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Transcript of GCV Journal March 2010
VOL LV, NO. 1, MARCH 2010
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Editor and Chairman: Jeanette Cadwallender, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
ExOfficio MembersThe GCV President, Cabell West, The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton The GCV Corresponding Secretary, Meg Clement, Three Chopt Garden ClubThe GCV Director of Public Relations, Lea Shuba, The Hunting Creek Garden Club������� Chairman, Aileen Laing, The Warrenton Garden Club������� Advertising Chairman, Kay Kelly, The Mill Mountain Garden Club
MembersMason Beazley, The James River Garden Club, The Garden Club of the Northern NeckBetty Delk, The Nansemond River Garden ClubJulie Grover, The Blue Ridge Garden Club, The James River Garden ClubMary Ann Johnson, Roanoke Valley Garden ClubJeanette McKittrick, Three Chopt Garden ClubSarah Pierson, The Rappahannock Valley Garden ClubLaurie Starke, The Warrenton Garden Club
FROM THE EDITOR
This issue of the ������� features several articles on horticulture. Writers tell us
specific tips for existing plants, bulbs and new plants to add to our gardens,
documentation of plants in a regional park and a new trophy that honors a
beloved horticulturist. The Daffodil Show next month will showcase the blooms
that have been protected by the winter’s snows. Horticulture Field Day on the
Eastern Shore will be interesting and informative. Sign up early, last year’s tour in
Orange County sold out. Spectacular gardens and the homes they embrace will be
open during our Historic Garden Week. Celebrate the horticulture we all enjoy.
Consider writing for the �������. We want to read what is happening in your club
and your garden. Plan to attend the ������� workshop March 8th at Belmont in
Fredericksburg. Our next deadline is April 15.
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.
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The Garden Club of Virginia Journal(USPS 574-520, ISSN 0431-0233) ispublished four times a year for membersby the GCV, 12 East Franklin St.,Richmond, VA 23219. Periodicalpostage paid in Richmond, VA. Singleissue price, $5.00.
Copy and ad deadlines are: January 15 for the March issueApril 15 for the June issueJuly 15 for the September issueOctober 15 for the December issueEmail copy to the Editor and advertisingto the Ad Chairman
President of the Garden Club of Virginia:Cabell West
Journal Editor:Jeanette CadwallenderP.O. Box 7696Fredericksburg, VA 22404Phone: (540) 373-7210Email: [email protected]
Journal Advertising Chairman:Kay Kelly 112 Serpentine Rd., S.W.Roanoke, VA 22401Phone: (540) 343-9089Email: [email protected]
Journal Committee Chairman:Aileen [email protected]
Vol. LV, No. 1Printed on recycled paper byCarter Printing CompanyRichmond, VA
ON THE COVER...This issue is dedicated to Three Chopt Garden
Club, host of the GCV Annual Meeting, May
2010, in Richmond. Three Chopt Garden
Club takes its name and emblem from the
historic Three Chopt Trail which runs from
the Shenandoah Valley to the falls of the James
River in modern-day Richmond. The site of
Revolutionary and Civil War history, it was
blazed long before English settlers arrived by
indigenous Americans, and marked by three
hatchet chops in trees along the path.
IN THIS ISSUE...Slate of Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Beautiful Gardens® Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Arranging Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Green Plains and Salubria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Historic Garden Week Goes International . . 6
Better Flower Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
GVC Hires A Director of Development . . . 10
Nominations Sought. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
76th Annual Daffodil Show . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Daffodil Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
51st Annual Conservation Forum. . . . . . . 14
Conservation Lobby Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Horticultural Field Day 2010 . . . . . . 16
Club Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ex Libris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Lily Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rose Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Hamamelis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
The Annual Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
O T H E R R E F E R E N C E S . . .Kent-Valentine HousePhone: (804) 643-4137 Fax: (804) 644-7778Email: ���������������������
Historic Garden Week OfficePhone: (804) 644-7776 Fax: (804) 644-7778Email: ���������������������������������
POSTMASTER send address changes to:Executive Director12 East Franklin StreetRichmond, VA 23219
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The Garden Club of Virginia Slate of Officers2010 - 2012
President: Kim Nash (Mrs. Arthur H. Nash) The Warrenton Garden Club
First Vice President: Ann Gordon Evans (Mrs. Russell Smith Evans, Jr.) The Huntington Garden Club
Second Vice President: Meg Clement (Mrs. Whittington W. Clement) Three Chopt Garden Club
Treasurer: Anne Baldwin (Mrs.Robert F. Baldwin, Jr.) The Garden Club of Alexandria
Recording Secretary: Jeanette Cadwallender (Mrs. Nicholas J. Cadwallender) The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
Corresponding Secretary: Nina Mustard (Mrs. John C. Mustard III) The Williamsburg Garden Club
Directors at large
Missy Buckingham (Mrs. Richard P. Buckingham IV), The Boxwood Garden ClubDonna Lawhon (Mrs. Richard U. Lawhon), The Garden Study ClubDianne Spence (Mrs. Scott M. Spence), The Williamsburg Garden Club
Local 757-877-7159Toll Free 1-888-977-7159
Newport News, Va. [email protected]
Lisa Ziegler Cut-Flower Farmer and Speaker
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The Garden Club of GloucesterPresents
THE 60TH ANNUAL DAFFODIL SHOW
An American Daffodil Society Accredited Show
Page Middle SchoolRt. 17 South, Gloucester, VA
“Blooms In Flight”
Saturday, March 27, 2010 Sunday, March 28, 20102:00 – 5:00 p.m. 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
GREEN OFFERING
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Beautiful Gardens® Update������������ �
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Beautiful Gardens®, a broad consortium of Virginia based public and not-for-profit entities, is entering its second year of promoting “Plants of Distinction”for Virginia. A list of participating retailers can be found on the Web site
www.beautifulgardens.org. Eight plants are being promoted in 2010.Our much loved native redbud, Cercis canadensis, is one of
the plants on the 2010 list. Plant collectors discovered aseedling with golden yellow leaves in North Carolina, andnamed it ‘Hearts of Gold.’ The tree holds its color all summerwhen grown in the sun.
