About Heather

Heather is an award-winning author and nationally sought-after speaker spending much of her time passionately educating audiences about the fascinating world of native bees and the native plants that support them. Her first book, Pollinators of Native Plants, was published in 2014, and her latest book, Bees, published in 2017, has won six book awards including the 2018 American Horticultural Society Book Award. Heather is a biologist, research assistant, and pollinator educator. Her expertise includes the natural history and biology of pollinators and beneficial insects and their interactions with native plants. She also presents on ecological landscape restoration, enhancing pollinator habitat, and climate change resiliency.

Language/s Spoken: English