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LUBOFVIRGINIA

VOL LIII, NO. 2, JUNE 2008


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WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

JournalEditorial Board2008-2009

Editor and Chairman: Jeanette Cadwallender, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

ExOfficio Members

The GCV President, Cabell West, The Tuckahoe Garden Club of WesthamptonThe GCV Corresponding Secretary, Meg Clement, Three Chopt Garden Club

The GCV Director of Public Relations, Lexi Byers, The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula

JournalChair, Aileen Laing, The Warrenton Garden Club

JournalAdvertising Chairman, Kay Kelly, The Mill Mountain Garden Club

MembersMason Beazley, The James River Garden Club, The Garden Club of the Northern Neck

Fleet Davis, The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore

Betty Delk,The Nansemond River Garden Club

Julie Grover, The Blue Ridge Garden Club, The James River Garden Club

Mary Ann Johnson, Roanoke Valley Garden Club

Sarah Pierson, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

Laurie Starke, The Warrenton Garden Club

FROM THE EDITORAs Editor of yourJournal, I wait expectantly like a gardener waiting for a crop. Right

now I want my tomatoes to thrive and I want your articles for the next issue. They are

the substance of theJournal. Some committees have regular space. Also welcome are

independent articles that tell of the interests of our membership. Club Notes will focuson projects that were unusual and from which new lessons can be learned. Instructions

for Submissions can be found on the website under Journal. Photographs taken at 300

dpi will reproduce clearly. Please take the time to read these instructions. The Editorial

Board under the leadership of former editor, Peggy Federhart, has done extensive

preparation to insure a consistent publication. Just as one would inspect a plant before

planting, we have to edit articles. Criteria have been established and procedures are in

place to insure aJournalthat looks good and speaks in one cohesive voice. Now, about

those tomatoes...

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 VirginiaJournal

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, $3.00.

Copy and ad deadlines are:January 15 for the March issue

April 15 for the June issueJuly 15 for the September issueOctober 15 for the December issueEmail copy to the Editor and advertisingto the Ad Chairman

JournalEditor:Jeanette Cadwallender615 Fauquier StreetFredericksburg, VA 22401Phone: (540) 373-7210Email:[email protected]

JournalAdvertising Chairman:Kay Kelly 112 Serpentine Rd., S.W.Roanoke, VA 24014Phone: (540) 343-9089Email: [email protected]

President of The Garden Club of Virginia:

Cabell West

JournalCommittee Chairman:Aileen Laing

Vol. LIII, No. 2Printed on recycled paper byCarter Printing CompanyRichmond, VA

ON THE COVER...The cover is dedicated to the Winchester-Clarke

Garden Club, host of The GCV Lily Show.

Cathy Zimmerman, artist.

IN THIS ISSUE...GCV Officers and Directors . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . 2

The Massie Medal Award . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . 3

The Road Less Traveled . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . 4

Summertime and the Giving is Easy . .. .. .. .. .. 5

The 2008 de Lacy Gray Medal .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6

Horticulture Field Day. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . 7

Favretti Fellow Studies Bloomsbury. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . 8

2008 Horticulture Award of Merit . .. .. .. .. .. . 9

The 66th Annual Lily Show. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . 10

Lily Notes . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . 11

Common Wealth Award Nominations . .. .. .. .. 12

The 74th Annual Daffodil Show . .. .. .. .. .. .. . 14

Ex Libris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

New Acquisitions . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . 17Club Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Sensational Symposium . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 20

Rose Notes . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . 22

Flower Arranging School . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. 23

2008 Daffodil Show Notes . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . 24

Chairmen of Standing Committees . . . . . .. . . . .. . 27

Contributions ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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: [email protected]

Historic Garden Week OfficePhone: (804) 644-7776 Fax: (804) 644-7778

Email:[email protected]

POSTMASTER send address changes to:

Executive Director12 East Franklin StreetRichmond, VA 23219


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THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIAOfficers and Directors

2008-2010President Cabell West

The Tuckahoe Garden Club of [email protected]

First Vice President Kim NashThe Warrenton Garden Club

[email protected]

Second Vice President Ann Gordon EvansThe Huntington Garden [email protected]

Treasurer Joanie RobinsThe Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton

[email protected]

Recording Secretary Betsy WorthingtonThe Lynchburg Garden Club

[email protected] Secretary Meg Clement

Three Chopt Garden [email protected]

2007-09

Di CookFauquier and Loudon Garden Club

[email protected]

Peggy BowditchThe Garden Club of Gloucester

[email protected]

Glenna GravesThe Spotswood Garden Club

[email protected]

2008-10

Betsy AgelastoThe Virginia Beach Garden [email protected]

Nina MustardThe Williamsburg Garden Club

[email protected]

Muff NoldeThe Boxwood Garden [email protected]

Directors at Large


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The Massie Medal Awardfor Distinguished Achievement

By Jocelyn Connors, The Massie Medal Award Committee Chairman,

The Lynchburg Garden Club

Mary Lou Seilheimer was awarded

the 2008 Massie Medal Award for

Distinguished Achievement at the

Annual Meeting of The Garden Club of

Virginia which was held at the Jefferson

Hotel in Richmond on May 14th. Mary

Lou's outstanding work in horticulture andgardening and her steadfast service to The

GCV over the years have eminently qualified

her for this prestigious award.

Mary Lou has been an active member of

The Warrenton Garden Club for over thirty

years, holding every major office, serving as

Chairman of Historic Garden Week and the 1992 Board of Governor's Meeting, as

well as twice chairing the Horticulture Committee of her club. She has been equallyengaged with The GCV, serving as Corresponding Secretary, Second Vice President,

Chairman of the Finance Committee, Co-chairman of the Capital Campaign for the

Kent-Valentine House renovation, and Chairman of the Horticulture Committee. She

is presently the Chairman of the Restoration Committee.

