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An Alaska lodge: Moose Gardens Bed and Breakfast in Anchorage, Alaska. Offering private baths, an excellent breakfast, a comfortable bed. View scenery, wildlife, our lake and the mountains.

Travelling to Anchorage, Alaska? You'll enjoy lodging at Moose Gardens Bed and Breakfast with its private baths, excellent food, comfortable beds. View wildlife, lake and mountains - beautiful Alaskan scenery!

the GARDENS

The gardens at our new location were begun even before the plumbing was. A barrel was positioned to catch rain and its water was lovingly applied pail by pail to the thirsty plants. "Is this normal?" you may ask. It is, if you're fanatical like Moose Gardens B&B host Marya Morrow: "You have to have your priorities straight!" she says.

One of the established gardens at our 'old' house, featuring the annuals, perennials and other plants but NOT the roses or dahlias.

At Moose Gardens Bed and Breakfast, you don't have to stop to smell the roses - just walking by'll do the trick. We do encourage stopping, however, and enjoying the gardens - whether from afar on your private balcony or up close wandering the grounds.

An award winning dahlia from one of Moose Gardens B && B's flower beds.

A steady progression of plants bloom throughout the growing season, from the roses already mentioned to native Alaskan plants, old-fashioned perennials, brightly cheerful annuals, berries and dahlias, dahlias, dahlias (a family favorite).

Much of what is grown may be familiar to you - there are many similarities between gardening in Alaska and gardening elsewhere. There are also some outstanding differences.

Moose.

MOOSE, for example...



A moose eating his way through the perennials and native plants of our garden pathway.




...are not a typical feature of the gardens in "the lower 48". To fully appreciate a moose's impact, just think of him or her as a superbly constructed pruning machine.

However, unlike your basic, every-day shears - they don't listen to instructions and don't know when to quit, making moose a VERY unpredictable feature with which to work.

And it's unfortunate, but true. Moose are very portable and don't appear on demand or on schedule. But if you really want to see a moose, take heart.

At Moose Gardens Bed and Breakfast -
you can ALWAYS see a planted moose!

Mr. and Mrs. Moose planters in the scenic, shaded section of Moose Gardens B && B pathway.

While you may or may not see a live one in action during your stay at Moose Gardens B&B, we guarantee that they're there and have planted accordingly. So, even though not yet as impressive as the gardens at our last home (20+ years of love do make a difference) - you're in for a treat. They're beautiful gardens. AND - you're in for an education. You can come away from your Moose Gardens B&B stay knowing what grows well in USDA zone 3 - and what moose don't eat.

One of the rockery gardens at Moose Gardens B && B - annuals, perennials and lots of native plants - just again not the roses and dahlias!

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Travelling to Anchorage, Alaska? You'll enjoy lodging at Moose Gardens Bed and Breakfast with its private baths, excellent food, comfortable beds. View wildlife, lake and mountains - beautiful Alaskan scenery!

An Alaska lodge: Moose Gardens Bed and Breakfast in Anchorage, Alaska. Offering private baths, an excellent breakfast, a comfortable bed. View scenery, wildlife, our lake and the mountains.