| Birth Name: | Helen Margaret Hodgson |
| Birth Date: | 21 July 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Hastings, New Zealand |
| Death Date: | 2010 |
| Fields: | botany, botanical collecting, teaching |
| Alma Mater: | Canterbury University College |
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| Spouse: | Anthony Peter Druce |
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Helen Margaret Druce née Hodgson (July 21, 1921–2010) was a New Zealand teacher, tramper, botanist and botanical collector.[1] [2]
Druce was educated at Napier Girls' High School and Iona Presbyterian School for Girls. She earned a master's degree in geography from the Canterbury University College. She married New Zealand botanist Anthony Peter Druce in December 1947. She was a member of the Wellington Botanical Society, Canterbury University Tramping Club and Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand. Druce's botanical specimens are housed at herbaria at Te Papa, the Auckland War Memorial Museum, and Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.[3]