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Schools in the Garden

Gardens North March 2007

Lowenfels Family
Nature Trail

Junior Master Gardener Camp

Storytime

Anchorage Garden Club Educational Booklet

Volunteer Opportunities

Articles and Gardening Resources

Gardening
Links

Educational Programs & Activities at the Alaska Botanical Garden

ABG hosts a variety of learning opportunities throughout the year, for both children and adults. You may t ake a self guided or docent- led tour, and pick up a Trail Guide for the Lowenfels Family Nature Trail. Kids can take part in our Junior Master Gardener Camp or Storytime in the Garden. Parents or teachers can download the Anchorage Garden Club Educational Booklet. Best of all, volunteer to help in the Garden or office and you'll find yourself surrounded by gardening knowledge.

Schools in the Garden

ABG's "Schools in the Garden" field trips begin Tuesday, April 29 for the 2008 Season. For more information about how your school can participate, please contact the ABG Education & Volunteer Coordinator at 907-562-7020

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Junior Master Gardener Camp


An engaging day camp program full of fun group and individual activities for children ages 7 to 11 with a focus on botany, horticulture, and ecology. Led by Patrick Ryan, a certified Junior Master Gardener Specialist, 1st grade teacher, and 1999 BP Teacher of Excellence.
Pat is assisted by Master Gardener volunteers.
Four 8-week sessions. $125 per child.

Call 770-3692 for registration forms, or click on the following links for downloadable .pdf files:

2008 JMG Flyer

JMG Registration Form

For more information about the National JMG Program:

JMG Program Site

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:

Gardens North March 2007

Gardens North June 2007

Gardens North Winter 2007 - 2008

Gardens North March 2008

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Self Guided Tours and Walks

Lowenfels Brochure Box
Self guided tours of the Garden and Lowenfels Family Nature Trail may be taken anytime during opening hours from 9am to 9pm during the summer. There are self-guiding tour maps of the Garden proper in the mailboxes at the entrance.

In the mailboxes at the ABG entrance there is a "Kids Map" available (originally drawn by a kid). There are also Trail Guides for the Lowenfels Family Nature Trail at the trail entrance.

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