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VOL LII, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 2007


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WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

JournalEditorial Board2007

Editor Pro Tem, Laurie Starke, The Warrenton Garden Club

ExOfficio Members

The GCV President, Sally Guy Brown, The Garden Club of Alexandria

The GCV Vice President & Chair of The GCV Communications Committee, Cabell West,

The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton

The GCV Director of Public Relations, Linda Consolvo, The Nansemond River Garden Club

JournalChair, Gail Braxton, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

JournalAdvertising Chairman, Betsy Agelasto, The Virginia Beach Garden Club

Members

Mason Beazley, The James River Garden Club, The Garden Club of the Northern NeckFleet Davis, The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore

Betty Delk, The Nansemond River Garden Club

Mary Ann Johnson, The Roanoke Valley Garden Club

Sarah Pierson, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

Lynne Rabil, The Franklin Garden Club

FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear GCV Members:

I am writing to thank our very special Peggy Federhart, for her tireless, expert andinnovative work as Editor of the Journal these past two years.She has organized the complicated process of producing four Journalsand managed to save money along the way. The Journal has never beenin better shape.

Peggy and her husband John are going to be traveling and we wish them all the best.

We are very grateful to Laurie Starke of The Warrenton Garden Club who hasstepped in to continue the Journal production. Jeanette Cadwallender will be learn-ing the ropes so that she can take over as Journal Editor next spring.Thank you, Peggy!

Warmest wishes,

Sally Guy Brown


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The Garden Club of VirginiaJournal

The Garden Club of Virginia Journal(USPS 574-520, ISSN 0431-0233) ispublished four times a year for membersby The GCV, 12 East Franklin St.,Richmond, VA 23219. Periodicalpostage paid in Richmond, VA. Singleissue price, $3.00.

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

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

JournalEditor Pro Tem:Laurie Starke (Mrs. Barry W.)8481 Lock Lane

Warrenton VA 20186Phone: (540) 439-8130Email: [email protected]

JournalAdvertising Chairman:Betsy Agelasto (Mrs. Peter A. III)Phone: (757) 428-1870Email: [email protected]

President of The Garden Club of Virginia:Sally Guy Brown (Mrs. Thomas C., Jr.)

JournalCommittee Chairman:Gail Braxton (Mrs. H. Harrison, Jr.)

Vol. LII, No. 3Printed on recycled paper byCarter Printing CompanyRichmond, VA

ON THE COVER...This issue is dedicated to The Blue Ridge GardenClub, host of the GCV Board of Governors'Meeting, October 2007, in Lexington.

IN THIS ISSUE...From the President .. . . . . . . . . . inside front cover

"Celebrate 2008," the GCV Symposium . . .. . .. . .. 2

A Capitol Thank You . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . 3

Capitol Rededication of the Queen's Visit . .. .. .. 4

Grand Opening and Capitol Renovation . .. .. .. 6

American Farmland Trust Award . . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 8

Club Notes: A Very Special Anniversary . . . . . . . . . .10

Club Notes: Extreme Stream Makeover . . . . .. . . . . 11

Alden Hopkins: Quintessential Colonial Revivalist . . 12

65th Annual Lily Show Winners . . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 14

Lily Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Rose Notes . . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 17

GCV Conservation Fund . . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 18

GCV Welcomes Two New Employees . .. .. .. .. . 19

Daffodil Notes . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . 20

Restoration Notes: The Perkinson Rose Garden. . .. . . 22

GCV Conservation Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Historic Garden Week Business Report . . . . .. . . . . 24

Honor a Friend.Plant a Seed . .. .. .. .. .. .. 25

Ex Libris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Contributions ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Celebrate 2008The Garden Club of Virginia Symposium

By Aileen Laing, Symposium Committee

The Warrenton Garden Club

Have you put February 11-12-13, 2008 on your calendar? Join your GCV

friends from around the state to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Historic

Garden Week at the first GCV Symposium. You don't want to miss it!

First and foremost, you want to be there to hear our nationally known speakers.

One cannot pick up a magazine today without reading an article about best-selling

author Amy Stewart or a book review of her new bookFlower Confidential. She will

share with us her research into the cut-flower industry. Why do modern roses have noscent? Do you know what the ecological practices are of the growers from whom you

buy? You will never select flowers for arranging in the same way.

Amy Stewart is speaking in the morning on Tuesday, February 12. In the afternoon,

Warren Byrd, award-winning landscape architect and teacher, will share with us his

knowledge of natural systems and plant communities in a talk entitled "Creating

Gardens that Sustain Us." He will show us ways to have a garden that works with and

not against nature.

Wednesday morning, February 13, recognizes the anniversary of Historic Garden

Week with an incredible panel whose topics will be restoration with a particular focus

on gardens. Nancy Campell, Chairman Emeritus of the National Trust for Historic

Places, will open the session with a talk on preservation, restoration and contemporary

usage. She will then join a panel composed of experts in various aspects of restoration.

Tom Savage is director of Museum Affairs at Winterthur Museum and Country

Estate. Calder Loth is the senior architectural historian at the Virginia Department of

Historic Resources. Phillip Watson is a noted garden designer and television personali-ty. And Rudy Favretti is the much-beloved, award-winning landscape architect emeri-

tus of The Garden Club of Virginia. Following the panel, Will Rieley, current land-

scape architect for GCV, will lead a workshop on the nuts and bolts of actually doing

a garden restoration. What an exciting morning!

All three speakers will be talking on topics that relate to conservation and the

preservation of our environmentwhether it is what we buy, what we plant, or what

we work to preserve in our communities and in our world.

