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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...

Everyday at Wellfield is a day of thanks – – from those whose vision inspired Wellfield Botanic Gardens over 15 years ago to those who,...

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...

Most people who know me know I am not the strong, SILENT type, but this week, your hip, non-hipsta’ main street gardener is in a...

Akemashite omedetô gozaimasu! Happy New Year to gardeners everywhere. In 2020, Wellfield Botanic Gardens is celebrating the opening of...

There are days, as the executive director of a local not-for-profit, that I find myself overwhelmed by the outpouring of support we...

Thanksgiving at Wellfield always comes a few weeks early when we gather to celebrate our amazing volunteers! On Monday night, staff and...

Last year at this time, I alerted the community to the horrendous viburnum shear job I saw at an area business. Now, I would like to...

Just when you thought we could add nothing more cool and exciting to the new Children’s Garden at Wellfield , we pile on another layer of...

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...

I recently received an email question from an eager inquirer. Hi Josh, I’m looking for some privacy trees that are solid all year long,...

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...

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...

I want to start a neighborhood, heck a citywide, watch for crime in this town. No, not the usual kind like stabbing, robbery, murder,...

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

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

Working with the volunteers at Wellfield is one of the things I enjoy most about my job; our volunteers seem happy to be here and almost...

Wellfield is blessed with such a great volunteer team! Our 132 volunteers gave over 5,200 hours of their time last year – an incredible...