Winterhaven Wildflowers

 & Native Plant Preserve

5724 S 900 West
Westpoint, IN 47992
ph: (765) 714-4288 - cell
fax: (765) 572-1132
alt: (765) 714-4288

What we offer

 

On Monday, June 18, 2007, Mickey Penrod's summer school class at McCutcheon High School visited Winterhaven Farm and viewed the wildflowers growing in their restored environment.

  • A NATIVE PLANT EXPERIENCE

    Hundreds of varieties Indiana native wildflowers and grasses are growing in a tall grass prairie setting in the fourth year of a prairie restoration project underway at Winterhaven Wildflowers.

    Experience the plants as you walk through the restored acres and natural wetland areas. Participate in the restoration yourself by helping in various work projects throughout the growing season and at seed harvest time as the season winds down.

    Visit throughout the year to see the changes that take place as the seasons progress. Discover the insects that only eat certain plants or only lay their eggs on others.

     

  • Dig your own native plants

    Choose from a wide array of native plants growing at Winterhaven, measure off a fistfull at the base of the plant and dig a fistful to take home for less than half the price you would pay for the same amount of plant material.

  • Habitat for Humanity plants

    Starting in 2008, Winterhaven Wildflowers will donate native forbs and grasses and native plant landscaping consultation to each new Habitat for Humanity home built in Tippecanoe County. This is an experimental program that may expand to other counties if successful here.

     

Thirteen hardworking students learned math and English skills while helping Mickey build a wildlife habitat at McCutcheon. At Winterhaven, they used their digging skills to help transplant some mislocated wildlflowers to more suitable locations.

  • School groups and others will enjoy encounters with nature - walking paths bursting with wildflowers and grasses, butterflies, birds and bunnies.  
  •  Visitors can walk the paths, observing and interacting with nature on guided walks. You also may choose and dig your own wildflowers to take home and transplant.
  • Hone your plant identification skills while getting some fresh air and exercise.
  • Or if you like to keep it simple, come buy potted wildflowers and grasses in 1-gallon pots.
  • We will come to you for native landscape consultation for your landscaping needs or will do the landscaping ourselves.
  • We also will grow any Indiana native plants for special orders.

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    5724 S 900 West
    Westpoint, IN 47992
    ph: (765) 714-4288 - cell
    fax: (765) 572-1132
    alt: (765) 714-4288