Look for the brochure in early October and register early for two days of stimulat-

ing talks. There will also be workshops, receptions, tours of historic sites in

Fredericksburg, a special Symposium shopping bazaar and moreall of which you will

learn about in the next issue of theJournal. The GCV is definitely celebrating in a big

way, as only GCV knows how to do!


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A CAPITOL THANK YOU

Mrs. Thomas C. Brown, Jr. May 7, 2007

PresidentThe Garden Club of Virginia921 North Quaker Lane

Alexandria, Virginia 22302

Dear Mrs. Brown:

On behalf of the General Assembly of Virginia and the Virginia Capitol

Foundation, please accept our sincere appreciation for the involvement of the

Garden Club of Virginia in the 2007 Capitol Rededication Gala and

Ceremony and the visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Your willingness

to assist in a series of major public events while hosting your own internation-

ally-acclaimed Historic Garden Week is a testament to your devotion to

Virginia and her citizens.

We were most impressed with the enthusiasm and professionalism exhibited

by the "ladies of The Garden Club" as all of Capitol Square came to fondly

know your members in the long days that they were here preparing for our

historic celebration. We were particularly grateful for the leadership, imagina-tion, and hard work of Mary Nelson Thompson and Lee Snyder who tirelessly

lead the team of ladies including Jane Beale, Joyce Moorman, Sandy Hart,

Wanda Hall, Linda Consolvo, Marietta Gwathmey, Cessie Howell, Bev King,

Lauren Thompson, and Lyn Hodnett. Together they created the most magnif-

icent arrangements to decorate each of the public rooms. As a result of their

thoughtful planning and attention to detail, the Virginia Capitol never looked

more beautiful than it did last week.

Thank you all for the integral and valuable role played by your dedicatedmembers who came from around the Commonwealth to assist with the

Capitol Rededication events.

Sincerely,

Bruce F. Jamerson Susan Clarke SchaarClerk, House of Delegates Clerk, Senate of Virginia Treasurer, Virginia Capitol Foundation Trustee, Virginia Capitol Foundation

cc: The Honorable William J. HowellThe Honorable John H. Chichester

The Honorable Thomas K. Norment, Jr.

Mr. S. Buford Scott, Chairman, Virginia Capitol Foundation Board of Trustees

Ms. M. Alice Lynch, Executive Director, Virginia Capitol Foundation


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Capitol Rededication and the Queen's VisitBy Mary Nelson Thompson

The Franklin Garden Club

The GCV Flower Shows Committee was asked to provide the floral arrange-

ments for the Rededication of the Capitol Ceremony, Black Tie Gala and

the visit of Queen Elizabeth II. What an exciting two weeks we had! It was

appropriate for The GCV to assume this responsibility. Capitol Foundation member

and former GCV President, Betty Schutte states that our restoration funds provided

the most significant funding for the beautifully restored garden at the Governor's

Mansion, adjacent to the Capitol.

The classic Roman temple edifice, designed by Thomas Jefferson as our state house,sparkled in its splendor. Many experts skillfully restored the old section and added a

new entrance to incorporate modern technology and infrastructure. It is truly the

crown jewel of the Commonwealth.

Providing floral arrangements worthy of such a masterpiece was a challenge. It was

particularly so since the timing was during and immediately following Historic

Garden Week. Construction and cleaning was continuing up to the last minute. It was

difficult to visualize the finished product amidst scaffolding, drop cloths, equipment,

debris and many workers.

More than five carloads of containers were selected and transported to the Capitol.

Designs were chosen, flowers ordered and auxiliary materials cut and conditioned.

Complicated mechanics were overcome. All of this was completed under the restraints

of ultra tight security.

Lauren Thompson was in charge of the new contemporary wing. Her club members

brought in truckloads of tree limbs and greens. Some had to be anchored in plaster.

Fortunately we had a large workroom and spacious halls in which to work. Lee Snyderused her professional expertise to compile the huge list of floral material to be ordered.

Guards, husbands and sons helped us with the transporting and heavy lifting before

we could begin to arrange our flowers.

The arrangements included a fifteen-foot centerpiece placed on a granite cube com-

pleted by the construction crew just three hours before the guests arrived. Twelve of us

worked on ladders to make the arrangement in the midst of guards and dogs brought

in to sniff for possible explosives.

When almost one hundred period and contemporary designs were completed, thecommittee felt exhilarated with accomplishment. All week long VIPs, workers, guards,

volunteers, students and tourists admired the exceptional beauty of the flowers, almost

as much as they admired the Capitol. This was the best public relations event we

could have ever had for The Garden Club of Virginia. To quote former GCV


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President Helen Murphy, "this is the most important event The GCV has ever done

for Virginia."

Since the Capitol was displayed all week and the Queen made her visit on

Thursday, it was necessary for me to maintain and refresh the arrangements twice

daily. Anne Cross graciously lent me her Church Hill house so I could stay inRichmond and have headquarters. Her help was a huge part of the success of this

endeavor.

On the day of the Queen's visit, Anne and I made plans to arrive early in order to

make a final check of the arrangements. The lines of people had been increasing

throughout the night. As we passed them, adorned in our best suits (no hats), one per-

son said, "Let these ladies through. They are with the Royals!" Our egos were quickly

deflated when one of the special agents confiscated my Japanese clippers as contra-

band. My protestations fell on deaf ears. Later, locating the flower lady's clippers

became a big issue with the guards!