Leeton Forest, her previous home in Warrenton, was open numerous times for

Historic Garden Week. The Seilheimers have continued to support the work of The

GCV and other groups by graciously opening the garden at their current home,

Mount Sharon Farm in Orange. Visitors to their homes have commented upon the

wonderful diversity, elegance and charm of their gardens, most especially their exqui-

site roses. GCV Rose Shows have been graced with Mary Lou's outstanding horticul-

ture exhibits and artistic arrangements, and she has received numerous awards and tro-

phies in other flower shows, as well.

A friend used these words to describe Mary Lou, "It is a talented, wise, articulate and

persuasive woman who can carry out so many responsibilities with so great an effect. Mary

Lou is such a woman. Throughout her decades of service, one particular quality she brings

to each job stands out: insightfulness. Ever mindful of others' sensibilities, Mary Lou has an

unsurpassed ability to understand a problem or issue, assess the options and adopt a fair,

far-sighted and effective plan of achievement. Then she gets down to work, with grace,

enthusiasm and good humor........[an] active, loyal, uncompromising and gentle woman."

Mary Lou Seilheimer is truly an inspiration to us all.


Mary Lou Seilheimer with herhusband Charlie and son, Charles.

Photo: Linda Consolvo


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The Road Less TraveledBy Lynne Beeler

The Martinsville Garden Club

The road to Southside Virginia is not as frequently traveled as the road

to Richmond, but on Tuesday morning, February 26, GCV members

traveled to Danville from Roanoke, Lynchburg, Chatham and

Martinsville to meet with the Danville club members for the premiere of The

GCV New Member Orientation. Having prepared myself for the attendance of

25 members, I was overwhelmed by the 63 enthusiastic ladies entering theDanville Museum of Fine Arts and History.

After months of in-depth planning, Mary Bruce Glaize, Corresponding

Secretary and charged with the New Member Orientation, gave a most inform-

ative powerpoint presentation. Following a question and answer period and

much positive feedback, we left the Museum not only with a greater under-

standing of The Garden Club of Virginia, but also with a great sense of pride

in belonging to such a dynamic and vibrant organization.

We had a successful meeting and many suggestions were offered. Myra

Stegall, from The Garden Study Club in Martinsville, noted that club members

in this part of the state often feel isolated. Frequently, GCV sponsored meet-

ings are held in areas too great a distance from our area, making it difficult to

participate. On February 26, however, we discovered that we don't have to

travel to those distant places; The GCV will come to us! Members agreed that

meeting in a location central to many clubs in a particular area increased atten-

dance. A regional flower arranging school was suggested as a way to involve

more members. Clearly members are more willing to be involved if the day is

not tied up in travel.

As the first step has been taken in bringing The GCV to the members, we

hope our members will become active participants not only in their club, but

also in The GCV. Mary Bruce has paved the way to seeing more of The GCV

on the road less traveled.


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Summertimeand the Giving is EasyBy Catherine Whitham, Development Committee

Three Chopt Garden Club

The GCV is proud to report that 26 clubs and 102 individuals have madegifts to one of the four GCV Funds over the first three quarters of the

2007-2008 fiscal year. The Garden Club of Virginia Endowment has

received the bulk of the gifts, thanks in large part to the generous Godmotherswho have each given or pledged a major gift toward building for the future of

The GCV. A complete list of donors including clubs will be published in the

GCV Year in Review, which will be received in September. Gifts are reportedthrough June 30, 2008, so there is still time to make a donation.

A gift to The GCV supports our mission of celebrating the beauty of the

land, conserving the gifts of nature, and challenging future generations to build

on this heritage. Your gifts provide the extra margin of excellence, which is the

hallmark of every GCV project undertaken.

Giving is now simpler than ever. If you do not have a remittance envelope

handy, just go to the website www.gcvirginia.org. Click on the Support The GCVbutton on the left side of the page. A few clicks of the mouse will allow you to

either pay online, a new and easy means of making a gift, or to download a

contribution form to include with your check.

Either way, giving is easy and it is a privilege to support the organization welove. All gifts are deeply appreciated and gratefully accepted.


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The 2008 de Lacy Gray MemorialMedal for Conservation

By Marsha Merrell, GCV Conservation Chairman

The James River Garden Club

Eve Fout of the Fauquier and Loudoun

Garden Club was posthumously awarded

the deLacy Gray Memorial Medal for

Conservation. Her daughter Nina Fout accepted the

award at the Annual Meeting of The Garden Club

of Virginia.

Eve was a most effective leader in land conserva-

tion, land use policy and protection of Virginia's

most precious natural, historic, cultural and scenic

resources. She led the Piedmont Environmental

Council for ten years as chair of its Board of Directors. During her tenure over

200,000 acres were placed in permanent conservation easements. The PEC has

provided training for hundreds of real estate professionals, lawyers, appraisers and

financial advisors enabling them to assist landowners in land conservation. Her

vision for promoting land conservation led to improved national and state incen-

tives for the donation of conservation easements. Efforts by the PEC led to the

1997 enactment of the American Farm and Ranch Protection Act. In Virginia,

the Land Preservation Tax Credit was established. The results of this legislation

are most impressive: Protection of nearly 300,000 acres in the Chesapeake Bay

watershed, 165,000 acres of prime farmland and many historic sites.

As a founding member of Scenic Virginia, she promoted billboard control and

the protection of our beautiful vistas and sites. Eve promoted and assisted in the

listing of historic districts throughout the Piedmont. She initiated the Journey

Through Hallowed Groundproject to bring national recognition to the Route 15

corridor from Gettysburg to Charlottesville.

