Celebrate Halloween the natural way! Free, guided tours of the botanical gardens will lead you trick-or-treating around the trail to meet some native animal characters. This event is weather dependent. For more information, call (828) 526-2623. Highlands Biological Station, a multi-campus center of Western Carolina University

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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]

More info. to come!

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 […]

CLIFF & ROCK OUTCROP COMMUNITIES OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS with Ms. Laura Boggess, Mars Hill University and Mr. Gary Kauffman, USFS