Alaska
Botanical Gardens.
Arctic
horticulture and native plants are showcased in a 110-acre spruce
and birch woodland in the Municipality of Anchorage. The garden
is open year-round. Plan to picnic, bird watch, walk and hike,
take pictures, paint, or read on your next summer visit! Winter
visits will be a quiet walk or ski through our woodlands. No
dogs allowed.
Operating
hours
May
15 - September 15, Sunday - Saturday 9 am - 9 pm. September
16 - May 14, Sunday - Saturday - daylight hours. See website
for admission fees.
Georgeson
Botanical Gardens
The
Georgeson Botanical Gardens, located on the University of Alaska
campus, is a nationally recognized botanical garden and a member
of a national network of educational and research institutions
dedicated to plant culture and conservation. It is designed
to allow the public to learn about plant culture in the far
north. The GBG is one of five botanical gardens in America to
be a satellite test garden for the International Hardy Fern
Foundation.
Operating
hours:
Daily,
9 am - 8 pm. May - September. See website for admission fees.
