Alaska Garden and Art Festival
Presented by The Alaska State Fair - For more information email Sarah.
Sponsored by Denali Alaskan Federal Credit Union
11am-5 pm, Saturday July 11, 2009
Red Gate Entrance
Adults-$5, Children 11 & under-Free
Alaska Garden and Art Festival Map
Speaker Schedule
Plan to attend the 5th annual Alaska Garden & Art Festival. This event features hands-on workshops and demonstrations, children’s activities, food, entertainment & garden-related vendors. Attendees can also visit the beautiful Fair gardens, where they can ask questions of senior Fair gardeners.
Would you like to know more about composting? How about worms? Or maybe when to plant tulips? To let us know what gardening subject you would like to learn more about or are interested in, please email Sarah ASAP and we will attempt to find a knowledgeable demonstrator or speaker.
A cornerstone of the festival is the line-up of presentations by both local and nationally known gardening experts. This year’s festival features keynote speakers Jeff Lowenfels, whose gardening column has appeared in the Anchorage Daily News every week since 1976 & Jennifer Bartley, author of “Designing the New Kitchen Garden". This is a summer event you don't want to miss!
  
"The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses."
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Colony Church - main venue
11:15 Mark Fisher, owner of Susitna Organics, will give a presentation on Life in the Soil. An in depth presentation on soil and how composting works. Gardeners of all levels will find this presentation informative and fascinating.
12:30 Jeff Lowenfels "Mycorrhizal Fungi are Fun." Jeff will take the mystery out of this symbiotic arrangement. All levels of gardeners will learn how mycorrhizal fungi can benefit your plants.
 2:30 Jennifer Bartley "Designing the New Kitchen Garden." learn from a professional. Jennifer can lead all gardeners down the path to beauty and function in the garden.
4:00 Linda Lockhart will show us how "Using Herbs in the Kitchen" is easy and delicious. Linda is a much admired gardener from Big Lake. The gardens of Linda Lockhart and John Erskine were recently featured in Alaska Home magazine.
11:15 Becky Myvold, Head Gardener for the Alaska State Fair will show how she propagates some of the Fair's beautiful plants in "How to propagate." Becky has introduced unusual and exotic plant species to fairgoers for years. Becky obtained her horticulture degree at the University of Minnesota and interned for a year at the Frank Cabot Stonecrop Gardens in New York.
1:30 Brittany Pierce, Under Gardener with the Fair and guest host to Joe Lampl from PBS GardenSmart in 2007 will show "How to build pot trellis'.
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11:15 Michael Kircher, will present "Food Storage for Emergencies." What can you do to sustain yourself and your family? Michael is loaded with ideas. He is known locally for his ideas concerning self-reliance and using what you have efficiently, and is author of Microfarming at High Latitudes: A resource for small-scale, cold-climate food security.
1:30 Dani Haviland, owner of Chill Out! Roses will explain her technique for growing amazing roses in her own version of hydroponics. She may even change the answer to your question of "Can I grow that here?!" www.chilloutroses.com
3:30 Bea Adler of the Mat-Su Borough Emergency Services will present "Firewise Landscapes: Defensible Space and the Home Ignition Zone." Ideas that could save your home and property. She is ready with ideas and answers.
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3:30 Head Gardener, Becky Myvold, will demonstrate "How to prune annuals and perennials."
11:15 Florene Carney will show "How to make a sand-cast leaf." She has the method down to a science and will take the mystery out of how these useful and beautiful pieces are made. She has turned her corner of Wasilla into beautiful Snowfire Gardens with her creativity and know how.
1:30 Joe Ahrens, owner of Wolverine Creek Farm, will explain how worms are beneficial to your garden soil. Joe will show the method and care involved in "Worm farming in Alaska." After this you will know how to make your own fertile soil
Music will be offered by baroque musicians during the main hours of the event.
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