Georgeson Botanical Garden

Georgeson Botanical Garden is a five-acre public garden, research site, and educational center on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus devoted to subarctic horticulture. Named for Charles Christian Georgeson, who came to Alaska in 1899 to investigate its agricultural potential during the Gold Rush, it is tied to the founding of the Fairbanks Experiment Farm and the early development of both agriculture and higher education in interior Alaska. Its work has included studies of annuals, vegetables, perennial ornamentals, Alaska native plants, and the domestication of wild berries. Beginning in 2001, research on fresh-cut flowers helped launch a small peony export industry.

College, Alaska · United States