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The Local History Index provides only a citation to the article or item. Please visit the Elkhart Public Library’s downtown location at 300 S. Second St. to access the Elkhart Truth newspapers and other collections referenced in this index.

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ID	102686
Title of Article	Holiday Lights Return to Wellfield
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Nov 28, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Christmas Lights

ID	102533
Title of Article	Secret no more
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Ronda DeCaire; Jon Cutrell; DeFries Homestead
Date	Oct 23, 2025
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Renovation, DeFries Gardens

ID	101858
Title of Article	Quilt Gardens contribute to $15M in local impact
Notes	The new locations are the Farmstead Inn and Conference Center, 370 S. Van Buren St., Shipshewana, Weaver Furniture Sales, 7870 W. 075N, Shipshewana, as well as Grandma’s Pantry, 201 Keystone Drive, Wakarusa.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Jon Hunsberger; Quilt Gardens; Amy Meyers
Date	May 17, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Quilt Gardens, Elkhart County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Heritage Trail

ID	101832
Title of Article	Tourism packs a punch
Notes	Quilt Gardens; Das Dutchman Essenhaus
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Small crowd gathers at Wellfield Botanic Gardens; Jon Hunsberger speaking; Joel Miller speaking to audience; Rod Roberson speaking to audience
Date	May 08, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Elkhart County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Tourism, Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Roberson, Rod (mayor)

ID	101511
Title of Article	‘Park system for everyone’
Notes	Geroldeon Thursby Park; Riverview Softball Complex; Gans Park; SOMA Gardens; Walker Park
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Weston Park playground; Island Park playground
Date	Apr 12, 2025
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	City of Elkhart - Parks & Recreation Department, Playgrounds, Weston Park, Island Park

ID	101434
Title of Article	Wellfield Botanic Gardens showing off new facilities
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Interior of the Great Hall Window at Wellfield's new visitors center
Date	Apr 05, 2025
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Elkhart County Community Foundation, Regional Development Authority, Northern Indiana, South Bend-Elkhart Regional Partnership

ID	101146
Title of Article	Wellfield’s executive director resigns
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Eric Garton
Date	Mar 18, 2025
Page	A1, A8
Subjects	Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Elkhart Noon Rotary Club, Weed, Robert

ID	100253
Title of Article	Ready for renovation
Notes	17477 C.R. 46, New Paris
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	DeFries home; DeFries home
Date	Jan 23, 2025
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Elkhart County Parks and Recreation Department, DeFries Gardens, Renovation, River Preserve County Park

ID	100141
Title of Article	Expansion blooms at Wellfield Botanic
Notes	Woodland Pavilion
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Children’s Garden during the Winter Wonderland holiday lights; Visitor’s Center
Date	Dec 28, 2024
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Expansions

ID	99230
Title of Article	Renovation planned for DeFries home, garden
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	butterfly on flower; Beth DeFries
Date	Nov 13, 2024
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	DeFries Gardens, Elkhart County Parks and Recreation Department, River Preserve County Park, Elkhart County Community Foundation

ID	99138
Title of Article	Quilt Gardens trail earns recognition from travel and tourism group
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart County’s Quilt Gardens
Date	Nov 02, 2024
Page	B1, B4
Subjects	Quilt Gardens, Elkhart County, Awards

ID	98948
Title of Article	Think spring
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	quilt garden; Jon Hunsberger
Date	Oct 17, 2024
Page	A1
Subjects	Quilt Gardens, Murals, Elkhart County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Heritage Trail

ID	98938
Title of Article	A DAY OF GIVING
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Amber Mascola; Everwise Credit Union employees; Sam Gutierrez
Date	Oct 15, 2024
Page	A1
Subjects	Everwise Credit Union, Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Volunteer Work

ID	98812
Title of Article	Evening in the Gardens
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Attendees socialize
Date	Sep 21, 2024
Page	A1
Subjects	Wellfield Botanic Gardens

ID	98359
Title of Article	An unforgettable taste
Notes	“Best Taste” winners
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Smokin’ Fatty’s BBQ stand at Taste of the Gardens; The Whistle Pigs perform for crowd
Date	Aug 27, 2024
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Taste of the Gardens, Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Smokin’ Fatty’s BBQ, Vanilla Bean Creamery

