News & Updates

With Director of Horticulture Eric Kimbrel Just as gardening is an action, gardens are dynamic. Planting designs evolve over time. This spring and early summer, we...

The air is misty and quiet, with only birdsong and sunlight filtering through the canopy. The ground is spongy with a thick mat of spruce needles falling year after...

More than a century after creating the first American forestry management plan, Biltmore is joining forces with Southern Highlands Reserve to restore the high elevation...

With Director of Horticulture Eric Kimbrel Spring has sprung and we are buzzing around the garden trying to keep pace with Mother Nature. Preening and caretaking is...

A wayward salamander appeared in the Lodge one recent morning. She was motionless with her head up, blinking in the sunlight. Morning tasks for two of us came to a halt...

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...

By Terry Ashley Plants and animals have developed astonishing adaptations to ensure survival in the face of changing environmental conditions. From early stages of...

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...

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...