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2019

REGISTER NOW FOR SUMMER 2019

Guided Gardening with ABG

The Alaska Botanical Garden is offering a unique comprehensive guided gardening program for the 2019 growing season. Start your garden off right this year by growing your very own vegetable garden at ABG. Garden staff will mentor and guide participants throughout an entire growing season on choosing plants that grow best in this northern climate, preparing a rich fertile soil, managing for pests and disease, watering, and harvesting and preserving your crops.

2019 summer camps

Registration for our 2019 Summer Camp is now open!
Come learn all about gardening, soils, forest and stream critters, cooking, and art! Full Day and Half Day options available.

All camps take place in our unique outside garden classroom and on 110 acres of  Boreal Forest! Expert staff lead campers through fun, hands-on, science-based environmental education activities.   Each unique camp offers a chance for your child to go in depth into the subjects that interest them the most! All camp materials are provided as well as weekly take-home projects.

February

Thursdays
February 21st-
March 7th

insect ecology- 3-Day Course

Take a deep dive into some of the insects you may find in your gardens this summer. We will learn tips for recognizing common insects and learn about what different insects do and how they function in the ecosystems we create and tend.

6:00-8:00pm at the Alaska Botanical Garden, 4601 Campbell Airstrip Rd.
Thursdays (February 21st, 28th and March 7th)

MArch

March 7-9th
Thursday 6:00-8:00pm
Friday 6:00-8:00pm
Saturday 10:00-12:00pm

Landscape Design
3 dAY cOURSE

You have a vision in mind for your landscape, you have seen ideas you like, you just need a hand in planning and how to implement. In this workshop you will create your own garden design with guidance: how to execute concepts, adequate spacing, functional layout, and cost estimating.  This is a 3-day series, no single day registration.
Thursday and Friday class is from 6:00-8:00pm and Saturday is from 10:00am-12:00pm.

march 16TH
1:00PM-4:00PM

winter plant IDENTIFICATION

You don’t need leaves or flowers to identify plants in Winter. By observing woody plants in their skeletal form, you will begin to identify familiar plants by their bark pattern, buds, habitat and more. Join Dr. Marilyn Barker, a retired UAA Professor, on a Winter identification walk through the Lowenfels-Hoersting Nature Trail.

March 11-14
12:00-3:00PM

spring break in the garden

Come enjoy your Spring Break in the Garden! We will have snowshoes and kicksleds to try out from 12-3pm on the 12th-14th. We will offer a kid-friendly tin lantern workshop on Monday the 11th. Sign up ahead of time and reserve your spot!
$5/Family & $10/Workshop
MARCH 26
6:00-7:30PM
SEED STARTING-MARCH 26
Early Spring is the perfect time to start thinking about growing some of your garden herbs and vegetables inside to give them a head start for the Summer. Join Will Criner, Garden and Facilities Manager, for a seed starting workshop.
MARCH 28
6:00-7:30PM

SEED STARTING- MARCH 28

Early Spring is the perfect time to start thinking about growing some of your garden herbs and vegetables inside to give them a head start for the Summer. Join Will Criner, Garden and Facilities Manager, for a seed starting workshop.

may

WEDNESDAYS IN MAY
Wildflower and Plant ID
5-Day Course

Ever wonder what those beautiful flowering plants growing along your favorite hiking trails are; have you ever thought to yourself "Is that safe to eat"?  If you are constantly asking these questions and more than you will want to join ABG for a hands-on field botany class with Dr. Marilyn Barker. Learn about local plants, their identification, and uses. Class meets Wednesdays in May (May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29) from 6:30-9:00pm.

may 18

Save the date: Plant Sale

Save the date for our annual Plant Sale on May 18, 2019! Details to come.