Meltzer Farm & Woods

06/30/2025

Not a PB&J kind of jelly but... white jelly fungus! Tremella fuciformis produces white gelatinous fruiting bodies. It's usually found on dead branches of deciduous trees, whether attached or recently fallen. This one was photographed in Meltzer Woods.⁠

12/26/2024

Merry Christmas
From our family to yours.

Meltzer Farm & Woods will return in the spring. Updates coming soon👍🎅🎄

10/15/2024

It's cold now but this weekend it will be perfect Fall weather and Halloweens almost here. Make sure to get your Pumpkins from the patch and not from the store. Come on down to Meltzer Farm and Woods and get the full Fall experience.Pick your own Pumpkins and much more.

09/26/2024

Meltzer Woods photo by Jordan England Nature as Self-Care Posted on September 26, 2024 It will come as no surprise to CILTI members and supporters: Nature—and forests in particular—can heal us. Physicians and mental health professionals the world over recognize this. Many have begun to prescribe...

09/21/2024

Meltzer Farm & Woods Fall Celebration is in Full Swing Come on down and experience a Historic Shelby co Farm with lots to do. Including Pick your own Pumpkins, Corn Maze, Historic Schoolhouse Free Library, Log Cabin Trading Post, Native American teepee, and Meltzers Woods Nature Preserve trail. Open everday from 8am to 8pm ends Oct 31st.

09/13/2024

Meltzer Farm and Woods Pick your own Pumpkins and much more open tomorrow 9/14/24

09/09/2024

This time of year, look for this pop of color on the forest floor. These berries are what remains of a jack-in-the-pulpit bloom. Not edible, but quite beautiful. This photo is from Meltzer Woods in Shelby County.

09/05/2024

By Shawndra Miller / CommunicationsM, Central Indiana Land Trust This year marks a 10-year milestone for one of the land trust’s most-loved preserves, Meltzer Woods. A National Natural Landmark, the Shelby County old-growth forest was protected in 2014. It opened to the public in 2016. Now, anyone...

07/20/2024

We have lots of straw

07/07/2024

If you've been to Meltzer Woods after a rain, you know how wet some parts of the trail can get. Ten additional boardwalks (as of last year) are there because of this crew! Eagle Scout Trevor Jenkins (standing, in green) led BSA Troop 250 in installing the boardwalks in the preserve. The project was completed in 2023, but Trevor just officially wrapped up the requirements. Join us in thanking the troop and congratulating Trevor in attaining his Eagle Scout rank. Thanks also to Scoutmaster Scott Barker for his guiding hand in this and many other Meltzer Woods projects!

07/07/2024

05/08/2024

Meltzer Woods earns a mention in this National Park Service publication about National Natural Landmarks. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/landmark-highlights-2023.htm