News & Updates
SHR Receives Commendation from The Garden Club of America
The Garden Club of America recently presented Southern Highlands Reserve the Zone VIII Horticulture Commendation. The commendation was awarded with appreciation for...
Seed Collecting: A Shared Experience
The world of botanists, horticulturists and landscape architects is a tight knit community, one in which conversations often result in tracing back crossed paths and...
Springing into New Life
As spring advances, signs of renewed life are appearing at the Reserve in each of the four elements. Amphibians have laid their eggs in the water, insects are hatching...
Gardener’s Corner with Eric Kimbrel
I always eagerly await this time of year when leaves emerge and plants begin to flaunt their flowers. A truly magical transformation happens all around us. This is also...
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...