An individual who led by example, Eve and her family placed over a thou-sand acres of their land under conservation easement. As a member of the Orange

County Hunt, she encouraged others to do the same. She truly exemplified the

spirit of the deLacy Gray Memorial Medal for Conservation and has left a legacy

that continues to reflect her dedication.


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Luncheons meetings cocktail partiesgraduation parties wedding receptions

Ease and elegance in entertaining at the Kent-Valentine House.For availability contact (804) 643-4137or [email protected]

KE N T - VA L E N T I N E H O U S E

Misty Tour DelightsBy Kay Van Allen, GCV Horticulture Chairman,

The Lynchburg Garden Club

The fragrance of wisteria, the smell of newly trampled grass, the glimpse of a treepeony through the mistis this England? No, it is Horticulture Field Day 2008 inLeesburg. From the shy beauty of late spring ephemerals to the brazen brilliance of

red poppies, the show is on. Eda Dennis's European garden with her prize tree peoniesand precisely pruned topiaries is a delightas is her woodland walk out to the bluff over-looking a lazy stream.

Peggy Rust's fabulous stone house, built byher husband's father, commands a spectacularview of the Potomac River and the fauna thatflourish in its environs. The enclosed swimming

pool, hidden from view by a green hedge, isequaled by her parterres that are planted wiselyin deer-disdained plants such as lamb's ears, box-

wood and salvia. Peggy's woodland walk is love-ly now, but cries for another visit in the earlierspring when the Trout Lilies, Dutchman'sBritches and Spring Beauties are in bloom.

Edgehill Farm, even in the rain, is sumptuous.The spring, not far from the old stone house,

feeds two ponds created by owner, EleanorAdams. The first, and larger pond, is surrounded with yellow flag irises, cat tails and otherbog plants, while the smaller pond serves as a swimming hole for the grandchildren.Eleanor has an array of plants that range from haughty named peonies to hardy pass-a-long plants whose names have been forgottenover the years. The spring provides ample waterfor flowering beds, raspberry plots and veg-etable gardens. Her folly is a stunning latticehalf-dome, which is usually covered with NewDawn roses, and provides a shady lifeguard sta-

tion for the swimming hole.Along with these unique private gardens,

Field Day in Leesburg offered visits toBirchwood, a private arboretum where onecould linger for days, as well as an opportunityto visit Oatlands and Little Oatlands and themajestic gardens of Morven Park. The weather

was chilly, but the welcome in each garden waswarm and wonderful.

Cabell West and Kim Nash

Photo: Linda Consolvo

Di Cook flanked by deodora cedars.Photo: Linda Consolvo


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Favretti Fellow Studies BloomsburyBy Betsy Huffman

The Garden Club of Alexandria

It has been an experience that I will never forget and helped me decide

this field was what I wanted to pursue after college." These words

were written to thank The Garden Club of Virginia by Carrie Treb il at

the end of her 2007 Rudy J. Favretti Fellowship.

A landscape architecture student at Clemson University, Carrie spent her

summer documenting the history and gardens at Bloomsbury in Orange

County under the direction of landscape architect William D. Rieley.

Carrie researched documents at the Orange County Courthouse, records

in the National Register of Historic Places as well as doing a great deal of

on site research at the gardens at Bloomsbury. Carrie's report describes

Bloomsbury as a house built by Lt. Colonel James Taylor II in the mid

1700's. Lt. Colonel Taylor was a member of the House of Burgesses and

great grandparent to two presidents, James Madison and Zachary Taylor.

The house was purchased as a wedding present in the 1960's for Helen

Marie Taylor who is a descendant of the original owners.

Carrie writes that there is evidence of a sunken garden, four feet below

the level of the yard, on the western side of the main house. The gardens

may have featured flowers, herbs and shrubs at the corners and edges with

a horseshoe shaped bowling green at the center. Her report also includes

an oral history of the property summarized from interviews with the cur-

rent owner, Mrs. Taylor. Will Rieley comments that "Carrie did a wonder-

ful job distilling and organizing the history of Bloomsbury, its environs

and its place in the Virginia landscape."

Carrie's final report on Bloomsbury joins the eleven previous Favretti

reports at the office of William D. Rieley, the Virginia Historical Society

and the Kent-Valentine House. The work of these Fellows gives The

Garden Club of Virginia a professional and comprehensive record of the

remarkable landscape history that is unique to our Commonwealth. She

concludes her thank you note to The GCV by saying "Keep up the great

work you are doing."

"

The 2008 Favretti Fellowship is awarded to Hannah Warfield who will

work at Tuckahoe Plantation.


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2008 HorticultureAward of Merit

By Kay Van Allen,

GCV Horticulture ChairmanThe Lynchburg Garden Club

The Horticulture Award of

Merit was established in

1960 for individual mem-

bers of The Garden Club of

Virginia who have achieved sig-

nificant accomplishments in hor-ticulture, both personally and in

the community at large. The

awards are presented at the

Annual Meeting.

This year Mary Ann Gibbons

of the Fauquier and Loudoun

Garden Club has been honored

with a Horticulture Award of

Merit. Mary Ann is an avid con-

servationist and a zealous advo-

cate of native plants. She grows,

promotes, shares and urges other

gardeners to go native. It is her

belief that no one should spend

our natural resources mowing and

removing valuable habitat. She

will take on all comers when it

comes to promoting native plants

and battling invasive intruders,

from eradicating invasive English

ivy on the Theodore Roosevelt

Island to convincing VDOT to

change the path of its highway tosave the Loretta Oak. We com-

mend Mary Ann for her success-

ful pursuits and honor her with

this award.


