Our members live on southern Vancouver Island, including Greater Victoria, the Gulf Islands and up the Malahat to beyond Mill Bay.
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.
VISION AND MISSION
VMGA’s Vision is to promote evidence-based sustainable horticulture through the education of members and the public, as well as community service initiatives.
Our Mission:
- To promote gardening and encourage sustainable horticultural practices
- To educate members with current, evidence-based, regionally-appropriate information on sustainable horticulture; and
- To share members’ knowledge, experience, and love of gardening with the public, through education events and community service initiatives.
CONTACT US
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 and farmers’ markets.
CLINICS
At garden events look for our table: Ask a Master Gardener. View our current List of Clinics or our Clinic Video
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.
MIXING IT UP CONFERENCE
Our biennial Public Conference: Mixing it up (MIU). The next MIU wil take place on January 30, 2027.
VMGA SPEAKERS BUREAU
We have a list of Master Gardeners available to come and talk to groups about gardening.
- Becoming a Master Gardener
- Calendar
- Local Gardening Information
- Upcoming Clinic Dates
- Clinic Reference Material Index
- Deer Resistant Plants
- You Asked Us
- Did You Know?
- Invasive Species Articles
- Mixing it up Conference (MIU)
- Victoria Local Garden Clubs
- VMGA Speakers Bureau
- VMGA at Work in the Community
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
VMGA members contribute their time and expertise to a number of projects in the community. Learn more about a new project for 2025: the Blenkinsop Community Agricultural Centre Project
MASTER GARDENER TRAINING PROGRAM
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.
Current VMGA MEMBERS please sign onto the Membership Services Website.