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.

September 12-13, 2008

“Gardening in a Changing Climate”

Author AllAn Armitage of the University of Georgia on Natives Are For Gardeners Too

The Plant Hunter Patrick McMillan of the Clemson University Herbarium on Gardening and Climate Change

Author Doug Tallamy of the University of Delaware on Fighting Extinction with Native Plants

Horticulturist Jamie Oxley of Meadowbrook Nursery/We-Du Natives on Ideas for Using Natives in Your Garden

Former HBS Executive Director Robert Wyatt of the University of Georgia on Moss Gardening

Field trips with Wes Burlingame, Jim and Bethany Plyler, Robert Tucker, Paul Sanger, Ila Hatter, Cyndi Banks, Jim Costa and...

Native Plant Live Auction!

Detailed schedule coming soon!  Check back or call 828-526-2602 to request a paper copy mailed to your address.

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:

Donate to the Garden!

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