We're Fritz Creek Gardens, Home of Alaska Hardy® Garden Plants

Welcome, it's July 5.

Fritz Creek Gardens of Homer, Alaska, is the home of Alaska Hardy® perennials, trees, shrubs, vines and roses. We invite you to discover our extensive plant inventory of more than 500 different cold-hardy plants. You also will find unique and original garden art, containers and gardening supplies for sale.

Our Mission. We aim to provide the largest variety of Alaska Hardy® plants suitable for the great north and to provide the expertise to assist our customers achieve success in growing healthy, beautiful plants with the least amount of negative impact on our environment.

Open Hours. Fritz Creek Gardens is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. We are closed Monday. We gladly accept Diner's Club, Discover Card, MasterCard and VISA credit cards; debit cards; checks and cash.

Retail and Mail Order. You can buy from us in person at our garden center. If you can't visit us, we offer postal mail order throughout the United States and same-day service to Anchorage, Soldotna and Seward through the Homer Stage Line and the Seward Bus Line. See our Order Page for more information.

Directions. Fritz Creek Gardens is located 8.5 miles from downtown Homer on East Road. (There is another greenhouse on the way at mile 7, Reid's, which specializes in annuals, vegetable starts and herbs.) The drive is beautiful and well worth the time. Be sure to bring your camera!

What's New

Roses, Shrubs, Trees are Here! The long-awaited semi pulled into our parking lot a few days ago, and our crew unloaded our shipment of trees, shrubs, roses, vines, berrry bushes and fruit trees. It's always a big thrill to see the flowering crab apples, the berry bushes with tiny fruit and the huge deciduous trees, all looking as if they have been preparing for their trip to Alaska all their lives. Seriously, I think this is the best looking stock we've ever received. The roses are out of this world! So, bring your checkbook, your camera and come on out for a walk through the forest of our beautiful nursery stock.

Database Feature: Returning visitors will notice a big change this year. We have reorganized and expanded our plant information, which is now stored in a database. Every plant now contains a description, characteristics, attributes, prices and more. So far we have more than 425 plants listed, with the exception of our woody shrubs and trees (please ask us about them). About two-thirds of the plants have photos; we're working on adding the rest.

Fritz Creek Gardens Services

Ornamental Container Program. No time, little time or do you just have more exciting things to do? Take advantage of our new "rental" program -- or perhaps you need a little guidance. Check out this exciting new program. Just ask for details.

Our Gardens. We have 13 theme gardens: Tori Meadow is designed to attract beneficial insects, Woodland Whimsy features shade plants and unusual garden art, three rock gardens (there are so many great rock garden plants), a lily garden, Nipon Niwa (an Oriental garden), a new cut flower garden with more than 3,000 peonies (this should be a WOW scene in a couple of years) -- and many more gardens! See our Gardens Page for a sneak preview. Admission fee to the gardens is $2. Seniors, large groups or season passes are available at a discount.

Weddings, Meetings, Special Events. Why not bring your group to a beautiful serene, quiet garden setting for that work lunch, planning session, meeting or special occasion such as a wedding? Click here to learn more about scheduling your event in our 13 beautiful gardens.

Get a Catalog. Our 2007 Plant List and Catalog is still available for all your gardening needs. This list has been discontinued in favor of our online database, but we still have a few left to sell. Click above to order it, which costs only $2. It is chock full of information on hundreds of our plants.

Rita Jo, Leroy and staff

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