Yucca filimentosa ‘Color Guard’ has a showyyellow/pink/green coloration that makes it ideal for containersand as a focal point in the garden. Bonus: The deer won’ttouch it.
Flower arrangers lovethe rosy buds and zigzagbranches of Buttercup
winterhazel, Corylopsispauciflora. Because it blooms so early and likessome shade, it mixes well with hellebores, primulas, early bulbs and Winter daphne.
Who doesn’t love boxwood and vertical accentsin the garden? The pyramidal American boxwood‘Dee Runk’ has been found to be outstanding.
The Autumn fern, Dryopteris erythrosora is hardy across the entire state, and thecultivar ‘Brilliance’ has bronzy new growth that stays that color for a long while. It isvery easy to grow and versatile in the garden.
If you like to amaze your gardening friends, plant the purple Pineapple lily, Eucomis‘Sparkling Burgundy.’ The showy purple leaves emerge in the spring. In mid-summerpinkish pineapple-looking flowers appear.
A good cut flower for August is ‘Henry Eilers’ coneflower,Rudbeckia subtomentosa. It is easy to grow and the quilledpetals are unusual.
The last plant is one you have seen many times along thehighways of Virginia. It is a selection of a native grass knownas bluestem. The winter color is a rich russet and in summer itis a powder blue. Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’ is atough plant for a sunny dry area.
In addition to promoting worthy plants, Beautiful Gardens®tests plants at five sites across the state. To see where these areor to introduce a special plant you have selected, go to theWeb site listed above.
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Arranging Men: Who Would HaveThought?
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Being on the programs committee and struggling with having a meeting that
would include our husbands, I was stymied by trying to find a fun and out of
the box venue. During cocktails with our president, Tata Kellam and her
husband, my husband made the simple comment, “why don’t you have the men do
the arrangements.” One glance at Tata, and I knew we had our November meeting
planned.
The schedule was simple: A Thanksgiving arrangement using either fresh or dried
materials (nothing purchased) and completed by men either as individuals or in
groups. We held the meeting in our barn and served Eastern Shore steamed oysters,
home-made chili, Chatham vineyard wines and other enjoyable beverages. I cleared
off 28 feet of continuous counter space just for the arrangements thinking there was
no way we would need all this space. The evening began at 6:30. Do you remember
the ending of the classic Christmas movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” with Jimmy Stewart?
Like the neighbors coming over with gifts, our meeting boasted a flood of proud men
carrying arrangements. They embraced the challenge and had very impressive, artistic
creations. So many that we ran out of space. The women were pleasantly surprised
and amazed!
There was an arrangement with gun shells,
duck decoys and grasses; another with an old
water pump and greenery; one with an
assortment of berries; another with a pumpkin
as the vase with sunflowers bursting out of the
top and yet another with a squash vase with
peanut plants. My favorite was a large glass
cylinder filled in the bottom with dried corn,
then a layer of corn cobs arranged vertically
followed by a layer of persimmons with
nandina and grasses displayed above. Every
man who contributed was tagged with a sticker that read, “Real Men Arrange.” A new
oyster knife was awarded to those receiving a blue ribbon for their arrangements and
for a horticulture exhibit quiz. The husbands competed to identify the plants that
their wives had brought for horticulture. After many humorous wrong answers we
finally had a correct identification.
All in all, the evening was a grand success thoroughly enjoyed by all. The ladies
even managed to slip away for a business meeting while the men tweaked their
creations before the judging began.
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Green Plains and Salubria to be studied���������� �����������������
Each year the Garden Club of Virginia awards fellowships to students of
landscape architecture to record privately owned historic gardens. In recent
years the program has been expanded to include an important garden owned
by a governmental entity or a private foundation. The Fellowship Committee met last
fall to review potential gardens and subsequently made site visits to three gardens.
Following its site visits, the committee selected the garden at Green Plains in Mathews
County as the private garden to record.
The house at Green Plains is a ca. 1800 brick mansion built for the Roy family.
The garden preserves a rare, possibly unique, 19th-century scalloped brick wall. The
garden was significantly enhanced following the property’s purchase in 1937 by Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Higginson Cabot. Under the direction of architect Edward J.
Matthews, Mrs. Cabot’s brother, the wall was repaired, ornaments were added, and the
perimeter of the current garden laid out. The garden has since been simplified but
much can be learned from the Cabots’ son, Francis Higginson Cabot, Jr., a prominent
landscape architect who well remembers the garden.
For the historic garden owned by a government or foundation, the committee
selected Salubria in Culpeper County. Salubria is the property of the Germanna
Foundation and is noted for its mid-18th-century brick plantation house. The house
was erected for the Rev. John Thompson whose first wife was the widow of Governor
Alexander Spotswood. It remains in an unrestored state and contains outstanding
Georgian woodwork. The grounds retain the remnants of a large colonial garden
marked by a series of earth falls or terraces set perpendicular to the house. Also on the
grounds is an unusual circular brick
terrace laid out in a complex design.
A small park retains several venerable
trees. Salubria is a registered historic
landmark and is protected by a
historic preservation easement
donated to thecommonwealth by the
late Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Grayson
prior to the gift of the property to
the Germanna Foundation. �������
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Historic Garden Week Goes International����������� �
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From Quaker homesteads in the Blue
Ridge to colonial plantations in
Tidewater, our Historic Garden Week
tours will offer something for everyone this
spring. Known as “America’s Largest Open
House,” Virginia’s Historic Garden Week is the
oldest and largest statewide event of its kind in
the nation. More than 200 of the
Commonwealth’s finest homes, gardens and
historic landmarks will be open April 17 – 25.
