Membership
If you would like to join, the annual dues are $20 for an
individual, $25 for family, and $250 for lifetime memberships. You are
welcome to attend a meeting to see if this would be something you
would be interested in joining. The TVMG has speakers, gardens tours
and workshop for all gardeners' interests, come join us!! You can get
more information on our "About Us" page.
Master Gardener Class
Registration is now open for the Master Gardening Class in Fairbanks.
It will include 40 hours of horticultural subjects including botany,
soils, physiology, plant taxonomy, outdoor and greenhouse gardening,
lawns, houseplants, ornamentals and garden pests.
The class (which is limited to 25 students) is taught by Michele
Hebert, the Tanana Valley District agriculture & horticulture agent. It
will run from February 23 to May 25. Apply early - it usually fills up
very fast!
Fees are $75, with 40 hours of volunteer community service required
(within 2 years). For more information, drop by the Cooperative
Extension office at 1000 University Ave., call 474-1530, or email
mahebert@alaska.edu.
The Alaska Greenhouse & Nursery Conference
with the Polar Grower Trade Show
will be held Thursday & Friday, February 25 & 26, 2010 in Juneau. The
link below will take you to the “Save the Date” card. Please share with
all interested parties. The registration brochure will be sent out early
in January.
Their office closes for the holidays and will reopen January 4, 2010. If
you have any questions, please call them in the new year.
http://www.uaf.edu/ces/save-the-date-greenhouse.pdf
Darren Snyder, Juneau (907) 796-6281
Dora Wainwright, Anchorage (907) 786-639
Palmer, (907) 746-9470
Volunteers Needed!
For volunteer opportunities, see our
volunteer page.
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New Links!
We have just added a host of new links for
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Calendar Around the State
2/16-17/2010 - Alaska Produce Growers Conference, , Palmer
Depot, Palmer, 745-3360.
2/25,26/2010 - Alaska Greenhouse & Nursery Conference & Polar Grower Trade Show,
in Juneau. See announcement on left for more info.
3/5-6/2010 - Alaska Master Gardener Conference,
Grandview Inn & Suites, Wasilla, 745-3360
3/16-19/2010 - Sustainable Agriculture Conference, in Fairbanks,
Princess Riverside Lodge.
Speaker Confirmed
Chris Blanchard has been confirmed as a national speaker for the 2010
Sustainable Agriculture Conference, March 17th in Fairbanks.
Chris raises certified organic vegetables and herbs at Rock Spring
Farm in northeast Iowa, where they market through a CSA, farmers market,
and wholesale accounts in Decorah, Rochester, and the Twin Cities.
Before starting Rock Spring Farm in 1999, Chris worked on vegetable
farms in Maine, Wisconsin, Iowa, and California. A speaker and writer on
subjects as diverse as post-harvest handling, financial planning, time
management and local food systems. Chris has taken an active role in the
broader organic and sustainable farming community. Chris is a founding
board member of the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Services
(MOSES), and coordinates the presentations at the Organic Farming
Conference, the largest organic farming conference in the United States.
He is a regular speaker at farming conferences throughout the
Midwest. Chris has also authored a number of articles for publications
such as Organic Gardening, Mother Earth News, and Growing for Market.
Chris' passion for vegetables began when he begrudgingly took on the
role of Garden Manager at Deep Springs College, in the high desert of
California. Within two months, he was hooked. He has had the good
fortune to work for many of the nation's best vegetable growers, from
Michael Ableman at Fairview Gardens Farm in California to Richard de
Wilde and Linda Halley at Wisconsin's Harmony Valley Farm. He has also
spent time managing the Preservation Gardens at Seed Savers Exchange,
and in the USDA's carrot breeding program at the University of
Wisconsin. Chris also managed Beech Hill Farm on Mount Desert Island
from 1997 to 1999 before returning to Northeast Iowa to start Rock
Spring Farm.
http://www.rsfarm.com/Farm/people.html
http://www.rsfarm.com/
http://www.mosesorganic.org/index.html
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