Alaska Botanic Garden

FT - 6  Alaska Botanical Garden - Sunday, July, 24
FT - 7  Alaska Botanical Garden - Monday, July, 25
FT - 8 Alaska Botanical Garden - Tuesday, July, 26
FT - 9  Alaska Botanical Garden - Wednesday, July, 27

Trip Leader(s): Alaska Botanical Garden Staff

Fee:  $35.00 Includes transportation, water, and entrance fee

The Alaska Botanical Garden consists of 110 acres of boreal forest with approximately 8 acres of cultivated gardens and interconnecting nature trails. The Garden hosts over 1,100 varieties of annual and perennial plants hardy in Southcentral Alaska. There are about 150 species of Alaska native plants in the Garden. Each of the gardens has a particular emphasis or theme, such as the Herb Garden, Alpine Rock Garden, and Anchorage Heritage Garden. Guided tours are 1 hour in length and are led by one of the Garden’s Docents and or Staff. All tours meet in the retail nursery area near the Gift Shop.  A docent will guide you through the Lower Perennial Garden, Anchorage Heritage Garden, Rock Garden, Herb Garden, Lile’s Garden, Wildflower Trail, Trailside Gardens, and Greenhouse. The tour follows the paved half-mile loop through Boreal Forest.

The trip is ADA accessible.