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

In early February I saw daffodils pushing through asphalt. A driveway had been
created next to a house and a former flower border was now blacktop. Not to be
deterred, the daffodils persisted. Reading this issue of the Journal one will find
an article about a determined early president of our club. As we prepare for our
signature event, Historic Garden Week, imagine the pioneers who broke new
ground for the event and the restorations across the state that have been made
possible because of Historic Garden Week.

Opportunities abound for participation in club activities. Push yourself to take

advantage of all that the Garden Club of Virginia offers. March moves in with a
flood of expectation. Our winter thoughts are cast aside and while we may yet have
another snow, spring is on the horizon.

Journal Editorial Board

2010-2011
Editor and Chairman: Jeanette Cadwallender, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
ExOfficio Members
The GCV President, Kimbrough Nash, The Warrenton Garden Club
The GCV Corresponding Secretary, Nina Mustard, The Williamsburg Garden Club
The GCV Photographer, Casey Rice, Harborfront Garden Club
Journal Business Chairman, Fleet Davis, The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore
Journal Advertising Chairman, Katya Spicuzza, Albemarle Garden Club,
The Garden Club of the Northern Neck
Members
Mason Beazley, The James River Garden Club, The Garden Club of the Northern Neck
Betty Delk, The Nansemond River Garden Club
Betty Anne Garrett, The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula
Julie Grover, The Blue Ridge Garden Club, The James River Garden Club
Jeanette McKittrick, Three Chopt Garden Club
Sarah Pierson, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

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The Garden Club of Virginia
Journal
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:
Kimbrough Nash
Journal Editor:
Jeanette Cadwallender
P.O. Box 7696
Fredericksburg, VA 22404
Phone: (540) 373-7210
Email: journal@gcvirginia.org
Journal Advertising Chairman:
Katya Spicuzza
500 James Wharf Road
White Stone, VA 22578
Email: ksspicuzza@yahoo.com
Journal Business Chairman:
Fleet Davis
skipandfleet@verizon.net
Vol. LVI, No. 1
Printed on recycled paper by
Carter Printing Company
Richmond, VA
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ON THE COVER...
The Journal honors Roanoke Valley
Garden Club, host of the Annual Meeting
2011.
Organized April 1925, the club has been
a member of the Garden Club of Virginia
since 1929.
IN THIS ISSUE ...
From Blooms to Bridles................................. 2
Horticulture Field Day.................................. 5
Great Ladies of GCV...................................... 6
Slate Presented................................................ 7
Dugdale Nominations Due............................ 8
Daffodil Notes.............................................. 10
Charles Gillette Archive............................... 10
Daffodil Show.............................................. 11
Conservation Forum to Legislative Day....... 12
Legislative Day Report................................. 14
Ex Libris....................................................... 15
Lily Notes .................................................... 17
Welcome Additions...................................... 18
Rose Notes.................................................... 19
The Impact of Straws.................................... 21
Contributions............................................... 22
OTHER REFERENCES...
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
 From Blooms to Bridles:
Historic Garden Week 2011
By Suzanne Munson
Executive Director, Historic Garden Week

