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Don’t Worry, BEE Happy
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 in a new way. Your yard can become a hotspot in the best term of the word, a virtual tourist destination for bees and other pollinators. You should include three …
Lindenwood’s Biodiversity
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. The Garden is part of the Highlands Biological Station’s 24- acres and makes a great afternoon stroll. The trail begins at the Nature Center, 930 Horse Cove Road, to the …
Be a Virtual Fan
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 Nature Center campers from all over. This year, however, it’s been quiet. We spent the winter and early spring planning our annual nature camps, courses, events, and lectures for the …
Waterfoul Royalty
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 is a “perching duck” with sharp claws for grasping tree branches. Yes, it can be seen perching in a tree like a sparrow. The real surprise, however, is its arresting …
Our Brand is Beauty
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 of place is what lures vacationers and seasonal residents here and back again, year after year. We all have seen awe play on the animated faces of “first timers” who …
Gifts Galore & Even More
Main Street Gifts, located at 366 Main Street, may be the new kid on the block, but this kid is here to make your shopping a pleasure. Owners Dan and Suzanne Young know a thing or two about Highlands, and their love of the area is apparent. Dan’s family owns Wit’s End, a Highlands fixture which was opened by …
Start Your Summer With Shopping
When life returns to normal, summer is upon us, and the world is opening up a bit, we’ll all be ready to get back out, do a little shopping and support our small, locally-owned businesses that add so much to the fabric and fun of life here in Highlands. Shopping Highlands’ Main Street is a given, but also …
The Pie’s The Limit
The first time I met Mary Adair Trumbly, I was immediately drawn to her radiant self-presentation, eyeing her tulle skirt across the grocery aisles. It was clear then that the items in her wardrobe would reveal her story, as it did: Director of the Performing Arts Center, President of the Chamber of Commerce, and board member of the Highlands Food …
Helping the Hungry
The pandemic has brought the mission of the Food Pantry of Highlands into sharp focus and added a sense of urgency to its efforts to feed local families. “The Food Pantry is doing a steady 75 families every Monday and we’ve seen a number of new younger people reaching out for assistance due to the high level of unemployment,” said …
Peace, Love and Laurent Perrier
Old Edwards Inn is known for their love of hosting parties, innovative collaborative events that focus on and present their favorite finds. As they’ll do on July 30, at the Peace, Love, and Laurent Perrier Party at The Farm. The evening, featuring the champagnes of Laurent Perrier, promises to recapture the easy swinging style and laid-back rhythms of the …
Katherine Michael Paints Nostalgia
What do ping pong balls and wooden sub flooring have in common? Katherine Michael! Katherine is originally from Illinois, but has made Florida her home for nearly 20 years. Being a folk artist, you never know what she will paint nor what types of materials she will use for her creations; being out-of-the-box, she sometimes uses ping pong balls to …
HCCMF Getting Ready for 2021
To all our Festival Friends, we waited as long as we possibly could, hoping for a miracle, but sadly the time has come to make the call that the 39th season of the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival has been cancelled. We had such an incredible summer planned for you, with more new faces and creative programs than ever before, including …
