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Journal Editorial Board 2009-2010

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

ExOfficio Members

The GCV President , Kimbrough Nash, The Warrenton Garden Club

The GCV Corresponding Secretary, Nina Mustard, The Williamsburg Garden Club

The GCV Photographer, Casey Rice, Harborfront Garden Club

Journal Business Chairman, Fleet Davis, The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore

Journal Advertising Chairman, Katya Spicuzza, Albemarle Garden Club

Members

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

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

Jeanette McKittrick, Three Chopt Garden Club

Sarah Pierson, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

Laurie Starke, The Warrenton Garden Club

FROM THE EDITOR

I admit to having had an obsession with pirate maps as a child. I was convinced

that there was buried treasure, marked and waiting for me to find it. Let the

Journal be your map for the treasure of the GCV. You will learn about fertilizing

roses, see award winning flower arrangements, glean insight into the Restoration

Committee’s work and the Lily Committee’s silver goblet rescue. All Common

Wealth award finalists have inspiring projects. Uncover what makes our

organization precious. Dig into this issue of the Journal that recognizes many

of the GCV members whose talents have enriched our organization.

Read about them and their successes, treasures indeed.

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, $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:Kimbrough Nash

Journal Editor:Jeanette CadwallenderP.O. Box 7696Fredericksburg, VA 22404Phone: (540) 373-7210Email: [email protected]

Journal Advertising Chairman:Katya Spicuzza1049 Autumn Hill CourtCrozet, VA 22932Email: [email protected]

Journal Business Chairman:Fleet [email protected]

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

ON THE COVER...The Journal honors the Petersburg GardenClub, host of the 68th Garden Club ofVirginia Lily Show. The Petersburg GardenClub has brought our attention to the watercolors by Bessie Niemeyer Marshallshowing the varied flora of Lee Park,Petersburg in the 1930s. The Turk’s-cap lily is a reproduction of one of her works.Design work by Studio Ammons.

IN THIS ISSUE...Massie Medal Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2de Lacy Gray Memorial Medal . . . . . . . . . . 3New Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Bessie Bocock Carter Award . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Ker Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Obituary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Inter Club Artistic Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Honorary Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92010 Horticulture Award of Merit . . . . . . 10Lily Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Flower Arranging School . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1468th Annual Lily Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1576th Annual Daffodil Show . . . . . . . . . . . 16Daffodil Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Rose Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Club Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20GCV Journal 2010 Workshop . . . . . . . . . 22Ex Libris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23The Common Wealth Award Nominations . . . 24Fine Arts & Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Symposium 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Poet’s Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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The Massie Medalfor Distinguished Achievement

By Mary Bruce H. GlaizeMassie Medal for Distinguished Achievement Chairman

The Little Garden Club of Winchester

Mina Walker Wood was awarded the 2010 Massie Medal forDistinguished Achievement at the

Garden Club of Virginia Annual Meeting held atthe Jefferson Hotel. She has served her gardenclub, her community and the Garden Club ofVirginia with loyalty, diligence and creativity.

A native of Lynchburg and a graduate of SweetBriar College, Mina has been a member of theLynchburg Garden Club since 1968. As presidentof her club from 1982-84, she started theLynchburg Garden Club Endowment Fund, a model and catalyst for other clubendowments. She has been successful in furthering environmental and conservationissues that the club has undertaken. She was an active participant in raising moneyand awareness to beautify the Lynchburg Expressway entrances. Many other organizations have benefited from her interests including Lynchburg HistoricalFoundation, the Southern Memorial Association and the Point of Honor Board ofManagers.

Mina’s skill and talent as a landscape designer are evident at Cabell Street Park inLynchburg. She worked on the Miller-Claytor House front garden, designed to complement the one in the rear created by Charles Gillette.

The GCV has benefited from her tremendous energy and gifts of diplomacy andvision. She has held most board positions and major positions on committees of theGCV. She organized and expanded the library at the Kent-Valentine house, served onthe Journal committee and as Restoration Chairman. As president from 2000-02,Mina traveled extensively with her presentation, Landscape Architects of the GardenClub of Virginia including a speech delivered to the Southern Garden History Society.Most recently she was instrumental in launching the successful new Symposia inresponse to the Strategic Plan. Her vision, helpful nature and generous dispositionbrought a concept into reality.

The GCV has given its most prestigious award to Mina for her effective andunselfish dedication.

Mina Walker Wood


The 2009 de Lacy GrayMemorial Medal for Conservation

By Julie Grover, GCV Director-at-LargeThe Blue Ridge Garden Club

The mother-daughter team of Mary Stuart Gilliam and Catharine Gilliam,members of the Blue Ridge Garden Club, was awarded the de Lacy GrayMemorial Medal for Conservation at the Garden Club of Virginia’s Annual

Meeting in Richmond. The Gilliam family is synonymous with

conservation in Rockbridge County. When Col. BatesMcCluer “Mac” Gilliam, Mary Stuart’s husband, diedrecently, the Rockbridge Area Conservation Councilpaid tribute to him as an early member and past president. Mary Stuart has worked behind the scenesto promote the conservation and wise development of the natural resources of her beloved RockbridgeCounty. Son Jay currently serves as the chair of the Natural Bridge Soil and Water ConservationDistrict board of directors. Catharine, with two GCV colleagues, received a 2008award from the Virginia Conservation Network for her volunteer excellence in preserving Virginia’s environmental citizen boards. As the Virginia Senior ProgramManager of the National Parks Conservation Association, Catharine worked tirelesslyfor the commonwealth as a conservation advocate on such issues as threats from adjacent development, conservation planning, air quality, community partnerships and planning, climate change, mercury pollution and energy policy. She has taken on such giants as Wal-mart and has appeared on or been quoted in CNN, NPR, The Washington Post, as well as local newspapers and radio stations.

In February 2009 the Boy Scouts of America announced their plans to move theNational Scout Jamboree, with its more than 240,000 scouts, to Goshen inRockbridge County. At risk was Goshen Pass, a Virginia State Natural Area Preservetreasured for its scenic beauty, rare plants and wildlife, recreational adventures and history. The Gilliams helped activate the Friends of the Maury River, a grassrootsgroup opposed to the Boy Scout proposal. At a called meeting of the Blue RidgeGarden Club, Mary Stuart outlined past threats to Goshen Pass, the history of theinvolvement of our club, and the immediate need for our club to adopt a resolution tooppose the National Jamboree proposal. The Garden Club of Virginia, with its longhistory of preserving Goshen Pass, adopted its own resolution and wrote the governor,asking for adequate analysis of the environmental impact.

“Save Goshen Pass” – the battle cry and Web site were largely the brainchild of theGilliams. In a mere five months, the Gilliams helped to galvanize citizens ofRockbridge County and the Commonwealth of Virginia to stop the proposed scoutjamboree in Goshen. Catharine’s conservation expertise and network and her legalskills as an attorney were invaluable. Mary Stuart was behind her daughter every stepof the way, attending community meetings and designing T-shirts. Thanks to theGilliams’ leadership, the Garden Club of Virginia has protected Goshen Pass yet again.

