Alaska Botanical Garden, Botanical garden in Anchorage, United States

The Alaska Botanical Garden covers 110 acres within Far North Bicentennial Park at 4601 Campbell Airstrip Road, mostly spruce and birch forest. It holds eight demonstration gardens, including upper and lower perennial gardens with over 1,100 species (about 150 native to Alaska), an herb garden, a rock garden with more than 350 alpine plants, and a wildflower walk. Some 80 acres are fenced against moose.

The site was created in 1993 from undeveloped forest land and has since grown into a research and educational center. Its focus developed around horticulture and botany under cold-climate conditions.

The Anchorage Heritage Garden displays plants and gardening methods from Alaska's early settlement period in the 20th century. Visitors can observe how settlers once organized their gardens and which varieties they grew.

The garden is open year-round at 4601 Campbell Airstrip Road, inside Far North Bicentennial Park. The growing season around Anchorage runs roughly from mid-May to mid-September, with the first frost possible from late August. An admission fee supports the non-profit's work. The 1.1-mile Lowenfels Family Nature Trail and the garden paths cross forest and open beds, so sturdy footwear helps.

The garden's 80 fenced acres protect its demonstration beds from moose, which roam the surrounding spruce and birch forest of Far North Bicentennial Park. The 1.1-mile Lowenfels Family Nature Trail loops through that forest, and the rock garden holds over 350 types of alpine plants.