by Kelly Holdbrooks | Apr 30, 2025 | News
With Kelly Holdbrooks Gardeners venturing out after winter mimic the activity of pollinators or migratory birds, stirring about together in the garden for the first time in months. As fern fronds unroll and ephemerals surface, we all play our part in the spring...
by Kelly Holdbrooks | Apr 30, 2025 | News
Southern Highlands Reserve founders Betty and Robert Balentine were recently recognized in the “Leading Lives of Consequence” series by Washington and Lee University, Robert’s alma mater, for their dedication and contributions to conservation of biodiversity. “My hope...
by Kelly Holdbrooks | Apr 30, 2025 | News
In March, SHR Executive Director Kelly Holdbrooks was invited to a training workshop at the Atlanta Botanical Garden to learn about the development of plant metacollections, the combined holdings of collections held at separate institutions. The workshop included...
by Kelly Holdbrooks | Apr 30, 2025 | News
On Saturday, April 26, in conjunction with Pisgah Project Day, Southern Highlands Reserve and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission led a red spruce planting at Graveyard Fields, the second since Hurricane Helene. With the help of 30 volunteers, the...
by Kelly Holdbrooks | Apr 30, 2025 | News
Dear Friends, Looking out my window today, I see the landscape drinking in the welcome spring rains. Fiddleheads are abundant, and the bubblegum pink of the pink-shell azaleas stands out in the newly returning lush green of the garden. Foamflower, iris, trillium,...