Security was tight, with over 300 people involved. To give an example of their thor-

oughness, I will relate one incident. Joyce Moorman had made a freestyle arrangement

for a conference table in the area where the Queen would visit. She had covered the

pin holder with black pebbles. When I made my final check on water needs, I noticed

that all the pebbles had been moved aside.

The visit of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, was an experience we will never for-get. Anne and I were secured in our location beside the statue of George Washington.

Once everyone was checked for credentials, no one was allowed to leave the area. This

included the school children's teacher, who had an asthma attack. Special medics were

quickly brought in to treat her needs on site. Two hours later the Queen and Prince

Phillip passed in front of us. Yes, it was worth the effort! Queen Elizabeth is truly a

beautiful, elegant lady, with skin like an English rose. It was so gratifying to hear that

Her Majesty had commented on how lovely the flower arrangements were throughout

the Capitol.

There were humorous and not so humorous moments during the week of prepara-

tion, such as backed-up toilets, locked doors, broken containers, lost keys and children

picking flowers out of the arrangements. I quickly learned that the custodial staff was

my best friend. Using my cell phone to call them for help saved the day more than

once. I felt like Carol Burnett, pushing my supply cart through the miles of corridors.

Each of you should take pride in this great honor and achievement. Also, please join

me in thanking Lauren Thompson and Lyn Hodnett of The Ashland Garden Club;Sandy Hart, Wanda Hall, and Linda Consolvo of The Nansemond River Garden

Club; Lee Snyder and Marietta Gwathmey of The Harborfront Garden Club; Joyce

Moorman of The Brunswick Garden Club; Cessie Howell and Bev King of The

Rappahannock Valley Garden Club, and Jane Beale of The Franklin Garden Club.

Without these ladies the job could not have been completed.


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GRAND OPENING OF

April 30 and May 1, 200The Garden Club

Photos by Linda ConsolvoMany thanks to The GCV members particip

For more photos, please click on The G


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APITOL RENOVATION

Richmond, VirginiaVirginia at Work

Placement and Text by Fleet Davisting in creating these splendid arrangements.

V website and select Photo Warehouse.


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American Farmland Trust AwardBy Hylah Boyd

The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton

Rossie and Sandy Fisher, owners of Brookview Farm in Manakin-Sabot,

Virginia, received the American Farmland Trust's 2007 Stewards of the

Land award. Many GCA members know Rossie, a former president of

The James River Garden Club, through her work as a Zone VII Chairman and

Director. The annual award, established in 1998, is given in memory of AFT

founder Peggy McGrath Rockefeller, and honors an American farmer or farm fam-

ily who demonstrates great leadership in conserving farmland and caring for the

environment. The Fishers also received an award check of $10,000 that they

intend to put toward conservation causes.

On Brookview Farm's one thousand rolling acres, there are 300 cows roaming

freely, 220 hens, eight roosters and six acres of compost. The organic farm supplies

grass-fed beef, free-range eggs, whipped honey, whole wheat flour, dog bones,

compost and seasonal produce, drawing country neighbors and city dwellers alike

to Manakin-Sabot. Educating the public is foremost in the minds of the Fishers.

"The beef isn't coming out of blue Styrofoam. I think that's important for my

sons to see," says Karl Kratzer, a regular visitor to the farm.

The Fishers' commitment to sustainability dates back several decades, when they

were farmers in Colombia. On their ranch, where the cows were grass-fed, it was

ten hours by Jeep to the nearest town, so they had to be self-sufficient. Grass-fed,

rather than grain-fed, beef are predominant in South America. That system is in

contrast to the one that exists for typical U.S. cattle, which are "finished" or fed

grain for a period of weeks prior to slaughter. At Brookview Farm, the Fishers

noticed the good health and steady weight-gain of their cross-bred animals on

grass. The result is delicious beef that is higher in protein.

Their organic free-range chickens live in houses without bottoms, allowing the

chickens to eat grass and worms, along with an organic mixture of corn, soybeans,

flaxseeds and ground green beans. Besides producing eggs, the chickens fertilize

the land by pecking and scattering cow pies while putting down their own nitro-

gen-rich fertilizer.

The compost piles are massive. More than two thousand tons of leaves from a

local municipality and a university are delivered each year and are piled in

windrows a hundred yards long or more and turned every so often as they decay to

create compost. In winter, the cows like the windbreak and warmth that the piles


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give off. Additionally, the manure left by the cows is incorporated into the com-

post. Eventually half the compost, looking like rich black soil, is sold and the

other half is spread on the pastures at Brookview Farm.

Brookview Farm is in a region of increasing development for planned com-

munities, golf courses, horse farms and mini-country estates. Here the mar-

ket value of the land fetches upward of $20,000 per acre, but it is only

worth $1,000 per acre for farming. The Fishers placed a conservation ease-

ment on their farm several years ago, which prohibits the development of

their property beyond agriculture for future generations. As part of the

incentive that makes such easements attractive, the Fishers received a sizable

tax-deduction for the difference between the land's market value and agricul-

tural value. To quote Sandy, "The conservation easement we feel is a benefit

to our kids. It takes the pressure off of people always trying to buy the place

for development." Their children are in complete agreement.

For their efforts on the land, the education they provide, and their involvement

in farmland preservation, the Fishers were nominated for ATF's annual award by

their local county's extension agent. From seventy nominations nation-wide, they

were selected. The award is so well deserved. "We are self-sustainable," Rossie says.

"We are self-perpetuating.We should be able to go on forever."


