May 21 - June 1

6 Classes (2 Tuesdays, 2 Thursdays, 2 Saturdays)

Organic Food Gardening

Intensive Short Course

Have a productice organic food garden this season. Learn best methods to ensure soil fertility, pest & weed control. Learn from veteran Alaskan Horticulturist Julie Riley in this short but intensive course.

May 20 - 24 Tues. – Fri. (10am - 4pm)

Spring Clean Up Week
Free admission to the garden in exchange for volunteer work

Meet at the Alaska Botanical Garden. Help us spruce up the garden for summer. Contact the office at 770-3692 to sign up.

May 25 - mid-September Daily, 10 am-6 Open late Wed evenings.

10 am -4 pm

ABG Plant Sale

Food, Vendors, & new book signing
by Jeff Lowenfels:

"Teaming with Nutrients" (1:30 pm)

ABG Members-only preview: 9 am;
10 am-4 pm public welcome.

Alaska Public Gardens Day
“Free Day” at ABG

Shop-in-the-Garden Opens
admission: $7 per adult $5 children age 3-18;free for members &
children < 3 

New! Food& Plant Vendors, Educational & Craft Vendors!

Shop-in-the-Garden opens for the season. Members get 10% discount

Recruit a friend to join ABG & come early. Many new plant varieties & old favorites.

Visit the Alaska Botanical Garden on this “free day” to appreciate the importance of public gardens for education, preservation, and recreation. 

May 27 -September 13 (During Gift Shop hours, see above)

Discovery Duffels $5 rental fee (in addition to admission)

Rent duffels from the Shop-in-the-Garden. Families and groups with children ages 4-9 can rent a variety of fun educational toys to explore the Garden.

June 2

Sunday

The Sitka Summer Music Festival Visits the Garden!

Zuill Bailey & David Leisner in Concert

$25 pp

Click Here for Tickets

Zuill Bailey is widely considered one of the premiere cellists in the world. David Leisner has been called one of the "finest guitarists of all time". Join this extraordinary duo for a lovely afternoon concert at the Alaska Botanical Garden.

This intimate performance in the Garden will feature Mr. Bailey in three Bach Cello Preludes and Mr. Leisner in suite of his own compositions. The two will perform together on Schubert’s “Arpeggione” Sonata and Falla’s “Suite Popular.”

June 3 - August 30 Daily 1pm & by appointment. Evening tours: Wednesdays 6:30 pm

Guided Docent Tours (free with paid Garden Admission)

Tour ABG gardens with a volunteer docent. Meet at entry. Groups welcome - please call ahead.

June 5 - August 30 Wednesdays 6:30 pm

“Wednesdays in the Woods”

Visit ABG for some mid-week fun every Wednesday evening at the Garden during summer. Workshops, exercise classes, plant walks, herb & plant recipe demos, and more! 

June 6 - August 30 Thursdays 11 am

Story Time in the Garden Regular entrance fee

Get Kids Outdoors!  Stories & activities for children ages 3-5. Lower Perennial Garden. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

June 3 - September 7

Exhibit: “An Alaska Kitchen Garden”

At the ABG Entrance. Enjoy a colorful display of vegetables, herbs, fruit, & edible flowers. Harvest is donated to Bean’s Café and the Food Bank of Alaska

June 7

Friday 5:30 - 7:30 pm

First Friday at the Garden

Featuring Artist Elise Rose

First Fridays at the Garden are a delightful outing for you, family, and friends! Enjoy art, refreshments, and a stroll through the blooming gardens.

June 20

Thursday

5:30 - 8:30 pm

A Midsummer Gala in the Garden
Fundraising Event
Advance : $75 pp / $600 table of 8

At the Gate: $100 pp

Children's Program: ages 3-11
$10 per child advance / $15 at gate

An enchanted evening of fine food, libations, music. Garden Art Show & Sale, guided tours, silent auction.
Separate children's program (limit 25)

Tickets available online now!

July 11th - August 29th

Thursday evenings

Early Tour 5 pm - 6 pm

Late Tour 6 pm - 7 pm

Secret Garden Series

(aka "Homegrown Garden Series")

$110 pp for whole series, or
mix & match

The 2013 series features 8 private
gardens, some of which focus on
container gardening, rock gardens,
landscape designed yards, peonies
and much more!