Perhaps one measure of Historic Garden
Week’s growing international presence is that we now have our own posting on
the World Wide Web on Wikipedia, the “people’s encyclopedia. For complete and
accurate information, the Wikipedia article links browsers to the GCV and HGW
Web site.
Additionally, when one uses Google to search for “Garden Week,” the HGW site
ranks at the very top, with about 100,000 cyber visits annually. Visitors from as far
away as New Zealand and Bangladesh have discovered our beautiful events via the
World Wide Web.
A recent article in ����� �������� magazine
invites readers to “Travel to the USA for Virginia’s
Historic Garden Week . . . Garden visiting reaches
fever pitch in the USA with the annual Historic
Garden Week, organized by the Garden Club of
Virginia. And 2010 will be the 77th year for this
premier event.” Writers and photographers for
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invited to Virginia for a media tour last summer,
orchestrated by our friends at the Virginia Tourism
Corporation.
Please visit www.VAGardenweek.org for more information about this year’s
outstanding tours. Guidebook copy is attached to each event name on the Schedule
page. Be sure to peruse the Tour Highlights section, where notable features of each
tour and selected images are featured. E-tickets may be purchased via the site, including
a statewide pass, $175 per person and $300 per couple for a full week of touring.
Garden lovers will find much to enjoy this year, from the magnificent Mount
Sharon landscape in Orange County on April 17 (gracing this year’s guidebook cover)
to the “gardeners’ gardens” of horticulturist Linda Pinkham and her husband,
landscape designer Bill Pinkham, on the April 23 North Suffolk tour. History lovers
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will be especially
interested in houses
linked to George
Washington and
Robert E. Lee
(Alexandria and
Lexington) tours.
Numerous special
events sponsored by
clubs on their Garden
Week days include
flower-arranging
demonstrations, tablescape presentations, a re-enactment of Patrick Henry’s stirring
“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” oration, floral interpretations of museum
artworks, a fashion show and an art exhibit featuring paintings of the private homes
open for one of the tours. Additional details are noted on the Tour Highlights pages
of the Garden Week Web site.
Also, please take a few minutes to log onto www.GCVirginia.org, the Restorations
pages, to view the beautiful historic gardens and landscapes that have been restored
by the Garden Club of Virginia over the past seven decades, with funding from your
clubs’ Historic Garden Week tours. This is a rich and wonderful legacy, one in which
all GCV members can take great pride.
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Better Flower Shows���������������� �����������������������������������������
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The Garden Club of Virginia flower shows received a vote of approval during
roundtable discussions at the October 2009 board of governors meeting.
Delegates were asked “How can we make flower shows even better?”
Both the Flower Shows Committee and the GCV board of directors have reviewed
the comments and acted upon many of the suggestions.
The board of directors has voted to include the chairman of the Flower Shows
Committee as a member of the board of directors. This is a strong endorsement of the
role flower shows plays within the GCV. Also the GCV board supports the change in
the Inter Club requirement. Beginning with the 2010 Rose Show, clubs are required
to participate in two of the three flower shows each year. Assignments will be made on
a rotating basis. Clubs may choose to enter all three shows. The GCV Inter Club
Artistic Award will continue to be awarded based on points earned at the three shows.
Many comments focused on frustrations with judging of the artistic classes in the
flower shows. The judges are GCV members who are experienced flower arrangers
with training in judging. They are required to pass a series of tests and win a ribbon in
a show before becoming fully accredited. These women receive continuing education
throughout the year and specifically before each show. Concern was expressed about
comment cards. The judges are instructed to write these with helpful comments based
on the elements and principles of design. The judges’ workshop last year focused
exclusively on this topic so more constructive comments should be evident. The Web
site has detailed information about how to become a judge. It is an excellent education
for anyone who wants to become a better arranger.
Flower shows are an integral part of the mission of the club. We offer the public
three shows a year where horticulture and flower arranging are featured. Admission
is free and often the sponsoring club will have an additional educational speaker.
This helps to maintain the GCV’s 501 (c)(3) tax exempt status. National flower
societies (daffodil, lily and rose) have long-standing relationships with the GCV
through our flower shows. We are fortunate that with the participation of these
national groups we have shows of high caliber. For those members who expressed
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interest in more horticultural education,
the GCV Web site has photographs with
captions of the past 10 years of collections.
The sponsoring club may host the show
at any location in the state. The show stays
with one club for two years. This has
proven to be a learning experience in the
first year and a cost savings in the second.
Clubs who have hosted recent shows
praise the experience for the increased
camaraderie. The cost associated with
hosting a show varies across the state.
Sponsoring clubs receive $3,000 from the
GCV to assist with their expenses. Many
communities benefit economically when
the show is in their area. Certainly the
name and public awareness of the GCV
reaches across the state with our shows.
The updated GCV flower shows
handbook is now on the GCV Web site
featuring new designs and photographs of
winning arrangements. The suggestion of
having a photography class met with
enthusiasm and is being studied. The
suggestion of a class requiring organically
grown material to encourage responsible
growing practices is one that will certainly
be passed on to clubs hosting future shows.
A new Flower Shows Committee
chairman is appointed every other year.
She invites other members to join the
committee bringing new and fresh ideas
for how to make our shows even better.
For information, please contact:(804) 673-7015 or (804) 673-6280 www.thebizarrebazaar.com
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GCV Hires A Director of Development�������������� ������������������������� ������
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The Garden Club of Virginia is delighted to
announce the part-time employment of Karmen
Payne Gustin as Director of Development.
Karmen is an experienced development professional
with a passion for helping organizations find the sources
of funding they need to advance their philanthropic
missions. She has worked in Richmond for the Virginia
Home for Boys, United Way and Massey Cancer
Center. She most recently served as the Director of the
Annual Fund and the Associate Director of
Development at the Science Museum of Virginia before
taking a six-year hiatus to rear her family.
