September Garden Calendar

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Posted: August 31, 2008 - 8:14 pm

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Remeber to save your number 2, 5 and 7 pots for a one-day recycling event on September 20. Photo by Fran DurnerFall Color Tour There are many beautiful landscapes with fantastic fall colors around Anchorage, and TREErific would like to assemble a tour that showcases some of them. We are looking for suggested tour stops and a few interested volunteers to form a committee to help organize and plan this event, if you are interested please send an email to treerificanchorage@yahoo.com or stephen.nickel@alaska.gov.

ONGOING

Turpin Park, Abbott Loop Park, Lions Fairview Park, Lyn Ary Park, Little Campbell Creek Park. Please pencil in some time in your calendars this summer to help water, weed and general maintenance in the above parks. Email treerificAnchorage@yahoo.com to let us know which days you can help.

Through September 3. Guided tours at the Alaska Botanical Garden every day at 1pm. Wednesdays: Storytime in the Garden, 6 pm (cancelled if raining), guided tour, 6:30 pm, live music, 7-8 pm. Shop in the Garden and nursery open until 7 pm. For information contact ABG, 770-3692.

CALENDAR

September 1, Monday, 10am-10pm. Last day to visit the Alaska State Fair in Palmer!

September 2, Tuesday, 6:30pm. Meeting of the North Root Big Lake Gardeners. HANDS-ON SEED COLLECTING At the Lockhart & Erskine Garden in Big Lake. We will scout through the garden for ripe seeds to harvest. We will collect, and talk about storage methods. Call Linda Lockhart for more info, 892-8119.

September 3, Wednesday, 6pm. Little Campbell Creek.You are invited to join Anchorage Waterways Council and TREErific to help plant five white spruce trees, water the plants and pull weeds around the fish alcove. Last year Anchorage Waterways Council and TREErific worked together to plant trees and shrubs around the fish alcove project at Little Campbell Creek. The Little Campbell Creek restoration project pulled many groups and volunteers together to become what it is today. This fall, Anchorage Audubon Society will join the list of contributing organizations by donating few more trees to add to the existing plantings around the alcove. Please send an email to stephen.nickel@alaska.gov if you plan to attend. Please come prepared to have fun and dress for the weather. How to get there. The site is at 68th and Meadow. Turn off Brayton, the frontage road east of the Seward Highway (one way, north), onto 68th just north of the Kaladi Brothers Coffee Shop, south of Dowling. Go one block and the site is on the left at Meadow.

September 5, Friday, 6pm. Landscape to attract birds. Doug Tryck will lead weekly tours of his garden and nursery every Friday evening through September. The tours are free, but space is limited to 20 adults. Reservations are required. Call 345-2507 for information, parking instructions and reservations. Donations of non-perishable goods for the Food Bank of Alaska will be accepted.

September 3, Wednesday, 6:30pm. Mushroom Walk with local expert Diane Pleninger. Meet in the Alaska Botanical Garden nursery, 4601 Campbell Airstrip Road. Shop in the Garden open until 7:00 pm. Contact ABG, 770-3692.

September 4, Thursday, Anchorage Garden Club meeting, 7:00 pm, Rain Gardens, Pioneer Schoolhouse, 437 E 3rd Avenue (3rd & Eagle). Contact AGC hotline, 566-0539.

September 11, Thursday, 10am. Wildflower Garden Club Workshop. Making Cards with Pressed Plants. Come learn with instructor Verrna Pratt how to make your own "one of a kind" cards with special pressed flowers and leaves you have collected. Bring your pressed flowers, Elmer‛s glue, tacky glue, and scissors to the Central Lutheran Church (15th and Cordova Street.) They will provide card stock. Contact Liz Rockwell, 277-7150.

September 11, Thursday, 3:30pm. CANWIN Monthly meeting of Citizens Against Noxious Weeds Invading the North. We will be working on a strategy for the coming year. At the BLM Field Office on Elmore Road. Call or email for more information. Lori Zaumseil, 245-2373 AKCANWIN@Aol.com .

September 12, Friday, 6pm. Growing fruits and nuts. Doug Tryck will lead weekly tours of his garden and nursery every Friday evening through September. The tours are free, but space is limited to 20 adults. Reservations are required. Call 345-2507 for information, parking instructions and reservations. Donations of non-perishable goods for the Food Bank of Alaska will be accepted.

September 15, Monday, 7pm. Anchorage Master Gardener Association meeting. Late Summer Gardens and Preparing for Winter presented by Rita Jo Shoultz of Fritz Creek Gardens. UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Anchorage, 2221 E. Northern Lights, room 130. Contact 786-6300.

September 19, Friday, 6pm. Fall foliage plants - the early colors. Doug Tryck will lead weekly tours of his garden and nursery every Friday evening through September. The tours are free, but space is limited to 20 adults. Reservations are required. Call 345-2507 for information, parking instructions and reservations. Donations of non-perishable goods for the Food Bank of Alaska will be accepted.

Look for the number inside the chasing arrow sign on the bottom of the pot. Fran Durner/ADNSeptember 20, Saturday. Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling (ALPAR) and the Alaska Botanical Garden are holding a garden plant pot recycling event at the ABG. The event will run from 10 am to 5 pm at the ABG off Tudor Rd. Only pots that are numbered 2, 5 and 7 will be taken. (Look for the chasing arrow symbol with the number on the bottom of the pot.) Non-rigid cell packs and #6 pots are not recycleable and will not be accepted. Shake out dirt or rinse, remove metal hangars and stack same size pots to make packing easier. Call ALPAR for more information at 274-3266.

September 23, 24, 25, 26, Tuesday - Friday, 10a.m.-1p.m. Floral Design Workshop. Held at the Anchorage branch of the UAF Cooperative Extension Service near the corner of Lake Otis and E. Northern Lights Blvd. Fee: $110.00 (includes all flowers, greens, and supplies used in class) Students will complete a fresh floral arrangement in each class that they will take home and enjoy. Pre-registration and payment of fee is required. Seating is limited to 12. Call 786-6300 for more information.

September 25, Thursday, from 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Canning Fish and Meat. Learn how to savor and save the goodness of Alaska's natural bounty. If you'd like to learn how to preserve your food at home safely while retaining high quality, the UAF Cooperative Extension Service series will teach you how. At the Sons of Norway Viking Hall, 8141 Briarwood St., Anchorage. $20, pre-registration required. Class size limited. Call 786-6300 to register.

September 26, Friday, 6pm. Fall foliage and plants for winter interest. Doug Tryck will lead weekly tours of his garden and nursery every Friday evening through September. The tours are free, but space is limited to 20 adults. Reservations are required. Call 345-2507 for information, parking instructions and reservations. Donations of non-perishable goods for the Food Bank of Alaska will be accepted.

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