THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

Journal
VOL LVIII, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 2013

The Garden Club of Virginia exists to celebrate the beauty of the land, to conserve the gifts of nature and to challenge future generations to build on this heritage.

From The Editor

It is a big step, more appropriately, a gigantic leap, from The Warrentonian Weeder (circulation: 42) to The Garden Club of Virginia Journal (circulation: 3,500). I am truly honored to be serving as editor of the Journal and sincerely thank Ann Gordon Evans and Jeanette Cadwallender for this opportunity. I assume this position with a knowledgeable and dedicated editorial board behind me. Our December issue will welcome Ninie Laing, the Warrenton Garden Club, and Helen Pinckney, the Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton, to the board. It is with heartfelt thanks that we say good-bye to Mary Ann Johnson, the Roanoke Valley Garden Club, who has been serving, on and off, since the mid1990s. We look forward to receiving your articles. Write to us at journal@gcvirginia.org. Submission guidelines may be found on the GCV website.

Journal Editorial Board 2013-2014

Editor and Chairman: Karla MacKimmie, The Warrenton Garden Club ExOfficio Members GCV President, Ann Gordon Evans, The Huntington Garden Club GCV Corresponding Secretary, Betsy Worthington, The Lynchburg Garden Club GCV Photographer, Jane Cowles, The Boxwood Garden Club Journal Advertising Chairman, Katya Spicuzza, Albemarle Garden Club, The Garden Club of the Northern Neck Members Betty Anne Garrett, The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula Julie Grover, The Blue Ridge Garden Club, The James River Garden Club Ann Heller, GCV Communications Coordinator Mary Ann Johnson, The Roanoke Valley Garden Club Susan Morten, The Martinsville Garden Club Grace Rhinesmith, The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula Art Editor, Jeanette McKittrick, Three Chopt Garden Club WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG

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The Garden Club of Virginia Journal (USPS 574-520, ISSN 0431-0233) is published four times a year for members by the GCV, 12 East Franklin St., Richmond, VA 23219. Periodical postage paid in Richmond, VA. Single issue price, $5.00. Copy and ad deadlines are: January 15 for the March issue April 15 for the June issue July 15 for the September issue October 15 for the December issue Email copy to the Editor and advertising to the Ad Chairman President of the Garden Club of Virginia: Ann Gordon Evans Journal Editor: Karla MacKimmie 8505 Lees Ridge Road Warrenton, VA 20186 Phone: (540) 341-3432 Email: journal@gcvirginia.org Journal Advertising Chairman: Katya Spicuzza P.O. Box 411 Irvington, VA 22480 Phone: (804) 435-1782 Email: ksspicuzza@yahoo.com Vol. LVII, No. 3 Printed on recycled paper by Carter Printing Company Richmond, VA

ONTHECOVER... Cultivated by indigenous people of the New World, this member of the Cucurbitaceae family was a symbol of the harvest season long before it was associated with Halloween. Early Virginia settlers called it pompion, from the French word, pompon, and the British called it pumpion, leading to our present-day pumpkin. IN THISISSUE ... Danville History.................................... 2 Keep Virginia Beautiful ........................ 3 Club Notes.............................................3 75th Annual Rose Show.........................4 Getting Ready for a Show.......................5 Dendochronology...................................6 Annabel Josephs Award..........................7 Flower Arranging School.............................. 9 Conservation Forum............................. 10 Root for the Natives ............................12 71st Annual Lily Show.................... 14, 15 Lily Notes............................................. 17 Club Notes........................................... 18 Thank You............................................ 18 Club Notes........................................... 19 Club Notes...........................................20 Poets Corner........................................22 Ex Libris...............................................24 Contributions....................................... 25 OTHERREFERENCES...

Kent-Valentine House Phone: (804) 643-4137 Fax: (804) 644-7778 Email: director@gcvirginia.org Historic Garden Week Office Phone: (804) 644-7776 Fax: (804) 644-7778 Email: gdnweek@verizon.net www.VAGardenWeek.org Postmaster, please send address changes to: Garden Club of Virginia 12 East Franklin Street Richmond, VA 23219

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Danville Club Celebrates Rich Past, Bright Future

By Nan Freed The Garden Club of Danville

hen ten enthusiastic Danville neighbors gathered in the large, well-tended garden of a Victorian home on Main Street in the summer of 1918, the women there hoped to spark interest in gardens beautiful, as well as gardens useful. Mission accomplished, ladies. Our Danville club was the first garden club in the city and the first in this part of the state. As the Garden Club of Danville marks The Perkinson Rose Garden its 95th birthday, todays members are celebrating the clubs enduring legacy and looking forward to entertaining the Garden Club of Virginias Board of Governors October 15-17. Through the decades, the clubs membership blossomed and it has successfully worked to champion the formation of other area garden clubs. As a charter member of the Garden Club of Virginia, we have participated every spring in Historic Garden Week and have actively supported restoration projects throughout the state. Danville is the proud home of one of those projects, the 2004 restoration of the 19th century picket fence surrounding the historic Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History. Nearby, in 1922, during a visit by Lady Nancy Langhorne Astor to her native city, 1,000 rose plants were distributed to school children in honor of the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons. The plants were displayed and prizes awarded the following year. Located near the site of the Lady Astor rose give-away is the Perkinson Rose Garden, named in memory of Sigie Perkinson, who served as GCV Rose Test Chairman for ten years and was an active member of the Danville club. Individually, and in concert with garden clubs, civic organizations, schools and city government, the Garden Club of Danville has been active in wide-ranging education and beautification efforts. The Danville club has been a long-time supporter as the Garden Club of Virginia focused attention on beautification and conservation. As early as 1928, club representatives traveled to Richmond to appear before a legislative committee at a hearing of a bill to remove outdoor advertising along Virginias highways. Recent efforts have included promoting the citys new recycling program and publishing and distributing a comprehensive recycling guide. The club has been the recipient of two prestigious Massie Medals. In addition, a member received the de Lacy Gray Medal and the clubs nominee was presented with a Distinguished Achievement Award. What better way to celebrate the clubs past 95 years than to welcome to Danville the leaders of the Garden Club of Virginia?

