Palmer, Alaska: Big Vegetables
A lifelike sculpture is an accurate representation of the oversized veggies that can be grown here in summer, when the sun never sets.
- Address:
- 723 S. Valley Way, Palmer, AK
- Directions:
- By the Palmer Visitor Center, next to the garden. On the northbound side of S. Valley Way just north of its intersection with E. Fireweed Ave.
- Admission:
- Free
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Palmer is the Vegetable Capital of Alaska, giant or not. But Palmer, the seed of the Depression-era Matanuska Colony, sure plays it up, and cabbages seem to grow everywhere.
[NomadikCulture, 08/08/2019]
These giant vegetables are on display to help give you an idea of how big things grow under the midnight sun. One cabbage, a year's worth of kraut!
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The sculpture, created in 2013, is a life-size copy of the mammoth vegetables that can be grown here when the sun never sets.