Public TV's joegardener to speak at Alaska gardening conference

Public TV's joegardener to speak at Alaska gardening conference

The 2026 Alaska Master Gardener Conference, hosted by the UAF Cooperative Extension Service in Juneau, will feature Alaska experts on such topics as peonies, figs, native plants and poppies. Internationally renowned gardening expert Joe Lamp'l, the Joe behind joegardener, is the keynote speaker.

The conference begins Friday, May 1, at 6 p.m. with registration at Harbor Mountain Brewing, 165 Shattuck Way, Juneau. Highlights from Lamp'l's public television series, "Growing a Greener World," will be shown.

Saturday, May 2, registration begins at 8 a.m. at Chapel by the Lake, 11042 Auke Lake Way. Speakers continue throughout the day. For a full schedule, visit https://www.uaf.edu/ces/garden/mastergardeners/.

Lamp'l will lead a gardening demonstration at the Juneau Community Garden, 5669 Montana Creek Road, at 4 p.m., followed by a meet and greet at 6 p.m.

The cost is $100, with an additional $25 for lunch on Saturday. Register using the online form or visit https://bit.ly/2026MGconference.

For more information, contact Darren Snyder at [email protected].

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at [email protected] 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 [email protected].

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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