VICTORIA MASTER GARDENER ASSOCIATION
GARDENING RESOURCE LIST - VICTORIA, MID-ISLAND AND PROVINCIAL/NATIONAL INFORMATION - 2016
GARDENING ORGANIZATION INFORMATION CONTACT
Capital Regional District (CRD) www.crd.bc.ca (my encyclopedia ) PH: 250 360 3030 625 Fisgard St. contact link online Victoria BC V8W 1R7
Esquimalt Garden Club [email protected] Pres: Paul Wickens PH: 250 385 6049
Friends of Beacon Hill Park www.friendsofbeaconhillpa rk.ca Chair: Roy Fletcher 101 - 1041 Richardson St. PH: 250 380 5023 Victoria BC V9A 7G1 [email protected]
Friends of Government House Gardens www.fghgs.ca contact through website or Society [email protected] 1330 Rockland Ave. Victoria BC V8S 1V6
Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team Society www.goert.ca Ph: 250-383 3224 (GOERTS) [email protected] PO Box 38026 Victoria BC V8W 3N2 Gordon Head Garden Club no website - meets 1st Monday (except Jan, Jul & Pres: Sharon Jack c/o Heather Atkinson Aug) 7:30 pm, Gordon Head United Church [email protected] 1031 Chamberlain St. Victoria BC V8S 4C1
Victoria Compost Education Centre www.compost.bc.ca [email protected] 1216 North Park St. Victoria BC V8Y 1CP
March 2016 Victoria Hardy Plant Group http://vichortsoc iety.org/hardy-plant-group/ More info: c/o VHS Box 5081 Stn B HardyPlantGroupVictoria Victoria BC V8R 6N3 @gmail.com
Horticultural Centre of the Pacific (HCP) www.hcp.ca General Manager: Anne Kadwell 505 Quayle Rd [email protected] Victoria BC V9E 2J7 PH: 250 479 6162
Integrity Sales and Distributors (soil testing) www.integritysalesanddist ributors.ca PH: 250 544 2072 2180 Keating X Rd. Victoria BC V8M 2A6
Lifecycles www.lifecyclesproject.ca [email protected] #1A 625 Hillside Victoria BC V8T 1Z1
MB Research Analytical & Testing Services www.mblabs.com [email protected] (soil testing) PH: 250 656 1334 2062 West Henry Ave Sidney BC V8L 5Y1 Metchosin Garden Club meetings are held 2nd Tuesday of the month Pres: Daphne Carter (no mailing address) St Mary's Anglican Church (Metchosin) [email protected] PH: 250 478 5040
Native Ecosystems in Victoria Public Areas www.blockcommunities.com/wordpress links on website for specific sites (no mailing address) Native Plant Salvage Program (Saanich) http://saanich.ca/living/natural/stewardship/npsp.ht Contact: Darren Copley
ml [email protected] PH: 250 475 5579
Native Plant Study Group www.npsg.ca Chair: Nathalie Dechaine (no mailing address) [email protected] Oak Bay Garden Club no website - meets 3rd Wednesday (except Jul, Aug & Pres: Gail Fattore c/o 1442 Monterey Ave Dec) 2:00pm Monterey Centre [email protected] Victoria BC V8S 4W1
2 March 2016 Oak Bay Native Plant Garden www.oakbay.ca/parks - recreation/parks - Contact: Carol Davies * corner of Beach Drive & Margate playgrounds/parks-listing/native-plant-garden [email protected] PH: 250 475 4412
Peninsula Garden Club www.peninsulagardenclub.ca Pres: Bonita Elliott PO Box 2657 [email protected] Sidney BC V8L 4C1
Royal British Columbia Museum www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca [email protected] 675 Belleville St. Victoria BC V8W 9W2 Saanich Pulling Together Volunteer Program http://www.saanich.ca/parkrec/parks/natural/pulling [email protected]
District of Saanich - Parks Division togethervolunteerprogram.html PH: 250 475 5522 1040 McKenzie Avenue Victoria BC V8P 2L4
Saltspring Island Garden Club www.ssigardenclub.com Contact: Marian Hargrove Box 291, Ganges Post Office [email protected] Salt Spring Island BC PH: 1 250 537 0864 V8K 2V9
SOUL - Society for Organic Land Care www.organiclandcare.org Pres: Michael Cowan 747 Princess Ave, Unit 48 Exec Dir: Ken Netwig Victoria BC V8T 1K5 [email protected]
