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Sweet Sweetshrub
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”...
Jennifer Tan
Jun 13, 20201 min read
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About Thyme and Other Groundcover News
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...
Jennifer Tan
May 30, 20202 min read
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Busy Bees
Historically, this is always a busy week at Wellfield Botanic Gardens, and this year was no exception. While we welcomed members back for...
Jennifer Tan
May 23, 20201 min read
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Wellfield Botanic Gardens Open Daily, 12-6 p.m.
A ‘Modified Visitation Plan’ emphasizes the health and safety of guests, volunteers, and staff while allowing for enjoyment of the...
Eric Garton
May 22, 20202 min read
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Cool and Change
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...
Jennifer Tan
May 16, 20204 min read
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Wellfield Botanic Gardens Announces Spring Opening May 22
For immediate release: May 12, 2020 [DOWNLOAD FULL PRESS RELEASE HERE] Wellfield Botanic Gardens Announces Spring Opening May 22 A...
Eric Garton
May 12, 20203 min read
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Kisetsu: The Year of the Island Garden 2020
Akemashite omedetô gozaimasu! Happy New Year to gardeners everywhere. In 2020, Wellfield Botanic Gardens is celebrating the opening of...
Jennifer Tan
Jan 18, 20202 min read
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The True Spirit of Wellfield
There are days, as the executive director of a local not-for-profit, that I find myself overwhelmed by the outpouring of support we...
Eric Garton
Dec 17, 20193 min read
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Some Spectacular Natives
While sitting in the Children’s Garden’s fabulous new tree house enjoying a recent mild summer morning, I reflected on the fact it was...
Jennifer Tan
Aug 9, 20192 min read
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Do you know your hashi from a hole in the ground?
As executive director at Wellfield, I’m often asked about the progress being made on construction projects large and small, our future...
Eric Garton
Jan 19, 20193 min read
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The Gift of Music
I’m reminded by the cooling temperatures and breezy days we experience this time of year, why Fall is a special time in Michiana. The...
Eric Garton
Oct 26, 20182 min read
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Fabulous Fall starts now!
The weather shall become more fall like, we promise. This weekend, Wellfield opens its Fabulous Fall season. Wellfield staff and...
Jennifer Tan
Sep 21, 20181 min read
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Changes, Changes, All Around!
“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” ― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein The summer of 2018...
Jennifer Tan
Aug 8, 20183 min read
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Spring Splendor is here!
It seems like Mother Nature has decided to turn the page on the calendar; the tulips (did you know we have over 40,000?) are starting to...
Jennifer Tan
May 3, 20182 min read
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Two-Lip Fever
We seem to be receiving lots of questions as to when our tulips are going to bloom. The answer is our tulips are a very special type...
Jennifer Tan
Mar 30, 20182 min read
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It all begins now!
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...
Jennifer Tan
Mar 29, 20181 min read
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“The roots are doing their job”
“ The roots are doing their job ,” commented Josh Steffen, horticulture manager at Wellfield Botanic Gardens, as a small team surveyed...
Eric Garton
Feb 21, 20183 min read
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A Sweet Deal!
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...
WBG Staff
Feb 1, 20181 min read
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Construction Update – Pardon Our Dust!
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...
Eric Garton
Aug 16, 20173 min read
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Hot? Seek the Shade of the Woodland
When the temperatures are warmer than usual but you still need your nature-fix, best to head to the wilds of Indiana. The tall trees,...
Eric Garton
Jul 19, 20172 min read
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