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2008 Alaska Master Gardener Event Calendar |
March 2008
March 1 - 2, Saturday 10 am til 9 pm - Sunday noon til 6 pm.
Fur Rendezvous Garden Clinic - Master Gardeners and the Cooperative Extension Service will be at a booth in the Dimond Center in the hallway in front of the Old Navy Store to answer questions. Printed gardening information is available from the CES and a sign-up sheet for anyone interested in the the fall Master Gardener class will be there.
March 6th, Thursday, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Plants from East Europe Rita Jo Shoultz from Fritz Creek Gardens will talk about new plants from a trip she took to Europe.
Pioneer Schoolhouse, 437 E 3rd Avenue, Anchorage Ak 99501 - Free
March 6th, Thursday, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: African Violets Speaker: Fran Durner; 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - Pioneer Schoolhouse, 437 E 3rd Avenue, Anchorage Ak 99501 - Free
April 2008
April 12th, Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Garden Day - A day devoted to gardening. The Anchorage Garden Club will have a booth where you can ask questions and learn about various activities the club is involved with. Come join us!! Sears Mall, Northern Lights Blvd, Anchorage Ak 99503 Free
April 26th, Saturday
ARGS presentation Harry Jans "Plant Hunting on the Roof of the World" (Tibet); UAA Grant Hall Lecture Room, Anchorage; 7:30 p.m. ($10 donation to help pay for the hall)
Alaska Rock Garden Society presents Harry Jans, founding member of the Dutch Rock Garden Society & 6 year president; member of 4 AGS Expeditions including ACE 1994, SQAE 2000, Iran Expedition 2003 & Tibet 2005. AGS Tour leader to various provinces in China in 1997, 1998, 2001 & 2006, Tibet 2005, Etiopia & Kenya in 2006. He organized & led tours to China, Italy, Holland, Germany, England, Scotland, USA & Canada. His topis while in Alaska will include "Growing Alpines in the hills of Holland" and "Plant Hunting on the Roof of the World" (Tibet). To learn more about Mr. Jans go to www.jansalpines.com
If you haven't heard one of the world's great plant explorers speak, don't miss this opportunity - it's a chance of a lifetime!
May 2008
May 1st, Thursday 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Trees - Stephen Nickel from the Alaska Community Forestry Program will talk on the importance of trees in our landscapes.
Pioneer Schoolhouse, 437 E 3rd Avenue, Anchorage Ak 99501 - Free
May 3, Thursday
ABG Rock Garden Clean Up
May 9 - 10, Friday - Saturday
Alaska Master Gardener Conference and Garden Market: In The Zone - Sheraton Anchorage Hotel
2 Days of classes and lectures discussing topics about gardening in Zones 2, 3, 4; Guest speakers include International gardening experts and authors Cisco Morris, Larry Hodgson, and Sara Williams. Optional Post Conference Open Garden Tours. Garden Market located in Atrium, 20+ Select vendors showcasing garden gadgets & ‘must haves’ for your garden life will be outside conference rooms, open to the public.
May 17
ARGS Plant Sale @ Sally K's (details to follow)
Saturday May 17th, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Flower Show School Course 3
Course 3 of the National Garden Club's program for flower show schools. Learn about African Violets, Cacti and Succulents as well as floral design. Come for part or all of it. Elayne Gilhousen and Jackie Strother are approved National Garden Club instructors. Pioneer Schoolhouse, 437 E 3rd Avenue, Anchorage Ak 99501 - Event cost: TBD Additional Dates: Sunday May 18th
May 19th, Monday 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Alaska Arbor Day - Suisitna Elementary School, 7500 Tyone Anchorage Ak 99504 Event cost: Free
Come join in the planting of a tree to celebrate Arbor Day.
May 21st, Wednesday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Symposium
National Garden Club approved instructors Elayne Gilhousen and Jackie Strother will enlighten participants on Daffodils, Pelargoniums and floral design creativity.