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A Very Special AnniversaryBy Sue Anne Morgan

The Charlottesville Garden Club

The Charlottesville

Garden Club celebrated

the fiftieth anniversary

of our becoming a member of

The Garden Club of Virginia in

May with a luncheon focusing

on our history. Renee Grisham

welcomed us to a beautifully

draped tent transformed into an

elegant dining room in the lush

gardens of Oakwood. We

enjoyed a flower show reflecting

the decades of our history, a talk by Allison Schildwachter, our club president, on our

early history and light-hearted stories and skits about the club. Sam Abell, noted

National Geographic photographer, spoke on the influence of gardening in his life.

As the guests left we were each given a copy of The CGC 50th Anniversary Memoirs

to remind us of the importance of our contributions and to serve as an inspirationfor us all to do our part to continue the mission of The GCV.


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Extreme Stream MakeoverBy Marsha Merrell

The James River Garden Club

Boxwood, James River, Three Chopt and Tuckahoe Garden Clubs are

working with The James River Associat ion to clean up over a mi le of

Horsepens Branch in Richmond. Horsepens Branch feeds into the

James River via the Chickahominy River. A portion of the Branch was

labeled "Jordan Branch" in the last century and was used as a place for bap-

tisms by African American congregations.

Creating rain gardens and "Bayscapes," planting natives, hauling rocks andpreparing the soil are among the tasks. The clubs are partnering with

schools, civic organizations and businesses to provide workers, sponsorships,

"in-kind" donations, equipment and designs for this enormous undertaking.

At the end of this endeavor, America 's Founding River wi ll be a lit tle clean-

er, thanks to Richmond's four GCV clubs.

Makeover committee (L-R): Rhonda Sutton, Carol Fox, Peyton Wells,Cabell West, Amber Foster and Jeanette McKittrick


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Alden Hopkins:The Quintessential Colonial Revivalist

By William D. Rieley

Landscape Architect for The Garden Club of Virginia

The third in a series of articles about the landscape architects who have served as consult-

ants for The Garden Club of Virginia.

T

he Garden Club of Virginia continued its association with landscape architects

by consulting with Alden Hopkins from 1950 until his death in 1960.

Together, they tackled ambitious projects, among them Gunston Hall,

Woodlawn Plantation andthe most ambitious of allthe Pavilion Gardens at theUniversity of Virginia. Dottie Williams featured Hopkins's drawings prominently in

her book, Historic Virginia Gardens, and they show him to be a thoughtful designer

who paid careful attention to the details of construction and the intricacies of planting

design.

Like his predecessor with The Garden Club of Virginia, Arthur Shurcliff, Alden

Hopkins served as Landscape Architect for Colonial Williamsburg. Born in Rhode

Island in 1905, he received his undergraduate degree in botany and horticulture from

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He won the Rome Prize in 1934 and spent three years at the American Academy in

Rome. Upon his return he worked at Mount Vernon and developed a strong interest

in the colonial gardens of Maryland and Virginia but World War II interrupted his

career. He spent four years as a naval officer and saw combat duty in the Pacific. Even

in the midst of war, however, he kept a notebook that included detailed sketches andnotes reflecting his interest in the landscape around him and such features as stone

walls, hedges, thatched roofs and the working farmyards of Okinawa. He duly noted

the scarcity of openings in farmyard enclosures to block the route of the devil who

travels in straight lines.

At Gunston Hall (the home of one of our founding fathers, George Mason) and

Woodlawn Plantation (the home of George Washington's nephew, Lawrence Lewis),

his plans included entrance roads, parking areas, elaborate arrangements of parterre

gardens, and delicately scaled and detailed pavilions and gates. His plans for theUniversity's Pavilion Gardens are, however, his crowning achievement. Each garden is

a jewel and together they make a lovely ring around Jefferson's masterpiece. Hopkins

made no pretense of replicating the original condition, as there was little physical or

documentary evidence of what Jefferson intended. Instead the traditions Jefferson

encountered either in his travels or gardening books inspired Hopkins as he worked.

He completed conceptual plans for all the gardens and supervised the restoration of

the West Gardens which were opened to the public in 1952. He died of a stroke at his

drafting board while at work on the East Gardens."Colonial Revival" is the term used to describe the style of garden design that

evolved over the course of the early 20th century. This style is defined in great measure

by the work of Alden Hopkins. His projects for The Garden Club of Virginia are

works of great skill and sophistication and deserve preservation today as the works of a

great designer.


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The 65thAnnual

LILY SHOWWonders oSponsored by The Winch

Photos by Linda Consolvo

A

Class 51 Inter Club, The ElementsA. Modern Mass Design

The Garden Club of Warren County

B. Stabile DesignThe Virginia Beach Garden ClubQuad Blue, Best Interclub Arrangement

B

For a complete list of Lily Show Winners, click on The GCGrateful Appreciation to Mary Wynn and Charles McDaniel

Best Stem In Show

Unknown, Barbara HollandThe Garden Study Club

Best Asiatic Stem

'Carifeo', Mary Jac MeadowsChatham Garden Club


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Placement and Text by Fleet Davis

2007 Winners

Our Worldster-Clarke Garden Club

Number of Exhibitors: 109Number of Arrangements: 60

Number of Horticultural Exhibits: 191

C. Creative Line DesignThe Boxwood Garden Club

D. Underwater DesignRoanoke Valley Garden Club

C

D

website at www.gcvirginia.organd access the Member Pageand Hildrup Transfer for Support of The GCV Flower Shows

Best Novice Stem'Royal Sunset', Liza CookLeesburg Garden Club


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Lily NotesBy Mary Nelson Thompson, GCV Lily Chairman

The Franklin Garden Club

We give many thanks to The Winchester-Clarke Garden Club for hosting an

exceptionally beautiful and educational Lily Show in the new Millwood Station,

Winchester. Participants were delighted with the venue, so accommodating and

attractively arranged. Co-Chairmen Susan Claytor and Jean Gilpen, and all associated with

the show, are to be congratulated on a successful event.

