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

Fall provides some wonderful, warm visual landscape interest after the vibrancy of spring and the lushness of summer. We often regard...

We got a lot of questions this week about what looked like lollipops sticking out of the base of several trees around Wellfield. Rest...

It is great to have these lower temperatures and be able to get back to writing some blog articles! I planned out this article before I...

Hi everyone! My name is Mary Wojcik; I’ve spent the last decade and a half working with native plants and ecological restoration...

House plants are one of the most important aspects of horticulture, and my interest in them pushed me into a botany focused career. My...

At this time of year, we usually spend a fair amount of time dealing with various plant health issues. When we notice something wrong...

Each year, Wellfield chooses unique plants to display in our Sensory Garden. This year, I was lucky enough to be given the assignment to...

Among the many flowers at Wellfield Botanic Gardens, you may notice several pots overflowing with annuals in various locations. These...

The Quilt Gardens of Elkhart County started in 2007 with just 2 gardens. This unique to our area exhibit joins quilting, gardening, and...

Partnership. Collaboration. These are words carrying a lot of meaning for me today. I am breaking from our normal format of discussing...

Recently, one of our guests sent a picture wondering what the name of the amazingly exotic looking flower and leaf (pictured above) they...

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...

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....