C
lubs throughout the state are rolling out the red carpet for our many happy
returning guests as well as for new groups visiting this year. Among those
making plans to attend in April are The Garden Club of Bermuda, docents
from the Smithsonian Museum and Mint Museum of Art (Charlotte), the Duke
University Campus Club, and many others.
In addition to opening some of
Virginia’s most beautiful houses and
gardens, many clubs are offering special
activities for their guests, ranging from
plant-doctoring with Master Gardeners
to Civil War battlefield programs to
equestrian demonstrations. Space
limitations make it impossible to mention
all tours in this article, but here are some
highlights. Please visit the Tour Highlights Samarate, Leesburg area
pages of www.vagardenweek.org for previews of some of the exciting events in store
for Historic Garden Week 2011, April 16 – 23.
The April 16 tour on the Eastern Shore will feature a festive lunch venue with
a plant sale and exhibition of works by local artists and artisans. Also on the 16th, a
geranium sale and art show will be added attractions for lunch guests in Petersburg.
At least two tours will have equestrian themes. “Bridles and Blooms” is the
title of the April 17 event in the Suffolk area. This family-friendly Sunday afternoon
tour takes guests inside attractive private homes and also behind the scenes at state-
of-the-art horse farms and stables. Equestrian demonstrations will be provided, and
remarkable collections of horse gear will be on display. And, once again, there will be
the popular showing of the Warrenton Foxhounds at a beautiful property in the heart
of Virginia’s magnificent hunt country during the Warrenton tour on April 20 and 21.
As always, guests of the four-day Historic Garden Week event in Albemarle/
Charlottesville can enjoy a wide-ranging list of special activities. On Monday, April
18th, from 6 to 8 p.m., there will be an evening with author Andrea Wulf, “Founding
Gardeners: How the Revolutionary Generation Created the American Eden”, at
Monticello.
On Tuesday, April 19, there will be a
10 a.m. lecture and tour with Peter Hatch,
“Thomas Jefferson, Gardener,” and a 2
p.m. lecture and tour with Peggy Cornett,
“The Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic
Plants,” both at Monticello. Also on
Tuesday at 2 p.m., Shaun Spencer-Hester
will conduct a panel discussion, “Anne
Spencer’s World of Poetry and Gardening,”
at the University of Virginia. Cross Mill Gallery, Ashland tour

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 During the April 19 Fredericksburg
area tour, the Rappahannock Valley
Garden Club will hold its annual
horticulture exhibit at one of the historic
properties open, Stevenson Ridge. Also,
special Civil War historic tours will be
conducted at the Spotsylvania Courthouse,
Spotsylvania Jail and Spotsylvania County
Museum.
In Virginia Beach on April 20,
Historic Garden Week guests will Norfolk’s walking tour
enjoy viewing one of the city’s finest features homes in the Hague
neighborhoods from land and water. A luxury yacht cruise will be offered throughout
the day, departing from the Cavalier Golf and Yacht Club marina and featuring
delightful vistas of lovely houses and gardens, waterfowl and the occasional dolphin in
the tour area.
Organizers of the Norfolk tour on April 21 will offer a great array of activities, in
addition to tours of grand and lovely old houses and gardens in the Hague district.
The Norfolk Master Gardeners and the Plant Doctor will help with plant
problems and discuss gardening questions at the Chrysler Museum. Various Norfolk
neighborhood green projects, eco-gardening and rain gardens also will be showcased.
The Chrysler Museum will offer a special “Flowers in Art” tour of its collection, and
visiting horticulture specialists from sister city Norfolk, England, will give a panel
presentation on English gardens. In addition, orchid expert John B. Zukowsky will
answer questions and display a wide selection of exotic orchids.
Among the many treats in store for guests of the April 20 tour in Hampton are
an “Arts and Flowers” program with floral arrangements interpreting artworks; an
afternoon tea; plein air landscape painters at work on the grounds of tour properties;
and a visit to the oldest English-speaking parish in America, St. John’s Episcopal
Church.
Artisan and cooking demonstrations
will be provided for visitors to the
Martinsville area on April 20, in the
nostalgic setting of a restored 1927
schoolhouse. Members of the Danville
garden clubs will entertain guests of
the April 21 tour with flower arranging
demonstrations. 5111 Cary St. Road, Richmond tour
A major art show featuring works by local artists will be on display at the
president’s home at Roanoke College as part of the Roanoke area tour in Salem on
April 23.
The Restoration Committee recently announced wonderful news. The gardens
of Poplar Forest, Thomas Jefferson’s retreat near Lynchburg, are to be restored by
the Garden Club of Virginia from the proceeds of Historic Garden Week tours. A
complete list of the important historic restorations made possible by Historic Garden
Week over the years is posted on www.gcvirginia.org. ❁

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 The Boxwood Garden Club
presents

“Flowers with
a Southern Flair”
a morning of flower arranging
by

Sybil Sylvester
Floral designer extraordinaire
as featured in “Southern Accents” and “flower”

Tuesday, March 22
9:00 AM
Jepson Alumni Center
at The University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
TICKETS: $65.00
Ticket and registration information is available at
www.gcvirginia.org

Proceeds benefit Boxwood Garden Club’s educational and civic projects

including Capital Trees, a conservation project initiated by Richmond
member clubs of the Garden Club of Virginia in partnership with the City of
Richmond.

