Webinar offers insight into friendly, and finicky, houseplants

Webinar offers insight into friendly, and finicky, houseplants

Houseplants can help Alaskans get their gardening fix even on the darkest winter days. In a free statewide webinar offered by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, learn about which plants are easy to maintain and which can be finicky.

Heidi Rader, professor of Extension, will talk about how to help your houseplants thrive, including edible and tropical plants. She will also offer some ideas on managing houseplants when you travel.

Rader directs the Alaska Tribes Extension program, which promotes food sovereignty and security throughout Alaska. She teaches virtual and hands-on workshops on health, wellness, food and gardening. Rader has filmed more than 70 videos for a series called "In the Alaska Garden with Heidi Rader" and writes the blog "It Grows in Alaska."

The webinar is from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 15.

Register using the online form or visit https://bit.ly/HouseplantTalk.

For more information, contact Molly Johansson at 907-786-6313 or [email protected].

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at [email protected] or 907-474-7120. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to [email protected].

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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