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VMGA Speakers Bureau

Submitted by Victoria on Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:21
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Victoria

VMGA Speakers Bureau

Would you like to schedule a Victoria Master Gardener to speak to your gardening club or other group? Victoria Master Gardeners do presentations on a variety of gardening topics as part of their mission to share members’ knowledge, experience, and love of sustainable horticulture with the public.

To request a Victoria Master Gardener for your event please contact us at vmgacommunications@msvmga.org at least 6 weeks before your event date. Please include the following information in your e-mail. 

  • Event date
  • The time you want the presenter to arrive (either virtual or in-person) plus the actual presentation start time.
  • Event contact name, telephone number and e-mail address
  • Event site and street address, city and zip code if requesting an in-person speaker.
  • Number of anticipated guests/attendees
  • The topic you would like to have presented. See options below.

Presentations typically range from 30 minutes to one hour.

Once a request is received, we will do our best to provide a speaker, however Victoria Master Gardeners are volunteers, and we cannot guarantee a Master Gardener will be available for your specific event date/time.

Speakers:

How to Grow a Bumper Crop of Tomatoes
Speaker: Jennifer Kolot

tomatoes

Learn how to choose tomato varieties, start them from seed, and transplant out, plus ongoing care tips, and potential pitfalls.

 

 

 

Keeping Calm and Gardening with Deer    
Speaker: Jennifer Kolot 

deer  The deer are everywhere! Learn how to deter them from your garden and what to plant that they won’t eat.

 

 

Growing Heather
Speaker:  Elaine Scott

heather  Using Heathers in Your Garden

  Elaine will provide you with a detailed overview on using heathers in your garden.  This will include a description of the different types of hardy heathers that grow best on Vancouver Island, planting, pruning, general maintenance and how to include them in your overall garden design.  

 

heather

  Incorporating Heather in the Rock Garden 

  Learn how to incorporate and care for heather in your rock garden. 

 

 

All About Lichens
Speaker: Fran Benton 

lichens  Learn what types of common lichens you might find in your garden, and how they differ from mosses and liverworts. Also explore historical uses such as food, medicine, magic, and dyes, as well as look at interesting places lichens grow around the world.

 

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