 
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 Horticulture Field Day, 2011
By Sally Seward, GCV Horticulture Committee
The Petersburg Garden Club

T
he Horticulture Committee of the Garden Club of Virginia invites you to
the 2011 Horticulture Field Day in Middleburg’s breathtakingly beautiful
countryside on Wednesday and Thursday, May 18th and 19th.
On Wednesday participants will convene midday at Oatlands Historic House and
Gardens for box lunches and tours of the gardens. The group will split up to visit an
additional three properties during the afternoon. Oak Hill, owned by Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas DeLashmutt, was built by James Monroe between 1820 and 1823. The design
of the house can be traced to Thomas Jefferson and James Hoban, designer of the White
House. There are spectacular formal gardens, walkways and a rose garden. Glenstone
Gardens, owned by Dr. and Mrs. F. Turner Reuter, has been maintained and developed
through many generations of their family.  Visitors will stroll through garden rooms,
each with its own spirit, beginning in the major parterre.  Significant features include
an elevated view of the White Garden, a 400-year old tulip poplar and distinctive
sculpture pieces found throughout the grounds.  Seven Springs Farm, built in 1790, was
purchased in 1975 by the current owners, Mr. and Mrs. Childs F. Burden. The garden
features rooms of mixed borders, herbs, shrubbery and perennials.
On Thursday morning four more gardens will be open. Pond House Garden,
the home of Mr.and Mrs. William Janes, includes lovely rural landscaping and a large
pond. A stroll through the pine woods takes you to the home of her mother, Mrs.
Polly Rowley. The dramatic house and deck are nestled over a woodland stream and
naturalistically planted landscape. Poke Gardens is the home of Dana Westring and
Trevor Potter. Highlights of the grounds are a thriving vegetable garden, perennial beds
and a striking outdoor amphitheater. Highland Spring Farm, owned by Mr. and Mrs.
James Hackman, has one of the most extensive collections of horticultural specimens
in the area. The English-style garden rooms display a romantic mix of color and texture
and there is a large and dramatic water feature. Box lunches will be provided.
Registration and payment for Horticulture Field Day will be online.
Accommodations will be listed when the event is posted. Attendees will be provided
with a list of restaurants and shops upon check-in at their hotels and will be on their
own for dinner on Wednesday evening. ❁

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 Emily Smith:
A Great Lady of the GCV
By Lee Stuart Cochran, Former GCV President
The Augusta Garden Club

I
t is said that institutional memory is notoriously
poor. But we should never forget the great ladies on
whose shoulders we continue to stand as members
of the GCV. Any such list of our organization would
include Mrs. Herbert McKelden Smith. A charter
member of the Augusta Garden Club in 1919, Emily
led her club to join seven other garden clubs across the
state to found the Garden Club of Virginia in 1920.
In 1928 Emily Smith became president of the
GCV, and during her presidency Historic Garden
Week was born. Known as America’s Largest Open
Emily Smith
House, Historic Garden Week is the oldest and largest
statewide tour event of its kind in the nation, attracting record numbers of out-of-state
visitors to Virginia. During the early days of the tour garden club members opened
their homes and gardens and wrote personal notes to their friends inviting them to visit
our beautiful state the last week in April. Since 1929, 76 successive garden week tours
have netted more than 16 million dollars and allowed the GCV to restore the historic
grounds of more than 40 properties.
In addition to being GCV’s fifth president, Emily Smith served several terms as
chairman of the GCV’s Restoration Committee. Under her leadership noteworthy
projects included restoration of the West Lawn Gardens at the University of Virginia,
according to Thomas Jefferson’s original plan, as well as a large portion of the restoration
of Gunston Hall and Woodlawn Plantation. In recognition of her achievements, the
Garden Club of America in 1963 presented Mrs. Smith the Amy Collier Montague
medal for “outstanding civic achievement.” That same year she was made Honorary
President of the GCV, a position she held until her death in 1975 at the age of 89.
Generally recognized as Staunton’s First Lady, Emily was actively involved in every
worthwhile project in her hometown. She served as president of the King’s Daughters’
Hospital and was responsible for its period of greatest expansion. Emily also served on
the Board of Visitors at the University of Virginia and on the Board of Trustees of Mary
Baldwin College, her alma mater. The latter gave her the Algernon Sydney Sullivan
Medallion in 1947 for “high character and unselfish service.” In 1960 the Virginia State
Chamber of Commerce awarded her with a special citation for her “leadership in civic
and educational affairs.” In 1965 Mary Baldwin established the Emily Smith Award
to be given annually to outstanding alumnae. Emily graciously opened her handsome
Bottomley home for charitable group gatherings and for Historic Garden Week every year.

