EVENTS & PROMOTIONS
The second Saturday of each month, Advocates for Dog and Puppy Wellness will be offering Microchips for $20 from 1-4pm.
Seed Starting for the Late Bloomer $10
Wed May 9 6-730p
Kincaid Outdoor Center
Margaret Timmerman 343-4217
Kincaid Outdoor Center 343-6397
Join us for a beginner’s approach to starting seeds indoors on your window sill. Starting mixes, easy to grow plants, care and hardening off seedlings will be covered. Participants will start a few vegetable or flower seeds to take home. Parents must accompany children.
For ages 6+
Min 4/Max 30
Container Gardening $10
Wed May 16 6-730p
Kincaid Outdoor Center
Margaret Timmerman 343-4217
Kincaid Outdoor Center 343-6397
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. Parents must accompany children.
For ages 6+ Min 4/Max 30
Raised Bed Gardening $10
Wed May 23 6-730p
Kincaid Outdoor Center
Margaret Timmerman 343-4217
Kincaid Outdoor Center 343-6397
Raised beds can add a whole new exciting dimension to your gardening experience. Raised beds are especially useful for gardeners with limited space in their yards and can be built at an appropriate level can also help reduce the aches and pains produced by kneeling or bending over a garden plot. Information on soil warming techniques will also be included. Parents must accompany children.
For ages 6+ Min 4/Max 30
Learn to save and savor the goodness of Alaska’s natural bounty!
Come join us for Food Preservation classes in Anchorage. Learn to preserve safe and high quality foods including: How to Use a Pressure Canner, How to Use a Boiling Water Bath Canner, make Fruit Leather and Can Alaskan Salmon and Game Meat. Enjoy hands on classes and take home the fruits of your labors in any or all of the classes in this series.• Tuesday, May 1: Canning Fish & Meat & Intro to Using a Pressure Canner
• Wednesday, May 9: Making Jams & Jellies & Intro to Using a Boiling Water Bath Canner
• Wednesday, May 23: Principles of Pickling & Making Chutney
• Wednesday, June 6: Drying & Freezing Fruits & Vegetables; Making Fruit Leather
• Wednesday, June 13: Canning Fish & Meat & Intro to Using a Pressure Canner
The classes will be held at Viking Hall, 8141 Briarwood Street, Anchorage, from 5:30pm to 10:00pm.
To register and pay online click here or download the registration form here to pay in person or by mail.
For more information call 786-6300.