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VOL LIX, NO. 2, JUNE 2014
WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG Tui Gaioix Ciun oi Viicixia
Te 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.
Fiox Tui Eiiroi
When the 2014 Historic Garden Week chairmen convened last fall for the
rst annual Boot Camp, few participants realized just how prophetic that
nomenclature would become. Despite some awful weather, GCV members,
volunteers, and guests alike donned their best rain boots and foul-weather gear.
Te show went on and, as always, received great accolades. Cheers, and a sincere
thank you for a job well done, to Karen Miller, Director of HGW and Editor
of the Guidebook, Alice Martin, HGW Committee Chair, local tour chairmen,
and the myriad of volunteers who made it all possible. On to 2015!
We look forward to receiving your articles. Write to us at journal@gcvirginia.org.
Submission guidelines may be found on the GCV website.
Journal Editorial Board
2014-2015
Editor and Chairman: Karla MacKimmie, Te Warrenton Garden Club
ExOcio Members
GCV President, Jeanette Cadwallender, Te Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
GCV Corresponding Secretary, Linda Consolvo, Te Nansemond River Garden Club
Journal Cover Editor, Jeanette McKittrick, Tree Chopt Garden Club
GCV Photographer, Esther Carpi, Te Hunting Creek Garden Club
GCV Communications Coordinator, Ann Heller
Journal Advertising Chairman, Anne Beals, Te Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
Members
Betty Anne Garrett, Te Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula
Lyn Hutchens, Te Huntington Garden Club
Aileen Laing, Te Warrenton Garden Club
Susan Morten, Te Martinsville Garden Club
Helen Pinckney, Te Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton
Grace Rhinesmith, Te Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula
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Te Garden Club of Virginia
Journal
Te 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 issue
April 15 for the June issue
July 15 for the September issue
October 15 for the December issue
Email copy to the Editor and advertising
to the Ad Chairman
President of the Garden Club of Virginia:
Jeanette Cadwallender
Journal Editor:
Karla MacKimmie
8505 Lees Ridge Road
Warrenton, VA 20186
Phone: (540) 341-3432
Email: journal@gcvirginia.org
Journal Advertising Chairman:
Anne Beals
801 Hanover Street #1
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
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Vol. LIX, No. 2
Printed on recycled paper by
Carter Printing Company
Richmond, VA
ON THE COVER...
Phlox paniculata is beautifully captured here
in watercolor by Mary Page Hickey of Te
Garden Club of Alexandria, and charmingly
depicted as well by Louise Beebe Wilder in
her 1916 book, My Garden. Tis plant is a
native, and with true American perspicacity
and enterprise has forged his way from
magenta obscurity to the most prominent
place in the oral world. Nearly a century
later, it remains a summer garden classic.
IN THIS ISSUE ...
Meet Jeanette ....................................... 2
Board of Directors ................................ 3
Massie Medal Award ............................ 4
de Lacy Gray Medal Award ................... 5
Bessie Bocock Carter Award .................. 5
Horticulture Award of Merit ...................... 7
Lily Show Announcement .................... 8
Lily Notes .............................................. 9
Common Wealth Award ...................... 10
Jeersons Clumps ................................ 12
Fort Christanna ................................... 13
VNRLI ................................................ 14
Kent-Valentine House .......................... 15
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Annual Daodil Show ................. 16
Ex Libris ............................................. 19
Historic Garden Week ........................ 21
Life of a Flower Arranger .................... 23
Conservation Forum ........................... 24
Club Notes ......................................... 25
Club Notes ......................................... 26
Club Notes ......................................... 27
Club Notes ......................................... 28
Club Notes ......................................... 29
Contributions ..................................... 30
OTHER REFERENCES...
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Email: director@gcvirginia.org
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Phone: (804) 644-7776 Fax: (804) 644-7778
Email: gdnweek@verizon.net
www.VAGardenWeek.org
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Richmond, VA 23219
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Meet Jeanette Cadwallender
48th President of the Garden Club of Virginia
By Karla MacKimmie, Editor, GCV Journal, Te Warrenton Garden Club
and Aileen Laing, Te Warrenton Garden Club
I
am so excited. Tis is going
to be such fun, said Jeanette
Cadwallender when congratulated
on her new position as President of the
Garden Club of Virginia. Her joie de
vivre, intelligence and creativity are all
encapsulated in this enthusiastic statement.
Hold onto your hats, ladies, we are in for a
lively journey.
Jeanette has many gifts, one of which
is her cheerful eciency. At the initial
meeting of the rst GCV Symposium,
a venue had to be selected. While the
feasibility of several locations was being
discussed, Jeanette quietly took out her
cell phone, made a call, and reported
that Fredericksburg was ready to host our
gathering, if the Committee agreed. Energetic, but thoughtful, she never pushed her
suggestion, but made it seem the obvious choice.
A Fredericksburg native and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Sweet Briar College, she
taught Latin prior to departing on a worldwide backpack adventure which changed
the course of her life. While in Nepal, Jeanette Rowe met Nick Cadwallender. Shortly
thereafter, Nick wrote his mother in Australia, apprising her of Jeanettes imminent
arrival there. If Jeanette arrived rst, Nick instructed, his mother was to put a leg rope
on her. Te rest, as they say, is history, and the Cadwallenders are the parents of three
adult children, Jess, Julia, and Mary.
One of her many interests is historic preservation. Jeanette is a member of the
National Society of Colonial Dames, a board member of the Fredericksburg City
Cemetery and a member of the Patawomeck Indian tribe. Te Cadwallenders renovated
the Fredericksburg home in which they reside and which has been in Jeanettes family
since built by her 4th great-grandfather in 1828. Jeanette, a ower shows judge for
GCV, and Nick, a knowledgeable gardener, are restoring the gardens with an eye to
sustainability and usefulness, as well as beauty
Jeanette served as president of the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club 2002-04
and has held many positions in GCV including 1st Vice President, Recording Secretary,
and Journal Editor. Serving as Journal Editor gave me a great understanding of the
good work we do in Restoration, Education, and Conservation, states Jeanette. She
admits that ink runs in her blood; Te Free Lance-Star was started by paternal relatives
over 100 years ago, and Nick serves as its publisher.
When asked about her passion for GCV, Jeanette explained, Its an organization
that stays true to its vision and an eective outlet for making Virginia a better place.
We are, indeed, fortunate to have Jeanette at the helm of GCV for the next two years.
