Upcoming Local Ag Edu Events sponsored by the Anchorage Cooperative Extension

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Posted: April 20, 2009 - 2:42 pm

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April 25—*"Container Vegetable Gardening"*, Master Gardener Mary Tilly, Alaska Mill, Feed & Garden Center, call the store to register.

April 29th- *Septic System Workshop* will be held from 5-9 p.m. at the
Cooperative Extension Service, 2221 E. Northern Lights. Find out how a
septic systems works, how to keep it working, what to do when it doesn't work and alternatives to conventional septic systems.
Call Lisa Wedin at 786-6341 to sign up.

May 2, 2009—* “The Well-Designed Mixed Garden: Building Beds and Borders with Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Annuals, and Bulbs”* - nationally acclaimed
author Tracy DiSabato-Aust, 7:00 p.m. Alaska Wild Berry Theater. Hosted by the Alaska Botanical Garden (ABG), with sponsorship by the Anchorage Master Gardener Association, The Hotel Captain Cook, Avis, AMGA and GCI. See the
ABG website for registration details and for Tracy’s bio.
*http://www.timberpress.com/speakers/author.cfm?id=380*

May 5, 7, 11 &13, 2009 – *Watershed Stewardship Class* – 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. $10.00 registration fee. Learn the basics of watershed stewardship. This class will introduce the vocabulary and processes that take place in a watershed and what it all means. Call Fred Sorensen at 786-6311 to pre-register

May 9, 2009--* “Hands on Harvest”*, a full day of gardening workshops hosted by the Anchorage Master Gardener Association at The Alaska Zoo. 8:00 – 5:30 p.m. Featured speaker guest speaker is Rose Marie Nichols McGee of Nichols Garden Nursery fame and co-author of Bountiful Container. Other workshops
include sharpening tools, making a twig hanging basket, compost bins,
dividing perennials, staking flowers, vegetables and fruits, and preservingyour harvest and more. Registration materials available at the Anchorage CES office or on-line at www.alaskamastergardeners.org. Registration (due April24): $55 for full day, including lunch. Late registration: $75

May 11 or May 18, 2009 -- *“Learn How to Can and Smoke Fish” - *5:00 p.m. -9:30 p.m. at the Cuddy Center on the UAA Campus. Registration fee $15.00.Pre-registration required. Class size limited to 16. Each class will cover canning fish and meat in pint jars and smoking fish. For more information and to sign up call 786-6300.

May 27 —*"Front Yard Farming for Novice Gardeners"* - 7 –9 p.m. Campbell Creek Science Center on the BLM Campbell Tract, Elmore and 68th Ave. Master Gardeners Joette Storm, Noel Nelson, Diana DeFazio and Marianne Kerr, CES 4-H & Youth Development Agent. Call Fred Sorensen at 786-6311 to pre-register.

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FOR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR SUGGESTIONS REGARDING THIS LIST SERVICE PLEASE
CONTACT:
Dora Wainwright
Administrative Assistant
UAF Cooperative Extension Service
2221 E Northern Lights Blvd., Suite 118
Anchorage, Alaska 99508
Phone: (907) 786-6319
FAX: (907) 786-6312
fndew@uaf.edu http://uaf.edu/ces

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