Pioneer Schoolhouse, 437 E 3rd Avenue, Anchorage Ak 99501 - Event cost: TBD Additional Dates: Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
May 31st, Saturday 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Lobelia Basket Workshop - Learn how to make a lobelia basket similar to the ones the Municipality puts up downtown. All materials are provided and you go home with a completed basket. Download the registration form from the document section. This would make a great Mother's Day or Birthday present. Location: Anchorage Ak - Will be notified of location after registration is received. Event cost: $50.00
May 31st, Saturday
Wildflower Plant Sale @ Sally K's (details to follow)
June 2008
June 7th, Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Annual Plant Sale - Anchorage AK 99517 - Lots of hardy perennials, some annuals, baskets, etc. Go west on Northern Lights Blvd to the stop light at Aero (just past Turnagain Elementary). Go left on Aero. Go left on 35th. There will be signs posted. For more information call 248-9563
June 21 - 22, Saturday-Sunday
Alaska Botanical Garden Fair
July 2008
July 19th, Saturday
Anchorage Garden Club: Alaska Garden Clubs State Convention - The Alaska Garden Clubs will hold the annual convention in the Mat-Su Valley. State clubs' members will gather for a weekend of garden touring, educational events along with the election of the new state officers who will take office in 2009. The National Garden Club's president will be attendng as well as the Pacific Regional Director. Location: Mat-Su Valley Additional Dates: Sunday July 20th 2008
July 19th, Saturday
Coyote Gardens Open
July 19th, Saturday
Garden & Arts Festival at Palmer Fairgrounds
July 27th, Sunday 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Annual City Garden Tour
City gardeners open their yards to the public to tour. Usually 6 to 8 gardens located around Anchorage. The list is usually published in the Anchorage Daily News the Thursday before the tour and will be published here shortly before the tour (see map on website main page). If you have a garden to nominate, please call 566-0539.
Location: Various Anchorage Ak locations; Event cost: Free
March 1 - 2, Saturday 10 am til 9 pm - Sunday noon til 6 pm.
Fur Rendezvous Garden Clinic - Master Gardeners and the Cooperative Extension Service will be at a booth in the Dimond Center in the hallway in front of the Old Navy Store to answer questions. Printed gardening information is available from the CES and a sign-up sheet for anyone interested in the the fall Master Gardener class will be there.
March 6th, Thursday, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Plants from East Europe Rita Jo Shoultz from Fritz Creek Gardens will talk about new plants from a trip she took to Europe.
Pioneer Schoolhouse, 437 E 3rd Avenue, Anchorage Ak 99501 - Free
March 6th, Thursday, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: African Violets Speaker: Fran Durner; 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - Pioneer Schoolhouse, 437 E 3rd Avenue, Anchorage Ak 99501 - Free
April 2008
April 12th, Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Garden Day - A day devoted to gardening. The Anchorage Garden Club will have a booth where you can ask questions and learn about various activities the club is involved with. Come join us!! Sears Mall, Northern Lights Blvd, Anchorage Ak 99503 Free
April 26th, Saturday
ARGS presentation Harry Jans "Plant Hunting on the Roof of the World" (Tibet); UAA Grant Hall Lecture Room, Anchorage; 7:30 p.m. ($10 donation to help pay for the hall)
Alaska Rock Garden Society presents Harry Jans, founding member of the Dutch Rock Garden Society & 6 year president; member of 4 AGS Expeditions including ACE 1994, SQAE 2000, Iran Expedition 2003 & Tibet 2005. AGS Tour leader to various provinces in China in 1997, 1998, 2001 & 2006, Tibet 2005, Etiopia & Kenya in 2006. He organized & led tours to China, Italy, Holland, Germany, England, Scotland, USA & Canada. His topis while in Alaska will include "Growing Alpines in the hills of Holland" and "Plant Hunting on the Roof of the World" (Tibet). To learn more about Mr. Jans go to www.jansalpines.com
If you haven't heard one of the world's great plant explorers speak, don't miss this opportunity - it's a chance of a lifetime!