The schedule, "Wonders of our World," was particularly notable for showcasing the cre-

ative skills of our GCV members. We continue to be amazed at the ever-increasing achieve-

ments of our entrants. Peyton Wells of The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton wonthe Best Artistic Arrangement Award and The Virginia Beach Garden Club won the Best

Inter Club Arrangement Award and the Most Creative Award. Daphne Dunning, of The

Winchester-Clarke Garden Club, not only won the Novice Award, but also produced all the

beautiful arrangements adorning the Millwood Station reception areas.

Also to be praised are the 109 exhibitors who in spite of inclement weather produced 191

lovely horticulture specimens and 60 beautiful arrangements, making this an outstanding

show. Barbara Holland, whose husband won last year, continued the family tradition by

winning the Best Stem in Show Award.

The Lily School at the Blandy Arboretum

was well attended and very worthwhile.

Genie and David Diller and Ron Chiabotta

presented an informative class for the 25 in

attendance. Five exam takers have entered

the judging program, jointly sponsored by

The North American Lily Society and The

GCV.

As with all of our shows, we are veryappreciative for the assistance of Mary Wynn

McDaniels and her family in the moving

and storing of our properties. This is a

tremendous physical and financial help to

the host clubs.

Our GCV 2007 Lily Collections have

been ordered and will be delivered to your

club lily chairman in October. The TuckahoeGarden Club of Westhampton won the Best

Test Collection Award at the show this year.

With plans for 2008 already underway, let's

plan to give them some stiff competition

next year.


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RoseNotesBy Pat Taylor, GCV Rose Chairman

The Boxwood Garden Club

All members of The GCV are invited to participate in the Rose Education meetingto be held Wednesday, September 19, at the Kent Valentine House. The meeting

will begin at 10:30 AM followed by a luncheon from 12:00-1:00. The cost forlunch is $12.00, payable the day of the meeting. Please respond by Tuesday, September10 to ensure an accurate count for lunch. You may email your response [email protected] or call me at (804) 740-8244.

All member club rose chairmen are encouraged to attend, as well as any other GCVmembers interested in growing and exhibiting roses. This program is scheduled two

weeks prior to the Rose Show and is specifically designed to provide participants withcutting-edge information that will enhance their rose-exhibiting potential in the horti-

cultural division of the Rose Show.Topics to be addressed at the Rose Education meeting include: gardening tips for pro-

ducing the best possible roses; planning and exhibiting collections (including the mem-ber-club collection); exhibiting single stems; cutting and conditioning roses; refrigerationtechniques; transporting roses to the show; grooming roses; using the show schedule tomaximize your exhibition potential. Although the program will focus primarily onexhibiting horticulture entries, the information addressing optimal bloom acquisitionand maintenance will benefit artistic exhibitors as well.

Ordering information for the newly selected 2008 Rose Collection will also beprovided at the meeting.

As the intensity of the summer heat begins to subside at this time of year, our rosesget their second wind and fall rose shows boast some of the best blooms of the year. The69th GCV Annual Rose Show will take place October 3 and 4, 2007, at ChristchurchSchool and will again be hosted by The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula. After youhave entered your blooms and arrangements on Wednesday morning, you will want toparticipate in the lovely garden tours between entry time and the Awards Ceremony. It

will be a fun-filled day on the Middle Peninsula.

The Garden Club of the Middle PeninsulaPresentsThe Garden Club of Virginia's

69th Annual Rose ShowSanctioned by the American Rose Society

River Reflections

OPEN TO THEPUBLIC

Wed., Oct. 3, 2007

2:00p.m. to 8:00p.m.

Thurs., Oct. 4, 2007

9:00a.m. to1:00 p.m.

Marston Hall, Christchurch SchoolChristchurch, Virginia

Registration Online at www.gcvirgina.orgor call the Registration Chair, Johanna von Walter at (804) 443-6751


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Conserving the Gifts of Nature:GCV's New Conservation Fund

By Marsha Merrell, GCV Conservation Committee Chairman

The James River Garden Club

The Membership spoke; the Board of Directors of the Garden Club of Virginia

listened. During strategic planning, you indicated that conservation had

become a priority among the activities offered within our club. There was a

strong consensus that members would welcome the opportunity to donate money to

further strengthen the conservation arm of our organization.

During January and February of 2007, a survey was presented to each club to deter-

mine how an endowed fund might be spent for conservation purposes. TheConservation Committee met in March to review the results and to consider your

comments. In May a recommendation to establish The Garden Club of Virginia

Conservation Fund was presented to the Board of Directors and approved. Similar to

the Common Wealth Award, this fund will be used to give cash awards to member

clubs to implement environmental projects for the benefit of Virginia. Clubs are

encouraged to partner with other clubs, civic groups and/or environmental organiza-

tions. Awardees will oversee the spending of the funds and report back to The GCV at

the end of the project.

The Conservation Committee and the Board of Directors are very excited at the

prospect of enabling clubs to undertake major projects in conservation. Now we must

all work together to fund this endeavor properly. The policy regarding endowed funds

is that five percent of the principal may be used. The amount of money raised will

determine the largesse of the awards. We

have had a very generous initial gift of

$25,000 from a past President of the GCV

who wishes to be anonymous.

