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WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG The Garden Club of Virginia

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

From The EditorThe envelope, please.

Club members deserve an Oscar for their hours of volunteer time for Historic Garden Week. Historic Garden Week began in 1929, the same year the first Oscars were awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The work the club undertakes beautifies Virginia through the money raised for restoration projects. Tour proceeds funded restorations at Maymont and the Executive Mansion at Capitol Square, two of the Richmond sites used in the filming of the movie Lincoln. The elm allee under which the carriage passes with President and Mrs. Lincoln was a GCV restoration project under the direction of our landscape architect William D. Rieley. No matter the hat you wear for this, HGW’s 80th year, take pride that your efforts have lead to a triumph for Virginia and the Academy

Write to us at [email protected].

Journal Editorial Board2012-2013

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

ExOfficio MembersGCV Corresponding Secretary Betsy Worthington, The Lynchburg Garden ClubGCV Photographer Jane Cowles, The Boxwood Garden ClubJournal Advertising Chairman Katya Spicuzza, Albemarle Garden Club, The Garden Club of the Northern Neck

MembersBetty Anne Garrett, The Garden Club of the Middle PeninsulaJulie Grover, The Blue Ridge Garden Club, The James River Garden ClubMary Ann Johnson, The Roanoke Valley Garden ClubSusan Morten, The Martinsville Garden ClubGrace Rhinesmith, The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula

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The Garden Club of Virginia Journal

The Garden Club of Virginia Journal (USPS 574-520, ISSN 0431-0233) is published four times a year for members by the GCV, 12 East Franklin St., Richmond, VA 23219. Periodical postage paid in Richmond, VA. Single issue price, $5.00.

Copy and ad deadlines are: January 15 for the March issueApril 15 for the June issueJuly 15 for the September issueOctober 15 for the December issueEmail copy to the Editor and advertising to the Ad Chairman

President of the Garden Club of Virginia:Ann Gordon Evans

Journal Editor:Jeanette Cadwallender801 Hanover St. Fredericksburg, VA 22401Phone (540) 373-7210Email: [email protected]

Journal Advertising Chairman:Katya SpicuzzaP.O. Box 411Irvington, VA 22480Phone: (804) 435-1782Email: [email protected]

Vol. LVIII, No. 1Printed on recycled paper byCarter Printing CompanyRichmond, VA

ON THE COVER... The photograph on the cover is of Jeffersonia diphylla, or twinleaf. Twinleaf is a native to Virginia and a member of the barberry family. It was named for Thomas Jefferson by his contemporary Benjamin Smith Barton and is the club flower for the Charlottesville Garden Club, hosts of the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Garden Club of Virginia. Photo by Rachel Galbraith, Charlottesville Garden Club.

IN THIS ISSUE ...

Making a Milestone ............................. 2

Daffodil Show ..................................... 3

GCV Lily Judging School ......................5

Plant This, Not This ..............................7

Dugdale Announcement ........................8

Legislative Field Day ..............................9

Companion Planting ........................... 10

Nominations ........................................ 11

Southern Garden History Society ........12

Development .......................................13

Charlottesville Garden Club History .. 15

In Memoriam ...................................... 16

Lily Notes ............................................ 17

Ex Libris ............................................. 18

Lily Laurels .......................................... 18

Daffodil Notes ..................................... 19

A View to the Future ...........................20

A Jewel in VA Beach ............................22

Contributions ......................................24

OTHER REFERENCES...Kent-Valentine HousePhone: (804) 643-4137 Fax: (804) 644-7778Email: [email protected]

Historic Garden Week OfficePhone: (804) 644-7776 Fax: (804) 644-7778Email: [email protected]

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Marking a Milestone: Historic Garden Week’s Eight Decades

By Anne Geddy CrossGCV Historic Garden Week Chairman

The Ashland Garden Club

This year, the Garden Club of Virginia celebrates the 80th anniversary of its premiere event, Historic Garden Week. Since 1929, thousands of Virginians have opened their homes and gardens as part of this Commonwealth-wide

undertaking. (Don’t get hung up on the math; Historic Garden Week was suspended for several years during World War II while the GCV supported the war effort.) During eight decades, hundreds of thousands of people have attended the tours.

Historic Garden Week has taken on a life of its own. It has become so well-known and anticipated by visitors, and such a part of the fabric of the GCV itself that its reason for being sometimes gets lost.

Historic Garden Week is the means by which we carry out our mission to restore historic gardens and landscapes throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Therein lies the reason for “Historic” in the title. The only fundraiser sponsored by the GCV, Historic Garden Week has made a significant impact. Imagine what Virginia would be like without its public gardens and impressive landscapes. Since 1929, when the GCV undertook its first project, Kenmore, millions of dollars have been raised to restore more than 40 public gardens and landscapes. The restorations are of a scale such that they require the combined efforts of all GCV clubs in order to raise the necessary funds. After a project’s completion, the GCV maintains a relationship with the beneficiary organization. The list of restorations can be considered a roll call of Virginia’s most significant and beautiful sites.

The Historic Garden Week 80th Anniversary Committee decided that we would highlight these sites this year for our celebration. GCV President Ann Gordon Evans, Restoration Chairman Sally Guy Brown and I contacted all of the sites to invite them to hold their own events during Historic Garden Week. While these events might be for the organizations’ own benefit, we offered to help market the events and offered use of our 80th anniversary logo. The response has been overwhelming. A list of the events, which is updated as more are scheduled, appears on our website and in print. The list includes other special events, which are part of Historic Garden Week tours.

The collaboration creates a win/win situation: we call attention to these special places with which we have a relationship, and they help call attention to Historic Garden Week. Visitors will benefit from finding out about other activities they might enjoy, and, we hope, the information might entice them to extend their visits.

Being part of the Historic Garden Week team with Karen Miller, London Ray and the others at the GCV, and with all the clubs’ tour chairmen has made the past two years a special time for me. We have broken new ground, and I am confident that there will be many future celebrations as Historic Garden Week moves into the future. Here’s to the 80th anniversary. ❁


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The GCV Lily Horticulture Judging School, set for June, isn’t just for those who want to

become horticulture judges; it’s for anyone interested in growing and exhibiting lilies, including non-GCV members.

