The best way to get around Anchorage is by car. Anchorage is a sprawling municipality stretching almost 70 miles between the communities of Girdwood to the south and Eklutna village to the north.

There is an herb garden, a wildflower trail, two perennial gardens and the Anchorage Heritage Garden, which was completed in the summer of 2015 and is filled with native plants that were grown ...