THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

Journal
VOL LVII, NO. 2, JUNE 2012

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

From The Editor

Go outside and play! These words evoke memories of a time when we roamed farms and neighborhoods in little gangs, built tree forts, collected tadpoles, picked berries, and skittered like seabirds on the edge of the surf, returning home only to chase lightening bugs and the popsicle man. Now, who has time for the outdoors? Psychologists have determined that spending time in natural settings is associated with elevated mood, increased creativity, ability to focus and better short-term memory. One study showed that just glancing at a photograph of nature delivered enhanced cognitive ability, as compared to looking at pictures of cities. In these pages, youll find suggestions for finding nature in some expected and unexpected places, from a patch of native lilies in the Blue Ridge, to an old cemetery in Richmond, to an elevated railroad track in New York City. So, this summer, get smart, turn off that cell phone, the laptop, the TV, and remember what your mother said, Go outside and play! Write to us at Journal@gcvirginia.org.

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The Garden Club of Virginia Journal (USPS 574-520, ISSN 0431-0233) is published four times a year for members by the GCV, 12 East Franklin St., Richmond, VA 23219. Periodical postage paid in Richmond, VA. Single issue price, $5.00. Copy and ad deadlines are: January 15 for the March 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: Ann Gordon Evans Journal Editor: Jeanette McKittrick 5111 Cary Street Road Richmond, VA 23226 Phone: (804) 288-2512 Email: journal@gcvirginia.org Journal Advertising Chairman: Katya Spicuzza P.O. Box 411 Irvington, VA 22480 Phone: (804) 435-1782 Email: ksspicuzza@yahoo.com Vol. LVII, No. 2 Printed on recycled paper by Carter Printing Company Richmond, VA

ON THE COVER... The too-pretty-to-be-real lily on the cover is one of the beautiful specimens submitted to last years GCV Lily Show. Kathy Anderson won the Ronald J. Chiabotta Award for this single stem having the highest bud count. Credit for the photo goes to Casey Rice of the Harborfront Garden Club and former GCV photographer. IN THIS ISSUE ...
Roses, Scoundrels and Monarchs ................ 3 Massey Medal Award .................................. 4 de Lacy Gray Medal Award ......................... 5 What a Way to Welcome Spring!................... 6 Daffodils: A Really Big Show ....................... 7 2012 Horticulture Awards of Merit ............... 8 Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award .............................. 11 The 78th Annual Daffodil Show ............ 12, 13 Common Wealth Award Nominations ....... 14 Lily Show Announcement ........................... 16 Give the Native Lilies of Virginia a Try....... 17 Save the Date ............................................... 18 Ex Libris ...................................................... 19 The Tuckahoe Garden Club Hits the Big Apple ................................. 21 The Garden Club of Virginia Goes Live .... 22 Club Notes - Petersburg ............................. 24 Rose Notes.................................................. 25 Club Notes - Elizabeth River ..................... 25 Horticulture Field Day .............................. 26 Contributions ............................................. 27

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A New Guide to Richmonds Hollywood Cemetery

By Frances Herrington The James River Garden Club ichmonds Hollywood Cemetery is one of the nations most beautiful cemeteries and the final resting place of many of the countrys most notable figures, including United States presidents and major figures of the Civil War. What many people dont know is that Hollywood also can claim a number of monarchs as well. In this case monarch does not refer to kings and queens but rather to some of Richmonds oldest and most noteworthy trees, many of which have been standing since the cemeterys establishment in 1847. After Hurricane Isabel felled thousands of trees in the Richmond area in 2003 the landscape of Hollywood was altered. The James River Garden Club recognized the need for a revision of the guide Notable Trees and Roses-Hollywood Cemetery. In 2010, with assistance from Charlottesville landscape architects Van Yahres & Associates, a club committee updated and revised the guide into a walking tour companion that provides information about 19 notable species of trees and 14 species of roses. The club also updated labels for the notable trees and roses to correspond to the revised guide. Hollywood is a major attraction for visitors to Richmond and the guide is available for a one dollar donation at the cemetery office. Visiting Hollywoods Palmer Chapel, James River Garden Club members learned about some of the cemeterys current activities and future projects from David Gilliam, Hollywoods general manager. Dr. Hunter McGuire, author of Look for An Angel: a Walkers Guide to the Residents of Hollywood Cemetery, told them of interesting characters buried in Hollywood, including saints, scoundrels and notable and not-so-notable men and women. Dr. McGuire saved the best for last and talked about the contributions of many of Hollywoods heroines. Whoever knew one could have so much fun in a cemetery?