The school is being offered in conjunction with the GCV’s 71st Lily Show. The Spotswood Garden Club will host the show and sponsor the school.

The school will take place on June 18 in Harrisonburg. The lily show is June 19 and 20, also in Harrisonburg.

The per-person cost will be $35. Lunch is an additional $12.

For more information and for registration details, please contact Ann Heller, GCV Communications Coordinator, at 804-643-4137 or [email protected]. ❁


DISTINCTIVE PLANTS FOR YOUR LANDSCAPE2 0 1 3 S E L E C T I O N S

Bright, Bold and BeautifulInject a Dose of Sunshine into Your Garden

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Juniperus horizontalis ‘mother lode’ Ilex crenata ‘drops of Gold’ Spirea thunbergii ‘ogon’

Hakonochloa macra ‘all Gold’ Sedum nokoense Hydrangea quercifolia ‘little Honey’

Hypericum calycinum ‘Brigadoon’ Liriope muscari ‘Pee dee ingot’ Aralia cordata ‘sun king’


Plant This, Not ThatBy Linda Pinkham, The Elizabeth River Garden Club

& Lisa Lipsey, BG Coordinator, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Tech

Beautiful Gardens ® is a consortium of Virginians who want to make the gardening public aware of outstanding plants that may be underused. Partners in the group consist of the Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association, Virginia

Tech’s Department of Horticulture, Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Danville’s Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, Norfolk Botanical Garden and many plant enthusiasts from across the state.

Horticulturalists throughout the state from Beautiful Gardens® would be glad to make a PowerPoint presentation to individual garden clubs explaining the BG Program and discussing the 2013 selections. This spring, why not add some sparkle to your garden by planting some of the many brightly colored plants with chartreuse foliage? They can highlight dark corners and add zing to a garden. They can make you smile on a dreary day. The best way to use them is as “color echoes” throughout the garden in a triangulated way – not lined up in rows.

Plant Mother Lode Juniper, not a green ground coverOne of our favorites is ‘Mother Lode’ juniper (Juniperus horizontalis), which lies

flat on the ground and looks terrific year-round. Like all junipers, it prefers full sun and well-drained soil.

Plant ‘Ogon’ Spirea, not ForsythiaSpirea Mellow Yellow ® (Spiraea thunbergii ‘Ogon’) has gold-colored leaves

that emerge early in the spring following the tiny white blooms. It is smaller than most forsythias, so if your property is small or you are constantly pruning back your forsythia, give this a try. The leaves hold the foliage color all summer, and it has a dainty appearance. A versatile shrub, in the late fall it turns russet colored before dropping its leaves.

Plant Liriope ‘Pee Dee Ingot,’ not ‘Sweet Kate’ SpiderwortWant to enliven your perennial border? Plant drifts of Liriope muscari ‘Pee Dee

Ingot’ along the front of the border and add 2-3 Aralia cordata ‘Sun King’ throughout the area where your taller plants are. We have found using this liriope to be much more satisfactory than the golden spiderwort (Tradescantia ‘Sweet Kate’). Why? It is evergreen and looks great year-round. Spiderwort dies back completely in the winter. It also promiscuously seeds around the garden and has to be cut back after its first bloom to look presentable later in the season.

Tony Avent, plant guru of Plant Delights Nursery, says of ‘Sun King,’ “This is truly one of the most amazing new perennial introductions in the past decade!” It emerges a bright gold in the spring and holds its color with just a few hours of sun. It tops out at 6 ft. at the end of the season, so give it the proper placement.

Plant ‘Drops of Gold’ Holly, not Variegated EuonymusOne of the most noticed plants in Linda’s garden is ‘Drops of Gold’ Japanese Holly

(Ilex crenata). With sun and good drainage, this plant “pops.” It can be used in place of any green shrub or the variegated Euonymus that is often used to create a color splash. The holly, unlike the Euonymus, does not get scale or powdery mildew.

Looking for gold-colored plants to put in the shade? The Japanese grass (Hakonechloa macra ‘All Gold’), ‘Little Honey’ oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) and ‘Brigadoon’ St. John’s Wort (Hypericum calycinum) are all worthwhile plants.

Where to purchase these plants? Go to the Beautiful Gardens ® website at www.beautifulgardens.org, where you can find a list of participating retailers across the state. ❁


The Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale AwardBy Anne Beals

Chair, Conservation and Beautification Committee

The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

The Garden Club of Virginia enjoys rewarding those people and groups outside its membership for exemplary conservation activities. The Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award for Meritorious Achievement in Conservation was created for just such

recognition. Individuals and clubs within the GCV may make appropriate nominations. Details of nomination requirements can be found on the GCV website: gcvirginia.org/awards. A review the list of previous winners is a helpful tool to spark ideas about nominations your club might make. Last year’s winner, Lynnhaven River Now, is a group from the Virginia Beach area. Since its founding in 2002 by three people, it has grown in numbers, stature, and effectiveness in preserving water quality and wild areas in the rapidly growing Virginia Beach neighborhood and in educating the public about conservation practices individuals can adopt to make their surroundings healthier and more attractive.

Submission deadline for the Dugdale Award is June 1, 2013, and may be sent to Anne Beals, Chair of the Conservation and Beautification Committee. Re-submissions are welcome. Supporting information from other clubs, citizens, and publications is always helpful to the Committee. Reviewing the nominations of the inspiring conservation work that is going on around Virginia is one of the most enjoyable activities the Conservation and Beautification Committee has to do, so please consider making a nomination from your neighborhood!

In addition to the Dugdale Award for Meritorious Achievement in Conservation, the Conservation and Beautification Committee gives two other awards. The deLacy Gray Conservation Medal is awarded to a GCV member or member club for exemplary conservation work. The deadline for nominations for this award is December 1.