ID	97073
Title of Article	Goshen Health expands mobile garden program
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Mobile garden units
Date	Jun 20, 2024
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Gardens, Community, Indiana Department of Health, Goshen Health, Goshen

ID	97008
Title of Article	Community partners collaborate on summer reading initiative
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Jun 07, 2024
Page	A5
Subjects	Elkhart Community Schools, Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Elkhart Public Library, Literacy

ID	96867
Title of Article	Quilt Gardens, Murals in season
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Impatiens; Volunteers unload flowers; Karin Frey carries flowers
Date	May 17, 2024
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Quilt Gardens, Murals, Elkhart County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Elkhart County Fairgrounds

ID	96748
Title of Article	‘A caliber we haven’t seen before’
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Count Basie Orchestra; Keb’ Mo’; crowd during 2018 Elkhart Jazz Festival
Date	May 02, 2024
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Elkhart Jazz Festival, Lerner Theatre, Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Elkhart Public Library

ID	95249
Title of Article	Classroom gardens aim to grow healthier communities
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Tower garden unit
Date	Feb 03, 2024
Page	B6
Subjects	Goshen Health, Goshen Community Schools, Gardens

ID	93379
Title of Article	Wellfield breaks ground on $17M expansion project
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Eric Garton speaks at groundbreaking; Groundbreaking
Date	Oct 18, 2023
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Expansions

ID	93212
Title of Article	Everwise employees volunteer throughout region
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Sabrina Fisher; Construction at Wellfield Botanic Gardens
Date	Oct 10, 2023
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Volunteer Work, Everwise Credit Union, Wellfield Botanic Gardens

ID	94015
Title of Article	Former police substation used for 'community engagement'
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Oct 03, 2023
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department, Washington Gardens

ID	92462
Title of Article	Gardens about to bloom
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Artist's rendition of expansion; Artist's rendition of
Date	Sep 07, 2023
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Expansions, Constructions

ID	92463
Title of Article	CAPS annual fundraising auction highlights 40 years of CASA program
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Fundraiser attendees
Date	Sep 07, 2023
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Child And Parent Services (CAPS), Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Fund Raising

ID	92279
Title of Article	Details released in Washington Gardens shooting
Notes	Antwoine Thomas Jr.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Aug 29, 2023
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Shootings, Washington Gardens

ID	91448
Title of Article	Rainy concert at wellfield
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Frankie Ballard and the Wildcat Band
Date	Aug 08, 2023
Page	A1
Subjects	Bashor Children’s Home, Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Fund Raising, Weather

ID	90501
Title of Article	Goshen Health launches mobile gardens
Notes	Village Empowerment Center
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Members of the Village Empowerment Center pose with a mobile garden, an initiative recently launched by Goshen Health.
Date	Jul 06, 2023
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Goshen Hospital, Gardens, Community

ID	89354
Title of Article	Quilt Gardens take root
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Workers at Elkhart Environmental Center; Elkhart Central Park's Quilt Garden
Date	May 19, 2023
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Quilt Gardens, Elkhart County Convention & Visitors Bureau

ID	88387
Title of Article	Planting in the sun
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	An Elkhart Building and Grounds crew pulls weeds from a garden on Benham Hill.
Date	Apr 15, 2023
Page	A1
Subjects	City Gardens

ID	88235
Title of Article	Linton’s ‘Egg-Stravaganza’ draws crowds, families
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Kids prepare to get on the Easter Eggspress to collect eggs at an egg patch on Friday at Linton’s Enchanted Garden’s “Egg-Stravaganza” event;Children wave as they take a train ride on the Easter Eggspress to collect eggs at an egg patch on Friday at Linton’s Enchanted Garden’s “Egg-Stravaganza” event; J.J Sandoval, 7 months old, poses in a photo with the Easter bunny with his older brother Jayden, 5, at Linton’s Enchanted Garden’s Egg-Stravaganza event on Friday.
Date	Apr 08, 2023
Page	A1, A7
Subjects	Linton's Enchanted Gardens

ID	85243
Title of Article	'Bigger and brighter'
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	2022 Winter Wonderland Holiday Lights
Date	Nov 23, 2022
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Christmas Lights

