If you have not visited Wellfield in the past couple of weeks, you have missed the flurry of activity occurring in our Japanese-themed...

Someone approached me last week with a question regarding some fuzzy looking growths on the leaves of the shingle oak (Quercus...

Recently, I was harvesting vegetables with some volunteers, and we happened to be training cucumber to climb some supports. I began to...

What is on the mind of this hip, non-hipsta’ gardener this week? How about eastern tent caterpillars, fall webworms and bagworms . This...

Here at Wellfield, we are knee-deep in Taste of the Gardens prep. So, we thought we’d re-post a favorite blog from last summer – Josh’s...

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...

I was recently sent this questioning email… Dear Josh, I have been growing roses for some time but recently have not had success in...

This past weekend, I planted my last round of vegetables for this summer vegetable growing season. I then came inside and stumbled across...

No, this is not an endorsement for certain recreational activities, but rather a little encouragement as the dog days of summer  (which...

People have been noticing a tree in the Spring Garden on the north side of the Gardens with large leaves and unusual fruit. The biggest...

Recently, I followed in the footsteps of a long standing tradition: I installed pea sticks. Pea sticks are really what they sound like;...

The Island Garden , our Japanese-style garden located at the west side of Wellfield Botanic Gardens, will open late this year. A little...

A volunteer asked me this past week how best to deal with or transplant a large shrub which is outgrowing its space. It took me back to a...

This past winter, though mild in many respects, saw some bitterly cold periods, followed by a very slow spring warm up. This same pattern...

Recently, Wellfield staff were invited, as members of the local chapter of Indiana Native Plant Society , to rescue some native woodland...

There are many things I love about flowering crabs ; from how sculpted they look in winter, with fun to prune forms with persistent...

Recently, I built another raised bed for my personal gardening passion: vegetables. I combined two different growing methods, (...

Last time , we discussed the first step in a well done mulching job. I say well done because I have seen some pretty bad commercial...

Today, I shall embark on a two part series concerning a topic I am passionate about: spreading wood mulch. We as a nation are obsessed...

A friend of the gardens texted me pictures last week (see gallery below) of a damaged magnolia in their front yard and asked what to do...