Karmen grew up in Norfolk and is a graduate of
Westhampton at the University of Richmond. Her grandmother and mother-in-law
were Garden Club of Virginia members, and her family is involved in environmental
advocacy. Karmen’s office is in the Kent-Valentine House in Richmond. Please join us
in welcoming Karmen as the newest member of the Garden Club of Virginia staff.
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B.
Nominations for Dugdale Award DueBy Anne Doyle, GCV Conservation and Beautification Committee Chairman
The Garden Club of Norfolk
Nominations for the Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award for MeritoriousAchievement in Conservation must be submitted by May 31 to the chairmanof the GCV Conservation and Beautification Committee. This prestigious
award is presented each year during the annual Conservation Forum to an organization, industry or an individual, who is not a GCV member, for meritoriouswork in conservation. The award was first presented in 1974, and in 1989 was namedfor Mrs. Arthur A. Dugdale of the Ashland Garden Club, an outstanding member ofthe Garden Club of Virginia who originated the Conservation Forum.
Nominations may be submitted by GCV members or member clubs only, and therecipient must have rendered outstanding service in the conservation and wise development of the natural resources of the commonwealth of Virginia. Think ofthose individuals who have keynoted your conservation programs. Or how aboutthose local organizations that are restoring the water surrounding your neighborhoodor safeguarding the landscape adjacent to your property? GCV wants to recognize and honor the kindred spirits who conserve our commonwealth’s natural resources.Help us do this by submitting a simple, one-page nomination. For guidelines, pleasesee: http://www.gcvirginia.org/Awards/DugdaleGuidelines.pdf.
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The Garden Club of Virginiapresents
The 76thAnnual
Daffodil Show����������� ������������
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The Florence Elston Inn and Conference CenterSweet Briar College
Sweet Briar, Virginia
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 2 p.m. – 8 p.m.Thursday, April 8, 2010 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
ART I S T I C DI V I S I O N
The artistic classes for this year’s GCV Daffodil Show reflect the significance of the James River to the rich history of Lynchburg and Amherst County.
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Class 238A Sweet Briar House of Sweet Briar College - Italian Renaissancearrangement
Class 238B Tusculum of Amherst County - Late Colonial arrangement
Class 238C Lynchburg-area churches – a creative mass arrangement for a narthex
Class 238D South River Meeting House – a simple traditional line arrangement
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Class 239 The Monacan Indian Nation - a floor design
Class 240 James River Bateau - Novice Class – a synergistic arrangement
Class 241 Transportation – a parallel arrangement
Class 242 Tobacco – an abstract design representative of the early tobacco trade
Class 243 Point of Honor – a Pot-et-Fleur arrangement based on French scenic
wallpaper found in the Federal Lynchburg mansion
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Special Interest: During the judging on April 7tth at 10:30 AM, please join GardenClub of Virginia Landscape Architect, Will Rieley for a tour of Sweet Briar House,whose gardens were a recent GCV restoration. A boxed luncheon will follow with SweetBriar College President, Jo Ellen Parker. Reservations for this special event are requiredby March 30th. Please send your $12 Check to:
Meg Laughon3303 Woodridge PlaceLynchburg VA 24503
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Daffodil Notes������������� ���������������������� ������������������������
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The GCV Daffodil Committee is pleased to announce a new perpetual trophy
for 2010. The award, sponsored by Hillside Garden Club and The Lynchburg
Garden Club, honors the achievements of Anne Duvall Miller Massie, a
scholar, horticulturist and one dedicated to the preservation of pre-1940 daffodils in
the Lynchburg Old City Cemetery. The trophy will be given for a collection of five
pre-1940 daffodils, Class 237.
“Susie,” as she was know to her many friends, grew award winning daffodils at her
home in Lynchburg where she and husband Robert raised their family. Known as a
scholar and a teacher, Susie was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Randolph-Macon
Woman’s College and preferred calling plants by their proper Latin nomenclature in
all her gardening endeavors. In 1993 as the Old City Cemetery began renovation from
years of neglect, Susie brought from home and planted the first large clumps of N.x
mediolutes ‘biflorus’ on the gravesite of George Washington’s great niece, Maria Ball
Carter Tucker and her daughter Rosalie. She knew these bulbs were appropriate for the
age of the gravesite and could have easily been loved by that family. In future Old City
Cemetery projects, Susie was the plant advisor of a historic collection in the Early
Memorial Shrub Garden, as well as researching and assisting the planting of the Bea
and Karl Hehl daffodil collection which would represent all daffodil divisions. Again
and again she was called on to select proper varieties to fit the site and horticultural
goals of the historic gardens. This cemetery garden has been selected as a National
Display Garden by the American Daffodil Society with much of the credit for this
prestigious honor going to Anne “Susie” Massie.
Susie owned a distinguished private horticultural library. Many of her irreplaceable
volumes have been given to the Old City Cemetery Library. They include works by
early 19th century horticultural scholars such as L. H. Bailey and A.J. Downing.
One exceptional volume is a hand printed horticultural book over 400 years old.
The few examples cited above have made a difference in the
world of gardening, horticulture, scholarship and daffodils in one
community. To quote selectively from Ralph Waldo Emerson,
“… to win the respect of intelligent people … to appreciate beauty;
to leave the world a bit better by a garden patch, and to know
even one life breathed easier because you have lived …
This is to have succeeded.”
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The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore will host the 2010 Horticultural Field Dayon Wednesday and Thursday, May 19 and 20, 2010.
On Wednesday afternoon two gardens in Accomack County, Queen Hive andMount Custis, will be featured. Queen Hive contains a woodland garden connectedby a series of winding paths artfully planted with rare native and exotic species ofplants. Mature trees and boxwood tower over perennial borders in Mount Custis’ seaside landscape which includes a large vegetable and cutting garden and a woodedpasture with a small herd of nanny goats.
