News & Updates

In March, SHR Executive Director Kelly Holdbrooks was invited to a training workshop at the Atlanta Botanical Garden to learn about the development of plant...

On Saturday, April 26, in conjunction with Pisgah Project Day, Southern Highlands Reserve and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission led a red spruce planting...

Dear Friends, Looking out my window today, I see the landscape drinking in the welcome spring rains. Fiddleheads are abundant, and the bubblegum pink of the pink-shell...

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 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...