Available Gardens and Vacant Land in Anchorage
Are you a gardener looking for space to grow in Anchorage? Scroll down to see a list of some of the available gardening areas. Next, reach out via phone or email and check in on opportunities that may have not been listed. New, experienced, and market gardeners all welcome.
Do you have land that you'd be willing to make available to local gardeners to use in Anchorage? It doesn't matter if it is a front yard or entire vacant lot, we might know someone in your neighborhood who would love to grow there.
Contact Nick at 717-4392 or [email protected] with questions, ideas, and suggestions.
Opportunities through other organizations
- The Municipality of Anchorage coordinates five community gardens across the city, containing ~250 garden beds. Registration for these garden beds starts ~ January 15 and ends February 28. It can be a bit competative but still worth a try. Check out their website for more info
- Anchor Gardens is a network of Anchorage-based gardeners enthusiastic about working together and supporting one another. Posting requests and questions to the Anchor Gardens Facebook Page could help you find what you're looking for
Featured gardens ready for gardeners!
Serenity Garden (13th and Karluk in Fairview) - In 2022, Dawit (David) and Samrawit (Sam) reached out with a vision of turning their unfenced yard into a garden open to their neighbors and their neighborhood in Fairview.
To get the ball rolling, we plant a row of raspberries, rhubarb, and chives, and setup six small sheet mulch beds with wood chipped paths. There is LOTS of space for more gardens, as needed.
Summer 2024, a team of volunteers built this garden out with over a dozen lasagna beds - and the Serenity Garden was born! We're excited to connect new and experienced gardeners to this lovely space. Karen Gonne-Harrell is coordinating the space and we're happy to help put you two in touch.
Midtown Community Garden @ 2930 Cheechako Street - This garden space started in July 2021 as a depot for garden building materials. It now includes a small community garden half in fiberglass raised beds and half in sheet mulch beds on the ground. Check out our webpage dedicated to this garden (click here).
Spenard Community Garden @ 1303 West 33rd Avenue - Built in 2019 on the property of Lutheran Social Services, the Spenard Community Garden was transplanted from the backyard of the nearby Nave (formerly the Church of Love). The garden is mostly perennial herbs, berries, flowers, greens, and medicine, and it is managed in a shared fashion.
In the past, the garden has had weekly workparties. The exact date and time of future gatherings is TBD. Reach out to Theresa Brown @ [email protected] with questions and check out our webpage dedicated to the Spenard Community Garden (click here).
The harvest is casually shared between gardeners, neighbors, and food pantry clients. In other words, people harvest as they see fit, with some guidance from signage indicating when things are ready to eat.
