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 http://victorialilysociety.ca/
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/
Saltspring Island garden Club https://ssigardenclub.ca
Sooke Garden Club https://www.sookegardenclub.ca/
Victoria Horticultural Society http://www.vichortsociety.org/
Vic West Food Security Collective https://www.victoriawest.ca/neighbourhood/food-security/ 

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 https://ltgov.bc.ca/garden-history/ 
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/
Island Pollinator Initiative, Pollinator Steward Webinar Series https://islandpollinatorinitiative.ca/webinar-series
Native Plant Salvage Program, Saanich  http://www.saanich.ca/EN/main/community/natural-environment/native-plant-salvage-program.html
Polinator Conservation Resources – Pacific Northwest Region https://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) https://victoriaseedysaturday.ca/
Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary often hosts free workshops on gardening with native plants https://www.swanlake.bc.ca/
Victoria Master Gardener Association http://mgabc.org/content/victoria

plant info & 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/
Washington State University, Horticultural Myths https://puyallup.wsu.edu/lcs/ 
California Dept. of Water Resources – Water Use Classification of Landscape Species (WUCOLS)  https://ucanr.edu/sites/WUCOLS/
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 Feb.8, 2022