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MG Master Class: Linda Gilkeson on Growing Fruits and Vegetables
On March 3, 2012 the Victoria Master Gardener Association welcomed Linda Gilkeson to teach a master class that focused on soil management, germination, 12 month gardening and pollination. ...Victoria March 18, 2012 | Read more >>
Plant Speak: THE YELLOW LEAF
Master Gardeners answer a lot of questions of the “what’s wrong with my …” variety. A typical exchange begins “My Hosta leaves are yellow. What can I do?...Victoria February 10, 2012 | Read more >>
BIG DREAMS for SMALL SPACES
Imagine that you had the chance to design and build your dream garden. Where would you start? The first step in the design process is imagination and thought. The design of landscape, of...Victoria October 1, 2011 | Read more >>
Gardener Apprenticeship: Teaching Teens in the Garden
For three Sundays in the month of April, a group of teens aged 14 to 18 years learned the basics of gardening. This program, called the Gardener’s Apprentice Basic Certificate Program, is...Victoria August 22, 2011 | Read more >>
Growing Gardens, Growing Minds
"the verb cultiver retains in French these two meanings: that of growing a garden and that of becoming learned" ALBERTO MANGUEL It’s a sunny, warm August morning at the Horticulture...Victoria August 21, 2011 | Read more >>
Grow Me Instead
A number of pretty, but very invasive, plants are taking over British Columbia's gardens, roadsides and waterways. These harmful, non-natives are threatening our environment with their...Victoria April 26, 2011 | Read more >>