ID	84324
Title of Article	Plenty of pumpkins
Notes	Wakarusa Produce Auction
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Customers at Wakarusa Produce Auction; Paxton Welch and sister Remington; Paxton Welch and sister Remington
Date	Oct 08, 2022
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Linton's Enchanted Gardens

ID	83417
Title of Article	Grant funding fuels key projects
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Rendering of Wellfield Botanic Gardens' proposed visitors center; Sketch of Wellfield Botanic Gardens project
Date	Sep 21, 2022
Page	A1, A7
Subjects	South Bend-Elkhart Regional Partnership, Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Grants

ID	83255
Title of Article	HEA celebrates 10 years with dinner at Wellfield
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Gene Crusie and Lisa Guedea Carreño
Date	Sep 17, 2022
Page	B6
Subjects	Horizon Education Alliance, Wellfield Botanic Gardens

ID	82813
Title of Article	Every good garden needs a good fence
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Master Gardener Karen LaChance; Master Gardeners and Airport staff
Date	Aug 31, 2022
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Michiana Master Gardeners Association, Elkhart Municipal Airport, Gardens, Community

ID	82820
Title of Article	Taste of the Gardens returns
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	The Whistle Pigs perform; food trays
Date	Aug 27, 2022
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Taste of the Gardens, Local Chefs, Local Musicians

ID	81730
Title of Article	INOVA Federal partners to provide community vegetable garden
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Workers in the community garden
Date	Jul 20, 2022
Page	A4
Subjects	INOVA Federal Credit Union, City of Elkhart, Gardens

ID	81187
Title of Article	Nine original Quilt Gardens honored
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Suzanne Crouch and Corinne Straight
Date	Jun 29, 2022
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Quilt Gardens

ID	80393
Title of Article	Quilt Gardens and Statues
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Volunteers at the Ruthmere Quilt Garden with Seward Johnson statue; Volunteers and Seward Johnson statue
Date	May 25, 2022
Page	A1
Subjects	Quilt Gardens, Volunteer Work, Seward Johnson Sculptures

ID	80094
Title of Article	24 Seward Johnson statues to return
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Seward Johnson statue;
Date	May 10, 2022
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Seward Johnson Sculptures, Local Artists, Quilt Gardens

ID	76916
Title of Article	'Bigger and Brighter'
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Winter Wonderland Holiday Lights display; Winter Wonderland Holiday Lights display
Date	Dec 28, 2021
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Christmas Lights

ID	76884
Title of Article	City celebrates reopening of North Main
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart city leaders at ribbon cutting ceremony; Vehicles driving down North Main Street
Date	Dec 21, 2021
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	North Main Street, Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Construction

ID	76501
Title of Article	Wellfield flips switch on Winter Wonderland
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	2021 Winter Wonderland Holiday Lights
Date	Nov 27, 2021
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Christmas Lights

ID	76241
Title of Article	Learning Garden unveiled at Eastwood Elementary
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Students at Eastwood Elementary School
Date	Nov 23, 2021
Page	A3
Subjects	Eastwood Elementary School, Elkhart Education Foundation, Gardens

ID	73916
Title of Article	Taste of the Gardens a hit
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Aug 24, 2021
Page	A3
Subjects	Taste of the Gardens, Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Fund Raising

ID	72425
Title of Article	QUILT GARDENS KICKOFF
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Rod Roberson, Phil Jenkins, Jon Hunsberger, Suzie Weirick, and Mark Brinson; Volunteers; Volunteers
Date	May 21, 2021
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Quilt Gardens, Ruthmere Museum, Volunteer Work

ID	72379
Title of Article	Police get easier access to Washington Gardens cameras
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Washington Gardens
Date	May 14, 2021
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart Housing Authority, Washington Gardens, Elkhart Police Department, Surveillance Cameras

ID	72074
Title of Article	North Main Street closed, Wellfield Botanic Gardens remain open
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Wellfield Botanic Garden
Date	Apr 22, 2021
Page	A1, A9
Subjects	Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Main Street, Elkhart, Construction

ID	71980
Title of Article	Origiami-inspired sculpture exibit makes debut at Wellfield
Notes	Origami-inspired sculpture exhibit makes debut at Wellfield
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Kevin and Jennifer Box
Date	Apr 21, 2021
Page	A1, A4
Subjects	Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Sculptures