News & Updates

Lichens are like the teenage boys of the plant world — they can live pretty much anywhere under any conditions. They make their home on rocks, trees, soil, houses,...

Volunteers play a critical role in helping us achieve our mission at Southern Highlands Reserve. Since launching a formal volunteer program in 2019, we have grown...

With Director of Horticulture Eric Kimbrel A chill is in the air now as summer temperatures disappear and warm air no longer wraps around us. In exchange is a mosaic of...

On Friday, September 30, a 26-foot U-Haul truck drove up the mountain to our nursery to collect some of our long-term residents. We spent the day loading up 1,000 of...

Deep in the Pisgah National Forest just southwest of Asheville, N.C., stands a magnificent tree tucked away from the human hustle. For nearly a century she’s held vigil...

Photo: Cowee Mound captured by Kody Stanley during a conference field trip. Cowee was an important center of 18th-century Cherokee life and the site of many brutal...

Big plans are sprouting at Southern Highlands Reserve. We are proud to announce that SHR has been tapped by the federal government to take the lead in red spruce...

With Director of Horticulture Eric Kimbrel At the transition to warm summer, we begin looking for fruit and seed production on plants so that we can be ready to collect...

It's time again for our annual Native Plant Sale!   Please join us on August 26th, and bring home some of the native plants featured in the garden of Southern...