News & Updates
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...
Gardener’s Corner with Director of Horticulture Eric Kimbrel
Much of this season at the Reserve has been spent inside enhancing our digital plant database in preparation for it to be shared with the public, as well as making...
Southern Highlands Reserve’s Volunteers of the Year
Southern Highlands Reserve is pleased to announce the 2018 Volunteers of the Year! Volunteers are vital to our success as a growing non-profit organization and we’re...
Sprucing Up the Forest for Fairy Diddles
Commission biologists lead habitat restoration projects to benefit the Endangered Carolina Northern flying squirrel Written by Christine A. Kelly / Photos by Melissa...
What is SASRI and Why Do We Care?
The Southern Appalachian Spruce Restoration Initiative (SASRI) 2018 annual meeting took place on Thursday, November 8 at the Bent Creek Experimental Forest outside of...
Southern Highlands Reserve Helps Rescue Native Plants at High Hampton Resort
Southern Highlands Reserve recently had the opportunity to assist in a local native plant rescue at the historic High Hampton Resort in Cashiers, NC. A redesign of its...
Gardener’s Corner
Autumn, marked by cooler weather and shortening days as Earth’s axis begins to tilt away from the sun, transitions us from summer’s lush abundance to winter’s quiet...
German Forestry Society Visits Red Spruce Restoration Site
Southern Highlands Reserve was honored to join the United States Forest Service (USFS) on Friday, October 5, to welcome 17 members of the German Forestry Society (GFS),...