Earth Day Exchange: Seeds, Knowledge & Community
This event has ended. It was scheduled for 4/22/2022.
4/22/2022 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
4 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 22
Seed LabIn-Person Event
Earth Day is more than just a date: it’s a celebration, a call to action and reflection. Taking care of the Earth can start with small steps, with nurturing our health through our gardens and building community by sharing what we know and have. Join us at the Seed Lab for an interactive Earth Day event fit for all ages.
Stop by cooperative stations at Seed Lab, participate in an activity and grow your knowledge. Haven’t started your garden, and looking for inspiration? Ask a master gardener your questions. Bring in leftover seeds you have and trade for other types at the seed exchange. Take home a plant start that was extra or start your own in a hands-on potting demonstration. Learn to make a small plant pot out of household items or make a larger planter out of salvaged materials. Get the dirt on starting a compost pile with your food waste. Register for a Tool Library Membership and check out a tool to work on your home projects. Have a tool or garden item to donate to the tool library? Bring it in! Harvest tips to successfully grow fruit trees in your backyard. Talk to the museum’s Teen Climate Communicators group about actions we can take to improve our world right now. Visit all the stations and meet people who care about tending to the land and building community. Free.
Want to volunteer, or have something to contribute? Contact rpottebaum@anchoragemuseum.org
Schedule:
4-6 p.m. Teen Climate Communicators: Talk with the Museum’s Teen Climate Communicators, working on issues of climate change and participate in their postcard exchange.
4-8 p.m. Native Plants: Learn about native flora with the Alaska Native Plant Society, and ask questions of botanists to cultivate and protect species important to a balanced, natural landscape.
4-8 p.m. AK Bookmobile: Take a book from the Alaska BookMobile, a free, mobile library. Exchange some of your own books or bring home some books for your neighborhood little library. Help build little libraries to be put in community sites.
4-8 p.m. Seed & Start Exchange: Take, leave or trade seeds in an open seed exchange. Bring in extra seeds or even extra starts you have on hand and exchange them for others’ extras. Take home a few varies to start your window garden. Whatever your level of knowledge of seed and starts, there is something here for you. *All seeds brought in for the exchange must be labeled.
4-8 p.m. Ask a Gardener Stations: Wonder which flowers are best for pollinators and like the shade? Wonder when to transplant your tomatoes or where to position that raised bed? Ask a master gardener in a conversational setting. Learn from the Alaska Pioneer Fruit Growers Association about growing fruit trees right in your yard.
4-8 p.m. Make a Pot, Plant a Seed: Household materials are perfect for reshaping into a plant pot. Stop by this station to make a newspaper pot and plant a seed in it to take home.
4-8 p.m. Compost: Get the dirt on how to make rich topsoil from your food waste and daily use materials with Spruce Tip Farm and Nursery.
4-8 p.m. Pallet Planters: Using recycled materials, build a planter to take home with the help of gardener guides and tools from the Tool Library at Seed Lab
4-8 p.m. Tool Library: Register for a Tool Library Membership and check out a tool to start a project at home! The tool library is intended to share tools, knowledge and equitable access to both to empower community members to make their own repairs and share their knowledge. Have a tool or garden implement to donate? Bring it in and we’ll add it to the shared resources of the Tool Library at Seed Lab. Become a member here.