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Heather Holm is a biologist, pollinator conservationist, and award-winning author. She passionately informs and educates audiences nationwide, through her writing and many presentations, about the fascinating world of native pollinators and beneficial insects, and the native plant communities that support them.
Heather is the author of four books: Pollinators of Native Plants (2014), Bees (2017), Wasps (2021), and Common Native Bees of the Eastern United States (2022). Both Bees and Wasps have won multiple book awards including the American Horticultural Society Book Award (2018 and 2022 respectively). Heather’s expertise includes the interactions between native pollinators and native plants, and the natural history and biology of native bees and predatory wasps. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and many local publications. Heather is also an accomplished photographer and her pollinator photos are frequently featured in print and electronic publications. |
Heather is a National Honorary Director of Wild Ones. She also serves on the boards of the following non-profits: Friends of Cullen Nature Preserve and Bird Sanctuary, Friends of Minnetonka Parks, and her local Wild Ones chapter, Prairie Edge. In her spare time, she is an active community supporter, writing grants, and coordinating and participating in volunteer ecological landscape restoration projects. The latest project is a 13-acre oak savanna restoration that will provide thriving habitat for pollinators, birds, mammals, and passive, nature-based opportunities for people.
FOLLOW HEATHER ONLINE:
Facebook: PollinatorsNativePlants and RestoringTheLandscape
Join her Facebook group to share your observations and pollinator photos: www.facebook.com/groups/PollinatorsNativePlants
Twitter: BeesNativePlant
Instagram: beesnativeplants
iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/723565
View iNaturalist observations
FOLLOW HEATHER ONLINE:
Facebook: PollinatorsNativePlants and RestoringTheLandscape
Join her Facebook group to share your observations and pollinator photos: www.facebook.com/groups/PollinatorsNativePlants
Twitter: BeesNativePlant
Instagram: beesnativeplants
iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/723565
View iNaturalist observations