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Board of Directors
Te Garden Club of Virginia 2014-2016
Ocers:
PresidentJeanette R. Cadwallender, Te Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
First Vice PresidentNina Mustard, Te Williamsburg Garden Club
Second Vice PresidentAnne Geddy Cross, Te Ashland Garden Club
TreasurerBetsy Worthington, Te Lynchburg Garden Club
Recording SecretaryDenise Revercomb, Roanoke Valley Garden Club
Corresponding SecretaryLinda Consolvo, Te Nansemond River Garden Club
Directors at Large:
District 1 (2014-16) Susan Robertson, Te James River Garden Club
District 2 (2013-15) DeLane Porter, Dolley Madison Garden Club
District 3 (2014-16) Tricia McDaniel, Te Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
District 4 (2014-16) Mary Jac Meadows, Chatham Garden Club
District 5 (2013-15) Lynn Gas, Te Hunting Creek Garden Club
District 6 (2013-15) Susan Wight, Te Princess Anne Garden Club
Conservation and BeauticationTuckie Westfall, Te Garden Club of Alexandria
DevelopmentJean Gilpin, Winchester-Clarke Garden Club
FinanceSugie Battin, Te Augusta Garden Club
Flower ShowsLea Shuba, Te Hunting Creek Garden Club
Historic Garden WeekAlice Martin, Te Petersburg Garden Club
HorticultureBeth DeBergh, Te Garden Club of Warren County
ParliamentarianMissy Buckingham, Te Boxwood Garden Club
RestorationKim Nash, Te Warrenton Garden Club
Immediate Past PresidentAnn Gordon Evans, Te Huntington Garden Club
Massie Medal Awarded
to Mary Ann Johnson
By Missy Buckingham
Massie Medal Committee Chairman, Te Boxwood Garden Club
T
he Massie Medal Award for Distinguished
Achievement was presented to Mary Ann
Johnson at the Annual Meeting in Leesburg
on May 14, 2014.
A member of Roanoke Valley Garden Club since
1977, Mary Ann continues to be dedicated and
devoted to the betterment of her club, community,
church and the Garden Club of Virginia. True to
the mission of the Garden Club of Virginia and
the guidelines for this award, this years recipient
has served with dedication and distinction in her
numerous and varied roles promoting horticulture,
restoration, preservation and conservation of the
natural resources of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Mary Ann has served in the oces of Recording
Secretary, Treasurer and Corresponding Secretary on the GCV Board of Directors. She
served for several terms on the Editorial Board of the GCV Journal, and her work in the
mid-1990s was instrumental in setting the publication on a new path of creativity and
relevance. Mary Anns enthusiasm and dedication make her an invaluable member of
the Restoration Committee.
Mary Anns involvement in the Roanoke community is extensive and inuential.
She is involved in various preservation and conservation organizations including the
Preservation Foundation and the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy. A gifted writer, she
was Book Editor for the Roanoke Times for many years.
Described by her friends, family and peers as a great team player, Mary Ann Johnson is
held in high regard by all for her integrity and inspirational leadership. We congratulate
her as a most worthy recipient of this years Massie Medal Award for Distinguished
Achievement.
Mary Ann Johnson, recipient
of the 2014 Massie Medal for
Distinguished Achievement,
with husband, Jim Johnson
Te de Lacy Gray Award
Betsy Agelasto received the 2014 de Lacy Gray
Award for her exceptional conservation work
for both the Garden Club of Virginia and her
communities. A member of the Virginia Beach
Garden Club, she has served on the GCV
Conservation and Beautication Committee several
times, chairing Legislative Day and instructing GCV
members in eective lobbying techniques. She and
her family started the Rocksh Valley Foundation
near their farm in Nellysford to work cooperatively
with the Rocksh Valley community and others to
demonstrate and promote agricultural and non-agricultural land uses and activities that
conserve, protect and sustain the natural, cultural and historic resources of the Rocksh
Valley for the enjoyment and enrichment of residents and visitors. We are overjoyed to
salute Betsy for her enthusiasm in promoting the conservation and beautication of our
Commonwealth.
Te Bessie Bocock
Carter Award
Te Albemarle Garden Club received
the Bessie Bocock Carter Award for
their project Interpreting the Bog
Garden Where Conservation,
Horticulture and Civic Projects
Meet. Te project was created to
enhance the beauty and wildlife
habitat of a city park wetland
with interpretive signage and print
materials and to enable better
understanding of storm water
rain gardens, wetlands plants,
and bio systems for the general public and for school eld trips. Ongoing volunteer
maintenance will be provided by the Albemarle Garden Club and their project partner
organizations including the Charlottesville Department of Parks and Recreation,
Rivanna Master Naturalists, and the Garden Club of America Partners for Plants.
Deepest thanks to Albemarle Garden Club members Dorothy Tompkins, Horticulture
Chair, and Constance Palmer, Civic Projects Chair, for this very worthy nomination,
and to the Albemarle Garden Club as its sponsor.
Carol Carter (Albemarle GC), Anne Beals
(Conservation and Beautication Chairman,
Te Rappahannock Valley GC), Robert Carter,
and Kim Cory (President, Albemarle GC)
Betsy Agelasto (Te Virginia
Beach GC), winner of the 2014
de Lacy Gray Award, with Mary
Ann Johnson (Roanoke Valley GC),
recipient of the
2014 Massie Medal for
Distinguished Achievement

2014 Garden Club of Virginia
Horticulture Award of Merit
by Dianne Spence, GCV Horticulture Chairman
Te Williamsburg Garden Club and Te Garden Club of Gloucester
T
he Garden Club of Virginia honored six members with the Horticulture
Award of Merit at its Annual Meeting in Leesburg in May. Te Horticulture
Award of Merit was established in 1960 for individual members of the Garden
Club of Virginia who have achieved signicant accomplishments in horticulture, both
personally and in the community at large.
Tyra Freed, Te Hampton Roads Garden Club
Tyra, a landscape designer by profession, has shared her expertise in many areas,
including landscape design and growing perennials, natives, and organic vegetables. As
club liaison to the Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Tyra helped to revive the entrance garden
there. She also spearheaded the restoration of the James River entrance to Te Mariners
Museum.
Kris Lloyd, Hillside Garden Club
Kris, a passionate supporter of Te Roots and Shoots Garden at Bedford Hills
Elementary School in Lynchburg since its inception, has diligently recruited volunteers,
raised funds, and worked with children in this outdoor classroom. She has also worked
with other community volunteers to create vegetable and ornamental gardens at a
special needs care-giving facility. Additionally, Kris has instructed at-risk youth at the
Juvenile Detention Center in growing vegetables in their greenhouse facility.
Wanda Russo, Te Elizabeth River Garden Club
Wanda has carried on her familys long tradition of gardening, and even grows some of
their old-fashioned roses in her garden. As a River Star Home owner on the Elizabeth
River in Portsmouth, her gardening practices protect the river from pollution.
Dorothy Tompkins, Albemarle Garden Club
A retired pediatric cardiologist, Dorothy serves on the GCV Horticulture Committee
and co-chaired the 2013 Conservation/Horticulture Workshop. She is a Master
Gardener, Master Naturalist, Tree Steward and is involved with the local jails re-entry
program. Her passion is growing vegetables, annuals, and perennialsall native and
organic.
Judie Wine, Te Spotswood Garden Club
Judie has many favorite garden pastimes, but caring for roses and propagating boxwood
top her list. She shares her talents not only with her club, but with the community, and
was instrumental in the garden restoration of historic Fort Harrison. A club leader since
the mid-60s, Judie has helped make her club what it is today.
