LIVESTREAM: A Garden in Every Season Tour

There is always something changing in the Highlands Botanical Garden! Take a guided tour to see what’s new in our demonstration gardens and among the hundreds of species that call our campus home. Tours are on the 1st Monday of every month from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. Tours are weather dependent. This tour will […]

Free

Nature 101: TBD

Highlands Nature Center

More info. to come!

Free

Holiday Creations

Highlands Nature Center

Kick off your holidays by making decorations from natural materials! Drop by the Highlands Nature Center on December 5th to create twigs stars, pine cone ornaments, and more. It will be held rain or shine at the Highlands Nature Center, 930 Horse Cove Road, part of the Highlands Biological Station, a multi-campus center of Western […]

Free

LIVESTREAM: A Garden in Every Season Tour

There is always something changing in the Highlands Botanical Garden! Take a guided tour to see what’s new in our demonstration gardens and among the hundreds of species that call our campus home. Tours are on the 1st Monday of every month from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. Tours are weather dependent. This tour will […]

Free

Nature 101: TBD

Highlands Nature Center

More info. to come!

Free

Nature Center opens for spring hours (reservations required)

Highlands Nature Center

After more than a year of closure, the Highlands Nature Center will be opening its door to visitors once more beginning Friday, April 2nd! Spring hours are Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free reservations are required to visit. To ensure the safety of our community and beyond, visiting the Nature Center […]

Free

Grasses of the Southern Appalachians

Highlands Biological Station 265 North 6th St, Highlands, NC, United States

GRASSES OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, with Dr. Paul Mckenzie, USFWS (Emeritus)

Sedges of the Blue Ridge

Highlands Biological Station 265 North 6th St, Highlands, NC, United States

SEDGES OF THE BLUE RIDGE with Dr. Dwayne Estes, Austin Peay University

Biology and Conservation of Birds

Highlands Biological Station 265 North 6th St, Highlands, NC, United States

BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF BIRDS with Dr. Rob Bierregaard, Drexel University & Academy of Natural Sciences