News & Updates
Wild Collecting in North Carolina: Southern Highlands Reserve and the Arnold Arboretum partner for plant conservation
by Sean Halloran, Plant Propagator, The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University In September, the Arnold Arboretum once again visited Southern Highlands Reserve as part...
Gardener’s Corner with Eric Kimbrel
Nature’s schedule is always interesting to observe—it pays no mind to our calendar. The trees filled up with webworms early this year, and yet current warm temperatures...
Finding Beauty In the Familiar
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SHR Receives Commendation from The Garden Club of America
The Garden Club of America recently presented Southern Highlands Reserve the Zone VIII Horticulture Commendation. The commendation was awarded with appreciation for...
Seed Collecting: A Shared Experience
The world of botanists, horticulturists and landscape architects is a tight knit community, one in which conversations often result in tracing back crossed paths and...
Springing into New Life
As spring advances, signs of renewed life are appearing at the Reserve in each of the four elements. Amphibians have laid their eggs in the water, insects are hatching...
Gardener’s Corner with Eric Kimbrel
I always eagerly await this time of year when leaves emerge and plants begin to flaunt their flowers. A truly magical transformation happens all around us. This is also...
Change: A Perspective on Aesthetics and Climate in the Garden
Written by Matt Sprouse, PLA, Sitework Studios – Principal and Amy Fahmy, PLA, Sitework Studios – Landscape Architect This past year brought us to Southern Highlands...
Ephemeral Magic
Written and Photographed by Caleb Melchior Southern gardens are known for their big charismatic flowers: sugar-pink rhododendrons, peppermint domed mountain...