April 12th & 13th | Alaska Airlines Center

ABG Seeks Vendors in Partnership with the Anchorage Home & Garden Show!

Landscapers, gardening professionals, artists, horticulturists, crafters, bakers, gardening clubs, greenhouse owners, photographers, and more! If your business is local, sustainable, or environmental — we’d love to hear from you!

Advertise your business to over 3,000 attendees!

The first 30 vendors to register are eligible for a FREE space at Spring Garden Conference on April 30th!

Deadline to Submit is April 7th, 2025

ABG’s Spring Garden Conference is being held at the BP Energy Center on April 30th! Come and be a part of our great lineup of speakers this year! Do you have an area of expertise you would love to share with the larger gardening community, we want to hear from you!

Monday, April 7th | 11:30am - 12:00pm

Join us Mondays in April for an interactive storytime as we read and move our bodies! April 7th’s story is “A Gardener’s Alphabet” by Mary Azarian. This story will take place outside by our fire pit. Please dress for the weather.

Friday, April 18th | 12:00 - 6:00pm

Spring is officially here and many of our bird species (both year-round and migratory) will begin finding mates and making nests for the next generation. Come and celebrate the diversity of birds we get to see here in Alaska. Families will roam the Garden on a scavenger hunt looking for hidden eggs that reveal fun facts about these birds.

ABG is seeking cheerful, engaging, and dedicated individuals to join our education team this summer. If you love the outdoors and are passionate about teaching the next generation of environmental stewards, than ABG summer camp is the place for you! We have a variety of positions available to fit your schedule and interests. Click the link below to see job descriptions and how to apply.

Sign up by June 1st!

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!

Saturday, April 19th | 10:00am - 5:00pm

Join us for the annual Spring Garden Show at the mall. The Midtown Mall’s main hallway will be full of plants, garden art and décor, seeds and info from various groups, clubs, nonprofits and Alaskan businesses!

Sunday, May 11th | 10:00am - 4:00pm

Enjoy live music, art & plant activities, garden games, photo ops, plus coffee & treats.

Receive a complimentary calendula in a biodegradable CowPot — first come, first serve while supplies last!

$5 per person, FREE for members & children ages 6 and under.

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.

Discounts on workshops, summer camps, and retail are just the beginning! Members also have early access to the Plant Sales Kickoff in mid-May and receive a 10% discount on all nursery purchases.

Most importantly, members receive free admission to the garden year-round, with the exception of ticketed events.

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.