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 Perhaps Emily was best known for her tireless drive to develop the Woodrow
Wilson Birthplace Foundation as a national tourist attraction. She was president of the
foundation from 1957-1973. In 1974, the visitors’ reception center was named the
Emily Smith Reception House. A local doctor said at the time that Emily Smith was
“one who had much to give and gave it. She succeeded because she found causes greater
than herself and thereby inspired all of us by her faith, courage, vision and friendship.”
I knew this lady well. She was my mentor, best friend, sound advisor and inspiration.
She was and always will be at the top of my Great Ladies list. ❁

The Board of Directors approved the following slate,

submitted by the Nominating Committee.
A vote will be taken by the membership
at the Annual Meeting.

Directors at large
2011-2013
Linda Consolvo (Mrs. George L. Consolvo) Nansemond River Garden Club
Jean Gilpin (Mrs. Thomas T. Gilpin) Winchester Clarke Garden Club
Catherine Madden (Mrs. Michael J. Madden) Lynchburg Garden Club

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 Nominations for Dugdale Award Due
By Tricia Garner, GCV Conservation and Beautification Committee
The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

N
ominations for the Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award for Meritorious
Achievement in Conservation must be submitted by May 31 to the chairman
of the GCV Conservation and Beautification Committee. This prestigious
award is presented each year during the annual Conservation Forum to an organization,
industry or individual, who is not a GCV member, for outstanding work in conservation.
The award was first presented in 1974, and in 1989 was named for Mrs. Arthur A.
Dugdale of the Ashland Garden Club, an outstanding member of the Garden Club of
Virginia who originated the Conservation Forum.
Dugdale Award nominations may be submitted by GCV members or member clubs
only, and the recipient must have rendered outstanding service in the conservation and
wise development of natural resources in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Past winners
include: (2006) Miranda Bryant Strutton for creating and preserving the Hoffler
Creek Wildlife Preserve in Portsmouth; (2007) Union Bank and Trust for extraordinary
conservation measures taken to build the branch office in Charlottesville; (2008) Stanley
G. Breakell for his devotion to fostering environmental stewardship through sustainable
business and building practices in Roanoke and Robert G. Burnley of Richmond for
his campaign to save the commonwealth’s citizen environmental boards, which issue
important water and air quality permits; and (2010) Lipton Tea, Inc. of Suffolk for its
achievement of becoming a zero-landfill company.
GCV wants to recognize and honor the kindred spirits who conserve our
commonwealth’s natural resources. Please help us do this by submitting a one-page
nomination. For guidelines, please see: http://www.gcvirginia.org/Awards/
Dugdaleguidelines.pdf. ❁

Learn more about GCV Fellowships

The GCV fellowships have a three-fold purpose:

1 To document through measured drawings and a written report, historic

gardens and landscapes within the Commonwealth of Virginia.

2 To add these drawings and reports to a comprehensive record of Virginia’s

important historic gardens and landscapes, along with documentation already
preserved by The Garden Club of Virginia of its many public garden restorations.

3 To offer a qualified student the opportunity to acquire hands-on experience,

under the direction of a professional landscape architect, in the important
field of historic landscape preservation.

Deadline for applicants is April 1.