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Keeping Virginia Beautiful for 60 Years

By Jeanette Cadwallender, GCV First Vice President The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club he Dont Be a Litterbug slogan arrived in Virginia in 1953 and, along with a catchy tune and vivid graphic, a concerted effort to control litter. The slogan and familiar jingle were a part of the Keep America Beautiful campaign to alert the public to the problem of roadside trash. In the Commonwealth, the initial group, the Virginia Anti-Litter Council, was a model for national cleanup projects before becoming Keep Virginia Beautiful (KVB). Throughout its history, KVB has worked with state and local agencies to implement environmental initiatives, education and beautification projects. The air and water quality of the state have benefited from increased public awareness. Municipalities have been encouraged in their efforts for beautification through annual awards. As the environmental movement has grown, the topics now covered by KVB include recycling and land use. One of the interesting ways that KVB is celebrating its anniversary is to encourage individuals and groups to Give 60. There are many ways that this may be done; one may volunteer sixty minutes in the areas of litter prevention, recycling, waste reduction, beautification and education. A link on the website helps one find events that are planned by regions across the state. Groups may announce events that promote environmental education or activism through the website, www.kvb.org. Furthermore, a donation of $60 will help support the efforts of Keep Virginia Beautiful. Mike Baum, Executive Director of KVB, would love to hear from anyone who has been involved with KVB over the years. Please contact him (and GCV Executive Director, Lynn McCashin) with stories of garden club involvement with KVB. A huge gala celebration is planned for October 5th at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. For more information, visit www.kvb60.org. This is a wonderful opportunity to support an organization whose goals are closely linked with those of the Garden Club of Virginia.

Janet Rosser and Venetia Redd The Ashland Garden Club any clubs are celebrating anniversaries of quite a few years, such as ours that celebrated 90 years in 2012. During our celebration, we were reminded of a very interesting connection between GCV and France. Lula Hopkins explained this connection between GCV and the French village of Ver Sur Mer, a town adopted by GCV in 1946. GCV donated food and humanitarian aid to Ver Sur Mer as the inhabitants struggled to rebuild following heavy bombing during World War II. Lula told us about her own travels to the ancient church there, where a stained glass window is dedicated to GCV. As clubs continue to celebrate their longevity, they will be reminded of the many ways GCV has had an impact beyond just our state.

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TH ANNUAL 7574th SHOW annualROSE rose show

"The world is a rose, smell it and pass it to your friends." The world is a rose,smell it and pass it to your friends. Chinese Proverb Chinese Proverb

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October 2 3, 2013 Open to the Public: Wednesday, October 2 2:00 PM 6:00 PM

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Thursday, October 3 9:00 AM 1:00 PM

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012 Artistic Classes 2pm Club to 6pm Inter Classes: Thursday, October 4, 2012 Medicinal/Apothecary 9am to 1 pm Aromatic

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Garden Lewis Ginter Botanical EducationalBuilding Building Educational 18001800 Lakeside Avenue Lakeside Ave. Richmond, VA 23228 Richmond, VA 23228

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Workroom open and entries st, accepted Tuesday, October Or visit the Flower Shows 1 website: noon - 6:00 PM and Wednesday, October 2nd, 7:00 AM 10:00 AM
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Editors note: Showtime! The following is the first in a series of three articles that offer tips for getting ready to compete in a flower show. The story pertains to preparation for a daffodil show, yet some of its concepts and tips have universal usefulness while others could be modified or adapted to prepare for shows that showcase other species. For more on showtime preparation, see upcoming Journal issues.

Getting in Gear for a Show

By Lucy Rhame, GCV Daffodil Committee Chairman Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club The Hunting Creek Garden Club

ardening downtime during fall and winter can be used as uptime to prepare for the flower show season spring will bring. One preparatory task can be to get flower show gear ready to go. A handy piece of gear is a carrier for transporting flowers to the show. A major goal is to transport the flowers in a way that prevents bunching, which can bruise show-worthy specimens. I have a basket lined with foam rubber, into which test tubes are inserted at 2-inch intervals. I put three to four stems in each test tube, arranged so the blooms will not touch, yet also arranged to be secure. I also use the carrier as a way to organize ahead of time. I plan for vases of three that will go together. Grouping collection flowers makes sense, as it does with country of origin flowers, historics, classics or intermediates. And, of course, I make sure when I insert flowers into each tube that the tube has enough water so the blooms arrive at the show looking fresh. Another key piece of equipment is my toolbox. Instead of hammers and screwdrivers, mine holds equipment that can be used at any horticulture show. Without this equipment, I might as well not show up at the show. My toolbox contains entry cards organized by class. I fill out as much information as I can ahead of time so as not to take up time at the show when I might be under pressure. Toolbox contents also include: A rubber stamp with my name and address for entry card information;

Cotton swabs for grooming; Cotton balls for manipulating the flower form; A water bottle to top off the test tubes; Small white labels on which to write daffodil names for my collections; and Extra index cards in case I need to make more little white labels and the scissors
with which to do so. The goal is to get as much done before arriving at a show, because, once there, time can just evaporate when you find yourself under the gun. Forethought and planning can help you get more entries on the show benches and, win or lose, help you enjoy the show a whole lot more.

