Online gardening courses offered by AARP, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Cooperative Extension

Julie Stricker
907-474-5406
March 22, 2022

Two orange tomatoes grow on a green vine.
Photo by Edward Remsberg
Tomatoes, ideal for container gardening, grow at a University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks greenhouse in 2012. A five-week series of gardening classes includes information on starting seeds, growing herbs, vegetables, container gardens and adaptive gardening practices.

AARP ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ and the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service are teaming up to offer a five-part series of online gardening classes. 

The classes will be held online via Zoom and live on AARP’s Facebook .

Classes will be held on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to noon and will feature a different speaker and topic. You can register for one or all of the classes by clicking the link on each class.

  • On , learn to start seeds.
  • The workshop features container gardening.
  • On , learn to grow and cook with herbs.
  • The workshop will discuss growing vegetables.
  • The presentation will go over adaptive gardening practices to accommodate the aches and pains of aging. 

 Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to DeShana York at ddyork@alaska.edu or 907-786-6330.

For more information, contact DeShana York at ddyork@alaska.edu or 907-786-6330, or Katie Severin at kseverin@aarp.org or 907-268-8512.

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