2024 Native Plant Symposium

Connecting Place, People, and Plants

September 13 – 14, 2024

Highlands Biological Station

Highlands, NC

Online registrations are now closed. You may still register in person at the event.

$150.00 per person

$20.00 per student

Schedule of Events Coming Soon!

Featured Speakers:

Mr. Charlie Williams as French Royal Botanist André Michaux – Live and in person!

Dr. Joey Shaw,

Director, Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage of Great Smoky Mountains NP & UC Foundation Professor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Ms. Barbara J. Sullivan,

Author of Climate Change Gardening for the South: Planet-Friendly Solutions for Thriving Gardens

Plus…

Short talks spotlighting current research in the Highlands Botanical Gardens

Great selection of books on native plants and related subjects

Silent and live auctions of select and rare native plants

Tours of the Highlands Botanical Gardens

Reception and author book signing

and more!

Margie Bauer, Artist