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Garden Mysteries: Dendrochronology Provides Clues to Plants Ages

By Fleet Davis Hurlbatt, GCV Restoration Committee The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore ave you ever wondered just how old an elderly boxwood or a tree might be? There is a way to help date plants: dendrochronology. Dendrochronology is the study of the annual growth rings to determine age and the chronology of past events. Using documentary evidence, growth rings can be analyzed from core samples taken from a large woody shrub or a tree, or in a cut piece of timber. Sometimes such testing can be of particular value at historic properties. One property that has been aided by the GCV Restoration Committee, the Mary Washington House in Fredericksburg, has a garden of venerable boxwood. The boxwood were purported to have been planted by the houses namesake, Mary Ball Washington, mother of George Washington. Boxwood from the garden were cored for dendrochronological dating. It turns out that growth ring-dating of boxwood is an imprecise science, in part due to the propensity of branch tips to root and layer, which can affect the core of the original plant. With such imprecision in mind, Dr. Edward Cook, director of the Tree Ring Research Laboratory at Columbia Universitys renowned Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, analyzed samples. The samples were taken in 2011 by Rob Allen of Bartlett Tree Experts for Dr. Camille Wells, an architectural historian working with the GCV to have the Mary Washington House boxwood expertly dated. Cooks best guess, as he termed it, suggested the earliest date for the Mary Washington House boxwood samples would be the first quarter of the 19th century. While they might be old, the boxwood likely would not be old enough to have been planted during the matriarchs occupancy, which ended in 1789, the year of her death. At Thomas Jeffersons Poplar Forest near Lynchburg, the question of age arose concerning the boxwood circle in front of the retreat built by the nations third president. Dendrochronological work had yielded findings that suggested the boxwood might have been as old as 100 years. The question remained whether those plants could have been layers from older boxwood planted by Jefferson. However, subsequent archaeological study and soil testing overseen by Poplar Forests Jack Gary, Poplar Forests director of Archeology and Landscapes, indicated it would be unlikely that the boxwood dated to the Jeffersonian era. The boxwood were probably planted during the mid-19th century by later owners, the Cobb and/or Hutter families, who intermarried. Thus, in Poplar Forests case, archaeology proved more helpful than dendrochronology in achieving a reasonable date. Dendrochronology can often yield clearer results for trees. Whether for trees or boxwood, the science remains a tool that can help those trying to solve the mysteries ! of age. MWH%01 MWH%02
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Annabel Josephs Inter Club Artistic Award

By Bettie Guthrie, GCV Flower Shows Chairman The Petersburg Garden Club

shows. It is awarded to the member club accumulating the greatest number of award points in the artistic Inter Club Class from Annual Meeting to Annual Meeting. It was indeed an honor to present this prestigious award during the 2013 Annual Meeting in Charlottesville. GCV President Ann Gordon Evans was assisted during the presentation by Annabels daughters, Sarah Hellewell and JoAnn Carrington. It was a wonderful occasion to memorialize Annabel with her daughters sharing in this momentous occasion on their mothers birthday. Annabel, past GCV Second Vice President and liaison to the Flower Shows Committee and member of Three Chopt Garden Club, was passionate about acknowledging the creativity of the garden club that was most competitive and that deserved recognition for its efforts. In 2002, our friend Annabel Josephs offered to secure a trophy for what we know today as the GCV Inter Club Artistic Award. Following is a list of past winners: 2013 Dolley Madison Garden Club & The Martinsville Garden Club 2012 The Charlottesville Garden Club 2011 The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton 2010 Roanoke Valley Garden Club 2009 The Little Garden Club of Winchester 2008 The Virginia Beach Garden Club 2007 Winchester-Clarke Garden Club 2006 Hillside Garden Club 2005 The Franklin Garden Club 2004 The Spotswood Garden Club & Winchester-Clarke Garden Club 2003 The Spotswood Garden Club

stablished in 2003 and renamed in 2012, the GCV Annabel Josephs Inter Club Artistic Award is a perpetual trophy given annually to a member club in appreciation of participation and excellence in flower arranging at GCV flower

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Flower Arranging School

We are delighted that Jane Godshalk, AIFD, will be our speaker. Jane is from the Philadelphia area and is on the faculty at Longwood Gardens. She is an Artistic Judge for the Garden Club of America (GCA). Her work has been featured in multiple books and magazines.

at the University of Richmond Jepson Alumni Center.

Online registration is now open for Garden Club of Virginia members. Cost is $50 per person. Contact Ann Heller at communications@gcvirginia.org.
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Friday, October 25, 2013

Decorating for the Holidays Historic Inns of Orange 2013 tour

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Sunday, December 8, 2013

11 a.m.4:00 p.m.

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The Mayhurst Inn

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Participating Inns offer a 25% discount for the night of December 8.

Tickets: $12.50 in advance, $15.00 on the day For more information visit: www.dolleymadisongardenclub.org or email: info@dolleymadisongardenclub.org
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Special Offer: $10 off the ticket price for the Candlelight Tour at James Madisons Monpelier (by appointment)with your Historic Inns tour ticket. December 6/7 or 13/14 2013

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2013 Conservation Forum to Focus on Climate Change

By Anne Irving, The Hunting Creek Garden Club & Tuckie Westfall, The Garden Club of Alexandria Co-Chairmen, 2013 Conservation Forum, GCV Conservation and Beautification Committee limate change adaptation will be the focus of the Garden Club of Virginias 2013 Conservation Forum, set to take place in October at Monticello. Experts will share information that ranges from global to local. Forum speakers will address the reality of climate change, its impact on Virginia and the ways in which we are starting to adapt. Keynote speaker Robert Talley will present a national and international overview of how climate change is being addressed. He heads Talley Associates, a consulting firm that offers general political consulting, and regulatory and legislative lobbying services to clients with issues before the legislative and executive branches of government. His primary areas of expertise include energy and the environment. Skip Stiles, executive director of Wetlands Watch, will discuss the state of knowledge about sea level rise in Virginia, its impacts, and the work of his organization to prepare coastal communities for those impacts. In addition to his work at the Norfolk-based organization, he sat on former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaines Commission on Climate Change; Kaine is now one of Virginias U.S. senators. The third speaker, Chris Burkett of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, coordinates Virginias Wildlife Action Plan. He will share his work with new climate models as they affect the Piedmont area of Virginia. He and his colleagues have been studying the effects of 40 climate change variables on 20 different species of plants and animals. Wildlife action plans such as the one on which he works are the nations core programs to prevent species from becoming endangered. The fourth speaker, Austin Kane from the National Wildlife Federation, will help listeners translate climate change information to best practices in their own lives. She will provide information and guidelines on how to change lifestyle and gardening practices to adapt positively to our evolving world. Her work as a science and policy manager for the National Wildlife Federation Mid-Atlantic Regional Center focuses on safeguarding wildlife from climate change, developing a database of climate change initiatives, and building state capacity to address climate change. The forum includes presentation of the GCVs Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award for Meritorious Achievement in Conservation. The forum will also feature remarks by Susan Stein, the Richard Gilder senior curator and vice president for museum programs at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. The forum will take place Oct. 30, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Monticellos Montalto Conference Center. Following the morning program and lunch, attendees are invited to take part in a specially offered tour of the GCVs current restoration project at Monticello, Landscape of Slavery: Mulberry Row; there are house and garden tours available as well. Details about the forum, tour and other facets of the event will be posted in September on the GCV website, www.gcvirginia.org.

