Slow down. Look closer. Breathe. Join Horticultural Specialist Canty Worley for Mindfulness in the Gardens, an unhurried walk through the Highlands Botanical Gardens with plenty of pauses to notice what […]

Science on the Rocks: The Hidden Chemical World of Salamanders📅 Wednesday, August 5, 2026 | 4:00 PM📍 Weyman, Highlands Biological StationFree and open to the public Join Grant-in-Aid researcher Paul […]

Join Highlands Biological Station and the Blue Ridge Bird Observatory for a morning of bird banding as part of the MAPS, or Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship, program. Established at […]

The Seminoles called him Puc Puggy — the Flower Hunter. He earned it. In the spring of 1775, William Bartram rode into the Cherokee mountains of western North Carolina and […]

Science on the Rocks: Darwin, Wallace, and the Making of The Descent of Man📅 Wednesday, August 12, 2026 | 4:00 PM📍 Weyman, Highlands Biological StationFree and open to the public […]

Late summer is one of the most rewarding moments in the Highlands Botanical Garden. Join Dr. Paul Manos of Duke University for an unhurried, guided walk through two of the Garden's most distinctive habitats: the Bog Garden, where saturated soils support a specialized community of plants found almost nowhere else nearby, and the Pollinator Garden, planted to draw in the bees, butterflies, moths, and flies that keep these systems running.

Join HRI and the Highlands Biological Station for an educational walk to see and learn about the Old Growth Forest in Highlands, NC. You’ll get to see one of the oldest eastern hemlocks in North America, among other magnificently large trees of all species.