Georgeson Botanical Garden, the farthest north botanical garden

Georgeson Botanical Garden is the the farthest north accredited Botanical garden in the United States. Thousands of people from around the world have visited Georgeson Botanical Garden to look at the beautiful peonies that bloom 120 miles south of the Arctic Circle.

Display Gardens include Alaska’s famous giant cabbages, A spectacular children’s garden that boasts a hedge maze that spans two acres, a collection of peonies that showcase 118 plus cultivars and a food demonstration garden that showcases variety trial research of food plants that are most easily adaptive to climate of interior Alaska. Thus answering the question, "what grows well here" ?

Take a listen to the wonderful story of the original experimental farm in Fairbanks that started in 1906, and then transitioned in to the botanical gardens that started evolving in 1989.

If you time it right, every Thursday evening there is Music in the garden from mid May to mid August. Its free. Bring your family, friends, a blanket and a picnic and enjoy some of the best music in Interior Alaska.