Links to garden related activities and clubs in Alaska.
Alaska Botanical
Garden
Welcome to the Alaska Botanical Garden where northern horticulture and native
plants are showcased throughout a 110 acre spruce and birch woodland in Anchorage,
Alaska. The Alaska Botanical Garden is a public garden dedicated to enhancing
the beauty and value of plant material through education, preservation, recreation
and research.
Georgeson
Botanical Garden
Georgeson Botanical Garden on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus is the
northernmost botanical garden in North America! This site is dedicated to high
latitude horticulture, anything about growing plants in the Far North. The garden
is a nationally recognized botanical garden and a member of a network of educational
and research institutions dedicated to plant culture and conservation. There
are many opportunities to learn about plant culture in the Far North.
Glacier Gardens Rainforest
Adventure
We invite you to tour 50 acres of Southeast Alaska's lush rainforest
locdated in Juneau, offering landscaping, floral design, botanicals and scenic
vistas. Come tour the gardens to view our trademark upside down trees!
Jensen-Olsen
Arboretum
The Jensen-Olson Arboretum is located 23 miles north of downtown Juneau. In
an area known locally as “out the Road”. The Arboretum is open year
round to the public at no charge. Juneau Parks and Recreation.
Jewel
Gardens
Welcome to Jewell Gardens & Garden City Glassworks in Skagway. Stroll our
beautiful garden grounds, you'll marvel at the incredible variety of organic
flowers and plants that thrive in the Land of the Midnight Sun. Alaska's most
spectacular organic flower and vegetable show garden and the only public glassblowing
studio in Southeast Alaska.
Mann
Leiser Memorial Greenhouses
Anchorage has a tropical greenhouse with fish pond and aviary
open to public. The greenhouse is open for public viewing 8am to 3pm seven days
a week, is disabled accessible and has self guided tour books available.
Palmer
Municipal Garden
The Palmer Garden is located on the grounds of the Palmer Museum of History
and Art and Visitor Center at 723 South Valley Way. The large garden features
mainly perennial plants and grasses common to our growing zone, as well as local
fruits and vegetables.
Pratt
Museum
A public botanical garden on the grounds of the Pratt Museum in Homer. A botanical
array of 150 species grace the garden pathways during the summer. This habitat
features only plant species native to the Kenai Peninsula. Forget-me-nots and
columbine, chocolate lilies and fireweed, cranberries and Labrador tea. Each
turn of the trail opens to a new community of flora.
Alaska
Master Gardener Association Anchorage
The Alaska Master Gardener Program is a program that utilizes trained
volunteers to assist home gardeners by providing information and technical data
to answer their questions. Volunteer activities that a Master
Gardener may participate in include garden clinics, home garden visits, teaching
basic gardening classes, working with youth and adult groups interested in gardening,
writing newspaper/newsletter articles, and answering telephone inquiries at
the local Cooperative Extension office.
Alaska
Garden Clubs
Clubs are located in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Ketchikan, North Pole and
the Wildflower club. Membership is open
to all. Contact individual clubs or we can forward your request to a particular
club.
Alaska Rock
Garden Society
In early 1997, a group Rock Garden
enthusiasts met and discussed forming an Alaska Chapter of the North American
Rock Garden Society. By spring, the Constitution and By-Laws were drawn up and
some preliminary field trips were planned. All
meetings are open to the public. Regular meetings, which alternate between Anchorage
and the Matanuska Valley, are held on the third Saturday of each month. Plant
sales are held during the summer months. Members also help to maintain the Rock
Gardens at the Alaska Botanical Garden in Anchorage.
Alaska Rose
Society
The Alaska Rose Society is an
educational society exchanging ideas, information and experiences of rose growers
and rose lovers throughout Alaska.
Alaska Pioneer Fruit Growers
Assn
The Alaska Pioneer Fruit Growers Association
was founded in 1985. Our purpose is to share in the personal experience of successfully
growing fruit in Alaska. Anyone interested in growing fruit in Alaska is welcome
to join and share in the educational experience. Our goals include locating,
testing, and preserving superior fruit varieties in Alaska.
Anchorage
Community Gardens
Providing access to land, education and other resources
necessary for community members of Anchorage and Girdwood, Alaska to grow food
in environmentally sustainable ways as a means to creating a food system where
locally produced, affordable, and nutritious food is available to all.
Master
Gardeners of Tanana Valley
"Cultivating Gardeners" in Interior Alaska.
You are welcome to attend a meeting to see if this would
be something you would be interested in joining. The TVMG has speakers, gardens
tours and workshops for all gardeners' interests, come join us!!
Anchorage
Farmers Market
Locally grown, locally known,
May through mid October. Anchorage Farmers Market, located at 15th & Cordova,
is the only non-profit, farmer-directed market in Anchorage. The Board of Directors
consists of farmers and members.
Alaska
Farmers Market Association
Mission Statement: To support and promote vibrant and
sustainable farmers markets throughout Alaska. Farmers markets have experienced
a renaissance throughout the nation, and have begun to spring up all over Alaska.
While our short growing season and cold climate offers many challenges to our
farmers, farmers’ markets are thriving across Alaska. Farmers
markets are good for farmers and good for the communities they serve. Includes
directory or farmer's markets across Alaska.
Spenard
Farmers Market
Spenard Farmers Market is every Saturday, from May through October
under the windmill in beautiful, downtown Spenard, Alaska at W. 26th and Spenard
Road. The market hours are from 9-2. Organizers are members of the Spenard,
North Star and Turnagain community councils who see a need for a place to buy
Alaska grown, caught, and made produce, food, arts and crafts. It is strictly
a non-profit effort.