Mary Stuart and Catharine Gilliamwith Cabell West and Anne Doyle


2009-2011

Charlotte S. BenjaminThe Garden Club of Fairfax

Julie G. GroverThe Blue Ridge Garden Club and The James River Garden Club

Louise F. TayloeRivanna Garden Club

2010-2012

Missy BuckinghamThe Boxwood Garden Club

Donna LawhonThe Garden Study Club

Dianne SpenceThe Williamsburg Garden Club

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Officers2010 - 2012

President: Kimbrough Nash The Warrenton Garden Club

First Vice President: Ann Gordon Evans The Huntington Garden Club

Second Vice President: Meg Clement Three Chopt Garden Club

Treasurer: Anne Baldwin The Garden Club of Alexandria

Recording Secretary: Jeanette Cadwallender The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

Corresponding Secretary: Nina Mustard The Williamsburg Garden Club

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The First Winner of the Bessie BocockCarter Conservation Award

By Anne Doyle, GCV Conservation ChairmanThe Garden Club of Norfolk

The four Richmond Garden Club of Virginia clubs have received the BessieBocock Carter Conservation Award for their project to restore the urban forest in Richmond.

Jack Carter presented the award at the Annual Meeting. As a new recruit to the JamesRiver Garden Club in the 1950s, Bessie took shovel in hand to plant trees along theold Richmond-to-Petersburg Turnpike, now Interstate 95. Bessie would be pleasedwith the winner of the first award in her name.

Richmond’s tree canopy has seriously eroded in recent years, resulting in 500 emptytree wells downtown. Trees are enormously beneficial environmental filters of both airand water. One large shade tree is capable of capturing over 100 gallons of water during a storm event, thereby reducing run-off into the James River and downstreamto the Chesapeake Bay. In addition, studies have shown that areas offering tree canopyattract more pedestrians and capital investment.

BBCCA winners Boxwood, James River, Three Chopt and Tuckahoe Garden Clubshave collaborated and made a detailed plan to work in concert with the City ofRichmond’s Department of Planning and Development Review. Within the next twoyears, the four GCV clubs will restore a very visible pedestrian gateway to downtownRichmond. Their project will serve as a model for community action to restore urbanforests. In addition, the project has the potential to be used statewide as a prototype,drawing in such organizations as Friends of Urban Forestry, state universities and theUrban Forestry Commission to make sustainable improvements to Virginia’s cities.

What a fitting tribute to Bessie!

Presidents of the four Richmond GCV clubs


Ker PlaceBy Judy Perry, GCV Restoration Committee

The Elizabeth River Garden Club

Ker Place, in Onancock on the Eastern Shore, was built from 1799-1803 forJohn Shepherd Ker and his wife Agnes Corbin Ker. A prosperous merchant-farmer, he located his home near the river. This elegant Federal house required

an impressive gate and fence to greet visitors in grand style. But perhaps the greaterpurpose was to prevent animals, both domestic and wild, from wandering onto thegrounds. The fence was thus an important practical element in the landscape.

With this in mind, William D. Rieley, landscape architect for the Garden Club of Virginia, researched photos and descriptions in books and records of other EasternShore properties. Mr. Rieley also combed the area for fences remaining from that period. While there is no record of the specific fence that John Ker built, his researchled Rieley to design a fence that reflects the aesthetic form of the Federal period, theregional distinctiveness of the Eastern Shore, as well as specific Adam-style details fromthe house at Ker Place.

This 2010 interpretation replicates the high-low picket design, where sections oflower pickets are close together to keep small animals out. Samples of this style may beseen at nearby Kendall Grove and Eyre Hall. The horizontal members are sloped andalso beaded, a sophisticated design typical of the period. The slope is attractive as wellas functional, in that it keeps rainwater from collecting at the join, thus eliminating a potential area of deterioration. Two substantial posts are topped with urn shapescopied from a frieze found in the house interior. This fence with its double-swing gatespans the entire front of the property and frames the view of the house to complementits stateliness.

The fence that continues down each side of the property is different but alsocharacteristic of the period. It is a five-board fence with 1” x 6” boards placed horizontally. The lower first and second boards are closer together; the third andfourth continue with a wider gap. There is a running cap on top of the fifth board. It is simple but, again, practical in that the lower boards keep small animals out. Coats of white paint highlight the fence and gate and preserve their beauty.

The Garden Club of Virginia can be proud that this fence and gate projectenhances another historic restoration in Virginia. A visit to Ker Place will take youback in time.


Mary Frances Buchanan Flowers1918-2010By Jane Cowles

The Boxwood Garden Club

The Garden Club of Virginia has lost a close friend and visionary leader—Mary Frances Flowers, who died March 16, 2010, in Richmond at the age of 91.

In 1957, at age 38, Mary Frances joined the Boxwood Garden Club and withinsix years became its president. She became president of the Garden Club of Virginiain 1970. During her presidency, Mary Frances led a reorganization, in which the GCVamended its constitution and bylaws, obtained tax-exempt status, purchased and beganrestoring the historic Kent-Valentine House as its headquarters, and established twoendowments to support the yearly operating budget of the house and fund special projects.

According to Lee Cochran, who followed Mary Frances as president, MaryFrances “led (or pushed), when necessary, the GCV through two of its most productiveyears. Almost single-handedly she engineered the purchase and restoration of the Kent-Valentine House.” The Historic Garden Week office emerged from the basement ofthe Jefferson Hotel. GCV records came out from under the president’s bed. Dues andgifts became tax deductible. Membership grew.

The purchase and restoration of the K-VH was a tremendous act of faith in thefuture of the GCV. With success not assured, Mary Frances remained committedbeyond her GVC presidency. She became the first chairman of the K-VH. She hiredpersonnel, welcomed guests, conducted tours and catered seated luncheons. She spentso much time at the K-VH that her young grandson thought she lived there. Underher leadership the GCV paid the loan in full in six years.

In 1974 Mary Frances received the Massie Medal for serving as “the guiding spirit of the Kent-Valentine House.” Mary Frances was named Honorary Presidentof the GCV in 1987.

Mary Frances “believed deeply in what she was doing,” according the Rev. BenSparks. “She made you want to be a part of whatever her agenda was. She was a doer, anorganizer, and faithful to the task. She never put herself forward. When she took leadership, it was for the common good, for the community to strengthen and inspire”.

With Logan Johns, Mary Frances instructed an estimated 5,000 citizens aboutthe value of conserving and beautifying the James River. For this work the GCVawarded them the de Lacy Gray Medal in 1970. As Restoration Chairman (1978-1980), Mary Frances arranged for Rudy Favretti, a nationally renowned landscapearchitect, to oversee the GVC’s restoration of historic gardens throughout Virginia.

