The native plant of the month for August at Wellfield Botanic Gardens is the compass plant, or Silphium laciniatum. Compass plant is a...

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...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, the holidays are over and it’s seed catalog time! Walking out to the mailbox is never as...

Our horticulture staff is busy, busy, busy these days – you wouldn’t think so, given the weather, but trust us, they are! So, we’ve given...

The weather shall become more fall like, we promise. This weekend, Wellfield opens its Fabulous Fall season. Wellfield staff and...

I recently was in Chicago for a short vacation and got a chance to visit Millennium Park. What a wonderful experience for my inner...

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...

Yes it is cold again. Yes, it is technically still winter, but for Wellfield’s Horticulture and Facilities department, spring has sprung....

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,...