Wednesday evening an Eastern Shore clam steam will be held at a beach cottagethat occupies a natural setting on the Chesapeake Bay. The property, known asMattissippi, has received a Virginia Forestry Stewardship award and its open landis enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program which protects
environmentally sensitive land and restores wildlife habitat. Thursday morning participants will meet at the Barrier Island Center, a unique
museum dedicated to preserving the coastal culture and heritage of Virginia’s barrierislands, for tours of the four gardens featured in Northampton County and lunch.The four gardens are Sea View, Eyre Hall, Fern Point and Mill Pond Point. Sea View,as its name implies, overlooks the marshes, bays and barrier islands of the Atlanticcoast. The garden was designed by internationally-known landscape architects Oehmeand van Sweden, famed for their natural, self-renewing landscapes. Eyre Hall’s brick-walled boxwood gardens with traditional swept paths and English-style mixedborders are among the oldest in the country. Fern Point, overlooking Church Creek,features garden rooms with plants that offer texture and color along with uniquenessof bloom time and juxtaposition of material. Sited at the head of another tidal creek,Mill Pond Point’s pastoral gardens include five large mixed borders as well as a cuttinggarden, vegetable garden and herb beds.
Registration forms and additional information can be found on the GCV Web site.The Holiday Inn Express, a new motel in Exmore, has reserved a block of rooms forMay 19. For reservations call (757)442-5522 and ask for the GCV HorticulturalField Day block; the rate is $79. The Best Western in Exmore, phone (757)442-7378,has offered a rate of $74; again mention GCV. Registration is limited to 120 people.
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Club NotesThe Hunting Creek Garden Club
One of the environmental treasures of Northern Virginia is Huntley MeadowPark, part of the Fairfax County Park Authority. The 1,500 acres of wood-lands, now surrounded by suburban sprawl, have a stream running through
that forms a non-tidal marsh.Native plants include Christmas and marginal fern, purple and blue giant hyssop,
big-leafed mountain and Meehan’s mint, golden ragwort and creeping phlox. Eventuallythese shrubs will be added: shrubbery St. John’s wort, Jersey tea, lowbush blueberry,silky dogwood, mountain laurel and coastal leucothoe.
A survey of the plants, shrubs and trees made 20 years ago shows that many stillexist. Amazingly, in spite of development outside the park, there are still deer, beavers,muskrats, foxes, squirrels, rabbits, snakes, frogs, fish, land and water fowl and manyspecies of insects.
The park’s paths and boardwalk are delightful places to walk. Park administrators andvolunteers use the park for both research and teaching. There are classes about NativeAmericans who inhabited the site. There are night activities involving hooting owls, batsand gnawing beavers.
The Hunting Creek Garden Club made a $5,000 grant to the park for the park’s outdoor classroom activities, and $1,000 has been spent to research herbaceous materialthat thrives in the Chesapeake Bay area to see if it will survive deer browsing.
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Club NotesAlbemarle Garden Club
Bunny Williams, internationally-renowned interior designer and Charlottesvillenative, delighted and entertained friends, family and all who attended the second annual Design Forum, sponsored by the Albemarle Garden Club on
May 7, 2009. With stories about her life and career as well as practical decorating tips,Bunny takes the fear and intimidation out of decorating. She endeavors to makehomes soft, livable and inviting, advocating a bar in every room, a throw for dogs onevery couch and a cleverly concealed television, because we all drink, have dogs andwatch television. Homes should, according to Bunny, reflect who we are and how welive, rather than dictate our lifestyles.
In her amazing life and collaboration with husband and fellow designer JohnRosselli, Bunny Williams has been able to “create relaxed, intimate spaces that are soinviting, her clients never want to leave them.” Her books: ����������� and ������������������� illustrate those points. She traces the evolution of her own homes andthose of clients as they progress into the elegant, sophisticated, entirely inviting andlivable spaces she advocates.
Income from the Design Forum has made our community service efforts possible.The Albemarle Garden Club is grateful to Bunny Williams.
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After more than 40 years of painstaking research, Rudy J. Favretti has produced
a marvelous book tracing the life and the work of Jacob Weidenmann
(1829-1893). Mr. Favretti is surely well known to garden club members as an
expert horticulturist and skilled landscape architect who has applied his considerable
knowledge and talent to many a GCV restoration project. The subject of his book,
however, may not be as readily recognized by us, but this most readable volume on
Weidenmann will quickly conquer that deficiency. Jacob Weidenmann’s practice
began in New York and the surrounding area immediately after his migration from
Switzerland in 1856. His career was closely entwined with that of his better-known
friend and colleague Frederick Law Olmsted. Therein lies the problem and the need
for such careful research, so that the two careers might be separately studied and the
merits and accomplishments correctly credited to each man.
Weidenmann’s grandest public projects, Bushnell Park and Cedar Hill Cemetery,
both in Hartford, Connecticut, are still in use and remain faithful to his plan. He used
an “open lawn system” where landscape contours flow, and where “no fences, walls or
curbs would be allowed for they would interrupt the natural.” Swans glide as gracefully
on the ponds as walkways undulate with the topography, providing a peaceful place for
people to stroll and enjoy nature. Many prominent citizens of Hartford are buried in
Cedar Hill, including Wallace Stevens, J.P. Morgan, Katherine Hepburn and
Weidenmann himself. Jacob Weidenmann also received numerous commissions for
private gardens of stately houses, and in 1870 published his own book, �� �"��!
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Mr. Favretti credits Weidenmann as being the “father of our present system for
the educating of landscape architects.” He designed a college program as well as allied
apprenticeships that would best prepare the student for a career in this field. The
Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation commissioned this book which was authored by
Mr. Favretti, Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture at the University of
Connecticut. Sketches and photographs abound throughout the book offering a visual
feast of Weidenmann’s work and his valuable contribution to landscape architecture.
We are most grateful to Mr. Favretti for his tireless research, scholarly interpretation
and for his most generous donation of this book to our Kent-Valentine House Library.
