Sunday, April to November. Classes are offered year-round.
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