member’s blogs:
Derrick Ditchburn, Dereila Nature Inn http://www.dereilanatureinn.ca/
SVSeekins, a Garden Variety Life http://svseekins.wordpress.com/
other local garden clubs:
Vancouver Island Bonsai Club http://victoriabonsai.bc.ca/
Victoria Cactus & Succulent Society http://victoria.cactus-society.org/
Victoria Chrysanthemum Society – – on facebook at : https://www.facebook.com/Victoria-Chrysanthemum-Society-BC-Canada-128510830548339/
Victoria Dahlia Society http://www.victoriadahliasociety.org/
Victoria Floral Artists Guild http://victoriafloralartists.ca/
Gordon Head Garden Club – on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Gordon-Head-Garden-Club-726983950798508/
Gorge Tillicum Urban Farmers http://growfood.wixsite.com/gtuf
Victoria Hardy Plant Group http://vichortsociety.org/hardy-plant-group/
Victoria Lily Society – – on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Victoria-Lily-Society-191661807535258/
Mill Bay Garden Club http://millbaygardenclub.com/
Native Plant Study Group http://www.npsg.ca/
Victoria Orchid Society http://victoriaorchidsociety.com/
Peninsula Garden Club http://www.peninsulagardenclub.ca/
Vancouver Island Rock and Alpine Society http://www.virags.ca/
Victoria Rhododendron Society http://www.victoriarhodo.ca/
Victoria Rose Club (club inactive since 2008, but website has useful information) http://www.canadaram.com/nurserysite/clubs/peninsular/
Saltspring Island garden Club https://ssigardenclub.ca
Sooke Garden Club https://sookegardenclub.wordpress.com/
Victoria Horticultural Society http://www.vichortsociety.org/
Vic West Food Security Collective http://vicwestfoodsecurity.org/vw-urban-farmers/
gardens to visit:
TLC,s Abkhazi Gardens http://blog.conservancy.bc.ca/properties/vancouver-island-region/abkhazi-garden/
HCP’s Glendale Gardens http://hcp.ca/gardens/
Government House Gardens http://ltgov.bc.ca/individual-gardens/
RRU’s Hatley Park Gardens http://hatleycastle.com/gardens/
Uvic’s Finnerty Gardens http://www.uvic.ca/finnerty/
Welland Orchard http://lifecyclesproject.ca/our-projects/welland-community-orchard/
other links of interest:
Garry Oak Ecosystem Recovery Team http:www.goert.ca/
Greater Victoria Compost Education Centre http://www.compost.bc.ca/
Habitat Acquisition Trust http://www.hat.bc.ca
Horticultural Centre of the Pacific http://hcp.ca/
Native Plant Salvage Program, Saanich http://www.saanich.ca/EN/main/community/natural-environment/native-plant-salvage-program.html
Polinator Conservation Resources – Pacific Northwest Regionhttps://xerces.org/pollinators-pacific-northwest-region/
Pulling Together, Saanich http://www.saanich.ca/EN/main/parks-recreation-culture/parks/natural-areas/volunteer-for-pulling-together.html
Seedy Saturday (Victoria) http://jamesbaymarket.com/SeedySaturday/
Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary often hosts free workshops on gardening with native plants http://www.swanlake.bc.ca/adult-programs.php
Victoria Master Gardener Association http://mgabc.org/content/victoria
plant identification:
UBC Botanical Gardens, botany photo of the day: http://botanyphoto.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/
Great Plant Picks for maritime Pacific Northwest gardens http://www.greatplantpicks.org/
Missouri Botanical Garden plant finderhttp://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder.aspx
Royal Horticultural Society plant selectorhttp://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector
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updated January 2, 2019