Mary Frances was active at Second Presbyterian Church, Sheltering ArmsHospital, the Junior League, the Woman’s Club, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Historic Richmond Foundation, National Society of ColonialDames of America and she was a founding trustee of Westminster-CanterburyRichmond.

Mary Frances accomplished all of this while caring for her husband, GeorgeHorace Flowers, Jr. who died in 1969, three sons George III, Bill and John and adaughter the late Mary Flowers Cadwallader.

“She did it all,” recalled Lee Cochran. “It could have been her theme song.”

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Artistic Award goes to the Roanoke Valley Garden Club. This award is given to the club earning the most points

for ribbons in the Inter Club competition in the three GCV flower shows, Lily, Rose and Daffodil.

Katherine Knopf accepts the Inter Club artistic award

from Cabell West and Betty Michelson


New Honorary MembersBy Elizabeth (Boo) Compton,

Chairman GCV Admissions CommitteeGabriella Garden Club

At the Annual Meeting, three newHonorary Members were announcedto the Garden Club of Virginia

membership. They are Peter Hatch, Directorof Gardens and Grounds at Monticello,Dean Norton, Director of Horticulture atMount Vernon and Charles G. McDaniel ofthe Hilldrup Companies. Each of these menhas made significant contributions to themission of our club for which we are grateful.

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President Cabell West gave the first President’s Award to Catherine Whitham at the 2010 GCV Annual meeting for her

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Peter Hatch, Dean Norton and Charles G. McDaniel

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2010 Horticulture Award of MeritBy Mary Eades, GCV Horticulture Chairman,

Rivanna Garden Club

The Horticulture Award of Merit was established in 1960 for individual members of The Garden Club of Virginia who have achieved significantaccomplishments in horticulture, both personally and in the community

at-large. The awards are presented at the Annual Meeting.

We are pleased to present this year’s winners.

Mabel S. Baldwin, Three Chopt Garden Club

Mabel’s garden in the west end of Richmond is a testament to her horticultural expertise. She designed and landscaped her property incorporating perennials, shrubs,trees and a variety of bulbs on a shady, steeply pitched lot. She has served on the GCVHorticulture Committee as well as multiple terms as Horticulture Chairman for ThreeChopt Garden Club where she shares her knowledge in clever and enthusiastic ways.She always encourages “green practices.” Mabel has volunteered more than 1400 hourswith Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden since 1986 and has been active as a GardenGuide since 1993, a job which requires intensive, ongoing training. She wasChairman of the Bloemendaal Council, the governing body of the volunteer corps,from 1992-94. For sixteen years she has been involved with the committee for theGillette Forum on Landscape Design, serving as Chairman from 2004-2007.

Donna Eure, The Virginia Beach Garden Club

Donna has a true horticulture specimen garden containing hundreds of varieties ofplants, which she graciously shares with her club members and the community. Shemakes her own compost and shares her knowledge by mentoring novice gardeners.Her garden has been open for Horticulture Field Day, as well as for the GCV AnnualMeeting garden tours in 2009. Donna has taught plant grooming and propagationworkshops for her club and for the Garden Club of Norfolk. Formerly the clubHorticulture Chairman, Donna is currently co-chair of the Tidewater GardenSymposium, a group she has participated in for 12 years.

Mary Lawrence Harrell, Nansemond River Garden Club

Mary Lawrence, a member of NRGC for more than 30 years, and currently the club’sHorticulture Chairman, enthusiastically plants and nurtures roses for the GCV testcollection. She served as a teacher for her club’s Ecology Camp last June, imparting her knowledge and love of plants to the 3rd and 4th graders who attended. MaryLawrence was the “go-to” person during the design and selection of materials for theclub’s Common Wealth Award winning project, the Heritage Garden in Cedar HillCemetery, for which she promoted the use of drought resistant and native plants.


Frances Jones, Williamsburg Garden Club

Frances’ expertise is roses, and she is a devoted caretaker of the 75 rose bushes in hergarden. She has led programs and workshops focusing on the horticulture and exhibition of roses. Frances is a GCV Rose Committee member and has served as theRose Chairman for Williamsburg Garden Club for seven years. She consistently winsawards when exhibiting specimens and places much importance on using organic fertilizer and plant foods. Frances wrote a Journal article, “Going Green” about thehorticulture of roses and promotes the use of organic fertilizer and plant food in theworkshops she leads.

Margaret Milam, The Garden Club of Danville

Margaret, a Master Gardener, strives to be an expert on all that she grows, includingshade loving plants in a city garden and a variety of trees, flowers, vegetables andblooming shrubs on her farm. She is a member of the Guilford Horticulture Societyand past chairman of Adopt-a-Spot. She shares her love of horticulture by teachingchildren from a local church how to plant a vegetable garden and then encouragingthem to share the produce with the community. Margaret educates herself on the subject of Uranium Mining in Pittsylvania County. She has written numerous letterson the subject to her congressman, and visited the offices in Richmond duringLegislative Day to discuss her concerns.

Susan Perrin, The Garden Club of Gloucester

Sue’s seven acre garden, which has appeared in Garden Gate magazine, includes unusual cultivars of low maintenance, native flowering shrubs and a vast collection of daffodils. It will be open for the 2010 Historic Garden Week tour. Currently herclub’s Horticulture Chairman, Sue has trained local Master Gardeners in landscaping,and has been a guest blogger for the GCV Horticulture blog. She is currently servingas co-chair of the GCV Conservation Committee and has lobbied for GCV-backedissues, as well as for her personal conservation beliefs. Sue, along with local landscapersand horticulturists, has helped to found a local horticulture club that is open to thepublic. Regular speakers and field trips are an ongoing part of this group. Sue recently accepted a three year position on the GCV Fellowship Committee, a part of theRestoration Committee.

Grace Rice, Augusta Garden Club

By growing, exhibiting and photographing roses, Grace has educated the public. Her garden has been open for community events as well as HGW. She began with abare backyard and designed an exquisite garden featuring roses. She composts, and isinnovative and creative in her plant choices and planting techniques and is careful to

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research the best plants for the best location. She has worked to increase the generalunderstanding of, and interest in growing roses throughout Staunton and Augustacounties, for the public as well as garden club members. Currently a member of theGCV Horticulture Committee, Grace has served as Rose Chairman of the AugustaGarden Club for over a decade.

Gay Savage, Harborfront Garden Club

Gay is dedicated and passionate about horticulture and enjoys growing unusual plantsthat are native or adaptable to the Virginia coastal climate. Her key interests arenatives, perennials and daffodils. She presently serves on the GCV Conservation andBeautification Committee, and has held a number of committee positions at theNorfolk Botanical Garden and in her own club. She has served her community by volunteering many hours on the Master Gardener hotline at Norfolk’s Fred HeutteCenter as well as at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens greenhouse. Gay served as herclub’s Horticulture Chairman and Harborfront’s members say that she is their reliablesource for Latin names and the correct spelling of plant names. Along with her manyyears of experience in gardening and volunteering, she brings tremendous energy toher fellow club members.

