• Alaska Botanical Garden

  • Guided Gardening: A Learning CSA

  • Plant Sales

  • Shop garden tools

  • Workshops

  • Vinyasa Flow Yoga

    Sunday, June 2nd | 2:00 - 3:00pm

    This 60-minute yoga class forms a flowing sequence in coordination with the breath. This class includes asana (postures), breath work, and brief meditation after savasana to balance out our practice. The goal of this class is to provide you with a nourishing asana practice and have you leaving the garden feeling relaxed and peaceful.

  • Plant Sales - Every Day, All Summer

    Online plant sales begin Monday, May 13th.

    In-person sales are every day (during business hours) through September 15.

    Shop hardy perennials, annuals, native plants, and divisions from plants grown at the Garden!

  • What's in Bloom Walking Tour

    Monday, June 10th | 5:30 - 6:30pm

    Find out what's blooming in our collections with one of our monthly walks in the Garden. Each month will highlight the different flowering plants in the surrounding boreal forest as well as highlight plants in our collections

  • Sketching Alpine Plants - FULL

    Saturday, June 8th | 10:30am - 12:00pm

    WORKSHOP IS FULL

    Learn to draw plants using art markers that combine a paintbrush like tip with a fine tip for creating bold strokes and detailed lines. Practice layering and blending colors to match those found in nature. Expand your drawing skills while combining graphite, ink pen, and dual brush pen art markers to create original mixed media drawings.

  • CSA sign ups are now available!


    Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is essentially a vegetable subscription. Members pay up front in the spring when growers are stocking up on seeds and supplies for the season, then receive a portion (or share) of the harvest each week during the growing season.

  • It's time for seeds!


    Check out our selection of seeds from Foundroot. Foundroot is a family-owned Alaskan company dedicated to building food sovereignty and resilient northern communities. We have seeds for veggies, herbs, and flowers!

  • Interested in Volunteering at ABG?

    All new volunteers must attend one volunteer orientation session in order to be eligible for any volunteer opportunity. You'll learn how to log and track your hours, sign up for shifts, bear and wildlife safety in the Garden and meet ABG staff. Returning volunteers will only need to attend the first half of any of the volunteer orientations to learn about new opportunities as well as receive annual bear and wildlife safety training.

  • Storytime in the Garden

    Wednesday, June 12th | 11:00am - 12:00pm

    Join us monthly for an interactive song storytime as we read, sing, and move our bodies! This month's story is “Inch, by Inch the Garden Song” by David Mallett.

  • ABG Donor Wall


    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.

  • Repurpose Nursery Pots

    We accept used pots in the following sizes:

    — 2 gallon
    — 1 gallon
    — 5.5 inch
    — 4 inch
    — 3.5 inch (deep + regular)

    Clean pots in good condition can be dropped off with admissions staff during open hours only.
    Pots left at ABG without staff awareness will be taken to the landfill.

  • Registration is Open!


    Camp registration is open as of Tuesday, January 30th at 10:00am.

  • Become a Member


    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 receieve a 10% discount on all nursey purchases.

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

  • Nationally Accredited Meconopsis Collection


    Commonly referred to as Himalayan poppies, the genus Meconopsis is composed of fuzzy, flowering plants native to the Tibetan Plateau.

  • ABG is Hiring!

    Development & Event Manager

MISSION STATEMENT
The Alaska Botanical Garden’s mission is to showcase the beauty and value of Alaska’s gardens and natural areas through science, education, and recreation using organic and sustainable practices.