Sooke Garden Club www.sookegardenclub.ca Pres: Wendy Sahlstrom (no mailing address) [email protected]
Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary www.swanlake.bc.ca Ex Dir: Kathleen Burton 3873 Swan Lake Rd. [email protected] Victoria BC V8X 3W1 PH: 250 479 0211
UVIC Finnerty Garden Friends www.uvic.ca/finnerty/index.php Admin: Charles McQuade 3800 Finnerty Rd. [email protected] Victoria BC V8P 5C2 PH: 250 472 4489
3 March 2016 Vancouver Island Bonsai Club www.victoriabonsai.bc.ca Pres: Bob Taylor PO Box 8674 [email protected] Victoria BC V8P 2P3 PH: 250 592 4206
Vancouver Island Rock & Alpine Garden www.virags.ca/index.html Pres: Yvonne Rorison Society [email protected] P/O Box 33012 Colwood PO 1907 Sooke Rd. Colwood BC V9B 1V0
Victoria Cactus & Succulent Society www.victoria.cactus - society.org/ Pres: Josef Krejcirik (no mailing address) [email protected]
Victoria Chrysanthemum Society www.bcgardenclubs.com/clubs/vic toria_chrysanthe Pres: Yvonne Rorison
(no mailing address) mum_society.html [email protected]
Victoria Dahlia Society www.victoriadahliasociety.org/ Pres: Phil Newton (no mailing address) [email protected] PH: 250 383 5882 Victoria Flower Arrangers Guild www.bcgardenclubs.com/clubs/victoriaflowerarrangers Pres: Rilla Ballantyne
(no mailing address) guild.html [email protected] PH: 250 381 4399
Victoria Horticultural Society www.islandnet.com/~vhsweb/ [email protected] Box 5081 Stn B Victoria BC V8R 6N3
Victoria Lily Society www.members.shaw.ca/lilynet/viclil Chair: Brenda c/o 1320 Clover Ave [email protected] Victoria BC V8S 1A6 PH: 250 386 1604
Victoria Master Gardener Association www.mgabc.org/content/Victoria Chair: Justin Stephenson c/o 505 Quayle Rd. [email protected] Victoria BC V9E 2J7
Victoria Orchid Society www.victoriaorchidsociety.com Pres: Ingrid Ostrander 1199 Tattersall Dr. [email protected] Victoria BC V8P 1Y8 PH: 250 652 0753
4 March 2016 Victoria Rhododendron Society www.victoriarhodo.ca Pres: Norma Senn PO Box 5562 Stn B [email protected] Victoria BC V8R 6S4 [email protected]
View Royal Garden Club Pres: Brian Yeo (no mailing address) [email protected] PH: 250 391 8800
5 March 2016 B. MID-VANCOUVER ISLAND
GARDENING ORGANIZATION INFORMATION CONTACT
Cowichan Valley Rhododendron Society www.cowichan.rhodos.ca Pres: Ian Efford PO Box 904 [email protected] Duncan BC V9L 3Y3
Cowichan Valley Garden Club www.cowichanvalleygardenclub.com [email protected] (no mailig address) Mill Bay Garden Club http://www.millbaygardenclub.com/ Pres: Pip Woodcock
(no mailing address) https://www.facebook.com/millbaygardenclub contact information on website
Nanaimo Rhododendron Society www.nanaimo.rhodos.ca Pres: Art Lightburn PO Box 241 101 - 5170 Dunster Rd. email link on website Nanaimo BC V9T 6M4
Vancouver Island Heather Society www.bcheathersociety.org Pres: Earl Jenstad PO Box 82 [email protected] Duncan BC V9L 3X1
Victoria Master Gardener Association www.mgabc.org/content/vancouver-island-vimga [email protected] 101 - 5170 Dunster Road, Suite 299, Nanimo, BC V9T 2Z2
6 March 2016 C. PROVINCIAL AND NATIONAL
GARDENING ORGANIZATION INFORMATION CONTACT
Agriculture Canada Importing Plants www.agr.gc.ca [email protected] 1341 Baseline Rd, Ottawa ON K1A 0C5
Aldergrove Daylily Society www.icangarden.com/clubs/ADS Pres: Pam Erickson (no mailing address) [email protected] PH: 1 604 856 5758
Alpine Garden Club of BC www.agc -bc.ca Pres: Richard Hankin PO Box 53550 [email protected] 984 W. Broadway St. [email protected] Vancouver BC V5Z 1K0
Arbor Day Foundation www.arborday.org PH: 1 888 448 7337 100 Arbor Ave Nebraska City NE USA 68410
