The MGABC is an affiliation of local Chapters of Master Gardeners working together to support the delivery of quality education to their members and environmentally responsible gardening advice to the public.
We invite you to scroll through our website, ask gardening questions, check out your local Chapter and visit the Events, Community Projects and Advice Clinics we hold throughout the Province each year.
What do we do in our Communities?
Master Gardener volunteers are represented in six different regions of the Province. Their mandate is to provide quality, research and science based information to Home Gardeners in a variety of settings. They respond to questions from the public at garden centres across the Lower Mainland; on the Sunshine Coast; in Greater Victoria; on Vancouver Island; and the Gulf Islands; in the Okanagan; the Thompson/ Shuswap region and in Prince George. These activities are called Clinics or Outreach.
Other volunteer activities include:
- speaking to local community groups throughout the Province
- providing support to local botanical and/or display gardens
- participating in a variety of community horticultural projects
- working with students & teachers in local schools
- advising on and helping with “greening” projects in community parks & public spaces
- writing articles for local papers and garden club newsletters
- coordinating Seedy Saturday/Sunday initiatives or events
- helping families to learn how to grow; to nurture; and to harvest their own food
- Online gardening questions, check out the Ask a Master Gardener section of the MGABC website
Golden Trowel Award Winner
Congratulations to the MGABC 2025 Golden Trowel Award recipients, Prince George Master Gardener Christiane, Thompson Shuswap Master Gardener Estelle, and Victoria Master Gardener Sue. The MGABC is proud to celebrate three outstanding Master Gardeners.
The Golden Trowel Award is a provincial recognition and is awarded to a member of the MGABC who has been recognized by their peers as an outstanding Master Gardener, has demonstrated extraordinary volunteer contributions to the MGABC and made a positive impact on the Association and service to the public. Members are encouraged to nominate candidates each year and the winner of the Golden Trowel is announced during the MGABC AGM.
MGABC Golden Trowel Award Winners:
2025 Christiane, Prince George Chapter; Estelle, Thompson Shuswap Chapter; Sue, Victoria Chapter
2024 Dorothee, Vancouver Island Master Gardeners Association
2023 Birthe, Prince George Chapter and Rachael, Okanagan Chapter
2022 Linda, Victoria Chapter
2021 Jill, Vancouver Chapter
2020 Elaine, Victoria Chapter
2019 Pat, Okanagan Chapter
2018 Elaine, Thompson Shuswap Chapter
2017 Grace, Prince George Chapter
2016 Heather, Vancouver Chapter
2015 Lynne, Vancouver Chapter
2014 Linda, Vancouver Island Master Gardeners Association
2014 Sally, Vancouver Island Master Gardeners Association
2013 Jan, Victoria Chapter
