Online ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ master gardener course open for registration
Julie Stricker
907-474-5406
Oct. 27, 2025
The ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ master gardener course provides a broad horticultural background for flower and vegetable gardens, such as this one in Two Rivers.
Registration is open for a new ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ master gardener course, which will be taught over Zoom.
Casey Matney and Darren Snyder, agriculture and horticulture agents with the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will lead the course. It provides a broad horticultural background and includes ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ-specific lessons on botany, soils, vegetable production using organic and conventional techniques, integrated pest management, greenhouses, lawns, houseplants, trees and shrubs, flowers and invasive plants.
​​ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ master gardeners are credentialed by the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Cooperative Extension Service
and are located in communities throughout the state. The prerequisites for becoming
a master gardener include familiarity with ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ gardening conditions and a commitment
to 40 hours of volunteer time.
Classes will be Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3-5 p.m. from Dec. 2 to Feb. 27, 2026,
with a break for the holidays. Registrants will receive a recording of each class.
Register at .
The cost is $250, which includes a copy of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s Sustainable Gardening Handbook.
For more information, contact Casey Matney, camatney@alaska.edu or 907-262-3443, or visit the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ master gardener webpage.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at amnorris2@alaska.edu or 907-474-7120. 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.
092-26