Let us all come together and build on this

great start. Please remove the envelope from

this edition of theJournaland makeyour

ideaof a GCV Conservation Fund a reality

by sending a donation designated for that

purpose. Remember, "The Garden Club of

Virginia exists to celebrate the beauty of theland, to conserve the gifts of nature, and to

challenge future generations to build on this

heritage." What better way to help

accomplish this than with a gift to the GCV

Conservation Fund?


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GCV Welcomes Two New EmployeesBy Deedy Bumgardner, Personnel Committee Chairman

The Augusta Garden Club

In May, The GCV welcomed two new employees, both with excellent qualifica-

tions to take on their new responsibilities at the

Kent-Valentine House. Rose Marie Tronge,

who follows Pat Bryant in The GCV office, is the

new Executive Director of The Garden Club of

Virginia. With the retirement of Susan Flowers

after twenty years of service, Christine Harris has

assumed the duties of Assistant to the Historic

Garden Week Executive Director in the office

across the hall. The new appointments followed

several months of intense work by the Personnel

Committee to find just the right match for these

two very important jobs.

Rose Marie, a native of Ohio and graduate of the

University of Akron, formerly served as marketing

and public relations manager for Witt Mares, PLC

in Richmond. Her duties with The GCV include

facilities management and housekeeping, office man-

agement, financial administration, communications

and correspondence, event management and rental,

marketing and development. She and her husband,

Don, have a six-year-old son, Jarrett, and make their

home in Powhatan. You can reach Rose Marie at [email protected] (804) 643-

4137 at headquarters.Prior to joining Suzanne Munson in the Historic Garden Week office, Christine

served as secretary to educational specialists for the Henrico County Public School sys-

tem. A Richmond native, she holds a degree from Mary Washington College. She and

her husband, Calvin, live in Mechanicsville and have two boys, Cal, age ten, and

Cameron, age seven. Christine's Garden Week duties include guidebook advertising

coordination, office administration, bookkeeping, and shipping and distribution of

Garden Week materials. Her e-mail address is [email protected] phone

(804) 644-7776.Rose Marie and Christine have entered their new jobs with a sense of enthusiasm

and purpose, both expressing genuine appreciation for their working environment in

the beautiful Kent-Valentine House and for the worthwhile goals of The Garden Club

of Virginia and Historic Garden Week. Please stop by to say hello to them on your

next visit to headquarters.

above: Christine Harrisbelow: Rose Marie Tronge


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Daffodils: Yellow, White, Pink and Blue?By Glenna Graves, GCV Daffodil Chairman

The Spotswood Garden Club

As we all know, daffodils are a welcome sight after a long cold winter. To

enjoy this announcement of spring we have to plan ahead. If you see a

special bloom or variety at a show or in someone's garden, try to find

the name and then check the garden centers, order from the catalogs or ask your

friend or neighbor for a bulb. Daffodil growers love to share. The GCV Daffodil

website lists several sources that handle specialty bulbs as well as garden varieties.

We had 377 club collections and 417 garden collections ordered this year.There is one substitution in the garden collection. Redhill was not available, so

Smiling Sun 1 W-Y was selected. This is a tall, perfectly formed and elegant

bloom with the yellow gold of the cup spreading onto part of the petal seg-

ments. It is eye-catching. I expect to see many beautiful blooms at the Daffodil

Show hosted by The Garden Club of the Northern Neck at the White Stone

Church of the Nazarene, White Stone.

As you know the club collections will be delivered to your club president atthe Board of Governors meeting in October. Now is the time to consider where

you will plant your bulbs. A sunny location with good drainage is preferable. If

you can, prepare your planting

area in advance. The soil

should be broken up about 10

inches deep with a fork, shovel

or roto-tiller. Add amend-

ments such as peat moss, sand,

gypsum or superfine ground

bark mulch. Best yet, use leaf

compost and grass clippings

which are excellent organic

materials to help break up the

clay soil and aid in drainage.

Have your planting area as

light and fluffy as possible.

Before planting any bulbs,

give them the squeeze test. If


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soft, discard; if firm, plant.

Water newly planted bulbs to

encourage root growth. Planting

should be after soil temperaturesare under 55 FOctober and

November are generally ideal.

Bulbs can be planted in

December or January before the

ground freezes but earlier plant-

ing gives better root develop-

ment; however, do plant bulbs

when you can. They should not

be left out of the ground for a

whole year.

Another tip for beauti fu l

large, smooth petals with lots of

substance and great color is to

water. Star t occasionally water-

ing your bulbs in February and

March, when you see the green

tips peeping through, unless you

have had a half inch or more of

rain per week. You will see a

remarkable difference in your

blooms. Bulbs need to rest dur-

ing the summer so watering is

not encouraged then.

With a sunny locat ion, good

drainage, soft fluffy soil and

watering at the proper times

you will not only have yellow,

white, red and pink but also a

lot of blue ribbons next to your

blooms at the show.


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The Perkinson Rose GardenBy Jo Silvers

The Garden Club of Danville

The lawn of The Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History was the site of a

garden party on June 9, 2007 to celebrate the gift of a rose garden to the

museum by James Perkinson in tribute to his wife, Sigie. The new garden is

very significant to the Garden Club of Virginia because it is graced by a period fence

built by a GCV restoration project. This garden serves as an excellent example of the

historical and physical merits of our club's many projects: an early GCV restoration

inspired a later gift that benefits a family, the community of Danville and the entire

Garden Club of Virginia.Alma "Sigie" Perkinson was rose test chairman of The GCV for twelve years and a

member of The Garden Club of Danville. She was a passionate gardener and shared

her love and knowledge of roses with the Danville community and beyond. Mr.

