Get involved with a community garden to learn more about growing food and get your hands dirty. Click the links below to view a list of existing gardens in the Fairbanks area or  to join a volunteer database in order to receive updates about volunteer days and other community gardening opportunities.

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• Fairbanks Garden List

• Volunteer

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Photo is of the Goldstream Community Garden.

If you're ready to start your own garden, Fairbanks has plenty of options to purchase seeds, plant starts, tools, and other gardening materials. Click the links below to explore your options and explore our learning section further down this page for more information on starting a garden.

• Risse

• Holm Town

• Plant Kingdom

• Chena Tool Library

• Soil Testing

• Hawks

• Midnight Sun

Want to grow at home through the winter? We have free plans for a 16 plant site grow tower that is easy to build, inexpensive, and a great way to grow food year round. Click below for the directions to build a grow tower or a floating platform system and an instructional tower building video created the Silent Springs FFA Chapter.

• Floating Tower Instructions

• Grow Tower Instructions

• Grow Tower Instructional Video

Interested in building your own hydroponic tower but missing some of the tools? FSWCD is offering a free two-week rental of a Tower Building Tool Kit. The kit contains all tools required to build a tower including a cordless drill, drill bits, hole saw attachments, a PVC cutter, a glue gun, heavy duty scissors, a Dremel 3000 kit, a measuring tape, and a pair of pliers. The kit DOES NOT include building materials (buckets, PVC pipe, grow lights, etc.) Kit rental is completely free but  a $200 deposit is required to rent. The deposit will be refunded when the kit is returned in full. Click the link below to fill out a rental request or call 907-479-1213 ext. 5 with any questions.

• Rental Request