The Wild Child Gardens of Natural Wellness are examples of sustainable gardens that preserve biological diversity by using a range of native plant species of all shapes, colors, sizes, and scents that flower and fruit throughout the year and provide pollen and nectar for birds and a wide variety of pollinators.

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Flowers growing in the gardens include sweet alyssum, Apache plume, grape crush & Henry blue aster, boxwood basil, wild bergamot, black-eyed Susan, borage, butterfly pea vine, lesser catmint, swallowtail columbine, apple green, green twister, Mexican hat, pow wow, prairie, rocky top, & strawberries & cream coneflower, Mercury rising coreopsis, creeping Jenny, blue indigo, lithodora, cardinal flower lobelia, bloodflower, common, swamp, & whorled milkweed, blunt, common, & serrated mountain mint, azure blue, coral nymph, hot lips, lyre leaf, marble arch, sky dance blue, & woodland sage, saffron crocus, munstead dark red sedum, Angelina stonecrop, dwarf firecracker & teddy sunflowers, sweetgrass, blue tansy, Indian tobacco, & tuberose.

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Heirlooms growing in the gardens include Apothecary's rose, circa 1890, and white tuberose from the Belle Meade Plantation in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Herbs growing in the gardens include dark opal, Genovese, lemon, variegated pesto, purple, red prospera, sweet, & Thai basil, calendula, chamomile, chicory, chives, cilantro, comfrey, bouquet, fernleaf, & Teddy dill, elderberry, fennel, feverfew, anise hyssop, Hidcote lavender, lemon & mandarin lemon balm, lemongrass, lovage, apple, chocolate, eau de cologne, ginger, Kentucky colonel, lemon, peppermint, spearmint, & sweet mint, Greek, Italian, & kirigami oregano, curled, flat leaf, & Italian parsley, passionflower, Arp & BBQ rosemary, rue, garden & pineapple sage, self-heal, skullcap, creeping, elfin, wooly elfin, French, German, golden lemon, silver, variegated thyme, lemon verbena, and paprika & white yarrow.

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Shrubs & trees growing in the gardens include fire chief ajuga, black elderberry, a variety of fruit shrubs & trees, dwarf blue juniper, and flame thrower redbud.

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Vegetables & fruits growing seasonally in the gardens include asparagus, bush beans, corn, cucumbers, okra, jalapeno & habanero peppers, squash, strawberries, and cherry & slicing tomatoes. Cover crops such as cowpeas, fenugreek, flax, lentils, millet, mustard, oats, Daikon radish, & turnips are planted in the fall to enrich the soil over the winter months. These crops are tilled back into the soil in early spring and provide nutrients for the upcoming growing season.