Mary Queitzsch Zocchi, Dolley Madison Garden Club
Faithfully carrying on her mothers knowledge and tradition, Mary has dedicated her
life to the study of lilies. She has participated in ower shows as both judge and advisor.
Mary has conducted in-depth workshops and lectures on the successful propagation,
growth, and showing of lilies.
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Lily Notes
By Barbara Holland, GCV Lily Chairman
Te Garden Study Club
T
he Spotswood Garden Club in Harrisonburg is ready to host the 72
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Annual Garden Club of Virginia Lily Show on June 18 and 19. All GCV
members are invited to attend this beautiful event. Plan now to take a day
trip to Harrisonburg with a friend, have lunch, and stop by the show. You will not be
disappointed.
For members who are planning to enter horticulture exhibits in the show, here are
a few hints and reminders. Now is the time to be checking your garden for your best
stems. Tey should be healthy, and free from disease and insect damage. It is best to
cut your stems in either late evening or early morning. Take a bucket of water into the
garden so that you can get the stem into water as quickly as possible after cutting. After
cutting your entries, take them into the house and transfer each stem into its traveling
bottle and do any needed grooming. Clean each leaf with a damp cotton ball, and if
pollen has gotten on the bloom, use a dry artists brush to gently clean the petals.
If pollen gets on your clothes, dont touch the pollen, and even more importantly,
dont wet the pollen. Rubbing and brushing only cause the pollen to become more
deeply ingrained. Use tape (masking or clear cellophane tape work well) to gently lift
o the pollen. Dont reuse the
same area of tape once it has
picked up pollen; move to a
fresh piece so that you dont put
the pollen right back on the
material. One friend uses a hand
vacuum to carefully suck up the
pollen.
What if you have already
rubbed pollen in and tried to
wash it out? Youre probably still
seeing the stain. Dont worry
you can still get it out by letting
the sun bleach it. Just put the
stained article in a sunny spot
and let nature do its thing. Youll
be surprised to see that the stain
will disappear. For some stains,
it only takes a few hours in the
sun; for others, it may take a
couple days.
O to the show now, with
your lilies in sucient water
and not rubbing together or
having any contact that could
cause bruising or damage to the
owers or stem. See you at the
awards ceremony.
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Common Wealth Award Nominations
By Katherine Knopf, Common Wealth Award Chairman
Te Roanoke Valley Garden Club
T
he Common Wealth Award Committee is pleased to announce two nalists for
the 2014 Common Wealth Award. Te nalists are Te Ashland Train Station,
proposed by the Ashland Garden Club, and Te Canal Walk at Great Shiplock
Park, a joint proposal from the four Richmond Garden Clubs. Te recipients of the rst
place award of $8,500 and the second place award of $4,500 will be announced at the
Board of Governors meeting this October.
Interestingly, both projects chosen as nalists share a transportation theme.
Te Ashland Garden Clubs project involves the restoration of plantings, seating and
walkways at their local train station. Te Canal Walk at Great Shiplock Park overlooks
the canal and the once vibrant Trigg Shipyard. Te train tracks that run behind this
park are still active today.
Te projects selected exemplify the criteria for the award in the areas of
conservation, beautication, horticulture, preservation and education. Both projects
will provide improvements to areas which have fallen to neglect and will enrich the
Commonwealth of Virginia. Please discuss these projects with your membership and
plan to vote on them at your September meetings.
Te Ashland Train Station
Submitted by Te Ashland Garden Club
Te Ashland Garden Club seeks a redesign of the grounds of the historic 1922
Ashland Train Station to provide much-needed additional seating and complementary
landscaping for the 20,000 heritage tourists and train enthusiasts who visit this site each
year.
Ashland is a small, turn-of-the-century railroad town created, and still dened, by
the tracks running past beautiful shady streets and homes. Te station is unquestionably
the heart and soul of historic downtown Ashland. Currently, the structure serves as the
Ashland/Hanover Visitors Center and is an active Amtrak stop.
Te paving is crumbling, the soil is so compacted that new plantings struggle to
survive, and the seating is an
inadequate, unattractive muddle
of picnic tables and mismatched
benches. Despite three years of
watering, planting, mulching
and weeding, the Ashland
Garden Club realizes that a
major overhaul is needed to
make this truly the jewel Ashland
both needs and deserves.
Te Canal Walk at Great Shiplock Park
Submitted by the Boxwood, James River,
Tree Chopt and Tuckahoe Garden Clubs
In 2013, the Boxwood, James River,
Tree Chopt and Tuckahoe Garden Clubs
came together with the Virginia Capital
Trail Foundation, the City of Richmond
and others to re-open a transformed Great
Shiplock Park, the western trailhead of the
Virginia Capital Trail. Where tree roots
once struggled with weeds and concrete,
expansive gardens, shady trails, and storm
water amenities have taken root, providing
a green gateway to historic Chapel Island,
where the collaboration resulted in the
additional restoration of hundreds of native
plants.
Designed by George Washington
in 1784, the site is the eastern-most of
the historic James River and Kanawha
Canal locks. It now includes the 19
th

century Trigg Shipyard, a working canal
lock, bicycle and foot trails, shing spots
and stunning views of the river, oering
200,000 annual visitors environmentally-
sensitive gardens with bio-ltration
amenities.
Te work is not nished, however.
Te weed-choked waterfront tract remains.
Te clubs, working together as Capital
Trees, plan to install a 200-foot long
walkway along the canal and plant native
trees and perennials. Te sensitive James
River watershed will be protected by bio-
ltration and educational signage and
website support will be installed. Also, the
proposed 45,000-bulb river of narcissus
leading to the park along Dock Street will
be completed.
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Jeersons Clumps Restored at Poplar Forest
By Catherine Madden
GCV Restoration Committee
Te Lynchburg Garden Club
T
ight plantings of trees, clumps as Jeerson called them, have recently been
planted at Poplar Forest, just as Jeerson originally did over 200 years ago.
Tis completes the second part of Phase I in the landscape restoration project
of the Garden Club of Virginia in partnership with Tomas Jeersons Poplar Forest.
Tese tight plantings of trees were elements of the eighteenth century English
landscape style popularized by William Kent. Jeerson would have seen many examples
on his 1786 tour of English gardens with his friend, John Adams. Although rare in the
American landscape, Alexander Hamilton had a remarkable example at his New York
home, Te Grange, and Jeersons friend, William Hamilton, used this same feature
at his Philadelphia estate, Te Woodlands, whose landscape Jeerson greatly admired.
Tere is also evidence that George Washington planted clumps at Mount Vernon,
and Jeerson used them at the White House, at Monticello, and of course at Poplar
Forest. Te replanting of these clumps at Poplar Forest marks the rst restoration of this
striking 18
th
century landscape feature anywhere in America.