Perkinson, a long time patron of The Danville Museum, decided the Sutherlin man-

sion grounds would be a fitting location for this garden honoring Sigie. Also, included

as part of Mr. Perkinson's gift, is an endowment to maintain the garden.


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William D. Rieley, Landscape Architect for The GCV, drew the rose garden

plan. Mr. Rieley was very familiar with the site since he designed the period fence sur-

rounding the property. The Sutherlin era picket fence is a GCV restoration project,

and locals admit that the addition of the fence in 2005 brought renewed interest in the

museum. The City of Danville has landscaped the back entrance to the museum and

added a handicapped accessible landscaped walkway leading up to the Perkinson Rose

Garden.

Lynne Bjarnesen, Museum Director, said, "the garden is a spot of great beauty that

encourages meditation, and also brings more visitors to the museum." This garden also

illustrates the wonderful ripple effect begun when the Garden Club of Virginia restores

historic properties across the Commonwealth.

The grounds of The Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History have been a project ofThe Garden Club of Danville for many years.

Conservation ForumBy Anne Beals

The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

Virginia's two Eastern Shore counties offer a perfect laboratory tostudy what happens when human beings become part of a fragile

ecosystem. Located

at the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula, the Eastern Shore and its

barrier islands were isolated until the completion of the Chesapeake Bay

Bridge-Tunnel put this beautiful area within easy reach.

Because of its fertile, productive soils and its proximity to water trans-

portation and prolific fishing, this area has been favored since before its

European settlement. How much population can the area absorb before itsbountiful resources are depleted? How can inevitable change be used to its

benefit?

The Conservation and Beautification Committee invites you to

Chincoteague on November 7th and 8th to experience this important

resource. Activities on Wednesday include b irding tours of Assateague Island

and self-guided tours of the nearby NAS A visitor center. Dinner on

Wednesday will be held at the Chincoteague Community Center, and wi ll

include exhibitors and entertainment. Thursday morning's program will be

held at the Bateman Center on Assateague Island, a handsome new buildinghousing interpretive displays of local flora and fauna, and having a state-of-

the-art geothermal heating system.

Come join us for the 48th Annual Conservation Forum. Chincoteague and

Assateague Islands are quiet in November and welcome us for an enjoyable

and informative visit. See The GCV website for registration information.


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Historic Garden Week Business ReportBy Suzanne Munson

Historic Garden Week Executive Director

Acool, late spring preserved azaleas, tulips, daffodils and other colorful blooms

last April for one of the most scenic Historic Garden Weeks in recent memory.

Mother Nature further cooperated by providing rain-free skies for all but one

of the eight touring days. Guests from California to Maine and countries abroad thor-

oughly enjoyed our beautiful tours and gracious Virginia hospitality.

During the year leading up to our events, the number of visits worldwide to our

website (www.VAGardenweek.org) increased to nearly 100,000. Numerous national,

regional and local publications featured articles about Garden Week, including

Horticulture Magazine, Newsday, USA Today, the American Gardener, Southern Accents,

the Boston Globe, Washington Home and Garden, HG TV, statewide National Public

Radio (NPR), Home and Design Magazine, Southeast Group Tour Magazineand various

internet travel sites. In addition to generous Garden Week coverage, the spring issue of

Virginia Living Magazinefeatured a glossy fashion photo shoot at the Kent-Valentine

House, showcasing the handsome headquarters of The GCV and Historic Garden

Week, as well as a cover story on "Oakwood," on The Warrenton GC tour!Proceeds from more than 30 tour areas reached nearly $700,000, with the latest fig-

ure at $698,882. Internet ticket sales increased to $11,470. Income for one-day tours

ranged from $2,708 to more than $50,000. A number of clubs experienced increases,

some significant, over last year's ticket sales, including those in Alexandria, Ashland,

Chatham, Danville, Fairfax, Gloucester, Leesburg, Martinsville, Norfolk, Orange,

Portsmouth, Roanoke, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg and Winchester.

This year, clubs are encouraged to increase efforts to promote their tours, includingadding a personal touch to their marketing programs. Please ask your club members to

invite friends from other localities to bring their friends to Historic Garden Week, and

to your event in particular. Ideal groups would include non-GCV garden clubs, muse-

um associations, Junior Leagues and related organizations. After all, personal invita-

tions were the first marketing tools used by our forebears in 1929, and are still most

effective. Plans are well underway for Historic Garden Week's 75th anniversary in

2008. Our beautiful tours have been held annually since 1929, except for a period

during World War II when GCV members tended their Victory Gardens. During the

last seven decades, ticket sales from tours throughout the state have reached an impres-

sive $13 million. More than 40 of Virginia's most important historic landscapes have

been restored with proceeds from our outstanding eventsa remarkable achievement in

which every Garden Club of Virginia member can take enormous pride.


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How to Honor aFriend.Plant a Seed

By Ann SandersThe Boxwood Garden Club

What do you do to honor someone

you have lost? Do you place her

name in a book? Do you inscribe

her name on a silver bowl or on a plaque? The

Boxwood Garden Club was presented with

this question when our dear friend and former

president, Ann Miller Anderson (Millie)

Stuckey, died in April 2006. How do we cele-

brate Millie's life and honor her memory?

Boxwood members contributed to our

fledgling endowment fund in memory of

Millie. When Millie's husband George heard

of our plans to honor his wife, he offered to

make a generous donation to our fund. With

a substantial sum in hand, we discussed the

matter with members of The GCV Board

and learned that restricted gifts could be

made to the newly created SEED (Support,

Education, Events, and Development) Fund.

