Anchorage Daily News

CLASSES, CLUBS

Tryck Gardens and Nursery: Take guided tours of the gardens with themes, 6 p.m. Fridays through September, Tryck Gardens and Nursery, Rabbit Creek Road. This week's theme is "Fall Foliage Plants -- The Early Colors." Call for reservations; nonperishable food accepted for the food bank. (345-2507)

Alaska Rock Garden Society monthly meeting, Right Bulb, Right Place: Jaime Rodriguez will lead a discussion on spring bulbs for the rock garden and beyond 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Cooperative Extension Service, 2221 E. Northern Lights Blvd. Free. (522-3490)

TREErific meeting, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Anchorage Senior Center, 1300 E. 19th Ave. (treerificanchorage@yahoo. com)

Anchorage Master Gardener course, receive 40 hours of training and then provide 40 hours of volunteer service, 12-3:00 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, Oct. 15 through Dec. 5. $100. Call to register. (786-6300)

Canning Fish and Meat, learn how to savor and save the goodness of Alaska's natural bounty, 5:30-10 p.m. Sept. 25, The Sons of Norway Viking Hall, 8141 Briarwood St. $20, pre-registration required. (786-6300)

ALPAR and the Alaska Botanical Garden will host the annual Nursery Pot Recycling from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in the Benny Benson School parking lot just north of the Alaska Botanical Garden, south of Tudor Road on Campbell Airstrip Road. Only plastic garden containers with the resin numbers 2, 5 or 7 can be recycled. Those numbers will be in a triangle on the bottom of the container. Shake the loose soil out or rinse the pots, remove metal hangers and stack same-size pots. Nonrigid containers like cell packs or the small No. 6 pots can't be recycled, but the others will be sent south and turned into plastic lumber or other plastic products.

Floral Design Workshop: Students will complete a fresh floral arrangement in each class to take home and enjoy, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, Cooperative Extension Service, 2221 E. Northern Lights Blvd. $110 includes flowers, greens and supplies. Pre-registration and pre-payment is required. (786-6300)

ONGOING EVENTS

Discovery Duffels: Families and groups with kids ages 4-9 can check out a duffel bag containing activities for kids, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays through Sept. 27, Alaska Botanical Garden, 4601 Campbell Airstrip Road. Free; you must surrender a driver's license while you have the bag. (770-3692, www.alaskabg.org)

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