Vancouver Island Master Gardeners The Vancouver Island Master Gardeners Association (VIMGA) is a group of volunteer Master Gardeners living on Vancouver Island from south of Duncan north to Campbell River.
Learn more about what we do and why we do it.
Want to know more about joining the Master Gardeners?
VIMGA works with Vancouver Island University (VIU) to provide the Master Gardener Certificate Program, the first step to becoming a Master Gardener. The next course will start in January 2026.
Articles
- Creating Backyard Diversity: 10 things to Get You Started
Reprinted from an article by Doug Tallamy, 2021. - Vancouver Island Gardener Wins Provincial Award
Master Gardener Dorothee Kieser was recently awarded the Golden Trowel Award by the Master Gardener Association of B.C. Article by Beth Walrond, originally published in Island Farm and Garden Magazine, winter edition, 2024 - Composting with Fleece Waste: an Old Practice Re-invented
An interesting article by Jo Canning about using wool waste in the garden. - September presentation available
“Lawn Care and Lawn Alternatives”, the September Virtual Gardening Series presentation, is now available here on the VIMGA site. The Vancouver Island Regional Library’s Virtual Gardening Series is a partnership between VIRL and VIMGA offering practical, science-based home gardening knowledge. The entire four-year series of presentations is available here on the VIMGA site, as well … - Master Gardeners in Take 5
Take 5 magazine editor/publisher Marina Sacht has written an article about VIMGA, which appears in the April edition of the magazine. The article can be read online here. The article talks about what VIMGA is and does and also includes some spring gardening tips from VIMGA president Mike O’Neill. Take 5 is a monthly print …