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The Garden Club of Virginia

The 66th Annual Lily Show

Ex LibrisSponsored by The Winchester-Clarke Garden ClubAssisted by The North American Lily Society

ENTRIES ACCEPTED:Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. (Horticulture until 5:00 p.m.)

Wednesday, June 18, 8:00 - 9:45 a.m.

OPEN TO THE PUBLICWednesday, June 18th, 2:30-5:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 19th, 10:00a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Millwood Station250 Costello Drive, Winchester, Virginia

The Award Ceremony is on Wednesday, June 18th at 2:30 p.m.

I N T E R C L U B C L A S S E SClass 51A

PoetryA Creative Line design interpreting the lines from Robert

Frost's The Road Not Taken: "Two roads diverged in a yellowwood,/ And sorry I could not travel both/ And be one traveler,long I stood/ And looked down one as far as I could/ To where

it bent in the undergrowth;"

Class 51BScience FictionA Free Form design interpreting the title of Jules Verne's

Around the World in Eighty Days.

Class 51CDrama

An Italian Renaissance arrangement interpreting the quote fromWilliam Shakespeare's King John (Act III, Scene 1): "Of

Nature's gifts thou mayst with lilies boast"

Class 51DFiction

A Mid-Victorian period arrangement inspired by MargaretMitchell's Gone With the Wind. Drapery permitted.

The Garden Club of Virginia

The 66th Annual Lily Show

Ex Libris


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Lily NotesBy Mary Nelson Thompson

The Franklin Garden Club

Your lilies are blooming and you are eager to take them to the Lily

Show. Here are a few hints from seasoned growers and show par-

ticipants.

It is best to cut lily stems in the late afternoon when the first flowers

bloom. Leave at least a third of the stem and leaves to provide nourish-

ment for next year's growth. Single buds may be picked just as the color

is beginning to show at the tip. Place stems in tepid water and store in a

cool dark location. Buds will open faster in warm sunny spots. Gentlycrumple foil around the stamens, anthers and stigmata to prevent smear-

ing of the pollen.

Li l ie s may be s tored for severa l days in a non-frost f ree re f r igera-

tor with temperatures a t 36 to 40 degrees F. Never put them with

apples . Place a moist towel in the bottom of the re f r igerator to pro-

vide humidity.

Secure, spacious transportation is needed to keep specimens from break-

ing, crushing, or bruising. Remove debris with a soft, small art brush. Cutoff brown tips on leaves. Green markers may help disguise brown spots.

Grooming may not alter the typical features of the specimen.

Participants will save time by filling out entry cards and recording

classification information ahead of time. Address labels are preferred.

Show horticulture experts will be on hand to help classify and place the

specimens . One can learn to classify by keeping a notebook with the

pictures and descriptions of the yearly GCV Lily Collections and other

lily bulbs one plants. Photographs of previous lily collections can beviewed on the GCV website. Go to Flower Shows, Lilies, Lily Collection

Archives and then the year. This is a useful reference for all GCV flower

collections.

Judges consider condi t ion, vigor, p lacement on s tem, substance of

f lowers , form of f lowers and color of f lowers . Don't hold back

enter ing a specimen because i t i s imperfect . Often the merit s out-

weigh the defects .

Every entry in the show is a success story because it shows that theentrant is participating. Please join us in Winchester on June 18th and

19th for the 66th Annual GCV Lily Show, sponsored by The Winchester-

Clarke Garden Club. It will be fantastic.


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Common Wealth Award NominationsBy Nancy Lowry, Common Wealth Award Chairman

Rivanna Garden Club

Congratulations to the 2008 finalists for the Common Wealth Award: The BrunswickGarden Club, The Garden Club of Fairfax and Harborfront Garden Club. Members ofeach GCV club will vote for a winner of the Award. Club Presidents will bring the clubs'preferences to The GCV Board of Governors' Meeting in October.

A Fort Called Christ-Anna and Its Indian Trading CenterSubmitted by The Brunswick Garden Club

Established by Governor Spotswood in 1714 as a fur trading center and an exper-imental Indian School, Fort Christanna, situated on a hill above a bend in theMeherrin River in Brunswick County, is revered by local citizens and Native

Americans whose ancestors once occupied this sacred historical site.Funded by on-going annual Christmas auctions and plant sales, The Brunswick

Garden Club has committed assistance to this outstanding restoration project.Initiated by the Brunswick County Historical Society and the Brunswick/Lake GastonTourism Association, Phase 1 of this community effort to create a historical park atthe site of Fort Christanna has been completed.

Receipt of the Common Wealth Award would allow The Brunswick Garden Clubto create a teaching/seating area at the site, based on the plan of an "Indian Town"described in John Fontaine's 1716 journal. Rustic authenticity is being implementedthrough the design of cement tree stumps for seating and a lectern. Appropriate sig-nage is being placed throughout the fort area. Student groups and other visitors, whocome to experience its historic significance, will benefit from this seating/lecture siteenhanced by nature's own beauty. Native Americans will be beneficiaries of anauthentic and sacred setting for annual ceremonies to honor their ancestors.

Deprived of its agricultural and industrial life-lines, effective sources of funding inthe area are limited. Therefore, our efforts would benefit substantially from theCommon Wealth Award to assist with this historic restoration, beautification and edu-cational project. We sincerely seek your support.

The Lake Lina Wetland at Meadowlark Botanical GardensSubmitted by the Garden Club of Fairfax

The Lake Lina Wetland lures people outside where nature can be experiencedby the heart. Lake Lina is a five-acre wetland within Meadowlark BotanicalGardens. Meadowlark, located three miles west of Tysons Corner in FairfaxCounty, includes 95 acres of mature trees, walking trails, lakes, display gardens, asensory garden, a log cabin (circa 1755), and plants native to the Potomac RiverValley. This beautiful green jewel creates a natural sanctuary of beauty and serenitynear a bustling urban area and is enjoyed annually by 180,000 visitors. The LakeLina Wetland serves as an intergenerational and multicultural classroom for viewing

wildlife indigenous to Virginia.