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JamesRiver River Home Home and James and Garden GardenTour Tour Front exterior photograph of Westover Plantation by Don Williamson Photography.
Interior photographs by Tiffany Zettlemoyer Photography.

Autumn Pilgrimage
September 28th, 2013
9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.
Charles City, Virginia
Interior photographs by Tiffany Zettlemoyer Photography. Front exterior photograph Westover Plantation by Don Williamson Photography. Front exterior photograph of Westover Plantation by Donof Williamson Photography. Interior photographs by Tiffany Zettlemoyer Photography.

Front exterior photograph of Westover Plantation by Don Williamson Photography. For more information and to purchase tickets, Interior photographs by Tiffany Zettlemoyer Photography. please visit our website: westoverepiscopalchurch.org September 28th, 2013 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Charles City, VA or call: 804-829-2488.

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Autumn Pilgrimage
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Autumn Pilgrimage

Westover Episcopal Church 9:00 a.m. 28th, 5:00 p.m. September 2013
Charles City, Virginia A perfect view for every Alices wonderland. Westover Episcopal Church
Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of
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Root for the Natives

By Dorothy Tompkins, GCV Horticulture Committee Albemarle Garden Club Alexandra Thomas, GCV Conservation Committee Dolley Madison Garden Club

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ould you like some new ideas for plantings in your garden that will enhance its biodiversity and help slow the explosion of invasive plant infestation that is overrunning our natives and our countryside? Did

you know that invasive plants can bring with them invasive animal species that can affect human health, recreation activities and local economies? Attend this years September workshop, Invasives, presented by the combined Horticulture and Conservation committees and immerse yourself in how to go native and avoid invasive This years workshop will be open to all Garden Club of Virginia members and will be held at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond on September 23rd. We are

excited to bring this workshop and its knowledgeable speakers to both members, and nonmembers, of GCV. Kevin Heffernan, Virginia Natural Heritage Stewardship Biologist, will share his vast knowledge on invasive species in Virginia. Heffernan has worked in the Department of Conservation and Recreation Division of Natural Heritage since the early 1990s. He led the development of the state invasive species management plan and wrote fact sheets on invasive plants of Virginia. A hands-on segment of the program will help us identify plants and insects that we can incorporate into our landscapes to keep ecosystems functioning. We will hear about which native species we can use in our own gardens to help save migrant birds and butterflies. Cole Burrell is a designer and award winning author, photographer, naturalist and educator. He is principal of Native Landscape Design and Restoration which specializes in blending nature and culture through artistic design. He has devoted a lifetime to studying native plants in the wild and in gardens. He lectures internationally on topics of design, plants and ecology. Mr. Burrells articles and photographs appear regularly in Landscape Architecture Magazine, Horticulture, Fine Gardening and American Gardener. Lets go native! Join us in Richmond, September 23rd, for this comprehensive workshop on invasives. The cost is $25; visit www.gcvirginia.org to register.

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The 71st Annual

Anne Carter Walker Somerville Award for Most Creative, Exhibition Table Design, Anne Vanderwarker, Dolley Madison and The Charlottesville Garden Clubs

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Artistic Awards

Inter Club Class 61-A, A Parallel Arrangement, The Ashland Garden Club, Blue and Quad Blue, PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE GCV TROPHY

Inter Club Class 61-B, A Mid-Victorian Arrangement, The Mill Mountain Garden Club, Blue

Inter Club Class 61-C, A Phoenix Arrangement, Leesburg Garden Club, Blue

Inter Club Class 61-D, A Reflective Arrangement, The Brunswick Garden Club, Blue

A Traditional Line Mass Arrangement, Elise Pitts, Harborfront Garden Club, The Eugenia and David Diller Award & The Flower Shows Chairmans Cup for Best Artistic and Best Arrangement

Grateful appreciation extended to Mary Wynn and Charles McDaniel

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Lily Show, 2013

the Valley
NUMBER OF HORTICULTURE EXHIBITORS: 65 NUMBER OF HORTICULTURE STEMS: 328 NUMBER OF ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENTS: 66

otswood Garden Club

Horticulture Awards

Longiflorum, The Blanche Rohrer Davis Memorial Bowl, Single Stem Species, Lucy Wilson, The Martinsville Garden Club

Triumphator, The Member Clubs Cup for best lily stem in show, The Lily Committee Interdivisional Hybrid Lily Award for bestLongiflorum/Oriental Hybrid Lily, Katherine Beale, Harborfront Garden Club

Lime Ice, The Sponsors Cup for Best Asiatic Lily, Pam Gottschalk, Dolley Madison Garden Club

Saltarello, The Eugenia Diller Award, Best Oriental/ Trumpet Hybrid Lily, Helen Murphy, The Garden Club of the Northern Neck

Royal Sunset, The James A. McKenney Award, Best Longiflorum/Asiatic Hybrid Lily, Trish Falcon, Dolley Madison Garden Club

The David Diller Award for Best Martagon Lily, Matilda Bradshaw, The Mill Mountain Garden Club

and Hilldrup Moving & Storage for support of the GCV Flower Shows.
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The Gardeners Workshop

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Grow Flowers for Garden Week! Learn to grow some of the sweetest flowers; Sweet Peas, Bells of Ireland, Snapdragons, and others in Lisas new book coming out summer 2014. Many of these hardy annuals bloom in spring just in time for Garden Week!

