Learn the basics of Alaska gardening in workshop series

Grow your gardening knowledge in this series of 11 weekly webinars covering the basics of growing vegetables in Alaska.

Casey Matney, the Kenai-based agriculture and horticulture agent with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will lead the free classes. Topics include seed starting, soil testing, raised beds, planting potatoes, hardening off seedlings and transplanting them, and composting.

Join the classes each Tuesday via Zoom from 5:30-6:30 p.m. from April 8 to June 17. You can register for one or all of the classes on the gardening website or by visiting https://bit.ly/AlaskaGardening. 

Can't make a class? Preregister and a link to the video will be emailed to you.

• April 8 — Seed starting from scratch
• April 15 — Large seed starts: corn, pumpkins and potting soil
• April 22 — Soil testing and interpretation for garden and farms
• April 29 — Working with fertilizers and compost
• May 6 — Raised rows, raised beds and how to make them
• May 13 — Seeding directly into the garden
• May 20 — Planting potatoes
• May 27 — Hardening plants and transplanting into the garden
• June 3 — Warming things up with plastic, glass and plastic mulch
• June 10 — Herb gardening inside and out
• June 17 — Composting: no time to waste

For more information, contact Molly Johansson at mjohansson@alaska.edu or call 907-786-6313. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Johansson. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu. 

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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