Grow Program

03/17/2026

Apples, they do grow here! This Thursday, join a panel of experts from across the state to learn about apple varieties for your region.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/JHqPhq9cRgeaNqzghhBzmQ #/registration

09/18/2025

In case you missed it!

Master Gardener Emily Becker and Boyer's Orchard Manager Yael Hickok share tips on preparing your vegetable garden and fruit trees for the long Alaska winter.

09/15/2025

Make that to-do list and start checking it off! Register: https://alaska.zoom.us/meeting/register/3XrT_GZvRByhRCb8RJviMQ #/registration

09/13/2025

Potato harvesting is so much fun! We've been digging taters this week at Anchorage schools and RurAL CAP supportive housing. Our booming spuds owe their gigantic size and stunning beauty in part to Broken Tooth, who has donated tons of spent grain to enrich the soil, Kaladi Bros. Coffee, who gives us burlap for paths and coffee grounds for compost, and of course, Mother Nature, for the ☀️ and 🌧️!

08/22/2025

The Lake Otis Elementary School cabbage was 28 pounds! 🏆

08/22/2025

Dr. Etheldra Davis Fairview Elementary School grew a monster! 24 pounder! Congrats!

07/12/2025

Who will win the Giant Cabbage contest? O-S Cross seeds were started by Anchorage's Airport Heights Elementary students in April, and starts were given to Lake Otis Elementary and Dr. Etheldra Davis Fairview Elementary. They are currently growing in the schools' gardens. Grow, cabbage, grow! 🥬

06/30/2025

Thank you, MIC S'ndooyntgm Galts'ap Community Garden! ❤️ 🪏🐓 🌱

05/06/2025

Register: https://alaska.zoom.us/meeting/register/hTL1TXZdRB2e8PH2OwI6Vw #/registration

04/29/2025

Grateful for learning, sharing, and fun this weekend with Boyer's Orchard and the GROW Orchards and Food Forests grantees. With funding from the USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry program.

04/27/2025

Adding compost and refreshing pathways with wood chips! The Lake Otis Elementary School garden is supported by a grant from the USDA Farm to School program and RurAL CAP.