May 2008
May 1st, Thursday 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Trees - Stephen Nickel from the Alaska Community Forestry Program will talk on the importance of trees in our landscapes.
Pioneer Schoolhouse, 437 E 3rd Avenue, Anchorage Ak 99501 - Free
May 3, Thursday
ABG Rock Garden Clean Up
May 9 - 10, Friday - Saturday
Alaska Master Gardener Conference and Garden Market: In The Zone - Sheraton Anchorage Hotel
2 Days of classes and lectures discussing topics about gardening in Zones 2, 3, 4; Guest speakers include International gardening experts and authors Cisco Morris, Larry Hodgson, and Sara Williams. Optional Post Conference Open Garden Tours. Garden Market located in Atrium, 20+ Select vendors showcasing garden gadgets & ‘must haves’ for your garden life will be outside conference rooms, open to the public.
May 17
ARGS Plant Sale @ Sally K's (details to follow)
Saturday May 17th, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Flower Show School Course 3
Course 3 of the National Garden Club's program for flower show schools. Learn about African Violets, Cacti and Succulents as well as floral design. Come for part or all of it. Elayne Gilhousen and Jackie Strother are approved National Garden Club instructors. Pioneer Schoolhouse, 437 E 3rd Avenue, Anchorage Ak 99501 - Event cost: TBD Additional Dates: Sunday May 18th
May 19th, Monday 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Alaska Arbor Day - Suisitna Elementary School, 7500 Tyone Anchorage Ak 99504 Event cost: Free
Come join in the planting of a tree to celebrate Arbor Day.
May 21st, Wednesday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Symposium
National Garden Club approved instructors Elayne Gilhousen and Jackie Strother will enlighten participants on Daffodils, Pelargoniums and floral design creativity.
Pioneer Schoolhouse, 437 E 3rd Avenue, Anchorage Ak 99501 - Event cost: TBD Additional Dates: Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
May 31st, Saturday 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Lobelia Basket Workshop - Learn how to make a lobelia basket similar to the ones the Municipality puts up downtown. All materials are provided and you go home with a completed basket. Download the registration form from the document section. This would make a great Mother's Day or Birthday present. Location: Anchorage Ak - Will be notified of location after registration is received. Event cost: $50.00
May 31st, Saturday
Wildflower Plant Sale @ Sally K's (details to follow)
June 2008
June 7th, Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Annual Plant Sale - Anchorage AK 99517 - Lots of hardy perennials, some annuals, baskets, etc. Go west on Northern Lights Blvd to the stop light at Aero (just past Turnagain Elementary). Go left on Aero. Go left on 35th. There will be signs posted. For more information call 248-9563
June 21 - 22, Saturday-Sunday
Alaska Botanical Garden Fair
July 2008
July 19th, Saturday
Anchorage Garden Club: Alaska Garden Clubs State Convention - The Alaska Garden Clubs will hold the annual convention in the Mat-Su Valley. State clubs' members will gather for a weekend of garden touring, educational events along with the election of the new state officers who will take office in 2009. The National Garden Club's president will be attendng as well as the Pacific Regional Director. Location: Mat-Su Valley Additional Dates: Sunday July 20th 2008
July 19th, Saturday
Coyote Gardens Open
July 19th, Saturday
Garden & Arts Festival at Palmer Fairgrounds
July 27th, Sunday 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Anchorage Garden Club: Annual City Garden Tour
City gardeners open their yards to the public to tour. Usually 6 to 8 gardens located around Anchorage. The list is usually published in the Anchorage Daily News the Thursday before the tour and will be published here shortly before the tour (see map on website main page). If you have a garden to nominate, please call 566-0539.
Location: Various Anchorage Ak locations; Event cost: Free