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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, the holidays are over and it’s seed catalog time! Walking out to the mailbox is never as...

Volunteers and guests often ask, “what do you guys do in the winter”? So, I decided to write a little bit about the first winter project...

My first four months at Wellfield have been great; working in the Gardens has helped me to re-familiarize myself with a whole world of...

My least favorite aspect of this area is the cold winter preventing us from growing plants that are more characteristic of tropical and...

In my previous article , I covered different types of fungi and gave brief descriptions on their uses. In this article, I want to dive...

Around this time of year many people will go on “leaf peeper” road trips to enjoy the changing fall foliage. While enjoying the colors,...

While there are many positive aspects to gardening and enjoying nature, there are also quite a few unpleasant critters and plants. Each...

Fall provides some wonderful, warm visual landscape interest after the vibrancy of spring and the lushness of summer. We often regard...

While taking a stroll in nature, your yard, or maybe even your local botanic garden (wink, wink!), it isn’t hard to witness nature’s...

We got a lot of questions this week about what looked like lollipops sticking out of the base of several trees around Wellfield. Rest...

It is great to have these lower temperatures and be able to get back to writing some blog articles! I planned out this article before I...

Hi everyone! My name is Mary Wojcik; I’ve spent the last decade and a half working with native plants and ecological restoration...

House plants are one of the most important aspects of horticulture, and my interest in them pushed me into a botany focused career. My...

At this time of year, we usually spend a fair amount of time dealing with various plant health issues. When we notice something wrong...

Each year, Wellfield chooses unique plants to display in our Sensory Garden. This year, I was lucky enough to be given the assignment to...

I began my interest in pepper plants when my doctor told me spicy food might hurt my stomach. So naturally, I became fixated on spicy...

Among the many flowers at Wellfield Botanic Gardens, you may notice several pots overflowing with annuals in various locations. These...

The Quilt Gardens of Elkhart County started in 2007 with just 2 gardens. This unique to our area exhibit joins quilting, gardening, and...

Partnership. Collaboration. These are words carrying a lot of meaning for me today. I am breaking from our normal format of discussing...

Recently, one of our guests sent a picture wondering what the name of the amazingly exotic looking flower and leaf (pictured above) they...