Te restoration process began with Jeersons own words recorded in his garden
book in November of 1812: Plant a clump of Athenian and Balsam poplars each
corner of the house. Intermix locusts, common and Kentucky, redbuds, dogwoods,
calycanthus, liriodendron.
Discovering the meaning behind these words and bringing this unique landscape
feature back to Poplar Forest has taken a tremendous amount of research, both
historical and archaeological. Jack Gary, Poplar Forests director of Archaeology and
Landscapes, and Will Rieley, landscape architect for the Garden Club of Virginia,
collaborated and led a great team of researchers who worked painstakingly on this
project. Te onsite archaeology, including identifying plant stains in the soil combined
with delving into Jeersons copious records that show his use of a surveyors chain in
laying out his landscape, has resulted in the placement of trees and shrubs in the exact
locations that Jeerson used 200 years ago.
Archaeological work continues on the third part of the rst phase of the landscape
restoration that includes the carriage turnaround and the central oval bed at the
approach to the house. Research has established that the boxwood there were not from
the Jeerson period, but the investigation is ongoing to discover Jeersons original plan
for that part of the landscape.
Tere is no doubt that all the lessons learned from this exploration of Jeersons
landscape at Poplar Forest, specically his ingenious marriage of geometry with nature,
will have important implications for other historic landscape restorations in Virginia
and beyond.
Fort Christanna 300 Years of History
By Jackie J. Myers
Te Brunswick Garden Club

O
n June 14, Brunswick County will mark the 300-year history of Fort
Christanna, a prized historic site, with a celebration at the fort. Established
in 1714, the fort long ago rotted into the ground. Te land was plowed
and farmed for years, then left to grow up into wilderness again. But now, owing to
generous community eort, the support of the Brunswick County Board of Supervisors,
and several awards, including the Common Wealth Award from the Garden Club of
Virginia, the fort has become a pleasant park and a tourist destination.
Fort Christanna was established by Governor Alexander Spotswood to protect
incoming settlers, to be a trading post with the local Native Americans, and to provide
shelter nearby in a new Indian village for the displaced Tidewater American Indians
from many little tribes driven west. Tese tribes, possibly as many as 25, united under
the name of Saponi. Since Virginia was a colony of England, the fort became the most
western outpost of the British Empire. Spotswood named it Christanna for Christ and
Queen Anne.
Te governor set up a company to trade with Native Americans from near and
far and staed the fort with twelve rangers, young men who rode the trails of the
county making sure all of the new settlers were safe. He was also concerned about the
children of the Saponi in the village and established a school for them, hiring a teacher
with his own money. Te 1714 fort was funded, at rst, by the Virginia legislature as
the Virginia Indian Company. After four years, it was no longer funded and a private
company took over, but dissolved in 1722. Trade still continued and some Saponi
lingered for a few years; there were still Native Americans living at the village in 1728
when William Byrd came through Brunswick County. Many settled nearby or in
North Carolina and New York state with other tribes.
Recently, as interest in the fort has resumed, there have been archaeological
investigations at the fort and quite a bit of interest throughout scholarly circles. Tere
are plans for future development of the park. At present the Fort Christanna park site
has a steady stream of visitors and is a delightful place for a woodland walk or a bird-
watching afternoon.
We are looking forward to the 300
th
anniversary party next summer. Everyone will
be welcome.
Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute
By Anne Beals
Te Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
T
he Natural Resources Leadership Institute (NRLI) began in North Carolina in
1995. Its usefulness took it to many other states, Virginia among them,
and VNRLI was launched in 2001. Run under the aegis of the Institute
for Environmental Negotiation in Charlottesville, it began as a collaborative eort
between UVA, Virginia Tech, and the Virginia Department of Forestry. It teaches how
to move beyond conict in order to come to mutually acceptable agreements, rather
than to just win a ght or, worse, end in gridlock. Six separate two-day classes over the
year are presented in a seminar format and center on water resources, water quality,
pollution, community and rural forestry management, environmental justice, waste
management, coastal management, and land use. Te faculty includes highly skilled
and very entertaining teachers who use a wide range of methods: mini-lectures, panels,
and large and small group exercises. Hands-on experiential learning techniques that
give participants opportunities to develop and practice skills taught in the classes are
emphasized and are coupled with enriching case studies and eld trips that make the
issues come alive.
My classes met in Syria at Graves Mountain Lodge, then in Harrisonburg,
Irvington, Richmond, Abingdon, and Charlottesville. Each class presented a distinct
issue in a debate format with experts in a particular eld and trained us in problem
solving. Highlights of my year included a boat trip to Tangier Island and a discussion
about the health of the Bay, a visit to Polyface Farm near Staunton, and an opportunity
to stand in the pit of an active mountaintop coal mine while discussing mine
reclamation.
As the year progressed, friendships formed, providing valuable networking
opportunities. As we studied conict resolution, we learned whole sets of new behaviors.
One aim of the VNRLI program is to provide Virginia with skilled environmental
leaders and, as conservation issues develop, to give those on opposite sides of the fence
the means to communicate with one another for the benet of all. I was delighted
with the mix of people in my particular group. Te 30-student class included persons
of broad interests and experience: individual conservationists and environmental
entrepreneurs, corporate employees and executives, government employees, elected
ocials and university professors. Ages spanned more than four decades.
I would recommend VNRLI to anyone. Even if you are not a particularly erce
conservationist, the skills and friendships generated during the year will enrich your life
beyond expectation. Not only will you learn a lot, but you will have a lot of fun doing it.
To learn more about VNRLI, please contact Anne Beals at oakleyfrm@gmail.com
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to accept or reject submitted advertisements. Inclusion in the Journal is not to be
construed as an endorsement by the Garden Club of the advertised goods or services.
Making Ourselves at Home:
A Call for Furnishings for the Kent-Valentine House
By Bebe Luck, Chairman of the Kent-Valentine Committee, Te Ashland Garden Club
Lynn McCashin, GCV Executive Director
T
he Kent-Valentine House, or as we
know it today, the Garden Club
of Virginias headquarters, reects
the GCVs constituent clubs and their
members. Many of the furnishings, much
of the silver and household goods even
the prints of drawings by 18th-century
naturalist Mark Catesby came from
members of those clubs.
Te house began life in 1845 as
the private residence of Horace Kent, a
wholesale goods merchant and Richmond
City Councilor. Granville Valentine
bought it in 1904, and made extensive
alterations, including adding Roman Ionic
columns and a portico to create a stately
faade. Te Valentine familys company made a beef-extract tonic, whose users included
Englands King George V and Japans Emperor Yoshita.
When the house faced demolition during the late 1960s, forward-thinking women
of the GCV saved it from the wrecking ball. In 1970, the National Register of Historic
Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register added it to their rolls. Outside, an easement
protects its trees and green space, making it one of the few downtown residences still
surrounded by trees.
In 1971, the GCV bought the house it had rescued. Te GCV set about adapting
a grand old home for reuse as its headquarters. A call to the members resulted in
donations of ne furniture, lamps, chandeliers, silver and handsome antique rugs.
