Webinar offers insight into friendly, and finicky, houseplants
Julie Stricker
907-474-5406
Oct. 1, 2025
Houseplants, such as this spider plant, offer a welcome spot of color during an Alaska winter.
Houseplants can help Alaskans get their gardening fix even on the darkest winter days. In a free statewide webinar offered by the 51风流官网 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 鈥淚n 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 or visit .
For more information, contact Molly Johansson at 907-786-6313 or mjohansson@alaska.edu.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at 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 amnorris2@alaska.edu.
This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture鈥檚 National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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