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Lily Notes
By Barbara Holland, GCV Lily Chairman The Garden Study Club

ats off to Spotswood Garden Club for hosting the 71st annual Lily Show in Harrisonburg; it was spectacular. The 2013 Lily Show chairmen, Sandy Hodge and Joyce Overby, are to be commended for their hard work in organizing and executing the many duties involved in staging a GCV flower show. All 47 clubs entered an Inter Club arrangement and all individual artistic classes were filled. In addition, there were 328 stems entered in the horticulture classes. A lily judging class was conducted on Tuesday before the show began with 37 attendees. Part Two of the class will be offered next year. Several GCV members attended the North American Lily Societys 66th annual International Show in Des Moines, Iowa. Nancie Motley, Chatham, was a judge and Joyce Moorman, Lynchburg, and Katherine Beale, Harborfront, had opportunities to clerk at the show. Katherine Beales stem, Siberia, received the Peters-Mooney Award for Best Oriental Lily in the show. Jeanne Moon, Dolley Madison, won the Peoples Choice Award for her photograph, Rooster & Lily. Mary Queitzsch Zocchi, nonresident member of Dolley Madison was elected Vice President (U.S.) of NALS; Tricia Kincheloe, Fairfax, serves as Secretary. The 2013 Lily Collection should be delivered to club lily chairmen a few weeks after October 15. Plant the bulbs as soon as possible in order to have better flowering stems next June. Now is the time to begin a lily garden cleanup. An old article by Genie Diller contained suggestions for gardeners. When the stalks of lilies become brown and dry, they should be removed. The stalk can be removed with a twist and pull at the proper time. If the stalk does not come off easily, dont force it. Cut the stem off a few inches from the ground. It is important to remove all debris on the ground, including leaves. If this is not done, insect eggs, viruses and other diseases may survive winter and infect plants the next year. Put the debris in a trash bag and let the garbage man haul it away. With your garden groomed and mulched, you can rest and enjoy a good book.

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By Chris Howison The Blue Ridge Garden Club

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he Blue Ridge Garden Clubs community project in downtown historic Lexington is the Veterans Memorial Garden. It is planted and tended by our members and is watered faithfully by the Lexington City Public Works crew. The local Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter contributes the funds for the plants. This garden is located in front of the Old Courthouse building Veterans Memorial Garden on Main Street and contains bronze memorial plaques for each of the major conflicts from our countrys history. The stone walls, stone seating area and flagpoles complete the site design. The architect for this memorial was Skip Ravenhorst of Ravenhorst AIA of Lexington. This year, Veterans Day will be on Monday, November 11, 2013, to commemorate all veterans who served our country. In other parts of the world, this day is called Armistice Day or Remembrance Day. It marks the end of World War I and the signing of the armistice on November 11, 1918, at the 11th hour of the 11th day and 11th month. This year will mark the 95th anniversary of the end of WW I.

remarkable story of support has unfolded at GCV in just four short years. The 2012-2013 Annual Fund campaign closed on June 30 with gifts totaling $107,500, a 76% increase over year one, with one-third of members contributing. This growing resource of members voluntary gifts is strengthening GCV in a fundamental way by protecting endowment resources, by balancing the operating budget, and by keeping dues stable. Annual Fund revenue has also allowed GCV to increase support to member clubs hosting events and to support more fully important annual programming such as the Conservation Forum, Horticulture Field Day, Flower Arranging School and the Symposium. Contributions from members in every corner of the state are making a profound impact. Thank you.

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By Margaret McLaughlin Grove The Charlottesville Garden Club

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in and day out to insure that flowers and/or greenery are part of our daily lives. The variety of containers was surprising, all of them filled with blossoms. Among them was a tall Chinese vase suitable for hall, mantel, or anywhere, for that matter. Next was a low ceramic plate with indentation which could hold even a single blossom. A weed holder from Maine could be used anywhere with anything. The beautiful glass bowl was popular with the club, as was the silver-footed container which would look beautiful even without flowers. One of us shared the bottle basket that she uses to carry flowers to family and friends, not to mention to garden club meetings. The one we might all own was a handsome cachepot which could hold a healthy house plant. There were more, but everyone was impressed with the variety we exhibited. We ended our program with questions, and our three new members were each given a recycled jam jar, tied with raffia, holding a bouquet of weeds, grasses and a few blossoms. This was to encourage them not to fear arranging, to know that it is always a joy to have some flowers in our homes and to share our gardens bounty with others. I am certain that each garden club member has that special favorite container, fancy, simple, or creative, that gives us each pleasure. It was fun to share ours!

ast fall, when our program chairman found that the speaker for the September meeting had cancelled, we came up with an almost instant program. Associates (those with many years membership) brought favorite containers, ones used day

