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Master Gardeners of the Tanana Valley
"Cultivating Gardeners" in Interior Alaska

Meeting the first Tuesday of each month, usually at the Fairbanks Food Bank, located at 725 26th Avenue.

 

Bluebells by Di Griffin

 


Bleeding Hearts

There will be no more Fairbanks Master Gardener Meetings for the summer.
Instead, there will be tours. If you are a member, you should get tour information via email.

 

Tour Locations Needed!

We are looking for gardens to tour. Think "gardens" in the widest context possible. Please check out this page and email us to nominate your favorites!


Volunteers Needed!

Work off your MG hours, raise money for the Garden, and have fun while doing it! Volunteers are needed to work the day of the Georgeson Botanical Garden Tea Party, Sunday, June 28th. Specifically, we need the following:

  • Setup: Work from 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon, setting up tents and tables. The bad part is that you have to get up early on a weekend. The good part is that you get to kick back and take it easy during the rest of the event.

  • Tear down: Work from 4:00-6:00 p.m. taking down tables, tents, schlepping dirty dishes, etc. Enjoy the event first, work afterwards.

  • Hot water service: Four people needed--one to be hot water captain and three others to keep tea pots refilled.

  • General food service: Work during the main event (1-4:00 p.m.), serve tea dainties, give servers breaks, keep trays refilled, remove dirty
    dishes, bring out clean ones, etc. Dressing up is strongly encouraged.

  • Tickets: Work during the main event (1-4:00 p.m.), taking and selling tickets, making change, etc.If you are interested, please contact me, Robyn Russell, at home in the evenings (451-4439) or by e-mail at fnrlr1@uaf.edu.

For more volunteer opportunities, see our volunteer page.

First Garden Tour of the Season!

Sat. June 6th we toured the gardens and viewed the apple blossoms. We could not give more details here, as the tours are only open to members. Join up and join us on our next tour.


HOUSING FOR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Calypso Farm and Ecology Center is looking for housing for their 4 School Garden Supervisors! School Garden Supervisors are wonderful, enthusiastic people who dedicate 6 months of their lives to a school garden in Fairbanks. They need a place to stay!!

They are looking for people to host School Garden Supervisors from April through September 2009. Housing should be biking or walking distance from Hunter, Woodriver, Pearl Creek, University Park or Effie Kokrine Charter School. If you have space to house one or more School Garden Supervisors, please contact Calypso at 451-0691.

email: katrin@calypsofarm.org or kakuni@me.com
mail: PO Box 106, Ester AK 99725
phone: (907) 451-0691
web: www.calypsofarm.org

Please check out Volunteer Opportunities

We have been getting a lot of requests for volunteers lately. So check out our volunteer page and pitch in and help out. This is also a good place or new Master Gardener graduates to look for ways to get their 40 hours in. Click here. There are even some paid jobs listed!

Alaska State Garden Club Convention this July

The Fairbanks Garden Club and the North Pole group will be hosting the Alaska State Garden Club Convention during Golden Days 24, 25 of July 2009 at the River's Edge Lodge.

The Flower Show is open to the public with registration Friday, July 24 from 8:30 to 10:30 and judging of the show from 11:00 to 12:00. Public viewing from 1-5 on Friday and Saturday. The theme is "Fantastic Flower Fantasies in Fairbanks" for both the flower show and the convention.


Coming Events:

  • Go to the Georgeson Botanical Garden Society web site for information on their two summer fundraisers for the garden! There is a Garden Tea June 28, and A Garden Faire July 26.

  • July 24 & 25, Alaska State Garden Club Convention & Flower Show, at River's Edge Resort. "Fantastic Flower Fantasies in Fairbanks" hosted by Fairbanks Garden Club and North Pole Garden Club. Information, (907) 374-9871 or email betty[at]seki.com  More information above, right.


Want to join the Master Gardeners of the Tanana Valley?

Click here to go to our "About" page where you can get more information and download a membership application. Membership, among other things, makes you eligible to go on our garden tours!

Related Forums & Websites

It used to be called the University Experimental Farm, and the gardens and greenhouses are still used by researchers. A great place to volunteer!

Here is a little more information, from the SNRAS Blog June 3, 2009

Billed as "America's largest club of gardening enthusiasts." membership allows you to, among other things, become a garden product tester (you get to keep them), You can join by the year, or buy a life membership.

Website of the society formed to support the Georgeson Botanical Garden. See their website for upcoming events.

Website "handbook for those wanting a place to plant in Fairbanks. Get on the waiting list now!

 

The website of the organization that is the major authority on gardening in Alaska. Click on "Publications" to find a list that you can order from. They also offer Master Gardening classes - the one for the interior is held beginning each March. In Southcentral, it is usually earlier in the winter.

This is the Anchorage branch of the Alaska Master Gardeners. Links to lots of good information here, including a link to information on the Master Gardener Correspondence Course.

Website of Fairbanks' own garden guru - the horticulturist for the Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Includes an archive of garden articles she has written over the years. Also includes information on becoming a Master Gardener.

This page last updated 06/13/09

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