Check out the new fellowships website: http://www.gcvfellowship.org

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 Daffodil Notes
By Mary Hoerneman, GCV Daffodil Committee
The Garden Club of the Northern Neck

F
ollowing the establishment of the Garden Club of Virginia
Daffodil Show in 1931 and two major trophies in 1935, there
began a succession of awards, many of which continue to the
present.
The Eleanor Truax Harris Challenge Cup was established by the GCV at its annual
meeting in 1938 as an expression of love for Mrs. Harris’s personality and as a tribute to
her leadership in horticultural enterprises. One of three cups of old Georgian design is
awarded annually, if merited, at each of the three GCV annual shows: daffodil, lily and
rose. For daffodils this was initially given to the GCV member winning the most blue
ribbons; now it is necessary to win a blue for 24 blooms, 8 varieties, 3 stems each from
at least 4 divisions. No small feat! This cup was first awarded at the Narcissus Show in
Alexandria in 1938 to Mrs. John Lee Pratt of the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club.
Many years after the Harris Cup came the Mary McDermott Beirne Challenge
Bowl. Established in 1966 by the Garden Club of Ashland, this award honors Miss
Beirne’s pioneering work in hybridizing and cultivating daffodils in Virginia. It was
awarded first in 1968 for a collection of 12 all-white varieties from at least 4 of the first
7 divisions; now a blue for 4 all-white varieties, 3 stems each, from at least 2 of the first
7 divisions will yield the prize. The first recipient was Mrs. Howard B. Bloomer, Jr.,
of the Garden Club of Alexandria. Miss Mary, as Miss Beirne is remembered among
Garden Club of Ashland members, was very sure of her daffodil knowledge and shared
it readily. She lives on in the award, in the daffodil named for her and in the memories
of the large fancy hats she wore about town.
A note to novices: the Worshipful Company of Gardeners of London Award will
continue for five more years, thanks to the generosity of the Rivanna Garden Club.
This award honors Miss Jean Printz, a former GCV president and honorary member of
this famous London Company, which dates to 1345. Among the Company’s objectives
is the support of charitable activities connected with horticulture. ❁

The Charles Gillette Archive at the Library of Virginia

After nearly 17 years of rounding up documentation, the Charles Gillette archive
of landscape design at the Library of Virginia is still incomplete. When this effort
began in 1992, there were 800 of Gillette’s landscape designs on the missing list. Since
that time, 400 have been recovered, but the other half have not. If any GCV members
have, or are aware of, a garden originally designed by Gillette, it would be wonderful
if its documents could be added to the archive. Original drawings or copies are equally
desirable. If you should find that there is a Gillette garden, in your vicinity or elsewhere,
whose documentation has not been given to the archive, please contact Mrs. Hubert S.
Taylor, Jr. (Mary Glen), 6422 Three Chopt Road, Richmond VA 23226; phone: 804-
288-7865; email: huberts.taylorjr@comcast.net;

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 Conservation Forum
Sponso
The Garden Club of Virginia & Th
October 30th, 2010
Forum

Marilyn South (Co-Chair),

Kim Nash (President),
Dr. Sandra Whitehouse (speaker)
& Chamie Valentine (Co-Chair)

GCV President Kim Nash and

Conservation Chairman Karen Jones Dugdale Award for Conservation
to Lipton Tea Inc. accepted by
Ted Narozny, plant manager

Thank you to Gerald Gray, J.R.Tolbert, Virginia Sierra Club, Del. David Toscano (57th district), Del.
Trip Pollard, Southern Environmental Law Center, Kathleeen Kilpatrick, Department of Historic Res

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 to Legislative Day
ored by
he Virginia Conservation Network
January 17th, 2011
Lobby Day

Marsha Merrell, Karen Jones,

Conservation Charman, Marsha Merrell with Catharine Gilliam
Katya Spacuzza

Senator Ralph Northam Senator Richard Stuart

(6th District) (28th District)

David Bulova (37th District), Sen. Ralph Northam (6th District), Sen. Richard Stuart (28th District),
ources, Elizabeth Kostelny, Preservation Virginia, Heather Richards, Piedmont Environmental Council

