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2019

November

Thursday, November 21st
6:00-8:00pm

Volunteer Thank You Dinner

We cannot thank our volunteers enough! Whether you gave a day, a week, or spend all year with us, please help us celebrate your accomplishments. Volunteers and their family members are invited to join us for dinner, light refreshments, and a sneak peek at what Holiday Lights has in store for this year! Please email Stacey (stacey.shriner@alaskabg.org) if you plan to attend so we can prepare enough food.
5:00-8:00pm
Wednesdays-Saturdays
$5/Members
$7/Non-Members
Kids age 6 and under FREE

Holiday Lights in the Garden - Opening Weekend

Holiday Lights in the Garden will open to the public on November 30th and run Wednesdays-Saturdays from 5:00pm-8:00pm (closed major holidays).
Join us for live music, warm drinks, bonfires, vendors, model train displays, and of course the lights! Check our schedule to see what's happening each night. Please carpool if you can and bring your own mug to enjoy warm drinks, or you can purchase an ABG mug when you get here!

December

12:30pm-1:30pm
Meet in the Greenhouse

Talks in the Garden

All talks start at 12:30pm
Join us at the Garden for a week of lunchtime talks in the Garden. Talks are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a bagged lunch with you. All talks take place in the Greenhouse at Alaska Botanical Garden.
December 16th - Landscaping with Native Plants - Our trees, shrubs and flowers offer many reasons to use Alaska's own plant palette that offers Spring blooms, Fall color and Winter interest.
December 17th - Jewels of the North: Wildflowers of ABG - Take a virtual tour of the Garden at its best!
December 18th - Weeds and Wildflowers - What's the difference and why should you care? You don't want to plant a problem!
December 19th - Growing Plants from Seed - Learn why and how to successfully start seeds for your best garden ever!
December 20th - Contain Yourself! - Alaska's short growing season offers challenges to gardening that can be solved by using various containers and planting schemes.
Save the date for this year's Spring Garden Conference
2/22/2020

Call for Presenters- ABG Spring Garden Conference

Proposals Due: December 20th, 2019
ABG is seeking engaging and knowledgeable presenters for our 2020 Spring Garden Conference.  Do you have an area of expertise you would love to share with the larger gardening community? We welcome lecture and workshop style presentations (60 minutes) and shorter 15-minute sessions that can be included in “downtime” during or after the Conference. Our conference reaches a wide audience of long-time garden enthusiasts to the first-time gardeners. Proposals must be submitted by December 20th, 2019 to ABG’s Program Director at stacey.shriner@alaskabg.org