Carol Yetzer, Spotswood Garden Club

Carol, Horticulture chairman for her club, is also Chairman of the BeautificationCommittee and a member of Greener Harrisonburg, a local gardening group. Carolenjoys being a mentor to new garden club members and neighbors and readily sharesplants. She has been a leader of City Landscape Renewal projects, such as ‘visualimpact’ gardens. Carol encourages leaf composting and shares her knowledge of properplanting and pruning of trees. She enjoys working with and training others in goodgardening practices and attends lectures and garden tours to expand her knowledge.

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Lily NotesBy Mary Nelson Thompson, GCV Lily Chairman

The Franklin Garden Club

New awards have been announced for the Lily Show. Six sterling silver awardgoblets from Garden Club of Virginia Lily Shows in the 1950s and 1960were spotted by an alert antiques dealer at an estate sale. The GCV Lily

Committee voted to purchase and engrave the goblets, keeping the provenance engraving on one side and the new award information on the other side.

The following new awards were established based on the contributions of thehonorees to the annual GCV Lily Show:

The David Diller Award for the Best Martagon Lily (First Gentleman, Emeritus,of the GCV Lily Committee, noted lily grower, classifier and NALS judge)

The Vicki Bowen Award for the Best Trumpet Lily (Noted lily grower, hybridizer,NALS judge and a constant helper with classification at the GCV Shows)

The Sara Ann Lindsey Award for the Best Oriental Lily (GCV Lily Chairman,1976-1984, NALS board member and judge and active member of the Hunting CreekGarden Club for over 50 years)

The James A. McKenney Award for the Best Longiflorum/Asiatic Hybrid Lily,(NALS judge and longtime member of the classification committee)

The Eugenia Diller Award for the Best Oriental/Trumpet Hybrid Lily, (ChairmanEmeritus of the GCV Lily Committee and NALS judge)

The GCV Lily CommitteeInterdivisional Hybrid Lily Award for theBest Longiflorum/Oriental Hybrid Lily

These awards will be presented atthe 68th Annual GCV Lily Show to behosted by the Petersburg Garden Club,June 16-17, at Union Train Station,Petersburg, Virginia. Horticulturalexhibitors, floral designers, GCV members and guests will be treated to a fantastic display, hospitality and aneducational experience. There will bemany beautifully restored historical sites,enticing shops and great restaurants, allwithin walking distance of the show. A special feature will be a tour of thenewly restored 1794 McIlwaine Houseon Wednesday, June 16th.

The theme of the show is oldmovies featuring trains. All aboardplease to join us in Old TownePetersburg for a spectacular event.


Flower Arranging SchoolTuesday, September 21, 2010

Lewis Ginter Botanical GardensCheck-in from 9:00 a.m. Lecture begins at 10:00 a.m.

$45.00 includes lunchPurchase your ticket through the GCV Web site, or by contacting the registrar, Caroline Parrish,

Thornton River Farm, P.O. Box 1, Viewtown, Va, 20106. 540-937-5160, [email protected].

The Flower Shows Committee is delighted to announce Ron Morgan as thespeaker. One of the most sought after and well recognized floral designers in thecountry, Ron transforms the ordinary into the exquisite with his imaginative use of flowers, fruits, vegetables, and unusual items, Ron currently lives in Alameda,California. He has lived in London and Sydney, Australia where he designed windows for Harrods and David Jones. He has opened retail floral and antiqueshops, held many flower arranging classes and lectures around the world.

Ron has published four books: The Center of Attention, In the Company ofFlowers, A Celebration of Clematis and A Glass Act, (how to arrange using only glasscontainers.) For our lecture he will focus on some of the elements of design: color,texture and space.

Seating is limited. Act quickly if you would like to attend. There will be a judges’ exam beginning at 8:30 a.m.


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Lily Show68TH

ANNUAL

‘All Aboard’Sponsored by the Petersburg Garden Club

Assisted by the North American Lily Society

Union Train Station103 River Street, Old Towne

Petersburg, VA

Entries accepted: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.Wednesday, June 16, 2010 8:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Open to the public: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 2:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

ART I S T I C CL A S S E SPetersburg’s importance in the Civil War was greatly due to the railroads.

The Lily Show is being held in Petersburg’s Union Train Station. The Artistic classes are named for old movies featuring trains.

Inter Club Class

Class 51 A “Bridge on the River Kwai”World War II railroad bridge to Burma – Mass Line

Class 51 B “Murder On the Orient Express”Homicide on a luxury train – French Rococo

Class 51 C “High Noon”The noon train brings a bad man for a big showdown – Western Line Design

Class 51 D “Brief Encounter”Two commuters, married to others, meet in train station and fall in love – Free Style

All Artistic designs will be judged according to the Garden Club of VirginiaFlower Shows Handbook, Revised www.gcvirginia.org

68TH

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For a complete list and photos of Daffodil Show Winners,Grateful appreciation extended to Mary Wynn and Charles McDaniel

“The James Runs Sponsored by the

2010 Artistic Winners

Class 238 Inter Club Artistic ClassesA. Italian Renaissance

Garden Club of the Middle PeninsulaC. Creative Mass

Chatham Garden Club

D. Traditional Line Roanoke Valley Garden

ClubQuad Blue

Class 239Best arrangement by an Individual

Caroline ParrishGarden Club of WarrentonB. Late Colonial

Lynchburg Garden Club

The 76th Annual


go to www.gcvirginia.org and access Daffodil Show.and Hilldrup Transfer & Storage for support of the GCV Flower Shows

Through It”Hillside Garden Club

NUMBER OF HORTICULTURE EXHIBITORS: 111NUMBER OF ARTISTIC ENTRIES: 71NUMBER OF HORTICULTURE STEMS: 1,861

2010 Horticulture Winners

Gold Ribbon-‘Magic Lantern’Katherine Beale,

Harborfront Garden Club

Intermediate Ribbon‘Sunset Sonata’Glenna Graves

Spotswood Garden Club

Test CollectionGarden Club of Gloucester

Miniature Gold Ribbon‘Spring Serenade’

Karen Cogar,Hunting Creek Garden Club

White Ribbon-‘American Classic’Dianne Spence, WilliamsburgGarden Club

Daffodil Show


Daffodil NotesBy Lucy Rhame, GCV Daffodil Chairman

The Hunting Creek Garden Club

Lynchburg certainly turned up the heat on April 6 and 7 for the Garden Club of Virginia Daffodil Show this year, quite literally. Hillside Garden Club, under the chairmanship of Melanie Christian and Becky O’Brian, hosted a

lovely show at Sweet Briar College. One hundred and eleven exhibitors came fromthroughout the state to participate. In spite of the 90-degree temperatures, 1,861stems were entered in the horticulture classes, including 862 horticultural exhibits, ofwhich 16 were club collections exhibits. Overcoming stiff competition, the GardenClub of Gloucester was awarded the Daffodil Chairman’s Cup for the best test collection. But that is not the only silver that traveled back to Tidewater. Ceci Brownof Gloucester was busy winning numerous awards, in addition to the Garden Club ofVirginia Cup for the most blue ribbons, 19, in the show. Dianne Spence of theWilliamsburg Garden Club won the Helen Louise Broyhill trophy for the best vase ofthree standard daffodils, ‘American Classic.’ The best standard bloom in the show,‘Magic Lantern,’ was entered by Katherine Beale of Harborfront Garden Club, whoalso won the Member Club’s Cup.

