Wellfield Horticulture Staff took a moment, as we ramp up for the season, to reflect on what they like about working at Wellfield. In a...

While working at Wellfield Botanic Gardens, we often hear and see different varieties of native birds flying by, including cardinals,...

As the growing season comes to an end, the garden labor also slows down. We’ve been so lucky with the warmer, drier weather we’ve...

If you’ve been to Wellfield this summer, it’s likely you’ve seen Monarch butterflies dancing about the native prairie in the Children’s...

One of my favorite parts of working at Wellfield is getting to work with all the trees and shrubs. I find pruning to be fun, relaxing,...

The goal of a sensory garden is to excite the senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. A sensory garden can be designed to affect...

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Quilt Gardens in Elkhart County, presented by the Elkhart Convention and Visitors Bureau....

Most garden plants in our region start to struggle when temperatures rise above the mid-80’s. Here at Wellfield, we use the following...

The lawn, as we know it today, got its start in 17th Century England, where it was an indication of status and wealth. From there,...

Last week while mulching, I had to stop and admire some of the water diversion and reuse tactics we’re employing here at Wellfield. This...

Sometimes when we work out in the garden, we find what I like to call “garden treasures”. These are usually just some type of mutated...

Watching the garden wake up is one of the most exciting parts of gardening. It is so much fun to anticipate the leaves returning and the...

The birds are chirping, and the sunshine feels a little warmer on our backs. As we bear the usual pains of fickle spring weather, most of...

March is a strange time in the garden, with half of the days feeling like spring and half like winter. The 70 degree days we’ve been...

Ground cover can be a beautifully effective weed control barrier. It adds depth and layer to the landscape design, and it provides...

When I think of poop, I don’t think of the waste that comes out as being better than what was ingested. This is actually the case,...

Surprisingly around this time of year, we have a lot of flowering going on in the greenhouse here at Wellfield. I wanted to highlight...

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

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