Victoria County Master Gardener Association
Mailing ADDRESS:
VCMGA
P. O. Box 3822
Victoria, Texas 77903
Victoria Educational Gardens is located at 333 Bachelor Drive, Victoria, TX (not a mailing address)
VEG Pavilion is located at 283 Bachelor Dr. Victoria TX (not a mailing address)
Do You Want to JOIN Victoria County Master Gardener Association and become a CERTIFIED MASTER GARDENER? YOU MAY PRINT OUT THIS APPLICATION AND MAIL IT TO:
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service – Victoria County
Matt Bochat – CEA-Ag
528 Waco Circle
Victoria, TX 77904
If you plan to take your application to Victoria County Extension Office, please call 361-575-4581 to make sure of office hours.
FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT 2025 TRAINING CLASS ON THIS PAGE!
2025 VCMGA Training Class Syllabus

A HUGE thank you all NOW for supporting our Daylily Sale.
For information and articles see our page called DAYLILIES!

What is the Victoria County Master Gardener Association?
VCMGA is a voluntary, nonprofit, educational, literary and charitable association organized to support Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and the Texas Master Gardener Association. VCMGA is not affiliated with any commercial enterprises. VCMGA serves Victoria County, Texas, in cooperation with the county’s AgriLife Extension Office. 361-575-4581
Our main contact person is Mark David, VCMGA 2025 President – call: 281-710-5063
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE CONTACTED?
We are in the process of generating an EMAIL LIST if you want to be notified about Victoria County Master Gardener Association special events. If you would like to be on our email list, please email Nancy Kramer at nancyk@vcmga.org. In the SUBJECT LINE TYPE: EMAIL LIST In the BODY of the email type: (YOUR)FIRST NAME LAST NAME
Matt Bochat is our association advisor:
County Extension Agent-Agriculture/Natural Resources
Master Gardener Advisor
Email: MTBochat@ag.tamu.edu
Extension Contacts https://victoria.agrilife.org/contact/ |
Please click JOIN US for more information about how to be come a Victoria County Master Gardener Member. Find more information HERE!
Ready for a New Year – Our Victoria County Master Gardener Association Leadership

2025 Officers: Janet McCrea/State Director, Marilyn Stewart/Secretary, Stacey Ontai/State Director, Brynn Lee/President Elect, Mark David/President, Barbara David/Vice President, Bea Flores/Treasurer Elect, Cheryl Clark/Alt. State Director
Officers for 2025:
President: Mark David — Contact Mark at: 281-710-5063
President Elect: Brynn Lee
Treasurer: Kathy Bowen
Vice President: Barbara David
Treasurer Elect: Bea Flores
Secretary: Marilyn Stewart
State Director: 2024-2025- Stacey Ontai
Alt. State Director: 2024-2025 – Jo Ann Orsak
State Director: 2025-2026 – Janet McCrea
Alt. State Director 2025-2026 – Cheryl Clark
VCMGA MEETING INFORMATION
VCMGA Board Meeting at 12:00 noon on 2nd Thursday of each month.
Dig In Deeper (Jan., Mar., Apr., June, July, Sept. & Nov) & Birthday Bash (Feb, May, Aug., Oct.) at 12:15 on the 4th Tuesday of each month. December is Awards and Graduation Celebration.
Member Meeting at 1:15 on 4th Tuesday. Call our VCMGA President: Mark David — Contact Mark at: 281-710-5063
VICTORIA EDUCATIONAL GARDENS –
Open dawn to dusk daily at 333 Bachelor Drive. VCMGA members work on Monday and Thursday mornings. More VEG info here. FOR TOURS: Email Shelby Anderson at shelbymanderson@icloud.com Call Shelby Anderson @ 361-218-7181
Lunch and Learn with the Masters
Please NOTE: Lunch and Learn with the Masters schedule will be published in January.
PLANT LIBRARY AND PLANT SALE INFO
Our next VCMGA PLANT SALE will be Spring-March 29, 2025
(If you need any information about the plants that you bought during our plant sales, please see our Plant Library page. You can also email nancyk@vcmga.org or call 361-935-1556.
PROJECTS:
Please find new 2024 Project Application and submit to: VCMGA P. O. Box 3822 Victoria, TX 77903

VEG TOURS:
Victoria Educational Gardens
Please call Shelby Anderson for VEG TOURS. 361-218-7181 or email her at shelbymanderson@icloud.com CLICK for pdf of flyer.

Victoria Educational Gardens & Greenhouse Workdays
WORKDAYS – Monday and Thursday mornings.
You can always visit with our master gardeners while they are out working to keep VEG beautiful. VEG is located at 333 Bachelor Dr. in Victoria, TX (out by the Control Tower by Victoria Regional Airport.) It is open dawn to dusk daily and is FREE to visit.
Teacher Grants:
Find application form HERE. There’s still time to apply this school year.

SCHOLARSHIP:
VCMGA Clifton J. Knezek Memorial College Scholarship Application
https://txmg.org/victoria/files/2024/03/2024scholarshipapplication.pdf

DONATE:
We appreciate all who choose to support and donate. Find VCMGA DONATION form here.

2024 Members & Awards
VCMGA’s Objectives:
- To increase the gardening knowledge of its members and the general public.
- To support and assist Texas A&M AgriLife Extension by providing the community with information on good gardening practices through news articles, clinics, presentations, school programs and other community groups, by telephone and digital media.
An Active VCMGA Member:
- Has completed the Master Gardener course of instruction, fifty (50) volunteer service hours and has been certified by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, The Texas A&M University System.
- Pays annual dues and has a background check.
- Maintains certification through re-certification every year which requires 6 hours of approved Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and 21 volunteer hours, which includes 15 hours in Victoria Educational Gardens.
- Attends and participates in Membership meetings which are typically on the fourth Tuesday of each month and provide opportunities to earn CEUs.
Who Are Texas Master Gardeners?
Master Gardeners are volunteers, trained by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension in research-based horticulture including soils, water conservation, composting, entomology, plant pathology and related subjects. As County Extension Service volunteers, they give to the community by extending research-based knowledge and providing solutions in one-to-one problem solving, in a demonstration gardens and educational programs. What really sets Master Gardeners apart from other home gardeners is their special training in horticulture.
Master Gardeners are representatives of Texas AgriLife Extension. In all volunteer work related to the program, Master Gardeners follow the research-based recommendations of Texas AgriLife Extension. The title “Texas Master Gardener” can be used by volunteers only when engaged in Extension-sponsored activities.
What do Victoria Master Gardener Association Members Do?
- Victoria Educational Gardens CLICK for pdf of VEG Tour Flyer.
- Gardeners Dirt in the Victoria Advocate
- Youth Education
- School Garden Projects
- Teacher Grants for gardening projects – Application HERE!
- Speakers Bureau
- Lunch and Learn with the Masters Presentations
- 2025 Kid’s Camp TBD
- 2025 Training Class
- Annual Open House “Meet and Greet” with Information about VCMGA’s training course will be held on January 25, 2025
- Monthly Chapter Meetings with Informative/ Educational Speakers
- Annual Plant Sales
- Maintain and operate propagation areas and greenhouse
- Educate members and visitors about the many methods of propagation
- VEG Garden Paver Project
- Provide educational opportunities at South Texas Farm & Ranch Show
- Promote Rainwater Harvesting
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension provides equal opportunities in its programs and employment to all persons, regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. The Texas A&M University system, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts Cooperating.