The recently established Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award is meant to fund implementation of a conservation project that will serve as a catalyst for community action, and thus further natural resource conservation or environmental protection within the Commonwealth. Nominations must be made by March 1. Please check the GCV website for complete details about nominating procedures and past recipients of these prestigious awards. ❁

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Legislative Field Day

Sarah Chiffriller, Boxwood GC, with mother Mary

Pollard, GC of Northern Neck, sharing time at the General Assembly preview workshops prior to visiting

their legislators.

Sarah Bridenhagen (Albemarle GC), Katherine Morris (Rivanna GC), Wendy Vaughn (Princess Anne GC),

Elizabeth Christeller (GC of Middle Peninsula), GCV Conservation and Beautification Committee

members attend Conservation Lobby Day.

Whitney Feldmann (left) and Fayetta Weaver (right), Mill Mountain GC members, participated in Conservation Lobby Day with Hylah Boyd (center left),

Tuckahoe GC, and Carrie Dorsey, James River GC

Joyce Childress, Karin Beals, Tricia McDaniel, and Anne Beals, Rappahannock Valley GC, gathered prior to visiting their legislators at the General Assembly.


Companion PlantingBy Nancy Dickerson, The Princess Anne Garden Club

Meg French, The Virginia Beach Garden ClubGCV Horticulture Committee

Many gardeners know that a diverse mix of plants is a great recipe for healthy and beautiful gardens. This concept can be beneficial when garden plants are combined with others that provide a mutual benefit.

Vegetable gardens are a big opportunity for providing perks when using a companion planting approach. Sprucing up a vegetable garden with a mix of vibrant flower companion plants gives the garden personality and protection.

Use companion plants as backdrops and borders or intersperse them within your garden. If possible, native companion plants make a great first choice so that our beneficial native insects have suitable habitat. Designing with companions can also help protect the plants by growing taller plants where shade is needed to protect shorter, more sensitive ones.

Some beneficial companions include:1. Tomatoes like basil, bee balm, cucumber, garlic, marigold, mint, nasturtium and

parsley (add protection and flavor); but don’t like to be planted near mature dill (retards growth), corn, fennel, rosemary or potatoes.

2. Basils like tomatoes, peppers, oregano, asparagus and petunias but don’t like rue or sage.

3. Bell peppers like tomatoes, parsley, basil, geraniums, onions, petunias and okra but don’t like fennel or kohlrabi.

4. Cucumbers like to be with just about everything except sage, rue and potatoes.

5. Marigolds naturally cleanse the soil and repel insects.

6. Yarrows repel insects and are a natural fertilizer. They attract predatory wasps and ladybugs.

7. Petunias are great companions to tomatoes but plant them everywhere because most things will benefit. They repel some aphids, tomato worms, and leafhoppers.

8. Nasturtiums are the real Girl Scout of the garden…a friend to all. The leaves, flowers, and seeds are edible and wonderful in salads.

9. Parsleys are good with just about everything but are a mint enemy. Keep these two away from each other.

10. The Three Sisters is a traditional planting combination of corn, pole beans, and either pumpkins or squash. Each of the three contributes something to the mix. Corn offers support as the beans pull nitrogen from the air and bring it into the soil, benefiting all three. Large squash leaves provide a living mulch of shade and coolness on the ground as well as a raccoon repellant as they don’t like to walk on prickly leaves.

For more information, Roses Love Garlic by Louise Riotte and The Complete Guide to Companion Planting by Dale Mayer. A great website to check is Golden Harvest Organics www.ghorganics.com; and if you want to know what to plant and when in your zip code area, try www.sproutrobot.com. ❁


SAVE THE DATE:June 5 and 6, 2013

Garden Club of Virginia Horticulture Field Day:

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Registration and information to follow.

NominationsNominations for Directors-at-Large

to serve from 2013-2105.

The membership will vote at the 2013 Annual Meeting in May.

District 2: DeLane Porter (Dolley Madison Garden Club)

District 5: Lynn Gas (The Hunting Creek Garden Club)

District 6: Susan Wight (The Princess Anne Garden Club)


The Southern Garden History Society Holds Annual Meeting in Lynchburg

By Catherine Madden, GCV Restoration CommitteeThe Lynchburg Garden Club

Noted gardener and Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer wrote of her home state that “Heaven’s Virginia when the year’s at its Spring.” Lynchburg hopes that all will agree with her description when the Southern Garden History

Society visits the Hill City for its Annual Meeting on May 3-5, 2013.With this year’s theme, Someone’s Been Digging in the Dirt, lectures and garden

tours will focus on past architects of the landscape Thomas Jefferson, at his Poplar Forest retreat, and Stanley Abbott, primary designer of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Focus will also be on the work being done today by the Garden Club of Virginia and others to restore and preserve historic gardens in Central Virginia.

Friday speakers include landscape designer, Gale Roberts, daughter of Stanley Abbott; Will Rieley, landscape architect for the Garden Club of Virginia; and Jack Gary, Director of Archaeology at Poplar Forest. Friday’s events will conclude with an evening reception of tours, music, and dinner at beautiful Poplar Forest.

Saturday’s lectures will feature author and University of Virginia professor of landscape architecture Reuben Rainey whose subject will be Anne Spencer. Anne Spencer’s garden in Lynchburg is the only known restored garden of an African American in the country.

Ted Delaney, assistant director of Old City Cemetery, will explore the 200-year-old history of the cemetery, Lynchburg’s most visited historic destination and a unique public garden full of heirlooms plants and antique roses. Both the Anne Spencer Garden and Old City Cemetery are past GCV Common Wealth Award winners.

Paul Saunders and his son, J. Bennett Saunders, will speak about the important mission of their Saunders Brothers Nursery business: studying and selecting boxwood varieties that will survive the test of time and providing them to their customers.

Saturday afternoon garden tours will be conducted at the historic sites addressed in the morning lectures. As a final event that day, attendees will be treated to an evening at Pharsalia, the 200-year-old Nelson County estate of the Massie family, tucked in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains with breathtaking views of the valley below. Foxie Morgan, fifth generation family owner, will lead tours of the beautifully situated main house and the extensive gardens followed by cocktails, dinner, and musical entertainment under a tent at sunset.

