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Contact &
Staff Information
Resources, Articles, &
Tips
Junior
Master Gardener
Schools-in-the-Garden
& Discovery Duffels
How to Build a Wattle Fence
How to Make a Concrete Leaf Impression
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Educational Programs & Activities
at the Alaska Botanical Garden
Winter Workshops
- Saturdays, 2:30-4pm
at Bell's Nursery on Specking Road
- $25 person
/ $20 for ABG members.
- Info & Registration -
770-3692
Seed Starting Saturday, February 4 -
Get a jump start on your gardening
season! Join ABG's Horticulturist, Lacey
Ott, for a timely workshop on everything
you want to know about seed starting - what
to plant when, tips, and tricks for a productive
summer garden.
Tabletop Gardening Saturday, February
11 - Join Carmel Tysver for
a practical workshop on gardening in creative
containers. Participants will build individual
miniature gardens to take home.
Worm Composting Saturday, February 18
- Learn everything you need
to know in order to start a worm composting
system in your home or improve your existing
bin.
House Plant How-To Saturday, February
25 - Join ABG Staff and Bell's
Steph Daniels to learn to identify and care
for the ideal houseplants for our Alaskan
homes. We will discuss pests, lighting,
watering, and everything you need to know
to help your houseplants thrive indoors.
Local Wildflowers with Verna Pratt and
Dr. Marilyn Barker.
What: A month-long field
botany course about local plants, their
identification and uses. This course includes
indoor lectures, as well as field outings.
$95 per person (Course
price does not include field trip transportation,
which students must provide on their own.
Optional books and field botany tools are
available through the Alaska Botanical Garden
gift shop.)
When: 5 Wednesdays
in May 2012. Your choice of
Morning (10am - 1pm) or
Evening (6pm - 9pm)
Where: Registrants will
be notified about venue locations in April.
How to Register / Questions: Call the ABG
- 907-770-3692 ext. 0
ABG hosts a variety of learning opportunities
throughout the year,
for both children and adults. You may attend our
events,
take a
self-guided or docent- led tour,
or use a Trail
Guide for the
Lowenfels Family Nature
Trail.
Best of all, you can
volunteer
to help in the
Garden or office and you'll
find yourself surrounded by gardening knowledge.
In the mailboxes at the ABG entrance there
is a "Kids Map" available
(originally drawn by a child).
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ABG Newsletters :
Gardens North
ABG Newsletters are now
available to download from this website.
Click on the newsletter name below to obtain
an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file of document:
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