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Holiday lights in the garden 2020

Tickets are now on sale for our Holiday Lights! Click the button below for more details and to purchase tickets.

Cookie cutter bird feeder
December 16, 2020// 6:00pm-7:00pm

Give your backyard birds something to sing about this winter by creating a cookie cutter bird feeder! This virtual workshop will guide you and your kids on how to make a simple and nutritious snack for our feathered friends. Learn which birds stick around for our long cold winters and how they survive those chillier nights, brr! 

Light and Shadow with Pastels

Gather your family around or watch with friends and choose your own art adventure! Learn how to create a spooky, cut paper window silhouette to haunt your greenhouse or porch window and try your hand at light and shadow pastel drawing of a jack-o-lantern. 

Mushrooms with Gouache Watercolor

Join us for another virtual art tutorial with ABG staffer and local artist, Betany Porter. This virtual workshop will teach you how to paint mushrooms inspired by the varieties that grow at the Alaska Botanical Garden, using gouache opaque watercolors.

What's in bloom

There's a lot to see throughout the Garden!

Hours & Rates

Rates and hours change for the season starting Tuesday, August 25th. A summary of gate hours and rates is at the bottom of this page, or click the Hours & Location button for details.

Be bear aware

Anchorage is bear country. Learn to be safe outdoors by making noise and staying aware.
The Alaska Botanical Garden is an independent nonprofit living museum. Our mission is to showcase the beauty and value of Alaska's gardens and natural areas through science, education, and recreation using organic and sustainable practices.

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