Adaptation has continued. During the 1990s, an elevator wing was added to the
east side of the house. It includes required re safety stairs, handicapped access and
handicapped-accessible restrooms for all levels.
For four decades, the Kent-Valentine House has served as the nexus of operations
for the GCV and its members. Te rst oors formal parlors, dining room, and sun
porch accommodate luncheons, dinners, weddings, parties and small group meetings.
Te second oor houses the oces of Historic Garden Week, Communications,
Development, Accounting and the Executive Director. Te third oor has meeting
space for GCV clubs, committees, and outside groups.
As history will repeat itself, increased use of the Kent-Valentine House has
generated a renewed request to the membership for donations. Tere is a need for large
and small antique rugs, ranging in size from 8-by-15 down to 4-by-6. An increase in
luncheons and dinners has created a need for china, silver atware, and serving spoons
and forks. Informal occasions require quality stainless steel atware. Te kitchen needs
cooking utensils, baking sheets, ice buckets and cookware.
As use of the Kent-Valentine House is open to all GCV members, the house,
in essence, belongs to all. Te Kent-Valentine House Committee would be grateful
if anyone planning a move, or anyone who knows someone planning a move, would
kindly consider or encourage donating in-kind gifts. Such gifts are tax-deductible. More
importantly, such gifts are deeply appreciated.
Dining Room in the Kent-Valentine House.
Given in memory of Ann Peace Rawls
by her family.
The 80th Annual Dafodil Show
Sponsored by the Little Garden Club of Winchester
NUMBER OF ARTISTIC EXHIBITORS: 72
NUMBER ARTISTIC ENTRIES: 74
NUMBER OF HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITORS: 71
NUMBER OF HORTICULTURAL STEMS: 491
For more photos and a complete list of winners, go to www.gcvirginia.org and see Flower Shows
Grateful appreciation extended to Mary Wynn and Charles McDaniel and Hilldrup Transfer and Storage for support of the GCV Flower Shows
InterClub Class 247C
Stabile Design: Te Mrs. Littleton
H. Mears Trophy (Quad Blue)
Te Rappahannock Valley
Garden Club
InterClub Class 247D
Late Georgian Arrangement:
Blue
Te James River
Garden Club
Junior Artistic Class 252
Mass Arrangement: Blue
Mary Grace Utz, Winchester
InterClub Class 247B
Phoenix Arrangement: Blue
Te Garden Club
of Danville
Individual Class 248
Western Line: Blue
Te Hunter Hankins
Savage Award
(best arrangement
by a novice)
Lois Spencer,
Te Garden Club of
the Northern Neck
Te Jacqueline Byrd Shank
Memorial Trophy, Snipe
(best GCV member
miniature exhibit)
Nancy McLaughlin,
Te Blue Ridge Garden Club
InterClub Class 247A
Creative Mass: Blue
Fauquier & Loudoun
Garden Club
Individual Class 250
Construction: Blue
Te Sandra Sadler Baylor Award
(most creative arrangement)
Te Decca Gilmer Frackelton Award
Te Flower Show Chairmans Cup
(best arrangement in show)
Matilda Bradshaw, Te Mill
Mountain Garden Club
Artistic Awards
A Little Celebration
Photos by Jane Cowles
The 80th Annual Dafodil Show
Sponsored by the Little Garden Club of Winchester
April 1-2, 2014
For more photos and a complete list of winners, go to www.gcvirginia.org and see Flower Shows
Grateful appreciation extended to Mary Wynn and Charles McDaniel and Hilldrup Transfer and Storage for support of the GCV Flower Shows
InterClub Class 247C
Stabile Design: Te Mrs. Littleton
H. Mears Trophy (Quad Blue)
Te Rappahannock Valley
Garden Club
Mass Arrangement: Blue
Mary Grace Utz, Winchester
Te Daodil Chairmans Cup
(best GCV daodil chairmans
collection of 12 varieties)
Roanoke Valley Garden Club
Te Jacqueline Byrd Shank
Memorial Trophy, Snipe
(best GCV member
miniature exhibit)
Nancy McLaughlin,
Award Honoring
the Hostess Club
King Alfred
Suzy Oliver,
Te Little Garden Club
of Winchester
Te Patricia Mann
Crenshaw Award (novice)
Stratosphere
Bobbie Oldham,
Hillside Garden Club
Vegetative Design: Blue
Talley Sublett, Winchester
Te Member Clubs Cup
(best bloom in show) Sonar
Katherine Beale,
Harborfront Garden Club
Ella Schnoor (right) discussing
her artistic arrangement in the
Junior Artistic Division with Matilda
Bradshaw, Te Mill Mountain
GC, winner of the most creative
arrangement in the Daodil Show.
Horticulture Awards
Ex Libris
New Additions to the Library
By Anne Cross, GCV Library Committee
Te Ashland Garden Club
T
he shelves of the GCV library at the Kent-Valentine
House are lling. We have many new acquisitions
thanks to the generosity of GCV members. Two of
the most interesting are American Eden: From Monticello
to Central Park to our Backyards by Wade Graham and
American Botanical Paintings: Native Plants of the Mid
Atlantic.
American Eden is a well written and researched
history of American garden design which has received
glowing reviews since its publication in 2011. It
integrates American garden design, culture, history,
art, architecture, and literature, telling a complex story
from the days of the rst colonists to the present. Tere
are chapters on Tomas Jeerson, Andrew Jackson
Downing, the arts and crafts garden, and the modern garden. Te nal
chapter that addresses todays return to organic gardening, naturalism, and pastoral
urbanization uses the White House vegetable garden and High Line Park in NYC, once
an abandoned freight railroad, as examples. Graham feels that this pastoral urbanism is
grounds for hope; that now, more than 400 years into the experiment, we Americans
have come close to reconciling the contradictions of our existence-living in cities in
the midst of a tantalizing wildness a garden of possibility that cannot be attained by
continuously eeing from civilization. He feels that, since this coincides with a return
to cities and is both pro-urban and pro-nature, there is real hope that Americans are
coming to grips with the urban and capitalist nature of our actual cultural landscape
and resolving to make it functional on its own terms. Tis thought-provoking book
was a gift from Evelyn Paulson Hutchens, president of the Huntington Garden Club
from 2012 to 2014.
Ester Carpi of the Hunting Creek Garden Club presented a copy of American
Botanical Paintings: Native Plants of the Mid Atlantic to the GCV library. Tis book
is published by the board of Botanical Artists for
Education & the Environment. All proceeds from
its sale benet native plant education, conservation
and horticulture. Among the artists whose work is
included are Marcia Long from the Williamsburg
Garden Club, Holly Maillet from the Charlottesville
Garden Club, Mary Page Hickey from the Garden
Club of Alexandria and Ester Carpi of the Hunting
Creek Garden Club.
Other recent additions to the library include a
number of books on ower arranging and gardening
donated by Molly Carey of the Boxwood Garden
Club. We are most grateful to all. Please visit the
GCV library (which doubles as Lynn McCashins
oce.) It is easy to borrow books.
