Who We Are
The Victoria Master Gardener Association (VMGA) strives to provide our members with the most up-to-date information on reliable and environmentally sustainable horticultural practices for our region. We try to share this knowledge, as well as our experience and love of gardening, with the public through a variety of community service activities. Our members live on southern Vancouver Island, including Greater Victoria, the Gulf Islands and up the Malahat to beyond Mill Bay.
Our Vision and Mission.
Contact us by email info@msvmga.org.
What We Do
- Local Garden Events: We list these on our calendar or you can check our list of garden clubs here, farmer’s markets here, and other events on our calendar.
- Clinics: At garden events look for our table: Ask a Master Gardener. We are ready for your questions.
- Providing Gardening Information: Browse Victoria Gardening Information for our collection of gardening articles and answers to gardeners’ questions, or ask us a question at info@msvmga.org.
- Our Public Conference: Mixing It Up. We run it every two years: currently February 1, 2025.
2025 Conference Information, - VMGA Speakers Bureau Master Gardeners are available to come and talk to groups about gardening. Check out our list of speakers.
- Community Projects: We put our motto of “We Grow Gardeners” into action throughout the community in a variety of ways: for example, through programs for elementary and high school students, for seniors, volunteering in the RBC Museum Herbarium and with the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific, and working with other community groups.
Interested in becoming a Master Gardener? All our members have completed the Master Gardener Basic Training program in Victoria or are Master Gardeners trained elsewhere. Details here.
- VMGA is a proud partner and supporter of the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific, a locally treasured garden and horticulture education centre.
The Peninsula Coop is a generous supporter of VMGA through funding assistance for the Mixing it up conferences, youth program equipment at HCP, garden clinic signage, website improvements, and HCP plant labelling equipment. Our thanks to Peninsula Co-op.
Current VMGA MEMBERS please sign onto the Membership Services Website.
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