Hey there! It is your hip, non-hipsta’ horticulturalist back at you, sipping my coffee and applying my horticultural brain toward the...

Last week, I started an eerie botanical series featuring dangerous or spooky plants with this post about the Autumnal Croci . This week,...

As we move into Fall, I thought I would begin a botanical series of eerie, dangerous and spooky plants as we grow into the spirit of the...

I love September. I do not know about you, but the cooling day temperatures and fairly stable weather patterns are a delight after the...

Goldenrod, genus Solidago , is a much maligned and under-appreciated group of plants. It is often mistakenly blamed for hay fever and...

It has been in my mind to talk about Phlox paniculata , or garden phlox, for some time. Prior to writing this, I thought P. paniculata...

The weather is forecasted to include several ninety plus degree weather days over the next week. Our fairly dry, warm summer has left...

We have had some doozy hot, dry days this summer already. Remember that almost two week stretch of consecutive fry-‘em-up 90 plus days...

This week at Wellfield, I encountered my old nemesis, the moth species Melitta curcubitae , or squash vine borer (SVB for short). It has...

A volunteer asked me this morning why her large tomatoes are so slow to ripen this year. I could appreciate her passionate desire for...

Wellfield staff and volunteers are often lost in the weeds this time of year, as late spring rains and early summer warmth pushes spring...

I was excited when I was given the chance to “blog” about my favorite hobby, my livelihood, my passion: gardening! As many of us did, I...

Sometimes I wonder – when I will learn some important ecological lessons? Lately at Wellfield, we’ve been doing a lot of weeding; during...

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”...

Did you know you might have an orchid growing in your lawn or flower bed? Orchidaceae is one of the largest plant families on earth along...

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...

Historically, this is always a busy week at Wellfield Botanic Gardens, and this year was no exception. While we welcomed members back for...

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...

As the weather warms, I become anxious to plant. It is all I can do to wait until the danger of frost passes before planting the flowers...

If you are like me and have little space to garden, but really want to try your hand at it, I may have some solutions.  I have virtually...