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This new publication includes site plans
for each main entry, splendid color
photographs, some historic photographs
and a master plant list.
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The Garden Club of Virginia
Attention: Christine Harris
12 East Franklin St.
Richmond, VA 23219
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The Garden Club of Virginia'spreservation work in thirty
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Lily Notes����������� �������� �����������������
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The GCV Lily Committee has chosen six superior bulbs for the 2010 Lily
Collection. These bulbs have been through extensive testing in all regions of
the United States for tolerance of hot, cold, humid, dry and wet conditions.
They go through eight to ten years of trials from seed to market. The thousands of
seedlings tested each year are reduced to around 70 bulbs for the final trials. The 2010
collection includes: ‘Sun Valley,’ ‘Orange Valley,’ ‘Napa Valley,’ ‘Ocean Breeze,’ ‘Yellow
Hornet’ and ‘Raspberry Swirl.’ The cost for all six is $28. These beautiful Asiatic lilies
should be blooming at the time of our show.
The world floral market is experiencing a shortage of lily bulbs. The lily is the most
popular cut flower for designers and the commercial demand for lilies increases each
year. Breeders are enticed to develop new color combinations to enhance the latest in
the decorative arts.
As our lily shoots begin to emerge from the ground, we must protect them from
freezing. It helps to place a layer of pine straw or light mulch over the bed in the fall
but that is often not enough protection. For a short-term remedy it may be necessary
to cover the lily bed with fabric or plastic.
Those of us who have experienced a prolonged rainy and cold fall, winter and spring
may have a problem with botrytis blight on our lilies. This fungus causes brown spots
on the leaves. Damaged leaves will result in fewer blooms next year. Low planting
areas with little air circulation due to thick stands of trees or shrubs can promote this
disease. The best defense against botrytis is to plant in a raised bed, provide good air
circulation and clean up old lily stems in the winter.
Botrytis can be stopped with three applications of fungicide sprayed on tops and
undersides of leaves. Organic gardeners may wish to spray foliage weekly with one-
fourth teaspoon baking soda mixed in one quart water.
The Petersburg Garden Club and the Lily Committee are hosting a workshop on
“Grooming and Showing Lilies.” It is scheduled just before the show in order to help
you prepare to win ribbons with your entries. The date is May 5, 2010, 3:00 p.m., at
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Petersburg. Notify Sally Seward, Petersburg
Garden Club president, if you would like to attend the workshop and don’t miss the
68th Annual Lily Show in Petersburg on June 16th and 17th.
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March is the time to prune roses. Although healthy, established
roses will survive frigid winter temperatures at the root level,
their canes can be damaged by freezing weather. Care should be taken to
remove any damaged parts of the canes.
For Hybrid Teas and Grandifloras, major pruning is necessary to rejuvenate the
plant. For bushier-growing roses, such as Floribundas, Minis, Shrub Roses and
Old Garden Roses, snip off one third of the length of the canes to shape the plant.
When pruning roses, make the first cut at the desired height on the cane,
depending on the type of rose, at an outward facing bud node. Look closely at the
color of the pith inside the pruned cane remaining on the bush. Healthy tissue will
be almost white, resembling the color of milk. If the pith is brown the plant tissue is
damaged. You should continue to prune the cane until you reach white tissue. It is
tempting to deem a cafe au lait color as close enough to white, but keep pruning until
you reach white tissue. If it is necessary winter-damaged roses can be pruned all the
way to the bud union so that only a nub remains. A rose is capable of growing new
canes and recovering remarkably well. A rose’s ability to recover from such a shock or
to endure a severe winter is directly linked to the care it received last season. Healthy,
well-cared-for plants that are relatively disease-free and well fed tend to bounce back
from trauma, whereas ailing plants do not have the energy reserves to perform in the
same way.
If you will be planting bare root roses this spring, consider planting them above
ground in large black plastic pots for a few months, then transplanting them into your
garden. Many experts think that the heat absorbed from the dark plastic encourages
more root growth than could be expected from roses planted in the cool soil of the
rose garden in spring. Why not give it a try?
Please log onto the GCV Web site and visit the Rose Page. There you will find links
to information regarding present and past rose collections as well as recommendations
for good rose varieties and tips for growing roses.
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the native woods and cultivated gardens of Virginia.
Walking down a trail in the Shenandoah National Park, I happened upon a glorious
sight, a mature �������� ���������� in full bloom. Surrounded by the subtle forest
colors, this common witchhazel, with its bright yellow wisps of crumpled petals, was
illuminated by the rays of the sun streaming down. On this early winter day the
canary yellow shouted through the dulled grays of the woods and created such a visual
impact that I can recall it perfectly today.
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mixed colored foliage in autumn and its masses of blooms in late January and
February. ‘Diane’ and ‘Arnold Promise’are standouts among the multitude of cultivars
being hybridized. The petals of ‘Diane’ are a deep orange-red and when they open
they look deceptively delicate. ‘Arnold Promise’ has an upright growing tendency with
flowers in a clear yellow with a hint of red at the cup. The petals are almost an inch
long and spicy fragrant.
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tend to wander into the pastured fields and mountains beyond. Shrubs are an easy
way to add a boundary to the garden and if you use �������� a delightful one.
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The Annual Fund���������������� ��������������
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Do you have a tendency to nod off when a financial report is given at your
club meetings? Admittedly, it’s not as stimulating as the flower arrangements,
horticultural exhibits, conservation report or the program, but a financial
review reflects the use of your dues and monies raised.
This year, the GCV Finance Committee decided to rework the report we provide
to our membership with a more complete picture of our budget. Instead of an
accounting of how your dues will be spent, we are providing information on the way
all monies are used, including dues, Historic Garden Week and restoration activities.
Rather than a report on the $134,960 we receive in dues, we’re accounting to you for
the entire $1.5 million GCV budget.
