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Before we conclude our discussion of potting soil, we have one more item to discuss. We have reviewed potting soil basics and the world...

Today, we start another three part series featuring another of my favorite topics: container media (a.k.a. potting soil). I have played...

I sit at my computer this morning grateful for warmth in the midst of this week’s extreme low temperatures. This is a tough week for...

Today your hip, non-hipsta’ gardener is chillin’ inside, staying warm. In the midst of the mild to extreme swings in temperature...

Winter time blogging brings out my inner botany nerd. Species of the plant kingdom do some pretty wild and crazy things in their effort...

My ever-popular Flopping Jade post from last year prompted a question this past week that serves as the basis for this final 2018 hip,...

When I was growing up, my family was the odd Christmas duck. We had no tree. I know you are now tempted to get on Google Earth and look...

The recent mild weather affords land managers of all sorts a chance to finish the job made tricky by this season’s unusual fall weather...

I am occasionally asked how I keep coming up with design ideas for the various seasonal displays Wellfield presents each year. I often...

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...

When the leaves are down in life, what do you do? I am back with another hip, non-hipsta tip for your Friday perusal. Elkhart County has...

Recently, Wellfield staff and volunteers installed a new rain garden on the north side of the Garden’s new seasonal restroom building. We...

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

Apparently, last week’s post generated some seedy questions, sow I thought I would respond to one question in particular. “Hi, most...

We recently discussed two methods of Japanese garden building which when properly employed can make the smallest plot of land seem...

Last week, we discussed a technique used in Japanese garden building, called “hide and reveal,” used to make small spaces seem larger....

I am currently in Portland, Oregon on a twelve day sabbatical of sorts. The Portland Japanese Garden opened an international training...

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

So just in case you have not noticed yet, the heat of summer has finally arrived as a long-term trend. Plants, like humans, are looking...

Weather conditions have been a bit all over the map lately, eh? One day it is hot enough to fry an egg on the hood of my car (very tasty...