Flower Arranging School
University of Richmond
Jepson Alumni Center
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Check-in 9:00 - 9:45 AM
Program Begins 10:00 AM
Online registration opens July 1
for Garden Club of Virginia members. Cost is $50 per person.
Featuring International Floral Designer
and Demonstrator
Crescentia Motzi
Longwood Gardens
Hotel accommodations:
Hampton Inn & Suites Richmond/Glenside
(Code: GCV Flower Arranging School)
Measuring the Impact of Historic Garden Week
By Lynn McCashin
Executive Director of the Garden Club of Virginia
E
ighty one years of any event is a heroic achievement and makes a spectacular
story. One that employs thousands of volunteers time, energy and talent is even
more extraordinary. Monies raised benet GCVs restoration projects, but there
are other, unexplored, Historic Garden Week benets. Last year, Virginia Tourism
Corporation (VATC) surveyed Historic Garden Week participants who purchased their
tickets online. What we learned made us eager to nd out more.
From the rst car that drives onto the expansive grounds of a plantation or a grand
estate, an impact has been made on local communities. Visitors have bought gas, sought
out lunch, gifts and souvenirs. Some travelers spend a few days enjoying multiple tours
and require hotel rooms.
Consider the homeowners who agree to open for a tour. Homes and gardens are
spruced up, resulting in a bonanza for decorators, painters, garden shops and home
improvement stores. Tis economic impact has not been measured.
Te VATC survey responses told us that our visitors are not oended by surveys
and are willing to share their Historic Garden Week experiences. An unprecedented 41
percent of those surveyed responded. We found out that our visitors are enthusiastic
and dedicated. We learned that the average visitor spends $132 per day and $1,207 for
overnight travel. We shared the results at the rst Historic Garden Week Boot Camp
last summer. Tour chairmen used the data to leverage important local resources.
Tis survey partially fullled the vision of the 2006-2011 Strategic Plan to
undertake a full-edged economic impact study of Historic Garden Week. We want
to dig deeper to nd out what HGW means from an economic standpoint, to our
individual communities and to the Commonwealth. A sponsor underwrote the study,
and GCV hired Chmura Analytics, a well-respected consulting and data rm.
Tis is an important undertaking for the Garden Club of Virginia. We look
forward to sharing the preliminary results with all clubs following the Chmura
presentation at the July Board of Directors meeting.
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President), Te GC of Gloucester (Lynn Hornsby, President),
Te GC of Danville (Jo Silvers, President), Rivanna GC (Cheryl Bradbury, President)
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Te (Flower) Show (Arranger) Must Go On
By Elise Pitts
Harborfront Garden Club
I
m helping fellow Harborfront Garden Club members with an unanticipated
redesign of our Interclub arrangement for the 71st Annual Garden Club of Virginia
Lily Show, 2013. Te show opens tomorrow, so were moving, reaching and
grabbing to pull it together. I go for something in a bucket next to a table where my
own practically complete arrangement stands in a vase that seems practically made for
its design and class.
Tats when my hip bumps the table. My arrangement wobbles, then crashes to
the oor.
Te workroom in Harrisonburgs Skyline Middle School, a din of chatter, falls
silent.
I want to cry. Garden-grown lilies, shaped wire-ribboned aspidistra and a glass
trumpet vase lie bent and broken. Te vases base featured a stalactite form, perfect for
its class: a traditional line mass that pays tribute to geometric shapes found in caverns.
Te show celebrates Shenandoah Valley geological formations.
As a judge, I cannot bring myself to leave the show pedestal empty, and crying
wont help. Several kind women do help, picking up pieces of the vase; I save a large
one. Other women come to oer condolences and new lilies, while sponsoring
Spotswood Garden Club members oer a hand.
My immediate need: a container. A trip to T.J. Maxx produces two glass
vases. With some persuasion, the salvaged piece ts inside one of the new vases. It will
be part of the arrangement after all.
Mary Lou Johnson, Jean Bell and I have been hard at it. Soon, 6 oclock comes,
workroom closing time.
We head for the hotel and dinner. Back in our room, Mary Lou climbs into bed,
but keeps me company while I work on the arrangements second iteration. I turn in
and turn out the lights, but get up several times to tweak. Tis second design seems
OK, but pales compared with the rst, now just a photo in my cell phone.
Te next morning, we return to the workroom where daylight spotlights my
arrangements crushed and creased petals. Kind co-arrangers know my situation and
oer more fresh lilies. So its out with the old and in with the new, making this design
No. 3.
We put the nishing touches on our arrangements and place them to be passed for
judging, then head out for lunch. When the show opens, a group of Harborfront ladies
enters and sees a horticulture pedestal that showcases a best in show: our own Katherine
Beales Triumphator. We walk on and see a blue ribbon on Mary Lous arrangement.
Ten, we see my arrangement broken, remade, re-remade and tweaked has a blue,
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Te Garden Club of Virginias 2014 Conservation Forum
Living with Trees
Virginias Remarkable Renewable
By Anne Beals
Chairman, 2014 Conservation Forum
W
hen you think of trees, what is the rst thing that comes to mind? Most
people mention a beautiful tree in their yard or garden, or reminisce about a
tree they knew in their youth and perhaps spent a lot of time climbing. Many
also mention the great benets trees and forests aord us: clean air and water, recreation,
solitude, wildlife, and wood. Trees are our largest and oldest living companions on the
planet.
When you attend the Conservation Forum on November 12 at Old Dominion
University, all these subjects will be addressed. Well hear from educators,
conservationists, and members of the Virginia Department of Forestry 100 years
old this year about what it is they do to enrich and protect this most valuable
resource. Well hear about trees as beautiful enhancements to our environment, trees as
commodity, urban trees, and the many ways trees enhance our lives.
Mark your calendars for November 12, and keep an eye on the GCV website later
in the summer for registration information. We hope to see everyone in Norfolk for the
2014 GCV Conservation Forum. Te Conservation Forum is generously supported by
Bay Disposal & Recycling.
Club Notes
By Mary Kathryn McIntosh
Hillside Garden Club
G
arden enthusiasts often acquire
their plants from friends, relatives
and acquaintances. Part of the
enjoyment of gardening is remembering
where one acquired this or that plant or
ower. Te Hillside Garden Club has
followed this practice with its annual plant
exchange in June, inspired by a simple act
of friendship beans.
It began with a few neighborhood
hyacinth beans, formally known as Lablab purpureus, given to one of our members. Te
seed is a species of bean in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Africa and is cultivated
throughout the tropics for food. In our part of the world, it is merely ornamental and is
generally an annual.
Upon receiving the seeds in early spring, the recipient split the pods, soaked the
beans in water overnight and planted them in her garden where the vines could climb
gracefully on an iron fence. Te result was beautiful foliage, lovely lavender owers and
deep purple bean pods in the late summer and fall when many owers are spent.