The Finance Committee asked all activity areas to look for reductions, and the
GCV made many changes. We have asked for new bids on contracts, changed
vendors, changed banks and taken other measures which have resulted in savings in
excess of $25,000. Historic Garden Week has made similar changes.
Even with intense scrutiny of our outlays, we still rely on a three to five percent
draw on our endowment to make up the difference between income and expenditures.
With the financial crisis of last year, it became apparent that even a conservatively
invested endowment can lose value. Reluctant to take five percent, we found ways to
cut expenses and took just four percent to balance the budget.
To protect our endowment, the GCV board decided to start an annual fund drive,
giving the membership the opportunity to support our organization directly. This
provides a means to give relief to our endowment and, it is hoped, to forego further
increases in dues.
The Annual Fund is off to a good start for a first-time appeal. I sincerely thank you
for your response. Twenty percent of the $50,000 goal has been given by the board of
directors, and nearly 10 percent of the membership made a donation by the end of
2009.
June 30, 2010, is the end of the GCV fiscal year. You can help us meet our goal
when you make a gift by mail or through our secure Web site by that date. Please
help us make our goal.
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C O N T R I B U T I O N SReport Period From 10/1/09 Through 12/31/09
Common Wealth Award FundProvides monies to individual clubs for local civic beautification efforts.
Donor In Honor ofThe Williamsburg Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elaine Hunt Abbott
Gale Abbott Roberts
Donor In Memory ofRivanna Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sarah Smith
RestorationSupports GCV Restoration projects across the Commonwealth.
DonorMr. and Mrs. Michael R. Crane
Donor In Honor ofThe Rappahannock Valley Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mrs. Margaret Page Bemiss
Mr. William D. RieleyThe Warrenton Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Lou Seilheimer
The Annual FundProvides essential ongoing support necessary to maintain GCV operations.
Donors
The Hampton RoadsGarden Club
The Huntington GardenClub
Catherine G. AdamsDana H. AdamsBetsy AgelastoSuzanne AielloKathryn S. AllenClaire AmottRebecca W. AtkinsonCary W. BaberNita BagnellHolly T. BaileyMarilyn C. BarrowSugie BattinAnne BealsElizabeth Lamar BoetschBrenda M. BoidockKae N. BollingMrs. Richard K. V. Z.
BoltonHylah and McGuire BoydMrs. John P. Bradshaw, Jr.Jody Dennis BranchGail BraxtonLynda H. Briggs
Mary Virginia BroganMary Louise Brinckirhoff
BrownMardi BrownellLinda Penn Wheat BryanRichard and Missy
BuckinghamDeedy BumgardnerJody BundyMrs. L. David Butler, Jr.Jeanette CadwallenderImogene Birdsong CalvertNancy N. CampbellKay CardwellMrs. John A. CarlstonRobert Carter Charitable
TrustWayne and Susan
Chatfield-TaylorKathryn H. ClaryMeg ClementLee Stuart CochranElizabeth (Boo) ComptonJane H. CooperJane Ellis CovingtonJane CowlesMrs. George B. Craddock, Jr.
Ann Kiley CrenshawAnne Geddy CrossBarbara L. CummingsRuth CunninghamMary Hart DardenMrs. Huntley DavenportFleet DavisJoan D. DawsonGaye M. DealMrs. Alfred P. DennisClaiborne DickinsonAnne J. DoyleMary T. EadesJoan EliotAndroniki FallisMrs. Vance B. FieldCarter Blackford FilerRossie FisherAdrianne P. L. FoshayConnie Walton FultonPamela W. GaleLynn F. GasMary Ann GibbonsMrs. Pearson G. GibsonMrs. Thomas T. GilpinMary Bruce H. GlaizeFreddie Gray
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Mrs. James C. GreeneMarge GrillsBettie H. GutherieCaroline S. GuySuzanne LaPrade HaalandCynthia D. HallVirginia B. HallElizabeth HamiltonPatricia HammondMelinda Culvahouse HardySara Scott HargroveVirginia J. HarrisMrs. William O. Harris IIIElizabeth Ruffin HarrisonMargaret Dietz HendersonJanet G. HickmanAnn HohenbergerMrs. Charles R. Hooff IIIMac HoufekMrs. William A. HudsonPamela HudsonLucy HuffMrs. Robert K. HuffmanMrs. W. E. Hunt, Jr.Mrs. Charles K. Hutchens IIIDiane K. HynesMs. Therese IversonMr. and Mrs. Wescott JacobHeidi F. JamesMissy JanesAnne JenningsMrs. Lucius J. Kellam IIIAileen W. KellyEllen KelsoMrs. R. Calvin KeyserAnn KingtonMary Ann B. LambSusan LandinDonna LawhonJoni LawlerBetty H. LeskoIngrid Hinkley LindsayMrs. Arthur H. Lipscomb, Jr.Ellen E. LuskBarbara B. LutonJoan LyonsJulie W. MacKinlayMildred M. MasonEmily Ann MasonSusan F. McNeelyNancy McWane
Mrs. Benjamin W. Mears, Jr.Rexanne D. MetzgerJosephine J. MillerAnn MillimanForrest MooreSue Ann MorganMargaret C. MoringMrs. W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr.Jean B. MurrayKimbrough K. NashCaroline H. NealMuff NoldeSuzanne S. ObenshainMercer O'HaraJamie A. OldMerry A. OutlawMrs. William C. OvermanFrances Hix PaddenSusan W. PannillMrs. William G. PannillDana C. ParkerElizabeth J. ParrishSara Belle E. ParrottMary Bryan PerkinsNancy J. PhilpottHelen Raney PinckneyMary Louisa PollardMrs. J. Ridgely Porter IIICharlotte PorterfieldMarianne PrentissJane M. PurringtonMrs. Douglas E. Quarles, Jr.Elizabeth M. QuarlesLinda D. ReynoldsJoyce RiceGrace A. RiceMrs. Emma H. RichKay Justice RidingerMrs. Robert W. Robinson, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Dale RuckerMary Kay RyanHelen J. RyanWhitney and Ellen
SaundersGail L. SavageEvie ScottMargaret W. ScottMrs. William Seale, Jr.Mrs. J. Brooks SempleSally SewardBetty L. Shaw
Lea Carter ShubaMrs. W. Ware Smith, Jr.Kitsy SmithMr. and Mrs. Gerald F.
