Mediterranean Garden Society
Mediterranean Garden Society
The Mediterranean Garden Society (MGS) acts as a focus for everyone who has a special interest in the plants and gardens of mediterranean-climate regions. The MGS has members in thirty-eight countries throughout the world and Branches of the society have been formed in many areas to organise meetings and activities locally. The society publishes a quarterly journal The Mediterranean Garden with articles contributed by its members. The garden at Sparoza, just outside Athens, is managed by the society to demonstrate gardening that is in sympathy with the natural surroundings and our philosophy of waterwise gardening. A complete set of maps with details of all the plants at Sparoza is available. The MGS is a place for discussing mediterranean plants, cultivated and wild, as well as every aspect of gardens and gardening in a mediterranean climate. MGS members may also join in the Seed Exchange. The previous version of the MGS website has been archived and can viewed in non-responsive format.
Latest News - On 20 November 2022, The General Assembly voted with a majority in support of all the proposed changes to the MGS Charter. The Society will now take the appropriate steps to implement these changes.
The photos at the top of this page show winter blooms at Sparoza and around Attica, Greece: Aloe arborescens; Iris unguicularis; Prunus dulcis; Anemone coronaria; Euryops pectinatus; Anemone blanda; Crocus nivalis (Photos Lucinda Willan)
The Mediterranean Garden Journal is the flagship publication of the MGS which has run to well over 100 editions. Whilst the Journal is usually only available to members of the MGS, we are making TMG 100 available for all those who would like to read this historic and informative publication. In addition, we are making available the early editions of TMG, first published in summer 1995. We will be posting these quarterly for free download as pdf files by clicking here or on the images below. The MGS hopes that during these difficult times, some glimpses into the world of mediterranean gardens will provide an enjoyable diversion.
MGS Journal 10 - free download
MGS Journal 100 - free download
In Bloom Now at Sparoza
Italy branch Zoom talk from South Africa
Costa Blanca Branch - Future Events
Italy Branch - Future Event
Attica Branch - Future Events
S Australia Branch - Past Events
Zoom talk from the South of France
W. Australia Branch - Future Event
The MGS is a non-profit-making association founded in Greece in 1994. The aims of the MGS are broad so as to cover the wide range of mediterranean plant and gardening interests of its members.
The Mediterranean Garden Society has never relied on state or business funding but operates very largely on income from subscriptions. Donations offered by our members, no matter how small, are also very important to the Society’s continued success. If you would like to make a donation you can do so easily when you are renewing your annual subscription or at any other time by going to the Donations page.
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THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN is the registered trademark of The Mediterranean Garden Society in the European Union, Australia, and the United States of America