Heather Blackmore

Contributor

Blessed with a wicked green thumb and a determined spirit, Heather Blackmore tends a perennial and vegetable garden in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. She writes about her garden successes, failures, and observations on her blog, Here She Grows.

Heather is an award-winning writer recognized by The Garden Writers Association (GWA), an organization of green industry professionals, in 2018 for a story she wrote and produced for Country Gardens magazine entitled “A Farm in the Sky.” She received another commendation in 2019 from GardenComm (same organization, new name) for her personal garden blog.