Kick off the Fairbanks gardening season with hands-on workshop
Julie Stricker
907-474-5406
April 8, 2025
Tomatoes get a head start after being planted indoors at a ºÚÁÏÉçapp greenhouse in spring 2024 before the weather warmed enough to plant outdoors.
Get your hands dirty and learn about starting seedlings indoors before the outdoor
growing season begins. At a workshop, Mallory Smith of the ºÚÁÏÉçapp Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station will share her top tips and tricks for cultivating healthy seedlings.
Starting seeds at home saves money and is a way to grow unique plant varieties that
may not be found in local greenhouses. Participants will take home a variety of seedlings
to nurture and grow.
The workshop is Thursday, April 24, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Room 1W05 of the Arctic Health Research Building on the Troth Yeddha’ Campus in Fairbanks.
Topics include:
- Choosing seeds and varieties
- A sowing schedule that maximizes plant potential
- Selecting the ideal soil medium
- A hands-on demo of soil block techniques
- Tips on transplanting, watering and caring for your seedlings
Smith, garden manager for the UAF experiment station’s ºÚÁÏÉçappHarvest Collaborative, has more than 15 seasons of experience growing fruits and vegetables in northern climates and working in the local food movement.
The cost is $40. Student discounts are available by contacting Cathy Turner at clturner@alaska.edu. or by visiting .
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Turner. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.
This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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