Alaska Botanical Garden
The Alaska Botanical Garden is a 110-acre (44.5 ha) botanical garden located inside the Far North Bicentennial Park at 4601 Campbell Airstrip Road, Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It is an independent non-profit organization which opened in 1993, is open year-round, and charges admission to support its mission. The mission of the Garden it to enhance the beauty and value of plant material through education, preservation, recreation and research. [1]
| Alaska Botanical Garden | |
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 The herb garden | |
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| Type | Public |
| Location | 4601 Campbell Airstrip Road, Anchorage, Alaska, United States |
| Nearest city | Anchorage, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 61°10′37.2″N 149°45′36″W |
| Area | 80 acres (32 ha) |
| Open | 1993 |
| Status | Open |
The Garden's land consists mainly of spruce and birch forest. It features 8 developed demonstration gardens and a special location for Junior Master Gardeners. 80 acres (32.4 ha) of the site is fenced to protect these gardens from moose. The gardens include:
- Over 1,100 species of perennials in the Upper and Lower Perennial Gardens (of which some 150 are native to Alaska)
- An herb garden
- A rock garden with over 350 types of alpine plants
- A wildflower walk
- The 1.1-mile (1.8 km) Lowenfels Family Nature Trail
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