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The James River Garden Club

Club Notes

n 1915, Mrs. Malvern C. Patterson brought together twenty ladies at her home, Hillcrest, to form the James River Garden Club, whose goal was to promote interest in gardens and encourage civic planting. Since that time, Hillcrest has been owned by three other JRGC members: Lila Williams Willingham, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Rawles and the present owners, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Cronly III. Nearly 100 years after the first JRGC meeting, in recognition of the special place the garden holds in the clubs history, the JRGC has embarked upon a lengthy process of documenting the evolution of the garden for submission to the Archives of American Gardens, part of the Smithsonian Gardens. Exploring the history of Hillcrest, through documents and personal remembrance, has proven to be a fascinating process. Hillcrest was operated originally as a farm. It is believed that Lila Williams Willingham installed a garden with formal and pastoral elements in the 1930s. Mrs. Willingham, the widow of John Skelton Williams, also illustrated Historic Gardens of Virginia, published in 1923 by the JRGC. Owner Lilliboo Cronly has an illustrated book of the garden as it existed during the Willingham tenure. Francena Harrison subsequently purchased the property, renaming it Robin Hill, in the 1950s and installed the formal garden, including brick walls, stone walks, and many garden ornaments. At this time, the garden has been mapped and measured, and the plantings have been identified. The unfolding of the history of this marvelous garden, and the compelling stories and memories exchanged by present-day club members, have resulted in an understanding of the passage of time for both a classic American garden and the garden club that was born there. As JRGC looks toward our next 100 years, we cherish the weaving of past and present as represented in the Hillcrest/Robin Hill garden.

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Taken from Karel Capeks The Gardeners Year, 1929

Submitted by Betsy Casteen, President of The Charlottesville Garden Club Read at the GCV Annual Meeting in Charlottesville, May, 2013

O Lord, grant that in some way it may rain every day, Say from about midnight until three oclock in the morning, But, You see, it must be gentle and warm so that it can soak in; Grant that at the same time it would not rain on campion, alyssum, helianthus, lavender, and others which You in Your infinite wisdom know are drought-loving plants I will write their names on a bit of paper if you like And grant that the sun may shine the whole day long, But not everywhere (not for instance on the gentian, plantain lily and rhododendron), and not too much; That there may be plenty of dew and little wind, enough worms, no plant-lice and snails, no mildew, and that once a week thin liquid manure and guano may fall from heaven. Amen.
Karel Capek was a Czech patriot and writer born in 1890. He died in1938. The Gardeners Year was a selection of humorous essays on a year in the life of a gardener. He was a journalist, novelist, playwright, translator and artist. His Friday Men garden parties were gathering places for Czechs who opposed Hitler. He also wrote science fiction and popularized the word robot.

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By Ann Geddy Cross The Ashland Garden Club, Kent-Valentine Library Committee

ExLibris

he Garden Club of Virginia has published numerous books, and they are located in the Kent-Valentine House for your perusal. You can flip through the pages, study the pictures, or take notes as you enjoy this wealth of knowledge published by GCV. Many are now collectors items and are found in old and rare book stores. Its first book, Descriptive Guide Book of Virginias Old Gardens, was published in 1929. Mrs. William E. Massie and Mrs. Andrew H. Christian compiled it and underwrote costs not covered by ads. Douglas Southall Freeman wrote the foreword. It was the predecessor of todays guidebook for Historic Garden Week. This book is hardbound and illustrated by photographs. The cost was $2.00 plus 10 cents postage. In 1930, the book expanded to more than 200 pages without ads and became Homes and Gardens in Old Virginia. Its cost was $7.50. The articles describe homes and gardens, and the book is divided by regions and routes. At the back are pages for notes about ones tour. The book was so popular that it was published in four editions which were referred to by colors: pink, purple and orange. It went through seven printings. Then, World War II brought changes. Historic Garden Week was suspended for several years while the Garden Club of Virginia supported the war effort. One way in which they did this was to publish GCV Cook Book to raise funds for famine relief. It features handwritten recipes from GCV members around the state. In 1950, Homes and Gardens in Old Virginia, returned but with a different purpose. Now it was not a guidebook, but a book of reference covering all parts of Virginia. It was financed and edited by GCV. In 1963, A Garden Potpourri from the Garden Club of Virginia Journal was published. It contained articles by Virginia gardeners that are still useful and enlightening. In 1970, Follow the Green Arrow: The History of the Garden Club of Virginia 1920-1970 with Mrs. James Bland Martin as editor, was published. 1975 brought a new kind of book. It was Historic Virginia Gardens: Preservations by The Garden Club of Virginia by Dorothy Hunt Williams. This oversized book is filled with detailed drawings and black and white photos of restoration projects. Gardens and Landscapes of Virginia, with text by Rudy Favretti and photography by Richard Cheek, was published in 1993. Follow the Green Arrow Vol. II was published in 1997. In 2000, 1930 Garden Club Pilgrimage to Virginia, about one womans account of her trip to Virginia for Historic Garden Week, was published. In 2009, Historic Virginia Gardens by Margaret Page Bemiss, with photographs by Roger Foley, was published. All of these books are in the Kent-Valentine Library for you to enjoy.

