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Thursday, August 7th | 6:00 - 9:00pm

With exciting new features!

- Chocolate tasting by Wildland Chocolate, paired with dessert wines from 61 Degrees North Winery

- ABG-grown salad bar featuring vegetables produced for the Garden’s CSA program 

- Watercolor zentangle painting with Stephanie Buen

- Garden penny raffle: purchase raffle tickets to bid on various prizes from local businesses! The more tickets entered means the better chances of winning!

Sunday, August 3rd | 9:00am-12:00pm

Please join us for our very first Fairies and Flowers Garden Fun Run! This run is non-timed and non-competitive and aims to get families and their kids moving and exercising outside! Bring your fun fairy and garden themed costumes to run in!

Wednesday, August 6th | 11:30am

Join us this summer for a different story every month. This summer we are highlighting local Alaskan authors. August 6th’s story will be “Berry Song” by Michaela Goade.

Friday, August 8th | 10:30-11:15

Join us for 45 minutes of musical play for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and the grown-ups who love them! Sing, wiggle, and jam with the teachers from Music Together Mountain Song on the lawn of the Botanical Garden.

Friday, August 15th | 6:00-7:30pm

We will be painting on glass frames to create truly unique pieces of art so that you can enjoy your magical mushroom garden all year long.  All materials provided.

Saturdays: July - August | 10:30 - 11:30am

Join Tai Chi instructor, Richie Goldstein, for an hour-long Tai Chi class every Saturday this July in the Garden! Every other week you'll practice the Yang Style 24-movement Tai Chi and Tai Chi Sun style.

Register for multiple sessions through the button below:

Sundays: July-August
2:00 - 3:00pm

This 60-minute yoga class forms a flowing sequence in coordination with the breath. This class includes asana (postures), breath work, and brief meditation after savasana to balance out our practice.

Register for multiple sessions through the button below:

Saturday, August 16th | 11:00am-1:00pm

Join artist Kate Powers for an evening of mixing floral painting with celestial inspiration. In this mixed media workshop, we’ll layer watercolor, pastel and pencil to create moody garden scenes inspired by the Alaska Botanical Garden.

Wednesday, July 30th | 6:00 - 7:30pm

CLASS IS FULL

Alaska Botanical Garden employee Katie Redmond will talk about some of the basics in foraging etiquette, covering some of the who, what, where, when, why, and how for identifying, and respectfully collecting some commonly foraged plants in the Anchorage area. Recipes and tools included!

Saturday, August 2nd | 10:30am-12:00pm

Practice color mixing, layering, and shading, while drawing outside. Observe high bush cranberry, currants, service berry, and or watermelon berry. Materials kit is included!

This year, ABG is offering 2 levels:

Guided Gardening -Start Your Garden with Expert Guidance: provides weekly newsletters with scheduled gardening content, video tutorials, recipes, and in-person expert advice March - October.

Learning CSA -Support Local Agriculture while Growing Your Own: offers all the material of Guided Gardening, plus 12 weeks of fresh produce grown onsite, seeds, and 1-year Family Membership to the Garden!

The Garden is here to help you with all your field trip needs, whether you need us to come to you, or you wish to get away from the classroom and come to us! Programs offered year-round, Monday - Friday.

Teachers and parents can schedule with the Garden directly by calling (907) 770-3692 or emailing the Garden at education@alaskabg.org.

Memberships include:
FREE year-round, general admission to the Garden (excludes ticketed events).
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Discounts on workshops, summer camps, and Garden retail.
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Early access to the Plant Sales Kickoff in mid-May and 10% discount on all nursery purchases.

The Alaska Botanical Garden only grows with the sun, the soil, and the ongoing support of our generous community. Consider a lasting gift by purchasing a leaf from the ABG donor wall sculpture. Contributions will be honored with a personalized, engraved metal leaf and make a great gift for friends or family to celebrate an important milestone or to honor the memory of a loved one.

We accept used pots in the following sizes:

Round: 1 gal. and 2 gal.
Square: 5.5”, 4”, and 3.5” (deep + regular)

Clean pots in good condition can be dropped off with staff during open hours.

Pots left at ABG without staff awareness will be taken to the landfill.

Commonly referred to as Himalayan poppies, the genus Meconopsis is composed of fuzzy, flowering plants native to the Tibetan Plateau.