The Vancouver Master Gardeners Chapter was established in 1982, and is affiliated with the VanDusen Botanical Garden Association.

What do Vancouver Master Gardeners do?

The Vancouver Chapter supports the mission of MGABC by:

• providing Master Gardeners with educational opportunities about gardening and environmentally responsible gardening practices
• having Master Gardeners respond to questions in garden centres, farmers markets and community events across the Lower Mainland and on the Sunshine Coast. A list of scheduled Master Gardener clinics in the Vancouver & Sunshine Coast area will appear here in the Spring of 2010.
• staffing the VanDusen Botanical Garden Plant Information Line, writing for local papers, and speaking to community groups
• participating in a variety of community projects including assistance with horticultural therapy programs in hospitals and other institutions, working with students and teachers in local schools, and supporting “greening” projects in community parks and public spaces.

How do I become a Master Gardener?

All Master Gardeners who are members of MGABC have completed the MGABC Basic Training program. This program is based on a comprehensive set of material covering botany, plant identification, herbaceous and woody plants, right plant / right place, propagation, soils, basic entomology, IPM, plant diseases, vegetables, roses, vines, and other locally oriented gardening information.

For information on course content, please select Basic Training from the left menu.