BC Bonsai Federation www.icangarden.com/clubs/BCBF/ Chair: Tim McDonnell 7226 Barnett Rd. Burnaby BC V5A 1A2
BC Bonsai Society www.bcbonsaisociety.org Pres: Tak Yamaura (no mailing address) [email protected]
BC Council of Garden Clubs www.bcgardenclubs.org Pres: Louis Peterson (no mailing address) [email protected]
BC Fruit Testers Association www.bcfta.ca Chair: Ann Aylard PO Box 48123 PH: 250 656 0815 3575 Douglas St. [email protected] Victoria BC V8Z 7H5 BC Herb Growers Association www.agriguide.ca/organization/bc -herb-growers- [email protected]
998 Skeena Dr. association PH: 1 604 824 2833 Kelowna BC V1W 2K7
7 March 2016 BC Iris Society www.bc.iris.org Pres: Ted Baker c/o 185 Furness Rd. [email protected] Saltspring Island BC PH: 1 250 653 4430 V8K 1Z7
BC Landscape & Nursery Association www.bclna.com COO: Hedy Dyck 102 19289 Langley Bypass PH: 1 604 575 3500 Surrey BC V3S 6K1
BC Ministry of Agriculture & Lands Plant www.agr.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/lab.htm Toll Free: 1 800 661 9903 Health Laboratory 1767 Angus Campbell Rd. Abbotsford BC V3G 1R7
BC Ministry of Agriculture & Pest www.agr.gov.bc.ca/cropprot www.agr.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/contacts.htm Management & Plant Health
BC Society of Landscape Architects www.bcsla.org www.sitelines.org Ex Dir: Tara Culham 450 - 355 Burrard St. [email protected] Vancouver BC V6C 2G8 Toll Free: 1 855 682 5610
Canadian Geranium & Pelargonium Society www.cdngeraniums.com Pres: Barbara Puchala c/o 760 East 63rd Ave. [email protected] Vancouver BC V5X 2K7 PH: 1 604 985 4676
Canadian Organic Growers Vancouver Island www.cog.ca/chapters/vancouver -island Chair: Mary Alice Johnson (no mailing address) [email protected] PH: 250 642 3671
Canadian Peony Society www.peony.ca [email protected] PO Box 28027 RPO Parkdale 468 Albert St Waterloo ON N2L 6J8
Canadian Rose Society www.canadianrosesociety.org [email protected] 116 Belsize Drive Toronto ON M4S 1L7
8 March 2016 Fraser South Rhododendron Society www.flounder.ca/fras ersouth Pres: Brenda Macdonald 13451 27th Ave. PH: 1 604 990 5353 Surrey BC V4P 1Z1
Gardening BC www.gardeningbc.com Contact: use online website link PO Box 303 Maple Ridge BC V2X 7G2
I Can Garden www.icangarden.com Owner: Donna Dawson (no mailing address) [email protected]
Invasive Plant Alert www.agr.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/invasiveplant.htm https://extranet.gov.bc.ca/forms/gov/contact/in
Ministry of Agriculture dex.html
Invasive Plant Council of BC www.bcinvasives.ca [email protected] 104 - 197 North 2nd Ave. William Lake BC V2G 1Z5
Masters Gardeners of BC www.mgabc.org Pres: Lynne Christmas 5251 Oak St. inquiriesmgabc@gmail. com Vancouver BC V6M 4H1
National Invasive Plant Species Council www.invasivespecies.gov [email protected] US Department of the Interior Office of the Secretary (OS/NISC) 1849 C St., N.W. (MS 1201 EYE) Washington DC 20240
Native Plant Society of BC www.npsbc.ca Pres: Dawn Hanna Suite 195 - 1917 West 4th Ave [email protected] Vancouver BC V6J 1M7 PH: 1 604 255 5719
Orchard Mason Bees www.beediverse.com [email protected] (no mailing address) Toll Free: 1 800 794 2144
9 March 2016 Pacific Northwest Palm & Exotic Plant Society www.hardypalm.com Pres: John Brimacombe 10310 Hollybank Cr. palminfo@hardypalm. com Richmond BC V7E 4S5 PH: 1 604 271 9524
Vancouver Rhodendron Society www.rhodo.citymax.com Pres: Tom Clayton PO Box 53605 984 West Broadway St. [email protected] Vancouver BC V5Z 4M6
Weeds BC - Province of BC www.weedsbc.ca On line resource
10 March 2016