News & Updates

With Kelly Holdbrooks Winter weather on the mountain can vary dramatically in the beginning. Some days are warm and sunny while others drop in temperature with dustings...

We are thrilled to announce Brent Antrim will be Southern Highlands Reserve’s new Gardens Manager. In this new position, Brent will manage and develop SHR’s botanical...

Last month, Southern Highlands Reserve and partners in the Southern Appalachian Spruce Restoration Initiative (SASRI) kicked off a multi-year red spruce restoration...

The Garden Club of America has awarded Southern Highlands Reserve founders Betty and Robert Balentine its highest honor for their work to preserve the unique...

Dear Friends, January always brings a flurry of promise, of hope, and often a pressure to reform or improve upon our performance in the previous year. But today as I...

Dear Friends, I began writing this letter to you on the autumn equinox, Sunday, September 22, looking forward to a new season at Southern Highlands Reserve. Little did...

Every year since 2021, Garden & Gun Magazine honors 10 Champions of Conservation. These are “scientists, advocates, and groundbreakers” doing their part to save the...

Storm water mitigation in action last winter   Gardener Kody Stanley stayed on site at Southern Highlands Reserve with his young family while Hurricane Helene...

A Report from Southern Highlands Reserve Hurricane Helene brought unprecedented devastation to the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, and the aftermath of this natural...