Registration will be posted here for the Spring 2014 Alaska Master Gardener Online Course on this Website.

To see if there is a classroom-based Alaska Master Gardener Course offered where YOU live,click here.

The Alaska Master Gardener Online Course is an intensive, sustainable gardening class specific to Alaska growing conditions. This is a self-paced, Online course offered through Blackboard Learn. To become an Alaska Master Gardener, students must volunteer at least 40 hours of their time. One example of a volunteer activity is writing for the Alaska Master Gardener Blog. 

The Alaska Master Gardener Curriculum includes lessons on botany, starting plants, soil, composting, season extension, greenhouses, landscaping, house plants, entomology, pest management, plant disease diagnostics and sustainable gardening. The course also covers growing vegetables, fruits, berries and flowers.

If you prefer, you may purchase the manual used in the course, although lessons will be provided digitally in the course for free:Sustainable Gardening: Alaska Master Gardener Manual

Note: Students must complete 40 hours of volunteer service to become an Alaska Master Gardener.  

The Alaska Master Gardener Online Course is ideal for those who:

• Want to study Sustainable Gardening in Alaska and volunteer 40 hours of their time to teach others what they learned.
• Enjoy a self-paced, Online learning opportunity.
• Would like to incorporate gardening in a K-12 Classroom.

If you would like to write for the Alaska Master Gardener blog, then contact us.