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 Legislative Day 2011
By Betsy Rawls Agelasto, GCV Conservation Committee
The Virginia Beach Garden Club

T
he Garden Club of Virginia ladies rode into Richmond on the coattails of the
members of the General Assembly, who had themselves just arrived to begin
the 2011 session. Legislative Day was held in partnership with the Virginia
Conservation Network, at Richmond CenterStage on January 17. Marsha Merrell,
Catharine Gilliam, and Betsy Agelasto were the GCV co-chairmen.
It was explained that the GCV, as a non-profit organization, is able to lobby
because we engage in supporting issues favorable to the GCV mission, or oppose
those not favorable. What the GCV and its members cannot do is to engage in
political activity or support or oppose any political candidate. Additionally, when
representing the GCV, members can lobby only for those issues or bills passed by the
GCV Conservation Committee and approved by the GCV board. However, as private
citizens, we can support or oppose any issues we wish.
This year the GCV supports a bill that would regulate the sale of fertilizer
containing phosphorus at the point of sale; a bill that would discourage the use of
plastic bags by placing a fee on them; and a bill that would support incentives and
programs making it easier for state agencies, local government and school systems
to buy locally grown food products. The GCV also supported funding for land
conservation programs with emphasis in 2011 on protection of Civil War battlefields.
Legislative Day offers GCV members an incredible opportunity to be informed
citizens and to participate in the legislative process. ❁

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 Ex Libris
By Anne Cross, Kent-Valentine Library Committee
The Ashland Garden Club

T
he most recent addition to the library is A Glass Act by Ron Morgan, a gift
from the author. This brings the number of books on flower arranging in
our library to 100. Some are now out of print and hard to find. Books on
Ikebana, on arranging foliage, period flowers, dried flowers, fruits, and vegetables, and
on conditioning flowers line the shelves. Other categories of books in the library are
gardens, garden design, bulbs, annuals, lilies, roses, perennials, annuals, trees and shrubs,
wildflowers, historic gardens, historic houses, Virginiana and conservation.
Our complete list of titles is on the GCV website.
Books donated in 2010 were given in memory of Sarah Bagwell Smith by Susan
Haberly and by the Hillside Garden Club. The following is a list of all new additions:
A Cascade of Flowers Jane Newdick
A Glass Act Ron Morgan
American Gardens Peter Loewer
Anne Spencer Revisited (DVD) Keith Lee
Anne Spencer Revisited:
A Companion to the Film Beth Packett
Anne Spencer: A Collection of her Poetry Nina V. Sulman
Celebrating with Flowers Jane Packer
Complete Guide to Flower Arranging Melehurst
Country Diary Book of Flowers Carole Petelin
Creative Gardens Davis Stevens
Decorating with Flowers Denise Otis
Flower Arranging Janice Harper
Flower Arranging: A Step by Step Guide Susan Conder, Sue Phillips, P. Westlake
Flowers for Special Occasions Susan Conder, Sue Phillips, P. Westlake
Half My World-The Story of Anne Spencer Rebecca T. Frischhorn and Reuben Ray
The Complete Flower Arranger Pamela Westlake
The National Trust Book of Gardening Penelope Hobhouse
The New Art of Flower Design Deryek Healey
Trees and Shrubs R. William Thomas

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 Welcome Additions
By Jeanette Cadwallender, GCV Recording Secretary and Journal Editor
The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