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In 2008 the Garden Club of Fairfax (GCF) contributed $1,000 for a SOL-com-pliant learning box to be placed in Meadowlark's electric car which allows easy accessi-bility to The Lake Lina Wetland. The learning box provides a hands-on experience byemploying such tools as a dissecting microscope, hand-held magnifiers, guide books tolocal flora and fauna, seeds and animal skulls, along with local maps identifying nearby

watersheds. The electric car and the dissecting microscope will be charged by solarpanels.

Since 2002, GCF has partnered with Meadowlark and contributed $10,300 for avariety of projects. In addition, the Boy Scouts have donated over 1200 hours towardthe removal of invasive plants and have begun the planting of many native shrubs and

wildflowers.To build on these earlier efforts, the GCF now seeks funds to complete The Lake

Lina Wetland. The Garden Club of Virginia's Common Wealth Award will providefunding for hundreds of herbaceous wetland and native carnivorous pitcher plants,hands-on outdoor classroom enhancements, an amphitheatre seating 50 visitors with

wheelchair accessibility, and associated educational signage. With this Award,Meadowlark, GCF and GCV will be able to greatly enhance our common vision"tocelebrate the beauty of the land, to conserve the gifts of nature and to challenge futuregenerations to build on this heritage."

A Living Shoreline at the Hermitage Foundation MuseumSubmitted by the Harborfront Garden Club

The Hermitage Museum was built on the Lafayette River in Norfolk as the sum-mer retreat of William and Florence Sloane in 1908. They established the Foundationin 1937 to increase awareness of the arts. The Hermitage is renowned for its art col-lection, architecture, galleries, Arts School and beautiful grounds. Visitation is 35,000school children and visitors annually.

Installation of a living shoreline at the Hermitage restored 23,275 square feet ofwetlands, acting as a natural filtration system, improving wate r qua lity and increa s-ing native wildlife habitats. Educational signage shows pictorial adapta-tions of the development and the native plants installed. Foundation andprofessional staff will assess which plantings are most effective.

Harborfront Garden Club contributed $5,000 for the signage andhours of labor in planting native plants. The Foundation pledged a conser-vation easement and staff and volunteer services for maintenance. Totalsupport exceeded $138,000; $7,826 needs to be raised to complete a board-

walk to access and view the res tored area.This living shoreline will serve as a teaching model for wetland restora-

tion and preservation and provide cultural, horticultural and conservationresearch and education, historic preservation and beautification of one ofVirginia's treasures.

The nominations for The Common Wealth Award are presented as submitted.


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The 74thAnnual

DAFFODILSHOWPorts of Call: T

Sponsored by The Garden

Photos by Linda Consolvo

A

Class 199 Inter Club Artistic ClassesA. Leedstown

Late Colonial

The Hunting Creek Garden Club

B. Historic Christ ChurchTraditional Line MassThe Mill Mountain Garden Club

B

For a complete list of Daffodil Show Winners, go toGrateful Appreciation Extended to Mary Wynn and Charles McDaniel

Best Standard Stem in ShowKay Justice Ridinger,The Williamsburg Garden Club


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Placement and Text by Fleet Davis

2008 Winners

e Northern Necklub of the Northern Neck

Number of Exhibitors Artistic and Horticultural Exhibitors: 187Number of Arrangements: 78Number of Horticultural Stems: 191

C. ReedvilleMid-Victorian

The Virginia Beach Garden ClubQuad Blue

D. SharpsArt NouveauThe Garden Club of the Northern Neck

C

D

www.gcvirginia.organd access Flower Showsand Hildrup Transfer for Support of The GCV Flower Shows

Class 200, White Stone BeachBest Artistic In ShowCaroline Parrish,The Warrenton Garden Club


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Ex LibrisBy Mary Lloyd Lay

The Garden Club of the Northern Neck

Eureka, I found it!" All August I had been looking at a tall striking

purple aster in front of a nearby bed and breakfast. I thought, "I must

find that for my new sun garden." I happened to be browsing through

Armitage' s Garden Perennia ls in the library at the Kent Valentine House when

it just popped out at me.

The aster is Aster ta tari cus. It's a beauty. It stands strong and tall unlike

some other asters. It blooms in late summer through fall with hundreds of

light lavender flowers with yellow centers. Armitage says, "The good thing

about this species is that plants multiply rapidly: the bad thing is that plants

multiply rapidly." I will have many to pass on.

The first thing that caught me about the book was the variety of plants I

had not seen in many other perennial books, and the nearly 1,500 photo-

graphs are beautiful. Armitage's writing is engaging and humorous. The book

is chock-full of information to help us not waste money on poor performers

in the South.

Next I dug into Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia.

What a treat. It has exce llent photos and Dirr 's usual pithy candid remarks,

either positive or negative about the plants. He gives you all you need to

know about which plants will suit your site, climate and color pallet. While

browsing, I decided I must have two plants for my new garden, Physocarpus

'Diablo'with its awesome purple fo liage to go behind some the medium pink

Knock Out roses and another Spiraea 'Ogon'. What a fabulous pale green,

early spring plant.Last but not least, I went though Pamela Harper's marvelous book for this

area, Time-Tested Plants : Thirty Years in a Four Season Garden . The pictures

taken in her garden are sumptuous and her writing is entertaining. She not

only shares a wealth of information but also her love of gardening. Her book

covers bulbs, vines, grasses, ferns, berries, perennials and annuals, plants for

fall and winter as well as trees and shrubs. If there is any one reference book

for Zone 8, I would pick this one above any other. I refer often to my own

copy.

