Anchorage Daily News

• Friday, Noon–1:30 p.m. From Planting to Harvest. This vegetable gardening session will kick-off with a song illustrated by photographer and Master Gardener Annie Nevaldine. UAF Cooperative Extension Service, 2221 E. Northern Lights, Anchorage (behind Medical Park on Lake Otis and Northern Lights Blvd.) Free, but call CES to preregister, 786-6300.

• Fridays through September, 7 p.m. Themed garden tours at Tryck Gardens led by Doug Tryck. Spring bulbs and early flowers is the theme of the first tour. Please call 345-2507 for reservations, weekly theme, and instructions on how to get there. Donations of non perishable food items for the Food Bank are gladly accepted.

• Saturday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Alaska Rock Garden Society plant sale. Old Harbor Road. off Muldoon. Choice rock garden plants and expert advice from the gardeners. This event is always popular, come early for best selection.

• Saturday, 10 a.m –4 p.m. Dirt Day. If you’ve wanted to try your hand at backyard composting, here is a good way to get started. A compost bin truck load sale ($50 per bin), compost education, compost demonstrations, kids’ activities and coupons for compost tools will all be on hand at this event. Sponsored by the Anchorage Soil & Water Conservation District, Norseman Plastics and the Municipality of Anchorage Solid Waste Services. Held at 980 E. 54th Ave. (just off the Old Seward Highway in the parking lot of the old AAA Storage facility near the MOA Solid Waste Transfer Station.) Contact Jeanne Carlson at 343-6274 or carlsonj@muni.org for more info.

• Sunday, 3-5 p.m. Seedling Exchange. Seedlings, bare-root raspberries, fruit trees and shrubs, compost, worms, plant markers, garden art, etc. Held at at 3842 Williams Street. Sponsored by the Anchorage Permaculture Guild.

• Sunday, 2 p.m. Morel and Mushroom Foray. Volunteer and mushroom enthusiast Diane Pleninger will teach you how to identify and distinguish the edible and tasty morel from a false morel. An indoor introduction to mushroom collecting techniques and etiquette is followed by a 2 mile walk on Eagle River Nature Center trails. Free program; $5 parking for nonmembers.

• Monday, 7 p.m. Anchorage Master Gardeners monthly meeting. Ornamental Grasses presented by Master Gardener Christine Bingham, held at Cooperative Extension Service, 2221 E. Northern Lights Blvd., Anchorage. For information contact 786-6300.

• Wednesday, 6-7:30 p.m. Container Gardening. Apartment and condo dwellers take heart! You too can enjoy growing and eating fresh vegetables. Learn how your balcony or patio can be turned into an urban garden. Have a salad at your doorstep. $5. Sponsored by the Muni Parks & Rec Department at Bittner House, 316 Lynwood Drive just north of Taku Lake Park. Contact Margaret Timmerman, 343-4217 for more info or to register.

• Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. Getting Started with Perennial Gardening presented by Lorri Abel of In the Garden Nursery, 7037 O’Brien St. Class is free but participants must preregister at 346-4247.

• May 20-21, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Garden Art and Plant Sale at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center, 9101 Hesterberg Road in Eagle River. Plants, vegetable starts and hanging baskets in decorative log planters. In addition, they will have a limited selection of outdoor rustic furniture and Alaska themed backyard fire rings. 9101 Hesterberg Road, Hiland Road exit off the Glenn Highway in Eagle River. Follow the signs. Call Cathy Kochendorfer for more info, 696-7650.

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