MGi is an international group of societies for people with an interest in Mediterranean plants and gardens. Each society is independent, but MGi helps them come together to share knowledge and experience of gardening and plants in the Mediterranean climate zones of the world.
If you also have this interest, you can join one of our societies, each of which accepts members from anywhere in the world.
We invite other groups which share our interest and principles to become part of our community.
Mediterranean Gardening France
MGF provides opportunities for keen gardeners to meet each other in a convivial atmosphere to share information about waterwise and wildlife-<wbr>friendly gardening using plants compatible with a Mediterranean climate. It seeks to promote the philosophy of waterwise gardening through its programme of activities, its website and its links with the wider community.
Mediterranean Gardening Association Portugal
MGAP promotes Mediterranean plants and gardens through education, cultivation, conservation and recognition of their communal, environmental and economic importance in our everyday lives.
Cape Horticultural Society
The CHS promotes the growing of a variety of different plants and believes that a garden with birds, butterflies, chameleons, lizards and frogs, and alive with insects, represents a healthy garden in which plants flourish and the balance of nature exists. We advocate the growing of waterwise plants, both indigenous and exotic (if non-invasive), and encourage the use of natural, organic fertilisers. We are based in Cape Town, where a Mediterranean climate prevails, and members meet monthly to listen to talks on a wide variety of subjects, as well as visit gardens or places of horticultural interest.
Mediterranean Gardening Margaret River Western Australia
Our group has evolved to encourage gardeners of this region the chance to share knowledge, friendship and learn how to best cope with the local climatic conditions for our Mediterranean climate. While in our infancy we are constantly promoting our gardening style and arranging visits between our members and friends to further the enjoyment of gardening. We have gathered quite a number of newcomers to the region who are enjoying the friendship aspect as much as the gardening and every meeting sees our numbers grow.
Mediterranean Gardening Chile
Mediterranean Gardening Chile originated in Aurora Park, located in the Curacaví valley, which lies between scrubland and sclerophyll forest. Our group fosters interest in Chilean native Mediterranean species, many vulnerable and most endemic, to protect them through observation and knowledge, and to report on their qualities and on the benefits of growing them in our gardens.
California Horticultural Society
The cold winter of 1932 brought together nursery personnel, academics, and garden enthusiasts to share information about what perished/survived in gardens. This gathering expanded into a group focused on the challenges and opportunities of gardening in this region, and the plants that thrive in our mediterranean climate. Our monthly programs feature horticultural professionals, plant collectors, or an avid gardener. We hold a yearly exchange of seeds, organize visits to gardens and nurseries of interest, and also one another’s gardens.
Okanagan Xeriscape Association
The Okanagan Xeriscape Association is located in the Okanagan Valley of South Central, British Columbia, Canada. This is a unique setting by Canadian standards comprising a series of large lakes surrounded by orchards and vineyards in a desert intermontane valley. Many Mediterranean plants do very well in this environment. Our association was founded in 2009 with a mandate to educate the community about creating attractive landscapes while at the same time conserving water. To fulfill this mandate we run classes, maintain demonstration gardens, host events, and engage with our members, volunteers, community groups, businesses, and governments. Our website is used extensively as a learning resource. It features a highly informative Xeriscape Plant Database and a lot of other useful gardening information.
Mediterranean Plants and Gardens
Based in the UK, MPG is an association for people with a particular interest in the flora and gardens of Mediterranean climates. It embraces concepts of sustainable gardening such as matching plant species intelligently to their environment and giving particular attention to economical use of water.
Contact Us
To become a member of one of our associations, or to ask a question, please send a message to the named contact for each association as shown below:
Canada: Okanagan Xeriscape Association – Judie Steeves
Chile: Mediterranean Gardening Chile – Alfredo Unda
France: Mediterranean Gardening France – Christine Daniels
Portugal: Mediterranean Gardening Association – Rosie Peddle
South Africa: Cape Horticultural Society – Glenda Thorpe
United Kingdom: Mediterranean Plants & Gardens – Heather Martin
USA: California Horticultural Society – Dave Tivol
Western Australia: Mediterranean Gardening Margaret River – Julie Kinney
If you represent a like-minded association and would like your society to become a member of the MGi community, please contact: Mediterranean Gardening International – Michèle Bailey