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This week at Wellfield, I encountered my old nemesis, the moth species Melitta curcubitae , or squash vine borer (SVB for short). It has...

A volunteer asked me this morning why her large tomatoes are so slow to ripen this year. I could appreciate her passionate desire for...

One of things most people associate with Japanese culture, and Japanese gardens in particular, is the art of bonsai . The word literally...

Wellfield staff and volunteers are often lost in the weeds this time of year, as late spring rains and early summer warmth pushes spring...

The dog days of summer are upon us, and from the forecast, it looks like they’re here to stay for a while. Along with taking care of our...

I was excited when I was given the chance to “blog” about my favorite hobby, my livelihood, my passion: gardening! As many of us did, I...

Sometimes I wonder – when I will learn some important ecological lessons? Lately at Wellfield, we’ve been doing a lot of weeding; during...

Have you ever walked the Gardens at Wellfield and seen some plants you couldn’t identify? We always have some of our “plants of interest”...

Did you know you might have an orchid growing in your lawn or flower bed? Orchidaceae is one of the largest plant families on earth along...

As many of you faithful readers know, 2020 at Wellfield Botanic Gardens is being celebrated as 季節 Kisetsu: The Year of the Island Garden...

Historically, this is always a busy week at Wellfield Botanic Gardens, and this year was no exception. While we welcomed members back for...

This is a week of transition in more ways than one here at Wellfield Botanic Gardens. Ahead of our May 22nd reopening, we began Member...

As the weather warms, I become anxious to plant. It is all I can do to wait until the danger of frost passes before planting the flowers...

If you are like me and have little space to garden, but really want to try your hand at it, I may have some solutions.  I have virtually...

As temperatures recently settled into the upper twenties and a heavy spring snow descended on the area, Jeff Burbrink, Elkhart County...

I must confess, I am a bit of a garden tool nerd. I love to spend time researching tools I have never seen or heard of before, dreaming...

I think one of the most under-appreciated and undersold bloom happenings of early spring in this part of the world are the various maple...

No, this is not yet another article on Coronavirus/COVID-19. I figure you have heard and read enough on the topic that you decided to go...

I have a thing for radishes. Some vegetable growers have a thing for tomatoes, and when I say they have a “thing,” I mean they...

Warming weather inspires many minds to the vegetable garden. This week, Wellfield staff direct sowed the first vegetable crops of 2020:...