Upcoming Events & Programs
Stay updated on programs, events, and special offerings!
Highlands Nature Center
Daily Programs
Date: Daily, Starting June 2nd (Closed Sundays)
Times: Vary
Location: Highlands Nature Center | 930 Horse Cove Rd.
Free | No registration required
Storytime with Ms. KK on select Tuesdays:
July 15 and July 29
All other Tuesday Storytime programs will be lead by our Naturalists.
Wednesday Garden Tours are geared toward adults, but all other daily programs are family-friendly!
Zahner Conservation Lecture Series
Cohabitate; Living with Nature
Date: Thursday, July 10th
Time: 6:00-7:00 pm
Location: Highlands Nature Center | 930 Horse Cove Rd.
FREE | No registration required
Featured Speaker: Sonya Carpenter, Co-founder and President of Co-habitate Inc.
Nature Center Nights
Salamander Meander
Date: Tuesday, July 15th
Time: 8:00-9:00 pm
Location: Highlands Nature Center | 930 Horse Cove Rd.
All ages welcome
FREE | Registration required
(Weather dependent)
Join our Naturalists on a nighttime search for our secretive salamander friends.
Zahner Conservation Lecture Series
Lesser Known Medicinal Mushrooms of the Southern Appalachians
Date: Thursday, July 17th
Time: 6:00-7:00 pm
Location: Highlands Nature Center | 930 Horse Cove Rd.
FREE | No registration required
Featured Speaker: Christopher Parker, Mycologist and Co-Owner The Forest Farmacy
Nature Center Nights
What Bat is That?
Date: Tuesday, July 22nd
Time: 8:00-9:00 pm
Location: Highlands Nature Center | 930 Horse Cove Rd.
All ages welcome
FREE | Registration required
(Weather dependent)
Stretch your wings and tune into the sounds of the many special bats of the Highlands area! Join our Naturalists on a walk through the Botanical Garden to watch them in flight.
Zahner Conservation Lecture Series
Understanding Helene as a Geologic Event in Southern Appalachia... and What is a "Geologic Event" Anyway?
Date: Thursday, July 24th
Time: 6:00-7:00 pm
Location: Highlands Nature Center | 930 Horse Cove Rd.
FREE | No registration required
Featured Speaker: Philip S. Prince, Ph.D., Project Geologist, Appalachian Landslide Consultants, PLLC, Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences
Nature Center Nights
Salamander Meander
Date: Tuesday, July 29th
Time: 8:00-9:00 pm
Location: Highlands Nature Center | 930 Horse Cove Rd.
All ages welcome
FREE | Registration required
(Weather dependent)
Join our Naturalists on a nighttime search for our secretive salamander friends.
Zahner Conservation Lecture Series
The Good, the Bad & the BUGly
Date: Thursday, July 31st
Time: 6:00-7:00 pm
Location: Highlands Nature Center | 930 Horse Cove Rd.
FREE | No registration required
Featured Speaker: Dr. Kelly Oten, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, NC State University
Nature Center Nights
What Bat is That?
Date: Tuesday, August 5th
Time: 7:45-8:45 pm
Location: Highlands Nature Center | 930 Horse Cove Rd.
All ages welcome
FREE | Registration required
(Weather dependent)
Stretch your wings and tune into the sounds of the many special bats of the Highlands area! Join our Naturalists on a walk through the Botanical Garden to watch them in flight.
Zahner Conservation Lecture Series
Finding the Fabulous Ordinary
Date: Thursday, August 7th
Time: 6:00-7:00 pm
Location: Highlands Nature Center | 930 Horse Cove Rd.
FREE | No registration required
Featured Speaker: Georgann Eubanks, author, University of North Carolina Press
Nature Center Nights
Salamander Meander
Date: Tuesday, August 12th
Time: 8:00-9:00 pm
Location: Highlands Nature Center | 930 Horse Cove Rd.
All ages welcome
FREE | Registration required
(Weather dependent)
Join our Naturalists on a nighttime search for our secretive salamander friends.
Zahner Conservation Lecture Series
Southern Appalachian Forest Resilience in a Post Hurricane World
Date: Thursday, August 14th
Time: 6:00-7:00 pm
Location: Highlands Nature Center | 930 Horse Cove Rd.
FREE | No registration required
Featured Speaker: Megan Sutton, The Nature Conservancy, Southern Blue Ridge Program Director