If you are planning a garden or redoing a garden you cannot do better

than study these three books. They are there for the browsing or borrowing

at the Kent-Valentine House Library. Come visit. You will have a very pleas-

ant time just as Suzanne Wright and I have had over these last years.

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New Acquisitions

The K-V House Library has recently received a number of books as gifts from

generous GCV members. These books cover all aspects of the world of gardening,

horticulture, and flower arranging and greatly enhance our collection.

The American Horticultural Society Flower Finderby Jacqueline Heriteau

The American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardeningby Christopher Brickell

Color Echoesby Pamela Harper

Time-Tested Plantsby Pamela Harper

The Border Bookby Anna Pavord

The Well-Designed Mixed Garden by Tracy DiSabato-Aust

The Complete Guide to Flower Arrangingby Jane Packer

The Flower Arranging Expertby Dr. D.G. Hessayon

Successful Flower Gardeningby Ortho Press

The Natural Habitat Garden by Ken Druse

Taylor's Guide to Herbsby Rita Buchanan

On Gardeningby Penelope Hobhouse

The Collector's Garden by Ken Druse

The Natural Shade Garden by Ken Druse

The Gardener's Dictionary of Horticulture Termsby Harold Bagust

Gardens to Go by Sydney Eddison

The Complete Book of Flower Design by Paula Pryke

Flower Schoolby Paula Pryke

Table Flowersby Paula Pryke

Gardens of Britain by John Gilbert

The Well Placed Weedby Ryan GaineyEnglish Gardensby Peter Coats

The Exuberant Garden by William H. Frederick, Jr.

Color Encyclopedia of Garden Plants & Habitatsby Peter Menzel


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Club NotesThe Mill Mountain Garden Club

On a cold, blustery January morning, 17 members of The Mill Mountain

Garden Club completed a 30-minute community service project that

piggybacked with the City of Roanoke's "Clean and Green" campaign.

The MMGC Conservation committee, led by Janet Frantz and Whitney Feldman,

planned the community service project to last less than one hour. Members met

in front of Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, on city-owned property near

the bus stop, a popular spot for smokers since the hospital has gone completely

smoke free. The group cleaned up the area by picking up hundreds of discarded

cigarette butts keeping them out of our waterways, rivers, and streams.

Interestingly, there were at least two municipal ash tray/trash cans located within

ten feet of the area. MMGC President Jane Coulter noted "what a difference we

could make in a record twenty-seven minutes of time."

The Garden Club of the Northern Neck

Abiennial fundraiser allows our garden club to participate in community out-

reach efforts through a grants program established in 2000. The program

makes money available to local non-profit organizations or individuals located

in the region whose projects meet the goals of The GCNN: restoration of historic gar-

dens, conservation of natural resources, beautification of the Northern Neck, promo-

tion of horticulture and education. In 2006 grants went to The Menokin Foundation

for landscaping, the Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society for a

demonstration garden at the Old Courthouse in Heathsville and to Morattico Baptist

Church for its cemetery project. The GCNN is also interested in educating children

about the Chesapeake Bay and has sponsored eight scholarships to The Chesapeake

Bay Foundation's Teachers on the Bayprogram over the last seven years.The GCNN reaches out to the community by presenting an annual Conservation

Symposium. Begun in 2001, the symposium brings experts to the Northern Neck to

discuss locally important issues, i.e. rural landscape preservation and wildlife habitat

preservation to name a few. The 2008 program was "Building green in the Northern

Neck," given by Elizabeth Gruben, an expert in sustainable design.


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Club NotesThe Nansemond River Garden Club

I've got one!" shouts the excited nine year old as he examines his net and discovers a tinycrab, pulled from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay at First Landing Seashore State Park

in Virginia Beach. The discovery is one of many during the week of Ecology Camp in

June, sponsored by The Nansemond River Garden Club for children ages eight through ten.

Started over 25 years ago by Ellen Godwin, Past President of The GCV, Ecology Camp

has introduced hundreds of young conservationists to the wonders of nature through explo-

ration, games, arts and crafts and field trips. The camp has been held on the banks of the

Nansemond River, in private yards, and for many years at the home of Helen and Tim

Johnson of Suffolk. The 2000 recipient of The GCV Dugdale Award and local school

teacher, Georgie Morgan, directs the activities with help from the Johnsons and members of

The Nansemond River Garden Club.

During the week, the children might watch bees in their hives, talk to a parrot, touch

lizards and snakes, hike through the woods, ride a pontoon boat for a lesson on wetlands, and

climb a 200 year-old live oak tree. The Johnsons' garage is turned into a lively classroom

where the children hear stories and do arts and crafts, including such things as making con-

crete stepping stones with their handprints in them.

The week's finale is a picnic for the campers and their families and a chance to swim in

the Johnsons' pool. Full of fried chicken, fruit and cookies, younger siblings declare that they,too, will come to Ecology Camp when they are old enough. It is a joyful week where children

are taught to be good stewards of the environment, and the reward is the many children who

return for another year.

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Sensational SymposiumBy Deedy Bumgardner, Past President, GCV

The Augusta Garden Club

With the theme "Celebrate 2008 - The 75th Anniversary of Historic Garden

Week", over 500 members of The Garden Club of Virginia and their guests

did just that February 11-13, 2008 in Fredericksburg. The Symposium's

success was evident in the number of participants, the contagious esprit de corpsand

the fact that it was financially self-sustaining. It surpassed all expectations and we owe

the success to the determined leadership of GCV Past President Mina Wood. She is to

be commended for her vision, adept leadership and steadfast resolve. She was charting

a course in unknown waters for The GCV and her path lead to success. This event

grew out of the results of the Strategic Plan that The GCV undertook just three yearsago. Hats off to Mina for enabling us to check off the goal: "Hold a symposium and/or

convention for all members". Many others worked hard by serving on committees, lend-

ing financial support and encouraging attendance.

