by Southern Highlands Reserve | Apr 20, 2018 | News
Southern Highlands Reserve will host its 2018 Native Plant Symposium on Saturday, May 19. This year’s topic is “The Role of Pollinators in the Landscape.” Dr. Larry Mellichamp will return to the Reserve as the keynote speaker, lecturing on the tantalizing...
by Southern Highlands Reserve | Jan 25, 2018 | News
Wintertime is not a gardener’s time to hibernate, rather, it is a time to actively plan for the coming year’s activities and prepare the gardens for the growth of spring and summer. Planning during winter is essential for SHR’s operations, as well-developed plans...
by Southern Highlands Reserve | Dec 21, 2017 | News
Southern Highlands Reserve (SHR) is pleased to announce the development of a digital database to advance its work in native plant research and education. The database is a powerful tool for SHR to conduct research on more than 10 years of plant observation data,...
by Southern Highlands Reserve | Dec 14, 2017 | News
2017 was a banner year for the Reserve in many ways. SHR made its mark by changing the mountain landscape, planting over 900 red spruce trees on public land near Black Balsam with the first ever restoration project for the federally endangered Carolina Northern Flying...
by Southern Highlands Reserve | Dec 7, 2017 | News
The carbon cycle is a part of our daily lives, although most of us probably wouldn’t realize just how personally it affects us. The carbon cycle is directly linked to the food we eat, the air we breathe, the electricity that powers our lights, televisions, and...