News & Updates

Cultivate is an active verb. We cultivate our gardens, among other things; it’s human endeavor. As such, it involves not only physical labor, but also planning,...

Stop what you’re doing. Get up. Walk outside. Chances are, depending on where you are at the time, you will immediately feel a little bit better—your mood may lighten,...

Every year in early June, visitors to Southern Highlands Reserve are rewarded with an especially vibrant range of color offered by our Gregory Bald Azalea collection. A...

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme” ~ Mark Twain The Irish Potato Famine has gone down in history as one of the worst tragedies of the 19th century. In...

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....

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...

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...

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 endangered Carolina Northern Flying Squirrel. The organization’s landscape changed in 2017 as well, welcoming two new staff members and celebrating the retirement of our inaugural Greenhouse Manager, Sue Owen.

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...