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One of the key concepts that an ecologically minded gardener should keep in mind while designing and fostering their landscapes is the...

This week’s blog entry is a dead subject to most (wait for it to sink in and then laugh). I was attempting to describe various garden...

Central to Wellfield Botanic Gardens’ mission is promoting the connection everything on Earth has to water, and how life on Earth would...

Today is May Day, a celebration of flowers, or a day often celebrated with flowers, but how about doing something a little different this...

In our Wild Yards series, we have been discussing the four needed ingredients (i.e., food source, water source, hiding places and a place...

When most people think of shelter for wildlife, they think of man-made wildlife housing, like birdhouses. These are great additions to...

This week in our “Wild Yards” series, we will be discussing something we have a lot of at Wellfield: water!   Water is essential to...

Last week, we kicked off a new series about diversity in your garden, and what the keys are to creating a low maintenance landscape....

Your landscape IS an ecosystem, and it behaves like an ecosystem, whether you think about your piece of paradise in such terms or not....

Urban and residential gardening can be intimidating, due to the lack of space available in which to plant. I have run into the same...

This is the time of year for earnest winter pruning ; Wellfield staff are actively engaged in moving through trees and shrubs to...

Have you ever, on a nice, cold wintery day, sat outside and stared at an ice-covered pond and wondered if there is anything alive under...

I received an email responding to a presentation I did recently, and I thought I would share the questions posed with you, dear (lucky)...

In my last post, I shared some of my observations from the Gardens and we defined “tree” and “shrub” . Now I want to share what I’m...

I love learning and sharing information with people who have an interest in gardening, as I continue my journey at the beautiful...

Gardeners often spend January and February pouring over seed catalogues dreaming, always dreaming. They turn the pages, suddenly halting...

“In these uncertain times” is a phrase you may have heard more often lately; as we all know, uncertainties make it hard to plan for the...

The average homeowner chases after the elusive “low maintenance, so I can watch more Netflix” landscape, and the residential landscape...

Hello everyone! It’s your friendly gardener on Main Street, coming at you with another wild and wacky gardening thought. Just for a...

Happy 2021! If you’ve visited the Gardens recently, you may have noticed a singular container arrangement at the south entrance to the...