Karen Cogar Abramson of Hunting Creek Garden Club in Alexandria wasawarded the Gale and Lockwood Frizzell Award in addition to the Anne Duvall MillerMassie Perpetual Trophy, which was offered for the first time this year to the GCVmember with the best collection of five historic daffodils. Karen also won the bestminiature daffodil in the show for her entry of ‘Spring Serenade.’ She celebrated withfellow club members Vicky Alexander, who won the Patricia Mann Crenshaw Awardfor ‘Misty Glen,’ and Lea Shuba, who exhibited the best Triandrus single stem. TheGarden Club of Fairfax rounded out the Northern Virginia showing with Tricia Goinswinning the Worshipful Company of Gardeners of London Cup and CharlotteBenjamin entering the best bloom in the small growers’ classes.

How did Catherine Gillespie manage to win the Edith Hardison Walker Awardand Suzie Bresee win the Jennette H. Rustin Trophy when they were both busy helping others in the workroom all evening? And Glenna Graves of the Spotswood

Garden Club, also a busy member of the GCV Daffodil Committee, won theribbon for the best intermediate bloom with ‘Sunset Sonata.’

The Hillside Garden Club members outdid themselves. Of course none of it would have been possible without the generosity of Hilldrup Transfer & Storage, which transports all theproperties to and from each of our flower shows. Putting on aflower show is a tremendous job and thanks go to everyone whoworked hard to make it a wonderful experience.


Rose NotesBy Pat Taylor, GCV Rose Chairman

The Boxwood Garden Club

After a long, snowy winter, roses are finally blooming. Roses are heavy feeders and they need three components of nutrientsin order to thrive: organic fertilizer, inorganic fertilizer and water

to regain what was lost in the winter freeze.It is helpful to incorporate organic fertilizers, such as fish meal, alfalfa meal,

blood meal and bone meal, into your rose beds. Organic matter breaks down slowly in the soil and benefits the roses for several months. These ingredients can be conveniently applied by purchasing products such as Mills Magic Rose Mix, Fertrell or Espoma, which contain a mixture of organic matter.

Inorganic fertilizer is also important because it gives the plant an immediateboost that lasts for several months. An ideal product is a 10-10-10 or 13-13-13 thatcontains trace elements (manganese, boron, copper, etc.) in addition to the basic components of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. The most immediate source ofnutrients can be delivered through Miracle Grow 15-30-15 or Peter’s 20-20-20 addedto a gallon of water. Always follow label directions carefully. Your roses would love atablespoon of fish emulsion added to this water-soluble fertilizer.

By broadcasting Osmocote or another slow release fertilizer onto the soil, you canrest assured your roses will be fed even if you are unable to do so. Feeding only slowrelease fertilizer will not grow show-quality roses, but it is certainly better than nofeeding at all.

Perhaps the most critical element in rose care is water. Water provides the deliverysystem that transports nutrients from the soil to the plant’s tissue. Always water yourroses the day before you fertilize and spray and then repeat watering the day after.Failure to water both times can result in burned leaves.

The rose garden should be top-dressed with several inches of organic mulch. Not only does mulch help to conserve water and prevent weeds, but as it breaks downit also enriches the soil on a continual basis.

Please bring your roses to the 72nd Garden Club of Virginia Rose Show onOctober 6, 2010, in Norfolk. Harborfront Garden Club has planned a lovely roseshow to showcase your exquisite blooms and arrangements.

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Club NotesThe Garden Club of the Eastern Shore

Going green has become ahousehold term for how weuse our natural resources. The

green movement has fostered a move by manufacturers to develop energy-savingproducts that reduce maintenance andmake it easier to live in our homes.

A mandate from members of theGarden Club of the Eastern Shore, theHarborfront Garden Club of Norfolkand other garden club members fromour district was simple: Tell us how wecan go green. What follows is a synopsisof a talk presented by Duff Kliewer, ofCox, Kliewer & Company, P.C.,January 19, 2010 at the AquaRestaurant at the Bay Creek Marina inCape Charles.

We can improve the energy efficiency of our houses starting withthe exterior. One of the advances comesin the form of concrete composite siding, available in a variety of configu-rations. Roofing has also enjoyed realadvances, especially in the form of recycled rubber slates. A secret weaponbeneath the shingles themselves is anunderlayment that extends the life ofwood roof sheathing, especially at theeave edges and around chimneys, whereleakage usually begins.

Geothermal systems allow the massof the earth to be used for home heatingand air conditioning. These systems use25 to 50 percent less electricity becausethey eliminate the condenser and reduceenergy consumption and emissions 40to 70 percent. In-floor heating systems,

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Fluorescent lamps are offered in color-corrected versions that approximate sunlight. Their efficiency is approximately ten times that of incandescent lamps. Low-voltage lamps, such as halogen, offer savings too. A real breakthrough is in LED(Light Emitting Diode) lighting, first used commercially in traffic, automotive andappliance lighting. Now developed for home and business applications, it is availablein a wide variety of forms. Integrated wireless switching and dimming can now becontrolled within the home or remotely via telephone, laptop computer or iPod. This enables lighting levels, heating and air conditioning settings, window shading and other electronic systems to be set to desired levels whether you are there or not.

Major paint manufacturers have been working for some years to reduce thevolatile organic compounds in their products, and several now offer VOC-free products. VOCs produce gases that damage the ozone layer in the atmosphere. New paints do not contain theses gases.

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GCV Journal 2010 WorkshopAileen Laing, GCV Journal Chairman

The Warrenton Garden ClubQ. Why should a gardener make a good reporter?A. She’s good at getting dirt on people.

Anna Billingsley, Director of Publications and Design at University of MaryWashington, opened her presentation at the March 8 Journal workshop with theselines. Her talk, held at Belmont near Fredericksburg, was entitled, “CultivatingWriters: Tips on How to Prune and Arrange Your Words with Style.”

“Whether you write about chrysanthemums, compost or creek beds, the sameguidelines apply,” and she gave us twelve useful rules to make our articles both accurateand appealing.

1) Write about that which you knowFamiliarity with the topic will bring enthusiasm to your writing.

2) Surprise readersArticles on flower shows are expected; the one recently on “Arranging Men” is not. An unusual, slightly quirky topic will pique readers’ curiosity.

3) Write in the third person4) Keep it short

As Thomas Jefferson said, “The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two wordswhen one will do.”

5) Remember that gardeners are grammarians, too!6) Deadhead flowery language7) Provide useful information

Glenna Graves’ article in the December Journal (p. 18) is an example of providing useful information in “an easily digestible manner.”

