Media Coverage

Anchor Gardens is out in the Anchorage Municipality every year, teaching and talking about how to garden and the many local resources we have to be successful at growing own food.

CoverageAG Member & TopicYearDescription
Alaska Public Media: Co-op gardens, tiny homes, composting and more | Hometown, AlaskaLarissa Wright-Elson at Earth Day show2026 Co-op gardens, tiny homes, and composting.
Alaska Public Media: Anchorage gardener starts free farm stand for residents in need
Theresa Brown and Free Farm Stands2025 Successes included 1,727 lbs of produce shared and 520 sign-ups after 4 weeks at Serenity and Spenard Gardens.
KTUU: Local leaders hope to grow more food – by lowering taxes – in a fight against food insecurity
 
Lindsey Hajduk- tax exemption work2025Discussed Anchorage Assembly Ordinance AO 2025-62 for urban agriculture tax incentives.
KTUU: Arctic Gardens: Getting ready to go outside
Larissa Wright-Elson – hardening off starts2025Guidance on preparing starts to go outside.
KTUU: Planting advice from the Seed and Garden Exchange Theresa Brown – seed exchange2025Interviewed by KTUU at the Alaska Botanical Garden seed exchange.
City Nerd Nite: Healthy Soils Larissa Wright-Elson – Nerd Nite: Healthy Soils2024Focused on lasagna gardening soil benefits.
Alaska Public Media: Hometown Alaska: Kick start your growing season with free mentors from Anchor Gardens Cindee Karns, Fred McLeary, and Stefanie Gorder – What is the Anchor Gardens Network2022Feature on the AG-free mentors/coaches program; these individuals were coaches for specific Community Council areas.
KTUU: Growing community while growing foodKristi Woods – Food Forest in Chanshtnu Muldoon Park 2021Feature on the Food Forest project at Chanshtnu Muldoon Park.
Alaska Food Policy Council: Anchor Gardens-a grassroots effort building community and food security in AnchorageCindee Karns & Theresa – AFPC presentation2021Presentation on Anchor Gardens’ grassroots effort to build community and food security, connecting with the AFPC network.
KTUU: Growing AK: Finding security in your back garden
 
Kristi Woods – gardening in the pandemic2020Advice for finding food security through gardening during the pandemic.