by Kelly Holdbrooks | Apr 19, 2024 | News
By Robb Turner Many readers who have enjoyed the garden tour at Southern Highlands Reserve will remember that most of the rock there was hauled up the mountain to the garden from Elberton, GA, Robbinsville, and other locales in North Carolina. That’s because there is...
by Kelly Holdbrooks | Apr 19, 2024 | News
By Terry Ashley Plants and animals have developed astonishing adaptations to ensure survival in the face of changing environmental conditions. From early stages of multi-cellular animal evolutions, retention of structures for specific functions is obvious. Think...
by Kelly Holdbrooks | Jan 11, 2024 | News
With Director of Horticulture Eric Kimbrel As winter sets in, SHR staff and volunteers are cleaning seeds like a bunch of squirrels as snow falls with temperatures below freezing. It is important to inventory seeds so we can plan for germination and stratification....
by Kelly Holdbrooks | Jan 11, 2024 | News
With Director of Horticulture Eric Kimbrel With groundbreaking for our new greenhouse scheduled this fall, we are emptying out the hoop houses and planting everything we can. We’re adding the perennials and wildflowers to various beds throughout the garden. We’re...
by Kelly Holdbrooks | Jan 11, 2024 | News
By Terry Ashley You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to conclude that plants are different from animals. Animals travel: they swim, fly, crawl, climb, run. Plants don’t, yet they occupy as many different habitats as animals. Most animals adapt to extreme changes in...