With this in mind, we designated a gift

specifically to support the Flower Arranging

School, which was of special significance to

Millie, a GCV judge and lover of all aspects of

flower arranging. A portion of our gift to the

GCV Flower Arranging School would be used

every year for the next 10 years to underwrite

the cost of speakers. With the approval of the

members of The Boxwood Garden Club, we

sent our proposal to The GCV Board. The

Board approved our proposal.

We are delighted with the results of ourefforts to honor our friend, mentor and leader.

What better way to cherish Millie Stuckey's

memory than to attend the Flower Arranging

School and know that our love for her has

helped improve that important program?


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Ex LibrisSilent Spring by Rachel Carson

By Anne Olsen

The Garden Club of the Northern Neck

It is not often that a book published over 40 years ago is still controversial and the

author considered either a saint or a bad scientist. Yet, the celebration this year of

Rachel Carson's one hundredth birthday has stirred up emotions about the effects

of the environmental movement, which she is credited with creating, and the banning

of certain insecticides, especially DDT.

I finally read Silent Springthis spring. I suppose I expected it to be a dry text, full of

chemical names and processes, perhaps a strident polemic. Instead, I found myself

amazed at the strength and beauty of the book with its descriptions of the natural

world around us and how we are treating it. The chemical names are certainly there,

but I wanted to learn more about them, not pass them over.

I was stunned by the policies concerning annihilation of insect pest species that state

and federal government agencies perpetrated on this country after the end of World

War II. Untold tons of deadly chemicals were sprayed over millions of acres in ulti-

mately futile attempts to protect agriculture and forest production. It never seemed to

occur to the powers in charge that if you cover millions of acres with chemicals to kill

one pest, say the gypsy moth, the poison would negatively affect beneficial insects,

birds, small mammals, schoolyards, backyards, dairies, ponds and streams. That these

chemicals, originally developed as nerve gases in wartime, might have long term effects

on animals, including human beings, was either not foreseen or not considered important.

Especially appalling is the fact that the large-scale attacks never worked as well atgetting the targeted species as small localized ones. The broad chemical attacks missed

some bugs and these surviving bugs went on to produce new bugs with resistance to

the pesticides commonly used and re-used. Rachel Carson understood that this would

happen. She was not against all pesticides, just the overuse of them.

There is much more to the book than what I have mentioned above. Rachel

Carson's legacy is that she sounded a wake-up call for people to be aware of and to

question what is going on around them, to remember that we share the world and torecognize that we are its stewards and that we need to protect the wildlife that sur-

rounds us. To those who say that she was wrong, I say come to the Chesapeake Bay in

March and watch the thousands of migrating birds that would not be there if pesticide

policies had continued as they were before Silent Spring.


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C O N T R I B U T I O N SReport Period From 4/1/07 Through 6/30/07

The Garden Club of Virginia Endowment

Supports the ongoing preservation of the historic Kent-Valentine House, headquartersof The GCV and Historic Garden Week.

Donor:

Richard and Missy Buckingham

Hubard Family Trusts

Treazure P. Johnson

Mrs. John A. Nolde, Jr.

Mrs. Charles H. Seilheimer, Jr.

Donor: In Honor of:The Garden Club of Alexandria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lee Snyder

The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruth Cunningham

The Princess Anne Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Molloy

Winchester-Clarke Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glenna Graves

Deedy Bumgardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Baldwin

Sally Guy Brown

Missy Buckingham

Mary Hart Darden

Nina Mustard

Mary Harvard Nolde

Muff Nolde

Joanie Robins

Dianne Spence

Cabell West

Catherine Whitham

Mary Hart Darden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deedy Bumgardner

Lee CochranMrs. Frank T. Ellett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deedy Bumgardner

Mina Wood

M. F. Moorman Family Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugenia and David Diller

Helen Turner Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Chester Griffith

Donor: In Memory of:

The Garden Study Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adeliah Isenhower

The James River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Andrew H. Christian

Mrs. Spotswood B. Hall, Jr.

Vaughan H. ScottRivanna Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Martin Ochs (Celia)

Mrs. Archer C. Burke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Andrew H. Christian

Mrs. Spotswood B. Hall, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Catlett, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Spotswood B. Hall, Jr.

Mary Hart Darden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Lawson

Mimi and Kemp Dozier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Andrew H. Christian


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Mrs. B. Purnell Eggleston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Joseph P. Lawson

Ingeborg K. Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vaughan H. Scott

Mrs. John H. Guy, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Spotswood B. Hall, Jr.

Members of The GCV Rose Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randy Scott

Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Schaubach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betsy DelcambreMr. and Mrs. John T. West IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Spotswood B. Hall, Jr.

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

Donor: In Honor of:

Mrs. James C. Greene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Baxley T. Tankard

The Junior League of Washington Gardeners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Benjamin


Mrs. James C. Greene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. William W. Butzner, Jr.Barbara O. Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adeliah Isenhower

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

Donor:

Bessie Carter

Josephine Jackson Miller

Donor: In Honor of:Marsha Merrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kay Kelly

Mary Lyle Preston

Marilyn South

Rab Thompson


Caroline C. Merrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Wyatt A. Williams

The SEED Fund

Supports Events, Education, and Development.Donor:

The Nansemond River Garden Club

Donor: In Honor of:

Anne G. Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown

Anna Baldwin May


The Boxwood Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Miller Anderson Stuckey

RestorationSupports GCV Restoration projects across the Commonwealth.

Donor: In Honor of:

The Little Garden Club of Winchester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judith Anderson


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