The optional Sunday extension includes walking tours of eight lovely private gardens, lunch at Lynchburg Grows, an awarding-winning urban farm located in nine historic green houses, and a final walking tour in the downtown Diamond Hill Historic District.

In order to attend this meeting you must be a member of the Southern Garden History Society. For more information please visit www.SouthernGardenHistory.org . ❁


Development TalksKarmen Payne Gustin

Director of Development

The number of hours members of GCV clubs, past and present, have spent organizing Historic Garden Week over 80 years defies calculation, but the return is real and measurable. This investment of time has contributed millions

to the enhancement of the commonwealth. The GCV has preserved beauty along Virginia’s highways, helped restore the Great Dismal Swamp, safeguarded Goshen Pass and funded nearly 50 landscape and historic garden restorations for the benefit of Virginians. What’s especially remarkable is that, while busy beautifying Virginia, the GCV has accomplished something equally as magnificent. An active group of women who have learned and led together for nearly a century, the GCV has been a venue for shared experience, personal development, and transformative community leadership.

The GCV must remain a strong organization for future conservation and restoration work that daughters and granddaughters may undertake. Because dues and tour revenues do not cover all of the expenses of maintaining the organization, the GCV instituted a formal development plan in 2009 to raise contributory dollars to help underwrite operations and programs. Protecting what four generations have worked to build is at the heart of the GCV’s development mission. As the GCV continues a commitment to Virginia’s environmental and economic health, development efforts are also building resources for future work. Members are augmenting their investment of time with financial support. They are making planned gifts, supporting the Annual Fund and underwriting programs – all of which encourage and strengthen the GCV.

• Make Planned Gifts. Donors choose planned gifts because of the financial flexibility and tax advantages they provide. Members can make a substantial gift without depleting current income or retirement assets. Will bequests, insurance and gift annuities are just a few options.

• Support the Annual Fund. This campaign is keeping dues stable and has enabled the GCV to triple annual financial support to Clubs hosting GCV events. It safeguards the endowment and ensures that all of Historic Garden Week’s net revenue goes to vital restoration projects. Donations to the Annual Fund can be made by returning the enclosed envelope or visiting our website.

• Sponsor Programs and Events. Gifts from community partners and GCV families are helping to provide programs. Sponsorship provides a tax-deductible way to boost a company’s visibility and marketing plans. Companies interested in sponsorship opportunities are encouraged to contact the development office.

Karmen can be contacted at the Kent-Valentine House, Monday through Thursday at 804-643-4128 or at [email protected]. To schedule a presentation to your club, contact Julie MacKinlay, GCV Development Chair, at [email protected]. ❁


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The Charlottesville Garden Club to Host GCV Annual Meeting

By Holly MailletThe Charlottesville Garden Club

The Charlottesville Garden Club looks forward to hosting the annual meeting of the Garden Club of Virginia in May. The Club was organized in 1949 by a group of women primarily interested in gardening. As their interest and

dedication grew, they realized they could fill a need in the community. Mary Kidder, one of the founding members, recalled that it was to be a simple flower loving group, but it became a real garden club. Founding members added activities in the community such as donating flowers to the UVA Hospital, participating in flower shows, arranging flowers at Monticello, and giving flower arranging workshops. During the October 1951 meeting, the decision was made to apply for membership in The Garden Club of Virginia. Soon after this they put on a spectacular flower show in the new ballroom at Farmington Country Club, and their club joined those of the two other GCV clubs in the Charlottesville area, the Albemarle Garden Club and the Rivanna Garden Club.

The Charlottesville Garden Club became the forty-fifth member club of The Garden Club of Virginia on May 15, 1957. For more than 50 years, they have continued their mission, with a focus on growing and arranging flowers, sharing horticultural knowledge, preserving the native environment, contributing to the restoration of historic gardens, and participating in community beautification projects. For example, in 2007 the club partnered with Albemarle County on an area for roadside beautification at the Fontaine Avenue Exit from the Rte. 29/250 bypass that serves as an entry corridor to the University of Virginia and to Charlottesville. The club continues to give scholarships for Nature Camp in Rockbridge County. In addition, it offers two important publications to the general public: The Art of Conditioning Flowers, a unique guide for longer lasting flower arrangements, and What to Do When, a useful guide to gardening in our climate zone, which provides monthly tips and reminders specifically for planting and maintaining gardens in our region.

Set in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Charlottesville has long been a favorite meeting site for the GCV. At this year’s GCV Annual Meeting to be held May 6 – 8 at the Boar’s Head Inn, some fun activities will include visiting members’ gardens, relaxing at the Boar’s Head spa and shopping at the downtown mall. The Charlottesville Garden Club hopes to see many of you then! ❁

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In Memoriam 2012

In Memoriam lists the names of Garden Club of Virginia members who have died within the past year, compiled by the Journal from names submitted by club presidents.

Josephine Branch Craige Ruffin Adamson

Sue Avery Aldridge

Mary Sophie Redwood Bass

Nancy Short Barker

Allene Gaines Barkley

Anne Forbes Bell

Patsy Beams Byrum

Diana Cabell

June Wall Camper

Patsy Lee Cash Cole

Louise Turberville Radford Denegre

Lelia Wagner Devereux

Muriel Thomson Dufek

Mary Eugenia McCardell Furr

Ann Wagner Gill

Dorothy Harrison Glaize

Janet C. Much Grimes

Mary Stone Douglass Grover

Elizabeth Hunter Hairston

Mary Elizabeth Hodges

Constance Fox Ingles

Nancy Fleshman Jiranek

Martha Allen Johns Langford

Suzanne Smith Lipscomb

Dorothy McDonald

Joan A. Martin

Emily Ann Mason

Betty Frost Mayo

Julia Gray Michaux

Anne Folkes Miller

Sara Francis Gallamore Mathinson Moore

Augusta Ann Parrish

Eleanor Craighill Perry Reed

Jill Levenson Rich

Barbara Humphrey Roane

Nancy Bristow Simpson

Joanna George Snyder

Margaret Flythe Teague

Jacqueline Thomas Thomas

Susan Timberlake Thomas

Elsie Davis Todd

Marguerite Phelps Vail

Margaret Hutchens Weaver

Joyce Ellin Moale Walmsley Wellford


LilyNotesLily Libations

By Mary Q. ZocchiDolley Madison Garden Club

What, when and how do you fertilize lilies? (No need to do anything special, and the daffodils, tulips, etc., will love you.) Rules of thumb for fertilizing lilies follow.

