Check out Wilderness Falls and Frolictown Falls in a gorgeous two-mile loop trek that can be done in an hour or two in Panthertown Valley’s west side. The Valley is […]
June is a great time to be outdoors in any year, but especially this year as people have ventured outside their homes more, and quite possibly reviewing their home’s landscape […]
Nestled just a few blocks from downtown is the Highlands Botanical Garden, with almost two miles of trails on 12 acres that include a lush forested area and Lindenwood Lake. […]
This season at the Highlands Biological Station has been unusual to say the least. This is the time when our campus comes alive with Botanical Garden blooms, visitors, researchers, and […]
This bird is startlingly beautiful. On first seeing the Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) most people do a double-take: “What is that!” What indeed. Also known as the Carolina Duck, this […]
Ask people who live here on the Plateau what they like most about living among the mountains and forests and before long the word ‘beauty’ gets uttered. That same beauty […]
As an owner of a thriving small business and fly shop (Brookings), the Covid -19 situation has totally blind-sided me and my staff, as it has the rest of the […]
The gifts of May, amidst the lingering trials of April, have been immortalized by poet Lucy Larcom: When April steps aside for May, like diamonds all the rain-drops glisten; Fresh […]
Pachysandra is one of five species of the Boxwood family. It has roots to eastern Asia as well as North America. The plant most associated with this area is commonly […]
The Botanical Gardens of the Highlands Biological Station is an ecological preserve of native flora of the Highlands Plateau and southern Appalachian Mountains. Native plants are presented in natural habitat […]