Before frost, the beans were harvested, dried, and prepared for giving to new
recipients the following spring. Some were wrapped in lavender net with planting
instructions and placed in box lunches at a joint garden club meeting. Since then, the
pods have traveled far and wide. To date, they have graced public and neighborhood
gardens, as well as the cottage fences at Westminster-Canterbury in Lynchburg. What
began as a neighborly gesture became an annual event expanding into our plant
exchange.
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Te Challenge of the Clubs
By Beth Sibbick
Te Martinsville Garden Club
I
n 2012 at the Board of Governors
meeting, our president, Nancy
Spilman, saw other presidents
being awarded Top Ten ribbons for their
participation in GCVs Annual Fund, and
she decided that the Martinsville Garden
Club should be a part of that group. To
spur us on, she challenged our sister club,
the Garden Study Club, to compete for a
Top Ten position, as well. Our clubs have
a history of collaboration and friendly
competition, and the challenge was
accepted by Debbie Lewis, president of the Garden Study Club. Te Challenge of the
Clubs began.
Nancy encouraged participation at club meetings and through monthly email
reminders. Te idea was to demonstrate support for GCV, beat our sister club and
lead in the state. When it came time to
announce the Top Ten at the 2013 Board
of Governors meeting, who would have
guessed the challenge would end in a
tie for 3rd place between the two clubs?
Tis was the rst time either club had
been in the group. Both presidents from
Martinsville proudly received their Top
Ten ribbons.
At the joint meeting of our two clubs
this January, Debbie Lewis issued a new
challenge to Sue Rosser, president of the
Martinsville Garden Club, to move up
to second this year. Both were proudly
wearing their Top Ten ribbons, and Sue
eagerly accepted the challenge. Te games
have begun again, and Sues rst email to
our club encouraged us to strive for rst.
Te results remain to be seen.
Sue Rosser and Debbie Lewis
Club Notes
By Susan Armeld
Te Hampton Roads Garden Club
A
fter many meetings, the Community Project Development Committee of the
Hampton Roads Garden Club decided to pursue the idea of restoring and
beautifying the hillside below the sculpture, Youth Taming the Wild, by Anna
Hyatt Huntington, at the river entrance to Te Mariners Museum in Newport News.
Sandy Parks, our 2012 Historic Garden Week chair, approached the museums
director about sprucing up the entrance to the museum at the Lions Bridge, and was
told there were no funds available to restore the area. Subsequently, Community Project
Development chair, Allison Clock, made a visual presentation, and club member, Tyra
Freed, presented a landscape plan for the project to the membership. Te plan was
based on three priorities: stabilizing the hill, using hardy plants, and incorporating as
much color as possible. Tyra volunteered to oversee the planting and mulching by club
members and museum volunteers. Te museum will take over full responsibility for
ongoing maintenance.
After seeing before and after pictures, the club voted to donate $15,000 to Te
Mariners Museum for the purpose of restoring Monument Hill. Now, in the spring of
2014, we can start to see the results of our successful community development project.
Before Restoration ... ... After Restoration
Club Notes
By Susan Comer
Te Elizabeth River Garden Club
O
n March 6, the Elizabeth River Garden Club held its second oral arranging
demonstrationbut this time with a twist. Tree club members accepted the
challenge to create an arrangement, in only an hour, using provided containers
and owers. Chris McKnight, Pam Kloeppel and Rebecca Larys made equally
beautiful, but very dierent, arrangements.
Other expert, club ower arrangers did the demonstrations. Jean Knapp showed
the audience some techniques for Asian arrangements. Cathy Robertson, Misty Taylor
and Judy Perry demonstrated how to create contemporary and traditional arrangements;
they were ably assisted by Linda Patton, Wanda Russo and Laura McDermott. Linda
Pinkham provided examples of greenery we can grow to use in arrangements.
Te program,
chaired by Martha
Perkins, was held at
the newly renovated
Womans Club of
Portsmouth, with
more than 70 people
in attendance. Te
club was especially
delighted that GCV
President Ann
Gordon Evans, as well as the District 2 Director at Large DeLane Porter (an associate
member of the ERGC), were present. Refreshments were served, a lucky attendee won
a statewide pass to Historic Garden Week, and several people went home with lovely
oral arrangements. In addition to the fun, the club raised more than $1,000 for our
projects.
Club Notes
By Carolyn E. Helfrich
T
he Rappahannock Valley Garden Club was fortunate to partner with the
National Parks Service (Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military
Park and the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation) and Belmont, Gari
Melchers home and studio, to host a boxwood workshop on March 11, 2014. Te
workshop was held at Belmont. Featured speakers were Robert Saunders from Saunders
Brothers Nursery, Dean Norton, Director of Horticulture at Mount Vernon, and Beate
Jensen, Site Supervisor at Belmont. From Robert Saunders, we learned best practices for
boxwood care and how to combat pests and disease. Dean Norton entertained us with
the history of planting and replanting boxwood at Mount Vernon. He reminded us that
plants want to live and that often a relaxed approach to their care can be the best. Beate
Jensens talk focused on the boxwood in the restored gardens at Belmont. Te highlight
of the day was the pruning of a large boxwood by Dean Norton using a gas-powered
trimmer. Te speakers were lmed by a team from the Olmsted Center. Te NPS hopes
to have the material available on-line as part of a new Landscape Preservation Academy.
Club Notes
By Tricia Goins
President, Te Garden Club of Fairfax
M
eadowlark Botanical Gardens is truly a gem in the Northern Virginia
Regional Park Authority system and the Garden Club of Fairfax is very
pleased to assist in them in their mission. Meadowlark is a secluded garden
providing a green space in the busy northern Virginia area. For the past 15 years,
GCF has partnered with Meadowlark and has provided funding for touch screens and
a Learning Box for children in the Visitors Center, signage for the Potomac Valley
Collection, pitcher plants for the Lake Lena Wetlands, and an oak tree to commemorate
9-11. Funding for the book American Botanical Paintings: Native Plants of the Mid
Atlantic, a book which is the culmination of a three-year eort by the board of Botanical
Artists for Education & the Environment (BAEE), was also provided. Seeing these
projects come to life has fullled our clubs objectives and would be thanks enough.
However, Meadowlark Gardens published a lovely thank you in their newsletter last fall
which stated that the GCF is the single most prolic garden club supporting MBG
collections, and praised the members for their continued support and commitment to
conserving regional native plant diversity.
Handley HS students and their science teacher with Bettie Guthrie, GCV
Flower Shows Chair. Tese students are working with the Little Garden
Club of Winchester to plant daodil bulbs in their school courtyard.
