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As we were harvesting vegetables for the Seed to Feed program this week, a couple of volunteers asked a great question concerning seed...

“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” ― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein The summer of 2018...

The Japanese tend to work with tight spaces when they are designing a garden. After all, they have been on the same bit of ground for a...

This week’s blog is going to be super short. Your friendly neighborhood hip, non-hipster gardener is SUPER busy (with help from our...

The sun is shining, there’s plenty of life (wow, would that make a great beginning to a sad song, or what?)… FINALLY, it seems Mother...

Crocus in the Spring Garden As I set out for my weekly walk around our 1/2-mile Promenade pathway, I was greeted by the usual suspects –...

It sure has been quiet at the Visitors Cottage. After our busy Holiday Lights season, it seems like we’ve hardly been open this year – in...

Christiana Creek drains roughly 3% of the 4,685 square mile St. Joseph River Watershed. It’s a 10-mile-long creek that originates at...

“ The roots are doing their job ,” commented Josh Steffen, horticulture manager at Wellfield Botanic Gardens, as a small team surveyed...

This is A Sweet Deal! Make a simple, tax-deductible online donation of $10 or more between February 1 and February 13, 2018 and you’ll...

Recently, I received a question from a member who was having some issues with their jade plant, Crassula ovata, flopping over. I have...

Just 24 more shopping days…And the Wellfield Gift Shop has some unique gifts for teachers, friends, hostess gifts, or a special item just...

It’s the time of year to reflect on accomplishments: In 2017 we welcomed over 30,000 guests to Wellfield.  Over 1000 k-6th grade students...

On a daily basis we give thanks to our members, our community, and our program participants for their support of Wellfield. But behind...

Though we’ve had a couple days of cool, wet, fall weather, Wellfield is still going strong in our Fabulous Fall , filled with great...

As a biologist and environmental educator with a fair amount of enthusiasm, I’ve had my share of television appearances over the years…...

If you’ve visited in the last six months, you’ve noticed: We’re GROWING! …and not just plants, but buildings and patios and new themed...

We’re very excited to have increased our restroom capacity by 350% thanks to the generosity of private donors, including significant...

Over one half of Wellfield Botanic Gardens’ 36 acres are comprised of surface water including a navigable stream, Christiana Creek that...