What do lilies like?Most prefer a pH level of 6.0 to 7.0, nothing above 8.0. Fertilizer has three major

food groups: nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P) and potassium (K). A bulb wants more nitrogen when it is preparing to bloom. While blooming, it likes a balanced mix. Once blooms have faded, feed it with phosphorous and potassium to beef up the bulb for the next year.

While views on feeding lilies vary, several written resources and talks with growers led to some simple and easy suggestions:

• Let’s Grow Lilies: An Illustrated Handbook of Lily Culture, North American Lily Society, Virginia Howe, author, suggests 20N-20P-20K.

• Lilies: A Guide for Growers and Collectors, by Edward Austin McRae, suggests balanced fertilizers such as, 12-12-12, or 15-15-15, or 20-20-20.

• John E. Bryan on Bulbs suggests 10-5-5 to start (basically two parts nitrogen to one part each of phosphorus and potassium). If it is a wet spring, you could bump up the nitrogen. During the main growing season, use a balanced formula. In late summer and early fall, go with 0-10-10.

Somewhere, I learned that lilies like to be fertilized like potatoes. I have started using a formula close to 0-25-25 in the late summer. The co-op kindly mixes 50 pounds: 22 pounds of monoammonium phosphate 11-52-0 with 28 pounds of muriate potash 0-0-60. This roughly comes out to 5-25-30. Warning: do not expect miracles overnight. This bulb-building formula works slowly over years (as in five).

Many garden club members have had great success with lilies without fertilizing. Others use compost as a top dressing, and that’s it. Well-rotted horse or cow manure (spring feeding), leaf mold and compost are great. Still others use only Miracle Grow. Finally, many growers use time-released granules.

When should lilies be fertilized, and how often?Start fertilizing after the last threat of frost. Some people fertilize every two weeks

before a show. Check the calendar and pace the timing so blooms will just be beginning to peak at show time. If not competing, you might just give a spring, summer and fall feeding. Or you might give even less: one slow-release application, and call it quits.

How should lilies be fertilized?I use granular fertilizer and sprinkle it on top of the soil, then water thoroughly.

To prevent burning, avoid getting fertilizer in the tender tip or on the leaves. Some people use a diluted solution and spray. Avoid spraying buds and blossoms.

Above all, lilies are heavy feeders and will appreciate anything you do for them. ❁


Ex LibrisLewis Ginter: Richmond’s Gilded Age Icon

By Brian BurnsBy Molly H Sammler, GCV Library Committee

The Petersburg Garden Club

Richmond author, Brian Burns, provides an informative and interesting portrait of the legendary, philanthropic, and, yes, iconic, man for whom Lewis

Ginter Botanical Gardens is named. Burns’ book, Lewis Ginter: Richmond’s Gilded Age Icon, is a well-researched and comprehensible biography of Lewis Ginter.

Many of us, perhaps, can recount Major Ginter as a Confederate Civil War hero, conducting important missions for Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. However, throughout this book Burns makes us appreciate Lewis Ginter as an entrepreneur, a real estate developer with an important eye for including landscape, an inventor, a humanitarian and, moreover, as a philanthropist. The reader learns that Ginter was the first major producer and marketer of pre-rolled cigarettes, that he is attributed with establishing the magnificent five-star Jefferson Hotel, and that he developed Richmond’s Northside suburbs, which included one of the country’s first streetcar suburbs, Lakeside Park.

With so many achievements, it is hard to believe that Lewis Ginter had almost as many failures. Burns points out that Ginter lost his fortune and re-invented himself several times. It was Ginter’s never-fail attitude that led to his great successes, an attitude that would not let disappointments defeat him and led him to achieve several lifetimes worth of accomplishments.

Lewis Ginter was a forward-thinking visionary who was compassionate about family and believed strongly in a philanthropic legacy. That legacy endured in his niece Grace Arents, who founded the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens.

Lewis Ginter: Richmond’s Gilded Age Icon is a readable biographical portrait that would be interesting to anyone with a Richmond background as well as to anyone who has enjoyed a moment among his beautiful gardens. ❁

Lily Laurels

Want to try for the North American Lily Society’s award for best lily grown in a pot, a perpetual award given only to GCV members at the annual Lily Show? Then mark your calendar for April 1 to plant three to five lily bulbs in a pot.

Requirements state that there can be one to three stems with blooms in a 12-inch pot. If you have more than three stems, just remove the weak ones.

There is also a class for potted lilies grown outside and another class for potted lilies grown with protection, such as inside or in a greenhouse.

Questions? Contact a member of the GCV Lily Committee. A list of committee members and their contact information can be found online in the member section of www.gcvirginia.org. ❁


DaffodilNotesSun for Daffodils—Not Gardeners

By Janet G. Hickman, M.D.GCV Daffodil Committee

Hillside Garden Club

While most daffodils appreciate a sunny exposure with plenty of water in the spring and a long bake in the summer, not all are suited for these expo-

sures. Daffodils from Divisions 6 and 1, especially miniatures, benefit from a bit of shade. Red-cupped daffodils are prone to fading in the sun, even in the car on the way to shows. But red-cupped daffodils are not the only things in the garden suscep-tible to sun damage; we gardeners need protection, as well.

The ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun is responsible for a range of skin problems, from sunburn to aging to cancer. We have a skin cancer epidemic in this country; skin cancer is the most common of all cancers with more skin cancers yearly than all other cancers combined. If that weren’t enough incentive to practice sun protection, realize that ninety percent of what we call visible “aging” is really the damage the sun does to the elastic tissue, collagen, blood vessels and pigment cells of our skin.

Fortunately the majority of these ill effects can be prevented by careful sun protection.

