The Alaska Botanical Garden started in 1983 as members of the Alaska Horticultural Association considered the creation of
an arboretum, and the idea grew. The Alaska Botanical Garden is a public garden dedicated enhancing the beauty and value
of plant material through education, preservation, recreation, and research.

The Alaska Botanical Garden property has had many different occupants and owners over the years. Once used by the Athabascan people, the land has since been under the federal, then state, and finally municipal administration. During the 1940s and 1950s, the area was used for maneuvers and training by the US Army, and the trails in the area were a part of the extensive Bull Dog Trail network that extended from Ft. Richardson to the Campbell Army Air Corps airfield in what is now Far North Bicentennial Park.

For more information, please visit http://www.alaskabg.org