8) Be lively“Concise doesn’t mean boring.” Using the active rather than passive voice lends vibrancy to your writing.

9) Accept that there will be challengesGardens are famously fluid, and often uncertain, creations. Be prepared to have your statements contradicted by events; you may write that February is the best time to plantand then your area is hit by late storms, or a plant that never grows or blooms for you is ablazing success for others.

10) Meet deadlines11) Be prepared to be edited

View this as a form of pruning designed to make the plant (your article) stronger.12) Pat yourself on the back when you see your words in print

Writing, like gardening, is hard work. Be proud of your accomplishment.Mrs. Billingsley continued with encouragement to write and to keep on writing. She is an advocate for keeping a journal in which a writer’s ideas can germinate and bekept fresh as they mature. Good writers are also avid readers, constantly introducingthemselves to new ideas that often fertilize the kernel of an original thought.

A lively discussion followed the talk and everyone left enthused to write for themselves and for the Journal.

(Editor’s note: The Journal workshop is held every other year for all GCV members interested in writingfor the quarterly publication. Journal representatives from each club are urged to come.)


Ex LibrisPaxton’s Magazine of Botany

By Anne Cross, GCV Library CommitteeThe Ashland Garden Club

Sitting on a top shelf in the Kent-Valentine library are 14 volumes of Paxton’s

Magazine of Botany. They are dull-looking books bound in institutional

bindings, but the reader who opens one is in for a rare treat. Each volume is

filled with beautiful hand-colored plates of plants and woodcuts of garden plans,

structures and tools. The volumes also include a calendar of work to be done in the

garden each month and information about insects and their control.

The Magazine of Botany was published by Sir Joseph Paxton from 1834 to 1849.

Paxton, born in 1803, became a garden boy at Battlesden at age 17. In 1823 he went

to work at the Horticultural Society’s Chiswick Gardens where he met the Duke of

Devonshire. The duke offered him the position of head gardener at Chatsworth and

in 1832 made him the manager of his estates. Paxton designed the gardens at

Chatsworth and, between 1836 and 1840, built a conservatory there called the Great

Stove, at the time the largest glass building in the world. In 1844 he constructed the

Emperor Fountain, then the tallest fountain in Europe. In 1849 he built a small glass

building to protect the ‘Victoria Regia’ water lily where the lily flowered for the first

time under cultivation.

The design of the lily house was the basis for the design of the Crystal Palace in

Hyde Park. Paxton entered the competition for the design of the building to house the

“Great Exhibition of the Works of All Nations” in 1851. He sketched his design on a

piece of blotting paper and won the competition. The Crystal Palace was completed

in six months. Consisting of iron rods and walls of clear glass it occupied about 18

acres. Disassembled in 1854 when the exhibition ended and rebuilt in Upper

Norwood, the Crystal Palace continued to be used for shows, exhibitions, sports events

and concerts. In 1936 it was severely damaged by fire and in 1941 it was demolished

because it served as a landmark for German bombers.

In 1854 Paxton was elected to Parliament and remained a member until his death

in 1865. He maintained his close friendship with the Duke of Devonshire to whom

the first volume of The Magazine of Botany is dedicated.

The Kent-Valentine copies of The Magazine of Botany were given by Mr. and

Mrs. Joseph Muir Mercer.


Common Wealth Award NominationsBy Linda L. Consolvo, Common Wealth Award Chairman

The Nansemond River Garden Club

Congratulations to the 2010 finalists for the Common Wealth Award: Chatham Garden Club, the Garden Club of Gloucester, Harborfront Garden Cluband the Hunting Creek Garden Club. The club presidents will vote their clubs’ preferences for this prestigious award at the Board of Governors’ Meeting in October.

Chatham Railway Depot Entrance LandscapeSubmitted by Chatham Garden Club

In 2001, the arduous task of saving the 1918 Southern Railway Depot inChatham was begun, and for the past nine years Pittsylvania Historical Society hasproceeded with restoration of this historic icon located on the main North/South railline of Norfolk Southern Corporation.

Renovations to the interior of the depot are expected to be completed in July2010 and will provide multi-faceted historical, education, and community benefits.

In answer to our search for a worthwhile project that will impact our entire area,Chatham Garden Club has committed to fund the initial grading and site preparationfor the implementation of a professional landscape entrance design. Further, becausewe feel confident that once renovations are complete, opportunities to add plant material will present themselves, CGC is researching rare horticultural specimensunique to the period that the train station was a bustling, thriving part of Virginia life.In light of reduced school funding, this incredible resource is expected to host localschool trips, which has inspired CGC to explore the additional of a teaching garden.

The coveted Common Wealth Award would allow us to aid in the completion of this beautiful entrance design and further our contribution to horticulture, preservation, and education.

Community Woodland WalkSubmitted by the Garden Club of Gloucester

The Common Wealth Award will enable us to complete our plans for woodlandwalking trails at the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society. These trails would includebenches, tables, birdhouses, shaded areas and a variety of native plantings with education signage. This project will provide shelter and sanctuary for not only a vastarray of wildlife, but also for the approximately 10,000 yearly community memberswho visit, volunteer and adopt at the shelter.

The Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society is the only animal shelter serving the751 square mile area of Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex counties. This facilityopened in 2009 with virtually no government funding. Hundreds of communitymembers were instrumental in the planning, funding and building of the new shelter.

Under the leadership of the Garden Club of Gloucester, community volunteersjoined members in the initial landscaping of the shelter. The club raised more than$8000 over 3 years for this initial work. Together we planted more than 100 mostlynative trees, shrubs and thousands of bulbs. The Community Woodland Walk continues our landscaping work at the shelter and would offer a natural retreat to the larger community. We are committed to this project for our community and respectfully seek your support.


Butterfly and Sensory Garden at St. Mary’s Home for Disabled ChildrenSubmitted by Harborfront Garden Club

St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children in Norfolk has a garden designed toenrich the lives of children residing in this unique facility – Virginia’s only pediatriclong-term residential care facility exclusively for children, newborn to 21, with severemental and physical disabilities. This state-of-the-art facility for 92 residents, one of a few nationwide designed exclusively for providing care in a home-like residential environment, opened in 2005.

Two large courtyards with floor-to-ceiling windows enable over 6,000 residents,family, visitors and staff to interact with nature or enjoy gardens from inside. In 2008,Harborfront Garden Club began working with staff and Girl Scout Troop 5067 on a new Butterfly and Sensory Garden in the courtyard near the main entrance. Weplanted plants from our own gardens, donated plants and $500 in plants we won in anational website contest. We funded the installation of a fishpond – especially popularwith the children. Now more plants are needed as well as irrigation, paved walkways to accommodate the wheelchair-bound children and low-voltage lighting to view thegarden at night.

The physical and emotional demands on the children, families and dedicatedstaff are significant. Full access to the garden will allow children to experience nature’swonders while providing respite for all who visit, work and reside at this outstandingfacility serving all of Virginia.