F
ollowing the guidelines set forth in the staffing plan developed by Warren Whitney
& Sherwood last summer, we have added two important positions to the staff of the
Garden Club of Virginia. Both of these part-time positions report directly to Lynn
McCashin, Executive Director.
Chances are that when you call the Kent-Valentine House you will
be greeted by the cheerful Ann Heller. Ann came to us in December in
the capacity of Communications Coordinator. In talking about her
new job, Ann says, “I’m so excited to be part of such a dynamic and
meaningful organization. I truly enjoy coming to ‘work.’ Kent-
Valentine House is a treasure.” She will design and manage online event
registrations, manage the calendar, edit material for the website, support
Historic Garden Week, work with club liaisons for data management
Ann Heller and any other related communications activity. Ann is a Virginia native
Communications
Coordinator who grew up in Wyoming. She graduated from the University of
Wyoming with a B.A. in English. Prior to joining the GCV, Ann worked
for many years at the Science Museum of Virginia; first in the exhibits department and later
as the marketing publications coordinator. Ann works weekdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Her
office is at the top of the stairs. Be sure to welcome her when you next visit the KVH.
Tucked in the office formerly housing our executive director,
you will find
our new
An adventure in shopping… part-time
bookkeeper.
…in every size for every lifestyle need. Kathy
Knollmann
joined the
staff this
summer. Kathy Kathy Knollmann,
was raised in Bookkeeper
Charlottesville and is a graduate
of William and Mary. She is very
involved in the Junior League of
Richmond, currently as the Sustainer
Vice President and works in her
family business. Her accounting
skills were honed in the banking
industry where she worked for 20
years, first with Virginia National
Bank in Charlottesville and later was
111 Lee Highway, Verona, VA, 24482
with Bank of America. Kathy works
540-248-4292 Monday and Thursday mornings.
Open Daily 9:30am- 5:30pm
Sun 1-5pm
As a busy mother, she has volunteered
fashiongalleryva.com with Girl Scouts, the Richmond
Royals travel hockey club, Feed
More, and various school PTAs. Of
the six months that she has been with
us, Kathy states, “I have so enjoyed
working here.” ❁

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 Rose Notes
By Rachel Hollis, GCV Rose Chairman
Spotswood Garden Club

T
he 2011 Rose Collection is due to arrive any day now, and it’s time to turn
to all things bright and beautiful. The GCV member club rose chairmen
certainly did their jobs because the total order came to 86 collections from 31
member clubs.
Seasoned rose growers have their beds ready to plant the moment the bare-root
plants arrive Last season’s debris was raked and bagged by growers who wanted no
chance of disease to remain. Holes are now dug, amendments added, and ‘Malibu’,
‘Dick Clark’, and ‘Ty’ will take their places alongside their older siblings. This is also
the time to give said siblings a haircut with clean, extra sharp pruners which have been
disinfected with alcohol; growers should be careful to disinfect pruners for each bush
that is trimmed. This helps prevent disease from spreading to other bushes. Bag up all
clippings for disposal. Seal each cane pruned with Carpenter’s Wood Glue so there will
be no borer damage. These precautions may seem tiresome but they will pay off in
October with superior blooms.
Some of you will begin your defensive spraying immediately for insects and fungal
disease. Past rose chairmen have written in detail about which commercial products are
in use today and where they can be purchased. A favorite website is Rosemania.com.
This is a great site for rose education as well as information about when to apply spray
and the quantity to use.
Do you really need to spray? No, you don’t. You can still grow beautiful roses and
not mess around with that pesky spraying. However, TANSTAAFL, i.e., there ain’t no
such thing as a free lunch. You can grow disease resistant roses or grow roses that get
disease at a time when you don’t care, like old garden roses that lose their leaves after the
gorgeous first flush of spring blooms has passed. Also, Texas Agri-Life Extensions’ Earth
Kind Rose Research Project has designated 21 roses that are deemed appropriate for
gardens that include
a) 98% reduction in the application of pesticides and fungicides
b) a total elimination of commercial synthetic fertilizer
c) at least a 75% reduction in supplemental irrigation of an established plant
d) no pruning or deadheading
e) any native soil type with minor soil preparation.

Three of these include ‘Knock Out’, ‘New Dawn’ and ‘The Fairy.’ These and the other
18 roses may be entered in Section IV, Class 38. Note that only the original cherry red
‘Knock Out’ is eligible.

The Editorial Board welcomes submissions and reserves the right to edit them.