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Annual Fund
Te Charlottesville Garden
Club
Te Princess Anne Garden
Club
Rivanna Garden Club
Te Tuckahoe Garden Club
of Westhampton
Holly Hills Garden Club
Community Foundation
for Northern Virginia
Stockwell-Frase Family
Endowment Fund
Oakwood Foundation
Mimi Abel Smith
Suzanne Aiello
Marsha J. Amory
Susan Bailey
Jill Beach
Lynne Beeler
Page B. Beeler
Beverley G. Benner
Frances Boninti
Nancy Brooks
Laura Y. Brown
Terry Emory Buntrock
G. G. Buxton
Meg Campbell
Molly Carey
Johanna Carrington
Judith H. Carter
Mrs. Terry L. Carter
Laura Carter
Kathleen M.Carter
Diana Carter
Sally P. Castles
Didi Chapin
Coates Clark
Dr. Elizabeth Compton
Ginny Costenbader
Cecile Cox
Carolyn Ann Creasy
Mrs. Scot N. Creech
Mrs. Mary New Dalton
Mary L. Denny
Mary Kate Dillon
Virginia Dopp
Mary T. Eades
Cindy Edgerton
Nicole Fagerli
Rebecca P. Farrar
Betsy Fernald
Sarah B. Findley
Jacqueline Fiske
Tyra Freed
Nancy T. Freeman
Paige D. Frith
GCV Massie Medal
Committee
Patricia H. Garner
Roberta T. Garnett
Susan Tucker Garrett
Anna P. Gehrken
Susan H. Gentry
Brenda Gilman
Kathleen B. Glass
Patricia A. Goodson
Susan A. Graves
Freddie Gray
Jo Grayson
Bonnie C. Greenwalt
Mary Anne Grin
Mrs. John H. Guy IV
Anne C. Hamlett
Michelle Hamner
Elizabeth Hargrove
Maureen B. Harvey
Mr. and Mrs. William J.
Harvie
Mary Lou Hatten
Dana Knight Henderson
Susan Henderson
Dr. and Mrs. Ron
Hendricksen
Donna Herbert
Leslie Hervey
Susan G. Hodges
Morgan and Barbara
Holland
Mac Houfek
Mary A. R. Howard
Janet G. Hudgins
Lucy Hu
Gay Carpenter Human
Elizabeth Hutter
Joyce C. Jaeger
Michelle W. Jennings
Mary C. Johnson
Cecelia R. Johnson
Karen O. Jones
Cheryl Jordan
Faye Joy
Mrs. R. Calvin Keyser
Lana H. King
Ann Kington
Lynn Kor
Joni Lawler
Judith Lawson
Susan Leachman
Lyde Longaker
Virginia B. Lorber
Nancy Lowry
Linda Magovern
Katie Mann
Alice S. Marshall
Rebecca P. Mason
Anne M. Mason
Tammy V. Mason
Kathy W. McCahill
Mary Wynn McDaniel
Te Rennie and Richmond
McDaniel Fund of the
Community Foundation
of the Rappahannock
River Region
Mary McManus
Katherine Mears
Ardis S. Merritt
Margaret Milam
Marilyn Millard
Terese Minter
Mrs. Douglas D. Monroe,
Jr.
Nancy Moore
Amine E. Morgan
Nancy E. Morris
Dr. Susan Morris
Susan Morten
Sylvia Newman
Caroline H. Norman
Michelle B. Norris
Mrs. William C. Overman,
Jr.
Frances Hix Padden
Constance D. Palmer
Ann Palmore
Dana C. Parker
Sandra Parks
Mr. and Mrs. L. Allan
Parrott, Jr.
Julie Wyatt Patterson
Sharman G. Peitz
Catherine R. Philips
Janie Pinney
Sarah Porter
Charlotte Portereld
Sara W. Post
Mrs. J. Sargeant Reynolds, Jr.
Phyllis Ripper
Suzie Rockwell
Sue W. Rosser
Janet Rosser
Beverley Wellford Rowland
Tricia Russell
Virginia P. Sasser
Elizabeth R. Sibbick
Sallie T. Sims
Laura Daughtry Smart
Doris W. Smith
Kimberly K. Snyder
Sarah Southworth
Nancy Spilman
Janice F. Stalfort
Carol Hooker Stermer
Margrete Stevens
Pam Stevenson
Betty Carol Stevenson
Sharon Stiles
Lisa K. Stuart
Dr. Anne K. Sullivan
Meg Talley
Mrs. T. Eugene Temple, Jr.
Becky Tench
Kate Terrill
Patsy L. Tompson
Elizabeth Lacy Tompson
Nancy K. Tilman
Deborah C. Toms
Deborah Touchstone
Mrs. Henry Lee Valentine II
Mary T. Wampler
Judith E. Ware
Milly Wassum
Sue Watson
Te Rev. Mary Beth Wells
Abbie Wharton
Barbara Wheless
MariBeth Williams
Lucy Wilson
Libby Singleton Wolf
Libba Wolfe
Nancy Coleman Wood
Susan Wynne
Page Young
Donor In Honor of
Albemarle Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans
Te Garden Club of Alexandria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anne Baldwin
Sally Guy Brown
Ann Gordon Evans
Te Boxwood Garden Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette Cadwallender
Te Garden Club of Danville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morgan and Barbara Holland
Dolley Madison Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans
Te Garden Club of Fairfax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diane Wilkinson
Te Garden Study Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans
Leesburg Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nina Mustard
Anne G. Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans
Kathy Knollmann
Maureen L. Bendall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May May Gay
Anonymous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elizabeth Murphy
Cecelia S. Howell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathryn Quarles
Lyn Hutchens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans
Josephine J. Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betsy Parrish
Katherine Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheryl Bradbury
Ann H. Sanders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Molly Hood
Debbie Tanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans
Louise F. Tayloe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheryl Bradbury
Phyllis Ripper
Kathryn Q. Wae. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Benjamin
Sally Guy Brown
Donor In Memory of
Te Charlottesville Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellie Whiteley
Te Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruth Ellen Hurley
Mary Lawrence Harrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Hollis
Charlotte B. Kerr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Charles L. Bowden
Joyce W. Moorman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Hollis
Nancy M. Sweet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Hollis
Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award Fund
Donor
Te Robert & Bessie Carter Foundation
Common Wealth Award Fund
Donor In Honor of
Te Elizabeth River Garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans
Garden Club of Virginia Endowment
Donor
Te Garden Study Club
Te Princess Anne Garden Club
Te Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton
Donor In Honor of
Jean E. R. Gilpin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans
Julie Grover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Luton
Julie MacKinlay
Mary T. Kincheloe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marianne Stryker
Donor In Memory of
Te Ashland Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LaVerne Keyser
Frances Shelton
Harborfront Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Hollis
Te Martinsville Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Haskell
Louise Lewis
Meg Clement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruth Ellen Hurley
Casey Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Hollis
Lee Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Hollis
GCV Conservation Fund
Donor
Donor In Honor of
Te Blue Ridge Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucy Rhame
Te Elizabeth River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sue Kline
Martha P. Craddock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Carter
Donor In Memory of
Avra Leigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Hollis
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Martha F. Moore
Restoration
Donor In Honor of
Albemarle Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown
Te Elizabeth River Garden Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gale Roberts
Jean E. R. Gilpin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown
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