Outdoor Classroom Teaching Shelter for Huntley Meadows ParkSubmitted by the Hunting Creek Garden Club

Huntley Meadows Park - a 1,500 acre protected natural area in Alexandria,Virginia - is currently working on an Outdoor Classroom project. This project is basedon a self-guided trail around the park’s visitor center that would run through severalstations that include the following:Native plantings of species from the Chesapeake Bay watershed that attract songbirdsand pollinating insects, and are tolerant of shade, drought, flooding and deer browse

Amphibian pondsBird feeding stationsNesting boxes for bees, birds and batsWildlife brush sheltersTeaching shelter

Primary goals of the project:increase the park’s teaching spaceencourage visitors to interact with the natural environmenteducate visitors about backyard conservation and environmentally sound

landscaping practiceseducate visitors about native plants and local wildlife, especially songbirds,

amphibians and beneficial insects such as pollinators

The proposed teacher shelter would function as the center of the outdoor classroom, facilitating outdoor workshops and programs. This aspect of the OutdoorClassroom requires the most funding – park staff asks for financial help from the community to make the teaching shelter possible.

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


Fine Arts & Flowers at the VirginiaMuseum of Fine Arts

By Virginia B. MaloneyThe James River Garden Club

From the light-filled Cochrane Atrium in the spacious new McGlothlin Wing to the galleries of the original 1936 building, the Virginia Museum of Fine Artswill abound with more than 70 art-inspired floral designs, many by Garden

Club of Virginia members, when Fine Arts & Flowers opens for the tenth time,October 13-17. There will be more art to see than ever before, offering designers freshand inspiring ways to express their creativity in interpreting the artists’ visions.

A large variety of floral materials will be made available by event sponsor Strange’sFlorists, Greenhouses and Garden Centers. And, of course, the participating VirginiaFederation of Garden Clubs and Garden Club of Virginia members will make the verybest use of them.

The first opportunity to see the arrangements will be at the Gala Preview,October 13th. Magnificent floral designs, hors d’oeuvres, wine, music and theJewelry Fair are a combination that is hard to beat. This elegant evening is always ahighlight of Fine Arts & Flowers.

Highly-respected lecturers will present programs to entertain and enlighten you.On October 14, Hitomi Gilliam will delight you with ARTFLOR demonstrating hercontemporary and sometimes abstract approach to design. That afternoon popularfavorite Allan Armitage, head of the University of Georgia test garden, will present anillustrated talk about new and unusual plants. On October 15th, Bryan Rafanelli,

who has planned everything from dinnerparties for 10 to President Obama’sCommander-in-Chief ’s Inaugural Ball, will give away some of his secrets of successful planning. Finally, Rene vanRems, an internationally noted floraldesigner, will demonstrate floral designconcepts and techniques from Europe.

Two new events may entice you:Flowers after Hours with music and tapason Friday evening and Flowers in Fashionat midday Saturday, an exhibition of floral-themed clothing designed and modeled by Virginia CommonwealthUniversity students. You will find everything in flower at Fine Arts &Flowers!

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Symposium 2010By Ann Gordon Evans, GCV Symposium Committee

The Huntington Garden Club

With the theme “Quality of Life: Past. Present. Future.,” the 2010Symposium was a huge success. Nearly 400 Garden Club of Virginiamembers and their guests gathered February 22-24 at the Homestead to

enjoy informative speakers, attend seminars and workshops, tour local historical houses, enjoy excellent food and fellowship and shop with the outstanding vendors.Current and past presidents of the GCV and of member clubs were honored. The success of the Symposium was due largely to the chairman, Julie MacKinlay, and hercommittee members who worked tirelessly for 18 months to offer GCV members andtheir guests a unique educational experience. The committee made a special effort toprice the tickets reasonably and still stay in the black.

The following GCV members and guests were asked to share their thoughts:

Tom Brown, husband of Sally Guy Brown, The Garden Club of Alexandria: “I sent an email to my daughter telling her that I was attending the Symposium with11 men and 380 women. She immediately replied that it could be heaven or it couldbe not so heavenly. I assure all GCV husbands that it was much closer to the formerand not remotely like the latter.”

Nick Cadwallender, husband of Jeanette Cadwallender, The RappahannockValley Garden Club: “Geology, ecology, biology, hydrology and climatology came tolife when the Homestead’s naturalist, Brian LaFountain, cast his spell on a small groupof Symposium attendees who had signed up for the Cascades Gorge Hike. Althoughrain prevented us from walking the gorge, Brian introduced us to the insect, bird, animal and plant life of the mountains through his own spectacular photography andtheatricality. It was a hilarious romp through the woods, listening to his bird calls,holding prehistoric fossils and playing Brian’s own brand of trivial pursuit withoutleaving the warm and dry comfort of the Nature Center.”

Lyn Hutchens, The Huntington Garden Club: “I felt enriched by the exposure to excellent speakers and programs and came home saturated with information andbeautiful images. I hope that the Symposium will continue every other year.”

Karen Jones, The Martinsville Garden Club: “My favorites were the WashingtonNational Cathedral floral designers and the conservation speakers, George Hawkinsand Joel Salatin. It was a special treat to see the homes and nearby St. Luke’s EpiscopalChurch. ”

Elizabeth Littlejohn, daughter of Jamie Old, The Huntington Garden Club: “I thought the quality and variety of the vendors were excellent. The speakers were thehighlight for me. I really enjoyed the environmental/conservation focus, especially JoelSalatin’s talk.”

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Judy Perry, The Elizabeth River Garden Club: “The Symposium roster of speakers was extensive, covering a myriad of topics that inspired us to become betterstewards of our environment, better flower arrangers and gardeners and better friendswith our fellow garden club members. The expert planning by the Symposium committee kept us moving from one special experience to another.”

Grace Rice, The Augusta Garden Club: “Energy. Electricity. Enthusiasm.Excitement. This described the scene greeting guests to the GCV Symposium.Beginning with the Hot Springs House Tour and a lovely tea at St. Luke’s EpiscopalChurch through Joel Salatin’s talk on organic farming in Augusta County, there wasnot a minute wasted. The flower arranging workshop, led by Marion Zimmerman andLouise Rocker was the highlight of the Symposium for me. What fun those ladies areand how easy they make you feel when faced with flowers and an empty vase. This adsan important fifth ‘e,’ Education.”

Diane Wilkinson, The Garden Club of Fairfax: “The Symposium was wonderfully organized and the scheduled events went off like clockwork. I came awayenthused with many notes. I applaud the Symposium committee and appreciate itsgood work.”

The Symposium is clearly an event that GCV members want to continue. The board has already begun to discuss the next Symposium.

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Past presidents of the GCV and member clubs at the Symposium, February 2010, the Homestead


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My Own, My Native Land

When the violets are blooming in Virginia,And the breath of spring is in the softer air,

When the buds are bursting into apple-blossoms,How my heart is longing, longing to be there!