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 The Impact of Straws
By Sarah Hellewell
Hillside Garden Club

T
his past fall our garden club decided to read No Impact Man by Colin Beavan
as a part of our conservation program. The book outlines the experience of
Mr. Beavan and his wife, 18 month old daughter and dog who attempt to live
for an entire year in Manhattan without making any impact on the environment.
The process for reducing and then eliminating his family’s waste and carbon
footprint involves adopting a series of changes in all aspects of daily life. Certain
strategies may seem extreme, like not using electricity and toilet paper. Other strategies
are more palatable. Many we may already do, such as using reusable bags for all our
shopping needs, putting in low energy light bulbs, recycling and composting, buying
only local foods and no pre-packaged foods, using non-toxic cleaning agents. Many
you would consider trying such as using a handkerchief instead of Kleenex, reading
the newspaper on line, putting your name on the do-not-mail lists to avoid unwanted
catalogs, using reusable cups and a dishtowel instead of paper towels. Other changes
might also help us stay in shape, like taking the stairs instead of the elevator or walking
or biking instead of driving. Still other changes might help our budget such as using
low flow fixtures in the shower and not using the dryer, drinking tap water instead of
bottled water and borrowing, renting or buying used items whenever possible.
Certainly this book offers many sobering statistics with regards to our world and
the environmental impact we humans have made. For example, I learned that food
packaging makes up 20% of our solid waste nationwide and that one round trip long
haul airplane ride will release as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as an entire
year of driving. But the author also offers some uplifting and practical advice. While
Mr. Beavan admits he does not completely maintain his No Impact lifestyle after the
year is concluded and he acknowledges that the hardest change was changing his habits,
he does realize that “we can live comfortably using quite a bit less then we used to.”
No Impact Man challenges and inspires, asking of the reader, “What are you going
to do?” So remember, to quote the author, “Just because our individual actions are not
remembered does not mean they are not crucial. The straw that breaks the back requires
all the rest of us straws.” ❁

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 Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award Fund
Donor In Memory of
Caroline Coles Merrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bessie Bocock Carter

Garden Club of Virginia Endowment

Supports the ongoing preservation of the historic Kent-Valentine House, headquarters
of the Garden Club of Virginia and Historic Garden Week.
Donor
The Nansemond River Garden Club
Ann Gordon Evans
Mrs. Peter Dun Grover
Donor In Honor of
The Brunswick Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bettie Guthrie
The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Thomas Savage
The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victoria Alexander
Lynn Gas
Marty and Temple Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy and Tom Brown
Dianne Nea Spence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karen Jamison
Susan C. Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deedy Bumgardner
Kimbrough K. Nash
William Rieley
Mary Lou Seilheimer
Ann Whitham Largen and Catherine Whitham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dorothy Glaize
Donor In Memory of
The Huntington Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Becky Sherman
Jean Watkins
Three Chopt Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. J. Clifford Miller, Jr.
Missy and Richard Buckingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peyton Parker
Mr. and Mrs. Huntley Davenport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jody Brinkley
Lula Hopkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. William H. Parker, Jr.
Mrs. Thomas H. Tullidge
Mrs. Benjamin W. Mears, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jody Brinkley
Peyton Parker
Mr. and Mrs. J. Maurice Miller, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Kidd Miller
Helen Turner Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jody Brinkley
Anne T. Overman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Cunningham
Owens & Minor Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgia B. Fuson
GCV Conservation Fund
Supports GCV clubs in local and statewide conservation projects.
Donor
Candace Carter Crosby
Gifts-in-Kind
Donor
The Petersburg Garden Club
Dr. Wilbur Monroe
Restoration
Supports GCV Restoration projects across the Commonwealth.
Donor In Honor of
Charlotte S. Benjamin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Wynn McDaniel
Cessie Howell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Wynn McDaniel
Suzanne Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Wynn and Charles McDaniel
Donor In Memory of
Sarah W. T. Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lizora Schoolfield Miller

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Calendar 2011
Apr. 6-8 Daffodil Show, Lynchburg
Apr. 15 Journal deadline
Apr.16-23 Historic Garden Week
May 10-12 Annual Meeting, Roanoke Valley
May 18 Horticulture Field Day, Middleburg area
May 31 Dugdale Award deadline
June 22-23 Lily Show, Fairfax

Dates and events as posted on the GCV website

at http://gcvirginia.org. See website for further additions.

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