Heather Blake started Natural Treasures Nursery in 1998 and has worked in the nursery & landscape industry since. She is also the Sales Manager at Chestnut Hill Nursery. Heather has been a member of FANN since 2008, serving on the sign & tag committee and volunteering at trade show booths. She has also served on the board of other organizations including the Frontrunners Chapter of FNGLA, the Paynes Prairie Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society, and the Suwannee River Garden Club.

She is a passionate plant nut that loves helping people enhance habitat in their yards with native plants, FL Friendly plants, and edibles. She truly believes that everyone needs more dirt therapy in their lives.

Heather graduated the Wedgworth Leadership Institute at U.F. which is an agriculture and natural resources leadership program that starts with the local community and builds to regional, statewide, national, and finally international issues.

Heather has both an A.S. in Ornamental Horticulture and Certificate in Business Management from Santa Fe College.