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Provides essential ongoing support necessary to maintain GCV operations. Albemarle Garden Club The Boxwood Garden Club The Garden Club of Fairfax Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club Hunting Creek Garden Club The Garden Club of Norfolk Roanoke Valley Garden Club Three Chopt Garden Club The Junior Virginia Beach Garden Club The Garden Club of Warren County Oakwood Foundation Mrs. Sue Abercrombie Betsy Agelasto Kathryn S. Allen Ann M. Ambrose Anne K. Avery Cindy Bagley Bonnie D. Baker Lee Penny Baker Sheila Eddy Baker Turner Barringer Diane J. Bassett Sugie Battin Mrs. Grace L. Battle Jill P. Beach Anne Beals Ann Beasley Joanne Beck Frances Beecroft Sara Beedie Mrs. Samuel Bemiss Margaret Bemiss Barbara Best Garland L. Bigley Mrs. Taylor S. Bigley Leslie M. Booth Jane Frost Bowden Nancy F. Bowles Matilda and John Bradshaw Jody Branch Donor Suzanne Bresee Lynda H. Briggs Catherine Brooks Nancy and Peter Brooks Laura Y. Brown Sally Guy Brown Mrs. A. Willis Browning Missy Buckingham Terry Emory Buntrock Sandra L. Burroughs Suzanne Burton Trecia Buster Betty Jo Butler Linda H. Butler Gigi Calvert Meg Campbell Liz Carden Molly Carey Mrs. John Carlston Judith H. Carter Janice H. Carter Claire Frances Cassada Joanna D. Catron Ruth Grove Chaney Sherrie and Gordon Chappell Susan Chatfield-Taylor Mrs. Stuart G. Christian, Jr. Beth Cleveland Lee Stuart Cochran Di Cook Jane E. Covington Barbara Cox Sarah Gurkin Craddock Mrs. Russell S. Crenshaw, Jr. Linda B. Custis Mrs. A. A. Cutchin III Jackie DAlton Nancy V. Daniel Martha Davis Jo Anne Davis Joan D. Dawson Mrs. C. B. deGavre Beth DeBergh Mrs. Eeda Dennis Mary Kate Dillon Lit Willis Dodd Cynthia Edgerton Sue M. Eley Lucy R. Ellett Frances H. Ellis Martha S. Elton Martha Embrey Donna S. Ernest Mr. And Mrs. William Etherington Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Farley IV Rebecca P. Farrar Rebecca Fass Betsy Fauntleroy Jayne Y. Feminella Dee Ferguson Mrs. Vance Field Mary Ross Fisher Mrs. Herbert E. Fitzgerald, Jr. Flossie Fowlkes Jinxie Forbush Mary Carter Frackelton Mrs. James S. Frantz, Jr. Mary C. Frediani Kay C. Freeman Melinda Frierson Cindy M. Frith Carroll G. Frohman Mrs. David Wingfield Garland Patricia Garner Roberta T. Garnett Rose G. Garrett Lynn F. Gas Martha Geiger Mary Hobart Gibbons Brenda Gilman Mrs. M. Tyson Gilpin Sally Gladden Mary Bruce Glaize Kathleen B. Glass Elizabeth Savage Goffigon Kay B. Goldberg Patricia A. Goodson
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Adelaide Grattan Miriam L. Green Marge Grills Jane Guerin Mrs. John Halpin Susan Foster Hamill Elizabeth Hamilton Elizabeth B. Hardy Gloria Harris Virginia J. Harris Ann E. Harry Maureen B. Harvey Isabel Duncan Hatchett Florence F. Hawkins Martha Hearn Deborah Heath Margaret Dietz Henderson Dottie Hendricksen Elizabeth Herbert Peggy M. Heyden Deborah J. Hite Sally Hodgkin Linda Holden Mary Sherwood Holt Molly Hood Carol C. Hooker Mrs. Roger G. Hopper Mary Horton Cecelia Howell Erica Howell Beverly K. Hudson Carol Turnball Hughes Mary S. Humelsine Mrs. W. E. Hunt, Jr. Elizabeth D. Hutter Joyce Cline Jaeger Karen Jamison Missy Janes Kelly Johnson Jonzennie Mewborne Jones Karen Jones Marty Jones Cheryl W. Jordan Tara Inloes Joseph Jude Slaughter Kelly Lil Kendall Mrs. R. Calvin Keyser Judy Kidd Mrs. Philip H. King Lana H. King Patricia R. King Beverley G. King

Jo Anne Kinnamon Betty Gayle Kirk Anne T. Kiser Margia Kitts Diane Kline Joyce Klingensmith Susan G. Landin Jacqueline Lane Sue C. Lang Joni Lawler Cathy M. Lee Nancy LeHew-Krogsund Elizabeth R. Lemon Betty H. Lesko Ginny Lewis Dannett Lightcap Pat Linton Corinne Llewellyn Marcia K. Long Carolyn H. Loritsch The Honorable and Mrs. G. Manoli Loupassi Bebe Luck Mary Lunger Barbara B. Luton Joan Lyons Katie Mann Alice S. Martin Sandra Lee Martin Carolyn Martin Mrs. Philip W. May Kathy W. McCahill Mary Leigh McDaniel Tricia McDaniel Mrs. W. Richmond McDaniel Mary Wynn Richmond McDaniel Jeanette McKittrick Katherine Turner Mears Rebecca B. Meeker Gwendolyn S. Meredith Mrs. Joshephine Miller Mary Ann Miller Ann B. Milliman Nancy C. Mitchell Camilla H. Moffatt Maryanne A. Moffett Ellen L. Moffett Monica T. Monday Nancy B. Moore Nancy E. Morris

Beverly Morrison Louise A. Morton Pam Moskal Susie Mote Mrs. W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. Caroline H. Neal Kathleen Nevill Mrs. Linda D. Newton Mrs. Lois M. Nichols Mercer W. OHara Emma Read Oppenhimer Joyce E. Overby Mr. and Mrs. William G. Pannill Mrs. Robert J. Parr Mrs. Jack M. Parrish, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. L. Allan Parrott, Jr. Catharine Patton Sarah Pierson Janie Pinney Joan Pollard Mrs. J. Cheairs Porter, Jr. Charlotte K. Porterfield Rita Potter Mrs. Theodore W. Price Mrs. Doris Davis Pritchett Mrs. John B. Purcell Betsy Quarles Kathryn M. Quarles Carrie V. Quinn Missy Rakes Ann L. Reamy Mollie S. Reinhart Harriet T. Reynolds Grace Rhinesmith Linda Richards Carol L. Roberts Susan F. Robertson Catherine H. Robertson Susan G. Robertson Minouche Robinson Peggy Rogers Susan Honig Rogers Peggy Rust Helen J. Ryan Jean M. Sapp Tricia Sauer Mrs. Toy Savage Jr. Virginia C. Savage Clare Schapiro Mrs. Becky Schmitz

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Mrs. Gary R. Sturm Dr. Anne K. Sullivan Gina Sullivan Nancy McAllister Sutcliffe Marianne Svoboda Anita C. Tadlock Margaret W. Talman The Honorable Helen Marie Taylor Sue C. Taylor Jane Thomasson Patsy L. Thompson Mary Henley Thompson Mary Nelson Thompson Liz Thompson Susan Thompson Lauren D. Thompson Dianne Nunnally Thorn Irene M. Turner Sheryl P. Twining Kay Tyler Mrs. Samuel E. Waddill III Bernice Walker Lynn Ward Betty Byrne Ware Judy Ware Mrs. H. Conrad Warlick

