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09/14/2018 - 16:35 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
VIMGA in the Community
At the Vancouver Island Exhibition in Nanaimo, August 2018: Jane Martin, Jen Calder, and Janet Miklas. Here we are at the Gabriola Island Fall Fair Clinic: MGs Gail Reed, Phyllis Fafard with Invasives display, Aug. 201809/14/2018 - 16:35 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
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08/03/2018 - 11:37 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
VIMGA Open Gardens – Vanisle Volunteers Relaxing Together
VIMGA Open Gardens – Vanisle Volunteers Relaxing Together - Please see the PDF for photos This summer’s gatherings brought together members from all the districts, beginning with 3 in June. On June 14th a group from 2 districts (Parksville-Qualicum and Nanaimo) drove a few miles...08/03/2018 - 11:37 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
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05/26/2018 - 12:00 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
Vanisle Parties in Style – by Emmy Sampson
A new venue, called the Garden Advice Party (GAP), is proving very popular with home gardeners on Vancouver Island. The GAP combines the traditional Master Gardener clinic and the popular home garden tour so often hosted by many local garden clubs. A few highlights of a recent...05/26/2018 - 12:00 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
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05/14/2018 - 20:05 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
Morrell Plant Sale
Into the Woods On Vancouver Island you are never far from nature, but many sensitive areas nearurban centres are easily polluted and their precious ecosystems destroyed. Saving them is the job of the Nature Trust of British Columbia, and one of thepreserves is the Morrell Nature...05/14/2018 - 20:05 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
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12/20/2017 - 16:01 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
VIMGA Finishes The 2017 Volunteer Year
With our home gardens put to bed for the season and the holiday season beginning, VIMGA has completed a good year. Dorothee Kieser, long-time Master Gardener, held 2017’s last clinic on 25 November. Her seminar titled, “Crop Rotation and Companion Planting,” was well attended,...12/20/2017 - 16:01 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
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06/14/2017 - 08:44 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
Master Gardener Program offered this fall at VIU
Vancouver-Island-University,-Master-Gardener,-June-2017.jpg Vancouver Island University and the Vancouver Island Master Gardeners Association collaborate to offer the Master Gardener Basic Training Program. Designed for the experienced home...06/14/2017 - 08:44 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
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01/22/2017 - 20:03 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
Exotic Indoor Winter Blooms
Nothing says winter exotica like the blooms of the winter lily. I began my adventure with these beauties last year when I rescued a bulb that, mistreated, was struggling to survive in the back of the display box. I was always appalled at the price asked for these bulbs, but...01/22/2017 - 20:03 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
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05/26/2016 - 12:18 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
Me and the Hornet Queen: When the Wasp Decoys Don’t Work
For many years I’ve kept yellow jacket wasp nests away from our house with a wasp nest decoy. I bought the first one which cost $10, and was eaten by the wind by June. Then I discovered a DYI that has worked beautifully for years, and cost nada. These decoys work because wasps...05/26/2016 - 12:18 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
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05/03/2016 - 06:24 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
Lessons Learned Transplanting in the Dry Areas of the West Coast
After a recent gardener to gardener chat, it was suggested to me that I might commit some of my thoughts ‘to paper’. For the scientists in the crowd there are no p values, just things I have learned, mostly the hard way. I am a master gardener, with basic training. I think by...05/03/2016 - 06:24 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
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11/27/2014 - 12:31 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
Mid Island VIMGA members - Horticulture Therapy at Cerwydden Long Term Care Facility in Duncan
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02/13/2014 - 13:38 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
WINTER WALK IN MILNER GARDENS
Before the mercury dropped to three degrees today in mid-February, my daughter and I took up the Milner invitation to walk among the snowdrops in the garden. We were delightfully surprised, and found many brave winter bloomers to brighten up this dreary day. Below are some of...02/13/2014 - 13:38 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
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03/21/2013 - 03:09 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
VIMGA VOLUNTEER SEASON- Behind the scenes
VIMGA Volunteer Season: Behind the Scenes VIMGA has always been challenged by its extensive area, stretching as it does almost from Campbell River to south of Duncan. Nonetheless, every year there is a spirited sign-up session, usually in Nanaimo, a central location not too...03/21/2013 - 03:09 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more