Here are the guidelines for sunscreen use:• Use sunscreen every day -- summer, winter, cloudy, anything. It’s easier to keep

the habit going, and there is the potential for UV damage all year.• Use at least SPF 50. Although you’ll read that you only need an SPF of 15 or 30, in

our mid-Atlantic region it’s wise to use at least an SPF 50, particularly since most people don’t apply a sunscreen as thickly as it was tested to get that SPF result.

• Use a product labeled “broad spectrum.”• “Give it your best shot”: it takes a shot glassful amount to properly cover the body.• Apply 30 minutes before going out and reapply every two hours, in addition to

after swimming or sweating.• If sunscreen burns your eyes, use a stick sunscreen around the eyes and a hat,

rather than sunscreen on your forehead.

There’s more to sun protection than sunscreen.• Wear a hat with at least a four-inch brim to protect the scalp, ears and neck.• Use sunglasses.• Wear gardening gloves.• Wear specialized, sun-protective clothing--often easier than lots of sunscreen.• Time outdoor work before 10 a.m. and after 4 p.m. – the better times to gather

daffodils for the show, anyway.• Seek the shade when possible.• Check your skin regularly. If you notice moles or skin bumps that are growing,

bleeding or changing color or rough, thickened spots on your sun-exposed skin, let a dermatologist examine you. Most skin cancers are curable when treated early. ❁


A View to the FutureBy Jeanette Cadwallender, GCV 1st Vice President

The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

What will the GCV look like when we celebrate our centennial in 2020? This question has prompted the board of directors to undertake a long range planning process. The Strategic Plan completed in 2006 has moved us

forward in many areas. As a result of that plan there is a new management structure, a unified budget, a more visible presence for Historic Garden Week, graphic standards and a healthy annual fund, which supports the GCV in many ways including helping increase monetary contributions to clubs hosting events.

Focus groups consisting of all club presidents, the board, past presidents, staff and outside groups who work closely with the GCV have met in groups of 10-12 people to brainstorm three questions:

• What will the GCV be best known for in the next decade?

• How will the GCV continue to make a difference in the commonwealth?

• How can the GCV change with the times while still maintaining its essence?

This Spring a membership survey will be distributed so that everyone can have a say as to the future direction of our club. Ponder that which you hold dear and how we can move towards our next century. ❁


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A Jewel in Virginia BeachBy Suzanne Gravitt

The Princess Anne Garden Club

January 3, 2013, was a wonderful day for the Virginia Beach. The First Landing State Park Trail Center exhibits were presented at a grand opening at the Center attended by the Virginia Beach mayor, managers and directors of our state and local parks,

interested donors, sponsors and citizens. More than two years ago the Princess Anne Garden Club pledged a $50,000 donation towards the design and implementation of interactive educational exhibits at the new LEED Certified (Leadership in Engineering and Environmental Design) Trail Center building completed in 2011 in First Landing State Park. We raised additional monies to reach a total of over $231,000 to help fund the museum quality exhibits, and we have funds to maintain the exhibits. We have also planted Coastal Virginia native plant landscaping to welcome visitors. In the spring, professional plant markers will be installed and a brochure will be available with information about the plants and their care.

Our club has been an advocate for the ongoing preservation of Seashore State Park since 1932. The park was renamed First Landing State Park in 1997 and is a National Historic Landmark and a National Natural Landmark. It features 222 campsites, 20 full-service cabins, a picnic shelter and group picnic area, the Bayside Center, the Trail Center, a camp store, and an outdoor courtyard and gazebo. Approximately 1.8 million visitors come to the park every year, including many children and young adults. It is our hope that the exhibits will enhance their education.

Please visit First Landing State Park when you are in Virginia Beach. We promise a unique interaction with nature that you will want to share with others. ❁


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ClubAnonymousCarolyn S. AbbittDana Heard Adams Catherine G. AdamsBetsy Rawls AgelastoSuzanne AielloVicky AlexanderKathryn S. AllenMarsha J. AmoryMrs. Brady H. AndersonVirginia L. AndersonJacalyn K. AndersonSusan ArmfieldGail BabnewDottie G. BallardRebecca BalzerDale BanningPam BarberMrs. Bradley J. BarthBeverly BatesNancy BeadlingAnne BealsNancy Gregory BeebeSara BeedieChristine S. BellinoCharlotte S. BenjaminMargaret P. BiceJoAnn BilbreyAnne T. BlandElizabeth Lamar BoetschVici BoguessMrs. Kae N. BollingMrs. Carolyn B. BottgerMarianne BowlesElizabeth W. BradfordMatilda and John BradshawGail Braxton

Elizabeth M. BredrupPhyllis C. BrockwellJessie Thompson BroskieCindy BrowderAnne Waddill BrownElizabeth C. BrownBliss Street BrownMary Louise B. BrownBenham E. BrownCarrie BuddDeedy BumgardnerJody W. BundyTerry BuntrockBetsy Bickford BurnetteSandy BurroughsG. G. BuxtonSharon ByrdGigi Birdsong CalvertGail Scott CamalierNancy N. CambellLisa O. CapertonCathy CappsKay CardwellEsther CarpiJudy CarrawaySandra S. CarringtonSuzie CasternJudy CatheyLisa Thomas CatlettCean CawthornSusan Chatfield-TaylorJane D. CheadleMrs. John H. Cheatham IIIVirginia Rose CherryJoyce C. ChildressElizabeth ChristellerMelanie F. ChristianMrs. Elizabeth P. ClarkBeth ClevelandKristen J. Coffield

Jane H. CooperMary R. CorbinVirginia K. CostenbaderCarpie CoulbournJane CowlesTeckla H. CoxCecile A. CoxCathy CreekmoreMrs. Clarke H. Crenshaw, Sr.Candace Carter CrosbyKim CrossLinda B. CustisMrs. Clifford A. Cutchins IVKristin DabneyRuth G. DanielsPenny DartMrs. Ben J. Davenport, Jr.Margaret C. DavisJoan D. DawsonEeda DennisNancy K. DickersonLeslie DobbinsAshli DouglasMary T. EadesMidge J. EasonMartha Pollard EastonPamela F. EdmondsBeth EleyMrs. Frances H. EllisMartha EltonClarkie EppesDonna ErnestMoonie EtheringtonMr. and Mrs. Mazen

FaroukiDana S. FaulconerLolli FenstererMartha FieldSarah B. FindleySarah G. Finney

C O N T R I B U T I O N SReport Period From 10/1/12 Through 12/31/12

Annual FundProvides essential ongoing support necessary to maintain GCV operations.