Smith, Jr.Ellen SoyarsMrs. Joseph H. Spencer IILois P. SpencerLaura S. SpratleyMrs. James. D. Sprinkle, Sr.Hollis StauberCarol E. StrangeMs. Page D. StylesMrs. E. Armistead TalmanSuzanne S. TaylorMrs. T. Eugene TempleJudith Boyd TerjenMrs. W. McIlwaine
Thompson, Jr.Mrs. Addison B. ThompsonEmmy Lou ThomsonScottie ThomsonMrs. C. Kent TitusBlanche H. TomsMarcia B. TurnerMr. and Mrs. Harrison
Ruffin TylerKVA FoundationBernice WalkerMary G. WalkerJessica Bemis WardBetty Byrne WareFayetta WeaverJoan WehnerMartha WertzSuzanne S. WescoatAbbie WhartonJane Baber WhiteDr. and Mrs. David C.
WhiteheadCatherine C. WhithamMrs. Debi WhittleMary Ratrie WickMrs. William N. WilburMrs. Vann T. WilliamsWidget WilliamsSusan WinnLibby Singleton WolfMina WoodBetty W. WrightPage H. YoungKate Zullo
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Donor In Honor of
The Garden Club of Gloucester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cabell West
The Garden Club of Norfolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cabell West
The Petersburg Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Judy B. Perry
E. Ann Stokes
The Virginia Beach Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cabell West
The Garden Club of Warren County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Di Cook
Cabell West
The Warrenton Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Aileen H. Laing
Candace Carter Crosby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mrs. W. Bedford Moore III
Mr. and Mrs. Howard T. Holden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Augusta Garden Club
Marty Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Karen Jamison
Betty Kipps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jean Ince
Aileen Laing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Warrenton Garden Club
Anna Baldwin May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anne G. Baldwin
Susan S. Mullin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mina Wood
Nina W. Mustard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Karen Jamison
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Nash
The Warrenton Garden Club
Dianne N. Spence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roxanne Brouse
Karen Jamison
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. McDaniel
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Nash
William D. Rieley
Jane Clayton Webster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robin Ingram
Ann S. Wentworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emma Read Oppenhimer
Cabell Goolsby West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mason Beazley
Aurelia Lewis
Donor In Memory of
Mr. and Mrs. James. D. Blackwell, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Doris F. Blackwell
The Charles Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sarah Eisenhart
Carolyn Faison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laurie Dudley
Kathleen Hobson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emily Alexander
Aurelia Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laurie Dudley
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Milan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rosalind Abercrombie
Charles Schwarzschild Jewelers Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laurie Dudley
Cabell Goolsby West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laurie Dudley
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Donor
The Mill Mountain Garden ClubThe Rappahannock Valley Garden ClubSally Guy BrownElisabeth Reed CarterDi CookAnn Gordon EvansEllen G. GodwinVirginia B. GuildMary K. Hubard TrustJeanette McKittrickKimbrough K. NashSteve and Judy PerryMrs. W. McIlwaine Thompson, Jr.Mina Wood
Donor In Honor of
The Garden Club of Alexandria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Lou SeilheimerChatham Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sharon ScottThe Hampton Roads Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lee SnyderThe Nansemond River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mr. Tim Johnson
Lou PollardThe Princess Anne Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cabell WestDeedy Bumgardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rieley and AssociatesJeanette Cadwallender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mason BeazleyLis Doley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Millie WestMrs. Robert L. Galloway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mrs. James S. RedmondMargaret C. Moring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Hunting Creek Garden ClubMrs. Emma H. Rich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marcia-Lee Rich
Donor In Memory of
Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Millicent WestThe Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. Tabor Cronk
Temple RylandAndrew L. Turner
Nancy and Bo Bowles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laurie DudleyLucy R. Ellett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anna Belle Brown EasonNan Freed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Lilburn TalleyTyler B. Kilpatrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laurie DudleyMr. and Mrs. Robert P. Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laurie DudleyCharles and Ann Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laurie DudleyDianne Nea Spence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nannie FrankDr. and Mrs. E. Armistead Talman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laurie Dudley
The Garden Club of Virginia EndowmentSupports the ongoing preservation of the historic Kent-Valentine House, headquarters of the Garden Club of Virginia and Historic Garden Week.
MARCH 2010 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG
The GCV Conservation FundSupports GCV clubs in local and statewide conservation projects.
Donor
Berenice D. CraigieFlossie Bryan FowlkesCelie HarrisJil W. Harris
Donor In Honor of
The Garden Club of Danville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ms. Sallie SebrellThe Nansemond River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Merry Outlaw
Sallie SebrellCandace Carter Crosby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mrs. James B. MurrayCoralee B. Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fleet DavisCarter Blackford Filer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sally Guy Brown
Gin HarrisCabell West
Donor In Memory of
The James River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bessie Bocock CarterRossie Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bessie Bocock Carter
Donor In Memory ofAnonymous Charlotte Benjamin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lucile H. StumpLisa CressonCessie Howell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucile H. StumpMary Wynn McDaniel
Symposium SponsorshipProvides support for the GCV 2010 Symposium.
Donor
Union Bank and Trust – Platinum Sponsor
Blue Ridge Landscape and DesignGlaize ApplesGrelen NurseryHilldrup Moving and StorageHoffman Beverage CompanyThe HomesteadMacaulay & Burtch, P.C.Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc.The Virginia Eye InstituteVirginia Outdoors FoundationVirginia Beer Wholesalers AssociationVirginia Wine Wholesalers Association
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