Founder and Executive Producer

Natalie Jones Bonner is an author, advocate, business innovator, veteran, and Founder of Blue Lotus Creations Herbal Emporium located at 1070 Irish Hill Drive, Biloxi. Blue Lotus Creations is a retailer of carefully curated medicinal herbal wellness products. Blue Lotus Creations is the only Moroccan Tea Den in Downtown Biloxi.

Natalie is te Founder of Cannabis Festival Mississippi, Co-Founder of the Redstick Cannabis Festival, Founder of Mississippi Gulf Coast Women Who Brunch, and Co-Founder of Opulent High, a luxury cannabis event and retreat company. She serves on the Board of Veteransville, East Biloxi Food Market, and The Society.

Natalie’s passion project is Social Justice Reform, and Social Equity in the Cannabis Industry. Natalie works hand in hand with cannabis advocates to challenge lawmakers to create cannabis legislation that includes minorities who have been most disenfranchised by the failed War on Drugs. Natalie believes as reciprocity, these individuals must be given the opportunity at both freedom from targeted incarceration, and participation in the wealth acquisition now occurring in the cannabis industry. Natalie’s mantra is two-fold; be intentional and be you!

Co-Founder and Producer

Shana Burney is Co-Founder of Bleu Organic CBD Lounge located on Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. in Biloxi, MS. Bleu Organic is unique in its pairing of wellness with entertainment. Bleu Organic is the only CBD, Hookah & Sports Lounge of its kind on the MS Gulf Coast. Shana began her wellness journey at age 23 when she entered the healthcare industry as part of a mobile dental unit traveling across Mississippi to teach dental hygiene to children. Her passion for the healing arts blossomed as she expanded her career into laboratories, clinics, emergency medicine and teaching aspiring healthcare professionals.

As Shana learned more about the efficacies of plant medicine, she soon recognized western medicine ideologies were not fully incorporating the healing properties of plants. As a result Shana engrossed herself into further researching and learning the power of plant medicine. A journey directly aligned with that of her husband, and business partner Arthur Burney. Shana has now incorporated her passion of cooking and love of plant medicine creating various culinary delights as she further submerges herself in the joy of cooking with cannabis.