Donor


Lynn FischerMary Ross Read FisherMrs. Jerry B. FlowersKatherine Amory ForrestFlorence Bryan FowlkesRosemary D. FrancisLaura FrancisElizabeth J. FrankMary C. FredianiMelinda Byrd FriersonCharlotte FrischkornConnie W. FultonPamela W. GaleMary GardinerBarbara E. GarnerElizabeth Anne GarrettLynn F. GasMartha W. GeigerMrs. M. Tyson GilpinSarah B. GladdenMary Bruce H. GlaizeMartha GoodsonMrs. Lawrence L. GraySusan GraysonBetty Barbour GregoryMarge GrillsJulia GroverVirginia Brown GuildGreta I. GustavsonKarmen Payne GustinCaroline S. GuySusan Foster HamillSally L. HarrisAnne Harrison HarrisJil W. HarrisAgnes G. HarrisonMr. and Mrs. William J.

HarvieMary Lou HattenMary Whitley HaycoxKaren W. HedeltSarah HellewellMargaret Dietz HendersonDonna S. HerbertJanet G. HickmanJoy Hilliard

JoAnn HittMary Jane HobbsSally HodgkinMary K. HoernemanRachel HollisElizabeth M. HolsingerMolly S. HoodGudrun HooffMaria HopperMrs. John A. HorganLynn E. HornsbyAnn W. HostPatricia R. HouseSarah E. HuddlestonPamela M. HudsonBeverly K. HudsonLucy HuffMrs. Robert K. HuffmanGay Carpenter HuffmanMrs. Stephen HusakMaureen HutchensDiane Kuhn HynesAnne J. IrvingBarbara B. JacobJoyce Cline JaegerMissy JanesMrs. H. McPherson JanneyAnne JenningsMichelle JenningsCecelia R. JohnsonMary C. JohnsonJean F. JohnsonLeila H. JonesEllen JonesSidney JordanMrs. William G. KellerEllen KelsoRuth E. KeyserAnn KingtonJoAnne H. KinnamonKathleen H. KovacDr. Aileen LaingSusan G. LandinHarriet T. J. LarsenMeg S. LaughonDonna P. Lawhon

Paula (Sue) R. LeeMrs. Carlton E. LeeCathy LeitchKay C. LePeterBetty H. LeskoIngrid Hinckley LindsayMarianne LittelAmy S. LittleJacqueline M. LockeCalder LothNancy F. LowryDeena LugarMrs. Joan N. LyonsMary L.MackallMrs. Dana R. MacKimmieBecca MahonKatie MannMrs. Jane N. ManningBecky Williamson MarksMs. Sandra MarkusAlice S. MartinMrs. John Q. A. Mattern IIAnna Baldwin MayLucinda W. MayMary Leigh McDanielMrs. W. Richmond

McDanielMaureen G. McKnightMary E. McManusAnn Harvey McMurrayKatherine Turner MearsThomas W. and Cindy

MeehanDebbie MelvinBarbara B. MerchantGwendolyn S. MeredithMarsha MerrellArdis S. MerrittRexanne D. MetzgerBetty Murden MichelsonElisabeth F. MilesKaren Cauthen MillerTina Thatcher MinterMrs. Nancy E. MorrisPam MoskalNancie Motley


Jill B. MountcastleKaran S. MulkeyMrs W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr.Merrick MurrayKaye Rollins NazarianMargaret NealeMrs. Sylvia NewmanLinda D. NewtonLois M. NicholsCarol Seaton NorfleetSuzanne S. ObenshainMercer W. O’HaraJamie A. OldPatty OlivieriEmma Read OppenhimerMerry A. OutlawSusan OvertonBarbara M. PaceFrances H. PaddenDana C. ParkerSandra ParksSarah Belle Eason ParrottAniko PasztoryMary Jane PeakeKathleen O. PearsonMrs. James M. Peery, Jr.Mrs. Chiswell D. L. PerkinsNancy J. PhilpottSarah Holt PiersonHelen Raney PinckneySarah P. PorterDeLane W. PorterJoanne S. PrillamanPat ProctorSuzanne PrueherFrances Marshall PurcellJane M. PurringtonMrs. Douglas E. Quarles IIIKathryn M. QuarlesMrs. Michael C. QuinnJudith H. RauchKatherine Rose RawlsAnn ReamyElizabeth B. ReedMolly RevereLinda D. Reynolds

Margaret ReynoldsMary Scully RileyPhyllis O. RipperGale Abbott RobertsChristine RobertsMr. and Mrs. W. Randolph

RobinsGoree RobinsMinouche RobinsonSue RosserSusan H. RoszelWhitley V. RotginBeverley Wellford RowlandPamela B. RuckerTricia RussellMeredith RutterEleanor Rosalie Funkhouser

SavageVirginia SavageJane SchaubachSallie T. SchmidtKatherine S. SchulzSally SewardVirginia W. ShelorLea Carter ShubaAnita L. ShullMarguerite SlaughterNancy O. SmithAlice K. SmithDana Y. SmithNan Leigh SmithJ.J. and Kaye SmithMrs. W. Ware Smith, Jr.Tegwin C. SmithAmy V. SmithCatherine B. SmithLynda SorrentinoMarianne SpellmanLois P. SpencerAnne Stuart SpencerKatya SpicuzzaMisti SpongJan StalfortJulie StammNadia StanfieldElaine Stephenson

Margrete StevensLynda G. StricklerJane Owen StringerAnne StuartGina SullivanNancy McAllister SutcliffePatricia TackittMrs. E. Armistead TalmanLucha TaylorPat TaylorMrs. Nelson S. Teague, Jr.Mrs. Eugene Temple, Jr.Becky TenchMrs. Steven Blair

ThompsonElsie W. ThompsonMary Henley ThompsonScottie ThomsonNancy K. TilmanSherilyn I. TitusBlanche Humphrey TomsMary ToppingKathryn A. TrakasMrs. Marcia B. TurnerJanet B. TuttonSheryl TwiningKay TylerElizabeth K. UmstottLaura UngermanEllen K. UptonGayle UrquhartPeggy ValentineCassie Van DersliceAnne VanderwarkerAnne J. VaughanSandra von SchillingKaren WachtmeisterPolly T. WatsonJane C. WebsterStuart Windle WebsterJoan WehnerMrs. R. Carter Wellford IVPeyton WellsLinda and Mark J. WengerCabell Goolsby WestMrs. Donald Westfall


Abbie WhartonJane B. WhiteJanice S. WhiteheadDebi WhittleMr. and Mrs. John H.