As a preface to the Symposium, complimentary trolleys allowed the attendees to

visit Fredericksburg's four restorations that were open for special tours. The hospitable

guides at these properties made the chill of the February day disappear. Also, preceding

the formal program, the Restoration committee was able to link their ceremony high-

lighting new work at the Mary Washington Monument to the Symposium. Speechesand a wreath-laying confirmed the value

of GCV Restoration efforts. Vendors

provided wonderful shopping opportuni-

ties for orchids, jewelry, garden supplies,

antiques, pottery, art and many other

items from the opening registration

throughout the event.

Tuesday was filled with outstandingspeakers. Those who heard Amy

Stewart's talk will never look at commer-

cial flowers the same way and Warren

Byrd enlightened and inspired the audi-

ence with his work in sustainable gardens

around the world. Horticulture enthusi-

asts were energized by Linda Pinkham's

plants for Beautiful Gardens . The pop-

ular presentation by ladies from the

National Cathedral Flower Guild was a

standing room only event. Writers and

photographers were glad for the lessons

taught by Fleet Davis and Ann Wright.


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Restoration day began with Nancy Campbell's inspiring talk that was followed

by a Restoration panel composed of Rudy Faveretti, Calder Loth, Tom Savage

and Phillip Watson. These nationally recognized men spoke to the challenges of

garden restoration and honored the work that The GCV has done with proceeds

from HGW for 75 years. The program closed as Will Rieley, Landscape Architectfor The Garden Club of Virginia, fascinated the audience as he took them

through the steps of a restoration project.

The opening night event honoring past chairmen of HGW was a well-received pat

on the back for these ladies and the work they have accomplished. Photographs of

club leaders, state chairmen, historic properties and beautiful flower arrangements

played continuously on a large screen. Tuesday night an energized group enjoyed the

cocktail buffet proving that fun and fellowship are primary benefits of The GCV.

Participants responded positively to a survey of the event. Comments and sugges-

tions will be incorporated into the next Symposium now being planned. Under the

leadership of energetic Julie MacKinlay, a theme will be decided, committees formed,

location determined and all the other aspects addressed so we will have another out-

rageously successful Symposium. Please volunteer to help us do it again in 2010!

Hats off to the 2008 Symposium Committee chairmenDeedy Bumgardner, Seminars

Jeanette Cadwallender, Liaison to Conference Center

Meg Clement, Sponsorship

Tricia Garner and Nancy Lowry, Secretary

Marietta Gwathmey and Lee Snyder, Vendors

Karen Hedelt, Fredericksburg Tourism representative

Elizabeth Johnson and Suzanne Wright, Cocktail Buffet

Kay Kelly, Brochure

Aileen Laing, Speakers

Julie MacKinlay, Publicity

Mary Wynn and Tricia McDaniel, Hotels and Trolley Tours

Susan Mullin, Opening night reception

Twig Murray, Logo design

Nina Mustard, Registrar

Betsy Quarles, Hospitality

Grace Rice, Liaison to the Board

Dianne Spence, Treasurer


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Rose NotesBy Pat Taylor, GCV Rose Chairman

The Boxwood Garden Club

Roses are heavy feeders, requiring three components: organic fer tilizer,

inorganic fertilizer and water. Rose beds should be enriched with

organic fertilizers such as fish meal, alfalfa meal and bone meal to

feed the soil. These ingredients can be conveniently applied by purchasing

products such as Mills Magic Rose Mix or Fertrell which contain a mixture

of organic matter. Organic matter breaks down slowly in the soil and benefits

the rose for several months.

Inorganic fertilizer is also important because it gives the plant a boost forseveral months. Try to find a product such as 10-10-10 that contains trace

elements (manganese, boron, copper, etc.) in addition to the basic elements

of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

The most immediate source of nutrients can be delivered through Miracle

Grow 15-30-15 or Peter's 20-20-20 added to a gallon of water. Always follow

label directions carefully. By adding Osmocote or another slow release fertil-

izer to the soil, you can rest assured your roses will be fed even if you are

unable to do so. Feeding only slow release fertilizer will not net you show-quality roses, but it is certainly better than no feeding at all. Most rosarians

intent upon competing in shows utilize all of the above techniques to feed

their plants.

Water is the most cr itical element in rose care. Water provides the de livery

system that transports nutrients from the soil to the plant's tissue. Always

water your roses the day before you ferti lize or spray, and then repeat water-

ing the day after. Failure to water

both times can result in burning.Top dress your rose garden with

several inches of organic mulch.

Not only does mulch help to con-

serve water and prevent weeds, but

as it breaks down it enriches the

soil on a continual basis.

Beautiful roses make garden

chores worth the effort. Your well-

cared-for roses just might win a

trophy at the 70th Garden Club of

Virginia Rose Show on October 1,

2008 in Franklin.


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The GCV Flower Shows Committee announces

Flower Arranging SchoolTuesday, September 23, 2008

Lewis Ginter Botanical GardensRichmond, VA

Don't Miss the ProgramBack by popular demand, Julia Clevett will demonstrate modern styles

of arranging. Her fabulous arrangements will be the door prizes.