When it’s golden summertime down in Virginia And the moonlight’s dancing on the noble James,

O there’s not a land more fair in God’s creationThan fond memory of youthful day proclaims!

When the Blue Ridge turns to brown in Old Virginia,And the trembling leaves float on the autumn air,

Tho’ the mocking bird has sought fair realms to southward,Than the land of all my dreams there’s none more rare!

When the snowflakes soft are falling in Virginia,In reverie, I see, beneath the mistletoe,

Fair the face of mine own boyhood’s brown-eyed sweetheart,Whom the angels took from earth so long ago!

Springtime’s call and summer’s skies in Old Virginia,Autumn’s glow and winter’s frost are calling me:

O when I shall fall asleep, my loved Virginia,Let my dreamland be a little part of thee!

—Henri Fortesquire

Editor’s note. I found this poem in my late mother’s desk with items belonging to my great-grandmother. The yellowed piece of newsprint is dated October 23, 1922.

It lists Mr. Fortesquire as being from Waynesboro. I can find no record of the poet.


C O N T R I B U T I O N SReport Period From 1/1/10 Through 3/31/10

The Annual FundProvides essential ongoing support necessary to maintain GCV operations.

DonorsThe Garden Club of

AlexandriaRivanna Garden ClubThe Garden Club of

Warren CountyVictoria AlexanderNancy W. AveryMargaret J. AyscueAnne G. BaldwinMrs. Ronald W. BevansLinda C. BlackburnMrs. Bowlman T. Bowles, Jr.Nan BowmanTerry BoydMrs. Peter K. BradenMrs. George M. Brooke, Jr.Sally Guy BrownRandy BrownBetty S. BrownSandy BurroughsDianne E. ButlerHelen S. CarterJane D. CheadleMrs. Stuart G. Christian, Jr.Mrs. C. L. Christian IIICathy W. ClarkeJocelyn P. ConnorsSarah G. CraddockMrs. Alan B. CroftMrs. C.B. de GavreLucy R. EllettCatherine S. EnglishTerry EvansMillie FaucettMrs. Lockwood Frizell

Jacquie GammonsMartha GeigerPamela K. GottschalkOakwood FoundationSusan Foster HamillElizabeth B. HardyMrs. N. Potter Henderson, Jr.Marguerite HeyworthSarah S. HodgkinChris Howison Gay Carpenter HuffmanDr. and Mrs. Thomas

JamisonCecelia R. JohnsonMartha Roland JonesJudy KiddJoAnne H. KinnamonJean W. LaneMrs. Malcolm H. LivickCheryl C. LynchMrs. Charles G. Mackall, Jr.Martha F. MansonMadeline Hutcheson

MayhoodMyra Lynne McDanielMary Wynn McDanielBrenda McGeheeBetty M. MichelsonElizabeth P. and Lewis N.

Miller, Jr. Charitable FundMargaret Welch MoffittJane T. MooreJill B. MountcastleTommi T. Nevin

Jill NewtonRebecca H. O’BrianJoyce OverbySarah Holt PiersonAnn R. ReedGrace P. RhinesmithMrs. James B. Richards, Jr.Rodie SavageMrs. Marc A. ShookScottie SlaterAlice K. SmithDana Y. SmithMisty C. SpongMary Lew SponskiCora Sue SpruillNadia StanfieldMrs. Norman E. TadlockSue C. TaylorSuzanne F. ThomasMary Nelson ThompsonCarey ThompsonMrs. Robert F. Turner IIIMrs. Stephen WagnerMrs. D. Fleet WallaceMrs. H. Conrad WarlickKatharine WatsonPeyton Page WellsMartha WertzMr. and Mrs. Fielding

L.Williams Jr.Mary Ann WineMr. Clifton Alexander

Woodrum IIIMrs. Edward B. Wright III


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.

DonorThe Ashland Garden Club

The Garden Study Club

The Little Garden Club of Virginia

The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton

Di Cook

Judy B. Truehart

Donor In Honor ofThe Garden Club of Fairfax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Kincheloe

Three Chopt Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles J. Stick

Mrs. A. Wesley Graves VI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joyce Overby

Karen Jamison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nina Mustard

Dianne Nea Spence

John's Island Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cabell West

Cabell Goolsby West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. and Mrs. E. Armistead Talman

Donor In Memory ofThe Hampton Roads Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. Marcus Cooper, Jr.

Three Chopt Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Howard Hudgins

Joan Arenstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Frances Flowers

Kaye Rollins Nazarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Virginia Burt Gunnell

Maria C. Satterfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bessie Carter

Donor In Honor ofThe Blue Ridge Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Julie Grover

Louise Tayloe

The Brunswick Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bettie Guthrie

Elizabeth Steele

Gabriella Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nancie Motley

Elizabeth Whitehead

Deedy Bumgardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. and Mrs. E. Armistead Talman

Terry E. Buntrock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nina Mustard

Mary Ann Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Peggy Talman

Jamie Old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ann Gordon Evans

Dianne Nea Spence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nina Mustard

Donor In Memory ofThe Ashland Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oriana Hargrove

Edith Reid

The Princess Anne Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Harris Fears

Betsy and Peter Agelasto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Palmer Douglas

Judith Helen Arenstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Frances Flowers

The Arenstein Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Frances Flowers

Nancy and John Baillio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Frances Flowers

Mr. and Mrs. Bowlman T. Bowles, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Frances Flowers

JUNE 2010 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG

The GCV Conservation FundSupports GCV clubs in local and statewide conservation projects.

DonorLucy Gadsby

Donor In Honor of The Ashland Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anne Beals

Sallie Sebrell

The Blue Ridge Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sallie Sebrell

Cabell West

The Huntington Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Merry Outlaw

Marilyn South

The Martinsville Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sallie Sebrell

Fayetta Weaver

The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tricia Garner

The Williamsburg Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cathy Adams

Winchester-Clarke Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anne Beals

Tricia Garner

Donor In Memory of Kitty Claiborne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bessie Bocock Carter

GCV Conservation Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kathy Chiffiller Dube

Lorraine Warren Strickler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Millicent West

Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award FundDonorElaine Stephenson

RestorationSupports GCV restoration projects across the commonwealth.

Donor In Honor ofThe Franklin Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Hart Darden

Deedy Bumgardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Frances Flowers

Nan C. Freed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mrs. Newton H. Ray, Sr.

Brooks Godwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Frances Flowers

Mrs. H. Hiter Harris, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Frances Flowers

Dolly and Eddie Horner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Frances Flowers

M. Scott Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Frances Flowers

Brenda B. McGehee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Frances Flowers

Mrs. Benjamin W. Mears, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Frances Flowers

Millicent West

Helen Turner Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Frances Flowers

Dick and Laura Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Frances Flowers

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Seilheimer, Jr. . . . . . . . . .The Honorable Lloyd Sullenberger

Lilburn Talley

Louise L. Toms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Frances Flowers

Elizabeth P. Varner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Frances Flowers

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