Heather Alley

Conservation horticulturist at the University of Georgia, State Botanical Garden of Georgia

Heather Alley serves as the conservation horticulturist and manager of the Mimsie Lanier Center for Native Plant Studies at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. Heather has over 20 years of experience identifying and propagating hundreds of Georgia native plants from every region of the state including over fifty rare species for conservation purposes. Heather specializes in piedmont grassland plant species for restoration and rare species conservation. 