Milly Wassum Kathy Watson Fayetta Weaver Joan K. Wehner Jane Wells Cabell Goolsby West Mrs. C. Kemper Wharton Dootsie Wilbur Alice R. Wilkerson Trish Williams Mary Williams Barbara Pratt Willlis Lucy C. Wilson Mary Ann Wine Margaret Douglas Wise Elizabeth J. Witt Libby Wolf Libba Wolfe Lauren E. Woolcott Mary Denny Wray Kimberley Wright Jane H. Yandle Elizabeth T. Zimmerman

Donor In Honor of The Elizabeth River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ann Gordon Evans The Garden Study Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Holland Jessica Strum Stuart Webster JoAnn Bilbrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Spotswood Garden Club Archer C. Burke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lee Cochran Catherine R. Claiborne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Thompson Ann Geddy Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans Mary Dalton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peggy Teague Isabel Frischkorn Dudley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Frischkorn June Moberly Hambrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betsey Brown Lyn Hutchens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans Judith Landolt-Korns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Garden Club of Fairfax Anna Baldwin May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Baldwin Martha F. Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ann Gordon Evans Jamie A. Old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ann Gordon Evans Cora-Sue Spruill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace Rhinesmith Susan B. Wight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy K. Dickerson Katie Byrd Miller Eileen A. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimbrough K. Nash In Memory of Donor The Garden Study Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolyn Rosser The Princess Anne Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Byrd Miller Mrs. John H. Ariail, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John H. Ariail, Jr. Ginny Costenbader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Byrd Miller Nancy K. Dickerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Byrd Miller

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June Moberly Hambrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louise Douglas Moberly Lucyle H. Macon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackie Thomas Kathryn, Grace and Bea McNannay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Constance H. Forrest Betty M. Michelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Byrd Miller Martha F. Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Mason Betty Barnes Pigg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Stanley Chatham Frances Marshall Purcell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jill Levenson Rich Jane M. Purrington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Byrd Miller Jane G. Schaubach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Ellen Grimes Sue C. Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Mason Mrs. C. Kent Titus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Mason Wendy C. Vaughn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Byrd Miller Susan Snodgrass Wynne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eleanor Potts Snodgrass Provides monies to individual clubs for local civic beautification efforts.

Common Wealth Award Fund

Donor Martha Ware Bryan

Donor In Honor of Margaret R. Kincheloe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judith Landolt-Korns Supports the ongoing preservation of the historic Kent-Valentine House, headquarters of the Garden Club of Virginia and Historic Garden Week. Donor The Ashland Garden Club Hillside Garden Club Hunting Creek Garden Club Laura Y. Brown In Honor of Donor The Elizabeth River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linda and Bill Pinkham The Hunting Creek Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans The Huntington Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Wight The Mill Mountain Garden Club . . . . . . . . Mill Mountain Garden Club Members The Nansemond River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linda and Bill Pinkham Mary Bruce Glaize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colleen Zoller Donor In Memory of The Brunswick Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edith Bell The Martinsville Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathryn Clark Bassett The Spotswood Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lo Aldhizer Katherine Davis Marie Harper The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Mason Laurie and Keith Curtin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Constance H. Forrest Mary Bruce Glaize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Mr. and Mrs. John C. Harrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Maloney Cece Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolyn Rosser Sally Old Kitchin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Old Martha F. Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Mason Helen Turner Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Vonda K. Walsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geraldine G. Saunders Cabell Goolsby West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Coggin Henley L. Guild

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Supports GCV clubs in local and statewide conservation projects. Donor In Honor of Anne M. Beals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette Cadwallender Nancy K. Dickerson Ann Gordon Evans Donor In Memory of Nancy Baillio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Byrd Miller Candace Carter Crosby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marion Lyle Moore Carter Constance H. Forrest Melou and George Piegari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geraldine G. Saunders Donor Mary Wynn Richmond McDaniel Fund of The Community Foundation Donor In Honor of Garden Club of Fairfax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elmer Winningham The Williamsburg Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dianne Nea Spence Kimbrough K. Nash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dianne Nea Spence The Little Neck Garden Club of Virginia Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judy Perry The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America . . . . . . . William D. Rieley In Memory of Donor Hunting Creek Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Brenda and Jerry Augst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Anne Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Sally Guy Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Barbara LO. Catlett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild David and Roxy Chitlik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Louisa Hunt Coker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Marsha and Ralph Costen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Mr. and Mrs. Austin T. Darden, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Jane Dowrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Ann Gordon Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Oliver and Carol Flint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Mr. and Mrs. Carroll G. Foley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Lynn Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Mr. G. William Gearhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Judge and Mrs. James C. Godwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Richard and Kathleen Hobson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Sarah S. Hodgkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Mrs. A. J. Hollings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Rita and Buddy Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Katherine Turner Mears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Mrs. J. Frederick Moring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Kimbrough K. Nash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Anne S. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Judy Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Kathryn Quarles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Charles and Betty Schutte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Amy M. Vega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Janet von Sternberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Chris Birdsong White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Eileen A. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Susan Snodgrass Wynne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Old Supports GCV Restoration projects across the Commonwealth.

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September 23

Combined Conservation/Horticulture Workshop, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond 75th GCV Rose Show, Boxwood October 2 3 Garden Club, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond Journal Deadline for December Issue October 15 October 15 17 Board of Governors Meeting, Garden Club of Danville GCV Flower Arranging School, October 25 Jepson Alumni Center, University of Richmond GCV Conservation Forum, October 30 Monticellos Montalto Conference Center December 1 Nomination Deadline for Massie Medal and de Lacy Gray Medal Dates and events as posted on the GCV website at http://gcvirginia.org. See website for further additions.

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