The year 2022 marks the 60th anniversary of the Highlands Botanical Gardens and in celebration of this special occasion, the Highlands Biological Station will resume its annual Native Plant Symposium on Sept. 16 and 17 […]
Here on the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau and in the surrounding Southern Appalachians, people are lucky to be amongst an incredible diversity of plants. As spring has progressed with wildflowers popping up and a leafy canopy emerging […]
The Mountain Garden Club added a new garden surrounding the Old Highlands Jail on Maple Street in dedication to Wiley Sloan, who passed away in March, for his dedication to helping the community. “He did […]
Ladies from the Mountain Garden Club developed and maintain a garden behind the Eckerd Living Center on the Highlands-Cashiers Hospital campus much to the delight of ELC residents. MGC Members were able to visit the […]
The Board of Commissioners recently voted to match a $1,500 grant to treat Japanese Knotweed, a non-native invasive plant common throughout the region. Knotweed is highly invasive, spreading from even the smallest cutting or fragment […]