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The Summer Tours Have Started!
President's Welcome to the Central Peninsula Gardening Club!
We're thrilled to have you join us on this green-thumbed adventure here in Alaska! Our club is a vibrant community of gardeners, from beginners to seasoned pros, who share a passion for cultivating beautiful gardens, growing fresh produce, and connecting with the land. Our club is dedicated to fostering a love of gardening in all corners of Alaska.
Explore Our Garden Website
We’ve packed our website with exciting activities and opportunities to get involved! From our garden tours and workshops to seasonal planting events and plant sales, there’s always something happening in our gardening community. We are now having a Soil Amendment Fundraiser in which Kenai Feed has agreed to share some of their profits with the CPGC (extended into June). Scroll down to see all the fun things and resources we’ve lined up for you!
CPGC Joins Soldotna Progress Days Parade - Saturday, July 26, 2025 at 11 AM
Get ready to laugh, wave, and hum along—because the Central Peninsula Garden Club is thrilled to participate in this year’s Soldotna Progress Days Parade, themed “Homegrown Happiness!” And we’re doing it garden-style—with a whimsical float full of animated vegetables playing kazoos!
Community Support Across the Peninsula
We believe in supporting all of our gardening club friends, no matter where you’re located. Whether you’re a garden member in Homer, Anchorage, or any part of the Kenai Peninsula, our club is here to help you grow your gardening skills and share in the joy of gardening. That's also why each year we give away 10% of our budget via mini-grants. Be sure to check out our CPGC programs and Recent Events for tour photos, gatherings, meet-ups, and workshops that bring together green thumbs from all over our beautiful region.
Thank you for being a part of our growing community. Consider entering our Gardening Contest! We can’t wait to see what you’ll grow next!
Happy Gardening! 🌱🌸
Mitzie Long, President (email)
2025 Summer Garden Tours Are Underway!
The 2025 garden tours have already started and are being hosted by Marian Owen. This is one of the fantastic CPGC members-only benefits. We look forward to more incredible gardens tours this summer in 2025. Emails will be sent to CPGC members as soon as the garden tours are finalized. What a great season to learn from and observe our gardening friends. Become a member today!
We invite everyone to check out the photos from the garden tours on our Recent Events page.
CPGC Joins Soldotna Progress Days Parade
Float, Kazoos & “Homegrown Happiness”!
Get ready to laugh, wave, and hum along—because the Central Peninsula Garden Club is thrilled to participate in this year’s Soldotna Progress Days Parade, themed “Homegrown Happiness!” And we’re doing it garden-style—with a whimsical float full of animated vegetables playing kazoos! Our float will feature giant costumed veggies (grown with love and a healthy dose of imagination), each tooting out tunes on their trusty kazoos as we roll through the parade route. It’s a joyful celebration of community, and the literal fruits (and roots) of our labor.
When: Saturday, July 26, 2025 at 11 AM
2025 Soil Amendments Fundraiser Ends Soon:
The ordering window at Kenai Feed ends June 30!
This is our biggest fundraising event of the year, and your support means everything to the CPGC. Please consider gathering your soil amendments in May and mention this fundraiser to Kenai Feed when purchasing.
A heartfelt thank you to Sarah and Rupert at Kenai Feed for their continued support over the years!
Kenai Feed (907) 283-1929
CPGC highly endorses listening to "Growing a Greener Kenai" on radio station KDLL 91.9 FM. Its hosted by Larry Opperman, master gardener and former CPGC board member. Tune in 11 AM to noon the first and third Saturdays of the months April to September. If you miss a program, KDLL posts podcasts on their webpage. Larry always does a great job and speaks about timely gardening topics for the Kenai Peninsula!
CPGC is having an exciting GARDENING COMPETITION! 🌱🌿 (Download Flyer)
OPEN TO ALL CURRENT 2025 CPGC MEMBERS...
THREE GARDEN CATEGORIES:
Flowers – show off floral varieties, vibrant blooms, color combinations, overall design 🌺🌻🌼
Vegetables – highlight your hard work with huge veggies, perfectly shaped carrots, quality, size and visual appeal. 🥕🌽🥦🍆
Recycled/Upcycled Materials – promote sustainability by turning old items into beautiful and functional elements in your garden. ♻️ 🔄 📦
TIPS FOR WINNING:
o Careful selection of plants – choose plants that are healthy, vibrant, and free from any visible pests or diseases.
o Attention to detail – pay attention to your garden display, cleanliness of containers or beds to overall design and presentation.
o Creativity and originality – stand out from the competition! Consider a themed garden or unconventional plant pairings.
Applications to compete in the competition are due by July 12, 2025.
Sign up on a schedule for a 3-hour window where club members can visit your garden.
Visitors will be voting on the winners in each category.👭 👨👩👧👦
🏆 🥇 Final judging for entries is on August 1, 2025. 👏 🏅
Our online Merch Store has shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, aprons, tote bags, hats, coffee mugs, and water bottles. And ...the good news is that shirts will be available in both the current CPGC logo and the older CPGC logo.
Exciting news!
You can now financially support our Alaska garden club and help our community thrive. Every tax deductible donation, big or small, nurtures our mission and helps us grow. Join us in making a difference—please make a donation today! 🌱🌻
June 2025 Alaska Weather/Wildfire Update
June 2025 Alaska Weather/Wildfire Update
A cool May and early June resulted in a sluggish start, but the 2025 wildfire season in northwest North America exploded the week of June 15. This is a rapidly changing situation. Summary: low precipitation since snow melt and low humidity allowed the boreal forest to dry out, so when a hot but thundery weather pattern set up, fuels were prime to ignite. And they did.
What Happened?
The week June 15-21 brought:
Extended high temperatures in Interior and northwest Alaska, though only a few records were set
173 new wildfires in Alaska
54,800 lightning strikes in Alaska
Only localized heavy rain from thunderstorms. Both the number of lightning strikes and the number of new fires are extreme, but are not unprecedented. The week of Solstice in June 2015 saw about 60,000 lightning strikes in Alaska and nearly 300 new fires, which burned more than three million acres in the following three weeks.
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