9:30-10:30: Registration and Coffee

10:30-Noon: School followed by box lunch

Members: $35 (subtract $5 if you do not want lunch)

Guests: $40 (subtract $5 if you do not want lunch)

Registration form may be downloaded from the GCV website and sent to:

Laura Crumbley, Registrar1045 Presidential CircleForest, VA 22669(434) 525-3480


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2008 Daffodil Show RecapBy Glenna Graves, GCV Daffodil Chairman

The Spotswood Garden Club

The 2008 season for horticulture exhibition and artistic creativity

got off to a great start at the April 2-3, 2008, Daffodil Show

hosted by The Garden Club of the Northern Neck. The White

Stone Church of the Nazarene was a great location for exhibition space

and the personnel were very helpful. The GCNN performed as if this

were their second year of hosting the show!

Our Daffodil show had 1750 blooms, down in number from last year,but of great quality. The Hunting Creek Garden Club was the blue rib-

bon winner of the club collection; Kay Ridinger, The Williamsburg

Garden Club, won the gold ribbon and silver cup for the best stem in

the show; Karen Cogar, The Hunting Creek Garden Club, was the win-

ner of multiple classes taking home four beautiful silver trophies, as well

as ribbons and cups; Bill Pannill was the Horticulture Sweepstakes win-

ner and Elizabeth Brown, Garden Club of Gloucester, runner-up. ThePat Lawson Award, given for the first time, was won by Lucy Wilson of

The Martinsville Garden Club. Jane Vaughn, Dianne Spence, Catherine

Gillespie, Anne Cross and Elizabeth R. Brown were also award winners.

I was very pleased to see a few of the artistic arrangers entering the hor-

ticulture section for the first time and congratulations to Lynn Gas for

winning the Pat Crenshaw silver trophy

for Novice winner.Daffodils seem to get everyone in an

optimist ic, happy mood and ready for

spring. If you have never attended a

show, pick a bloom and come. If you

are uncertain of its identity, we will

help. Thanks to all of you for the won-

derful help and cooperat ion during thepast eight years. I feel sure that Lucy

Rhame the new GCV Daffodil

Chairman will enjoy working with you

as much as I have.


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Garden Club of VirginiaChairmen of Standing Committees

May 2008

Admissions Boo Compton

Annual and Board of Governors Meetings Anne Harrison Harris

Common Wealth Award Linda Consolvo

Conservation and Beautification Anne Doyle

Development Martha Wertz

Daffodil Chairman Lucy Rhame

Finance Marsha Merrell

Lily Chair Mary Nelson Thompson

Rose Chair Pat Taylor

Flower Shows Betty Michelson

GCV Online Nina MustardHistoric Garden Week Tricia Sauer

Historian and Custodian of Records Judy Kidd

Horticulture Mary Eades

Investment Anne Baldwin

Journal Advertising Kay Kelly

Journal Chair Aileen Laing

Journal Editor & Editorial Board Jeanette Cadwallender

Kent-Valentine House Jody Branch

Massie Medal Mary Bruce Glaize

Nominations Deedy Bumgardner

Parliamentarian & Editor of the Register Dianne Spence

Personnel Missy Buckingham

Public Relations Chair Lexi Byers

Restoration Chair Mary Hart Darden

Symposium Julie MacKinlay


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C O N T R I B U T I O N SReport Period From 01/01/2008 through 03/31/08

Common Wealth Award FundProvides monies to individual clubs for local civic beautification efforts.

Donor: In Honor of:Marie E. Sarsten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Members of The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore

The Williamsburg Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lynn Ford

The Garden Club of Virginia EndowmentSupports the ongoing preservation of the historic Kent-Valentine House, headquarters

of The GCV and Historic Garden Week.

Donor:The Boxwood Garden Club

Di Cook

Mrs. Edward C. Eisenhart

Mary Frances Flowers

Judith Kidd

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Nash

Kay Van Allen

Donor: In Honor of:The Garden Club of Alexandria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown

Will Rieley

The Ashland Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fran Boninti

The Augusta Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Arthur H. Nash

The Boxwood Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Nelson Thompson

The Charlottesville Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown

The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy BrownThe Nansemond River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nita Bagnell

Mary Hart Darden

Mary Lawrence Harrell

Judy Perry

The James River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lisa R. Harrison

Leesburg Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown

Mary Bruce Glaize

The Lynchburg Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown

The Virginia Beach Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BoBo Gentry SmithThe Warrenton Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown

Anne G. Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance Committee Members

Deedy Bumgardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kay Van Allen

Charlotte Benjamin

Gail Braxton

Mary Lou Seilheimer


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Jeanette Cadwallender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lynne Rabil

Ann Gordon Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown

The Garden Club of Virginia Symposium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fleet Davis

Ann Wright

Sara Scott Hargrove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. William Cabell Moore

Pembroke Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans

Betty Pat Webb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown

Cabell West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mina Wood

Donor: In Memory of:

The Charlottesville Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Peter C. Manson

The James River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgina M. Rawles

Roanoke Valley Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Margaret W. Dressler

The Garden Club of Warren County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Virginia McCormickTrish Burton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy Manson (Mrs. Peter C.)

Mr. & Mrs. Ralph W. Dodd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlye K. Parsons

Mr. & Mrs. W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Joseph C. Carter, Sr.

Hanna & David Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allen Goolsby West

Mary Parsley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. William Rainey

The GCV Conservation Fund

Supports GCV clubs in local and statewide conservation projects.

Donor:

Celie Harris

Kay Van Allen

Donor: In Honor of:

The Hunting Creek Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marsha Merrell

The James River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jocelyn Sladen

Winchester-Clarke Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Bruce Glaize

Anne G. Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vici BoguessSally Guy Brown

Betty Byrne Ware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Peyton B. Winfree, Jr.

Donor: In Memory of:

Rivanna Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suan Woodward

Mrs. W. David South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Steven D. Moore

The SEED Fund

Supports Events, Education, and Development.

Donor: In Honor of:

Three Chopt Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Wight


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