Amy Heidt is a retired science educator. She taught in Ben Hill and Tift Counties and spent the last couple of years as a Science Mentor to school systems across South Georgia. She became interested in native plants as a classroom teacher and wove this into her teaching; writing grants and developing curricula that integrated native plant studies into K-12 curricula through RESA projects and state curriculum development.
Amy is a founding member of the Coastal Plain Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society (CPC, GNPS). She has served as Vice President, President, Secretary, and currently as Propagation Director for the Chapter.
She is a member of the Georgia Native Plant Society Board of Directors and serves as Conservation Director, and as such Chair of the Conservation Committee. She also serves on Propagation, Rescue and Restoration Subcommittees and the Education Committee for GNPS.
Amy has been a member of Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance (GPCA) as a plant guardian/volunteer since 2013. She and her husband, Paul, assist with plant rescue and restoration projects. They are active with rare plant safeguarding, maintaining collections and propagating additional plant materials for conservation out-planting on protected lands. They contribute directly to the conservation work of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the State Botanical Garden of Georgia.
