P.O. Box 580

930 Horse Cove Road

Highlands, NC

828-526-2602


 
About the Garden...

 

The Highlands Botanical Garden is free and open to the public year-round,

from sunrise to sunset.

 

Support for the Botanical Garden comes from Highlands Biological Foundation membership, donations, and proceeds from the

Annual Conference on Landscaping and Gardening with Native Plants:

***Thursday-Friday***

September 10-11 2009!

To receive a registration form, click here or email hbs@email.wcu.edu.

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Speakers include:

Patrick McMillan

Clemson University

"Personal space: the importance of private property in conservation"

Katherine Elliott

Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory

"The southern Appalachians-a dynamic landscape"

Jim Veteto

University of Georgia

"Seeds of persistence: southern Appalachian heirloom vegetable and fruit cultivars"

John Turner

Southern Highlands Reserve

"Designing gardens with natives--the story of the Southern Highlands Reserve"

Jon Calabria

North Carolina State University

"Water conservation in the garden"

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Field trips leaders include:

  • Robert Wyatt - Botanizing on Whiteside Mountain

  • Wes Burlingame - All-day hike in Panthertown Valley

  • Jim & Bethany Plyler - The Southern Highlands Reserve

  • Jim Veteto - Heirloom food plant propagation workshop and seed share

  • Ina Warren - Monarch butterfly gardening workshop and seed share

  • Robert Tucker - Garden tours in Highlands and at the Highlands Country Club

  • Paul Sanger and Jeff Zahner - Tour of the Gregory Garden

  • Bobby Haynes - Historic and scenic Satulah Mountain hike

  • Will Blozane and Gary Wein - The Cheoah hemlock at the Henry Wright Preserve

  • Rob Durrance - Tour of the Fisher Garden

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The Conference will also feature:

  • Reception and tour of the Highlands Biological Station and its Botanical Garden and Nature Center (Thursday)

  • Coffee and lunch (Friday)

  • Wine and h'ors doeuvres (Friday)

  • Native plant auction (Friday)

Frequently Asked Questions

 

What's in Bloom?

For a list of what may currently be seen in flower in the Garden, click here.


What Can be Seen...

The Botanical Garden serves as a living museum of labeled native plant species such as the one below:

Part of the

NC Birding Trail 

  Bird Species Checklist

Donate to the Garden!

This site created by Tiffany Stoddart for the Highlands Biological Station © 2004