Ailanthus altissima, more commonly known as Tree-of-Heaven, is an invasive species growing across the United States. This deciduous tree...

June’s Native of the Month: Baptisia australis The perennial Baptisia australis, with the common name blue false indigo, is June’s native...

Fall provides some wonderful, warm visual landscape interest after the vibrancy of spring and the lushness of summer. We often regard...

In our Wild Yards series, we have been discussing the four needed ingredients (i.e., food source, water source, hiding places and a place...

When most people think of shelter for wildlife, they think of man-made wildlife housing, like birdhouses. These are great additions to...

This week in our “Wild Yards” series, we will be discussing something we have a lot of at Wellfield: water!   Water is essential to...

Your landscape IS an ecosystem, and it behaves like an ecosystem, whether you think about your piece of paradise in such terms or not....

I received an email responding to a presentation I did recently, and I thought I would share the questions posed with you, dear (lucky)...

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

In this blog entry, allow me, your hip, non-hipster, gardener a little rant concerning all things pollinator. There is much emphasis in...