Wick IIISusan B. WightMrs. William N. WilburWidget WilliamsPatricia A. Williams

Mary F. WilliamsBeth WilliamsMrs. Gordon F. WillisMary Ann WineSusan WinnElizabeth WittDebbie WittElizabeth Singleton WolfLibba Wolfe

Mina WoodLauren Elliott WoolcottBetsy WorthingtonKimberley WrightSuzanne WrightPage H. YoungMrs. Richard W. YoungEstelle H. ZeilerKate Zullo

Donor In Honor ofThe M. F. Moorman Family Foundation ..................................... Charlotte HundleyThe Garden Study Club ............................................................... Dr. Don RichmanThe Hampton Roads Garden Club .....................................Mary Nelson ThompsonDianne Butler ................................................................................ Martha ShermanAllison Hedgepeth Clock ............................................................Ann Gordon EvansMrs. George Cochran .................................................................Ann Gordon EvansLinda Linens Consolvo ...............................................................Ann Gordon EvansCoralee Davis ......................................................................................... Fleet DavisIsabel Frischkorn Dudley ......................................... Mrs. Charles H. Frischkorn, Jr.Rose G. Garrett ..........................................................................Ann Gordon EvansSusan McCreary .........................................................................Ann Gordon EvansMary Wynn R. McDaniel ...........................................................Ann Gordon EvansAmine Morgan ...........................................................................Ann Gordon EvansMrs. Katherine M. Morris ........................................................................Lucy HuffSusan Spaulding Mullin .........................................................................Mina WoodMary Parsley .............................................................................Kimbrough K. NashAnn H. Sanders ........................................................................................Cathy LeePage Sullenberger ................................................................................Nina MustardDeborah G. Tanner.....................................................................Ann Gordon EvansLouise and Dickie Tayloe ..................................................................... Janice Carter Lucy Huff Katherine MorrisAnne Leddy Wilson ....................................................................Ann Gordon Evans

Donor In Memory ofThe M. F. Moorman Family Foundation .....................................Dr. James HundleyThe Garden Study Club ..............................................................Mrs. Patsy ByrumThe Little Garden Club of Winchester ............................... Glynnell Little HeadleyMrs. Herbert A. Claiborne.......................................................Bessie Bocock CarterEllen G. Godwin ....................................................................Nancy St. Clair TalleyMrs. James C. Greene .................................................. Mrs. William W. Butzner, Jr.Dr. Sara N. James .............................................................................. Susan ThomasPatty Alexander Kellam ...............................................................Emily S. AlexanderJane Walker Kerewich ............................................................................ Sophia Bass


Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award Fund

DonorThe James River Garden Club

Common Wealth Award Fund

Donor In Honor ofJeanette F. McKittrick .............................................................................. Mason Beazley Jeanette Cadwallender Jane Cowles Ann Gordon Evans Betty Anne Garrett Julia Grover Mary Ann Johnson Susan Morten Nina Mustard Kimbrough Nash Grace Rhinesmith Katya Spicuzza Cabell West Betsy Worthington

Garden Club of Virginia Endowment

DonorJanet Jackson Dennis (Mrs. Overton D. Dennis, Jr.)

Donor In Honor ofThe Garden Club of Alexandria ................................................................Jennifer KelleyThe Boxwood Garden Club ...........................................................Dr. Hunter McGuireGabriella Garden Club ....................................................................Ann Gordon EvansThe Garden Club of Norfolk ............................................................................ Rita VailThe Williamsburg Garden Club .......................................................Ann Gordon EvansMary Bruce H. Glaize ............................................................................. William RieleyMrs. Robert K. Huffman ...................................................................... Sally Guy BrownMarty and Temple Moore ...................................................... Sally Guy and Tom BrownRedwood Garden Club .................................................................................Lee SnyderWilliam D. Rieley ....................................................................... Mary Wynn McDanielAnn S. Wentworth .......................................................................... Emma Oppenhimer

Donor In Memory ofThe Huntington Garden Club ..................................................................Muriel Dufek Jacki ThomasThe Princess Anne Garden Club ................................................................... Sara MooreAnn Gordon Evans .................................................................................... Jacki ThomasKatherine Turner Mears ............................................................................. Bob HopkinsHelen Turner Murphy ...............................................................Mrs. Thomas E. Bass III


Mrs W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. .......................................................................Joyce WellfordJamie A. Old ............................................................................................. Jacki ThomasSusan Snodgrass Wynne ............................................................ Eleanor Potts Snodgrass

GCV Conservation FundDonorCelie Harris

Donor In Honor ofThe Franklin Garden Club ......................................................................... Peyton WellsAnne G. Baldwin..................................................................................Sally Guy Brown

Gifts-in-KindDonorElise LeakeMadeline MayhoodSallie Whitehead PhilipsMrs. Henry L. Valentine IIIPeyton Wells

RestorationSupports GCV Restoration projects across the Commonwealth.

DonorSue Ann Morgan

Donor In Honor ofBurgess B. Bradshaw ........................................................................... Sally Guy BrownCaroline Hooff Norman ...................................................................... Sally Guy BrownVirginia V. Rocen ................................................................................ Sally Guy Brown

Donor In Memory ofRivanna Garden Club ............................................................................... Sophia BassClaudia J. Lewis ..................................................................................... Shirley A. Pearl

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