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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.

  • VIMGA’s Partnership with VIRL Inspires Okanagan Master Gardeners
    Okanagan Master Gardener Anne Patterson interviewed VIMGA’s Jo-Ann Canning for this article for their newsletter about VIMGS’s partnership with the Vancouver Island Regional Library to create the Garden Seminar Series. They were so impressed with what we have accomplished that they want to start a similar program in the Okanagan.
  • Adapting Your Garden: Body and Space Working Together
    Both aging and injury can have an impact on what we are able to do in the garden. Read Master Gardener Intern Katherine Caughran’s article for suggestions on how to adapt your garden and your gardening practices so you can keep gardening even when your body just can’t do it all any more.
  • VIRL/VIMGA Virtual Gardening Series
    Learn all about Crop Rotation! Join Master Gardener Mike O’Neill for our next presentation on Monday, June 1st from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. Crop rotation is an old agricultural practice that involves rotating the types of vegetables you grow in a certain garden area each year based on plant families. The idea is to reduce damage …