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The 2012 de Lacy Gray Award

By Karen Jones GCV Conservation and Beautification Committee Chairman The Martinsville Garden Club e are excited to announce that Virginia (Gina) Farrar of The Warrenton Garden Club has been chosen as the winner of this years de Lacy Gray Memorial Medal. Gina has long lived a true conservation ethic, making her a perfectly natural choice for the conservation medal created to honor the memory of de Lacy Thompson Gray. The award recognizes outstanding effort to further knowledge and wise use of our natural Gina Farrar accepts the resources. de Lacy Gray Memorial Medal Gina founded The Warrenton Garden Clubs from GCV President Kim Nash Nature Camp in 1983 in an effort to get children outside and connected to the natural world that sustains us. Her conservation ethic begins at home. Her own farm in Orlean is the setting for the two-week camp cosponsored by her garden club and the Piedmont Environmental Council. Gina serves as co-director, counselor, nurse and cheerleader. The farm, situated on the Rappahannock River, will be preserved through a conservation easement. Some 24 children, ages 8 to 11, attend the camp. Campers explore their surroundings, study the inter-relatedness of all living things, and gain understanding of the importance of protecting and preserving these things. Many inspired campers return as counselors to perpetuate Ginas important legacy. Ginas infectious appreciation for nature, as well as for the importance of clean water, air and land to all life, is truly a gift to future generations. In 1999, Gina received the Garden Club of Americas Elizabeth Abernathy Hull Award. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the early environmental education of children. Her willingness to share her farm and her time to inspire children to appreciate the beauty and fragility of our planet made her a worthy honoree. Gina also was the recipient of the 2010-2011 Gulick Conservation Educator Award. The John Marshall Soil and Water Conservation District conferred the award in recognition of Ginas commitment to Nature Camp and for promoting conservation education through outdoor adventures. The Garden Club of Virginia is lucky to have Gina Farrar, a dedicated and inspirational member, teaching the next generation about a true conservation ethic by example.

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Mary Hart Darden, 2012 Massie Medalist

By Lynne Beeler, Massie Medal Committee Chairman The Martinsville Garden Club

n May 16, 2012, at a festive banquet held during the annual meeting at the Williamsburg Inn, Mary Hart Darden received the most prestigious award presented by the Garden Club of Virginia, the Massie Medal for Distinguished Achievement. Mary Hart exemplifies the extraordinary dedication to the betterment of the GCV for which the Massie Medal is given. Her commitment and vision for the future direction of the GCV stand as a model for all. Since 1984, Mary Hart has served The Massie Medal for Nansemond River Garden Club with tireless energy Distinguished Achievement and enthusiasm. From club president to president of goes to Mary Hart Darden, the GCV, she has tackled countless projects, chaired The Nansemond River Garden Club numerous committees and, most notably, led the GCV into the technological world of the 21st century. Under the presidency of Bessie Bocock Carter, Mary Hart, as first vice president, was given the task of creating a committee to form a website. With conviction and diligence, Mary Hart oversaw the creation of the GCV database and website. What a giant endeavor it was to pave the way toward a more efficient communication system. Mary Hart exemplifies the qualities and dedication for which the Massie Medal stands. Her devotion to restoration, conservation, horticulture, beautification and education distinguish her as a leader and a spokesperson for the GCV. For all her accomplishments and service to the GCV, we are pleased to honor Mary Hart, a faithful servant, with the Massie Medal.

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What a Way to Welcome Spring!

The 2012 GCV Daffodil Show presented by The Garden Club of Gloucester

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Daffodils: A Really Big Show

By Lucy Rhame, GCV Daffodil Committee Chairman The Hunting Creek Garden Club, Fauquier and Loudon Garden Club total of 108 exhibitors entered 2,130 stems in 1,046 exhibits for what organizers believe just might turn out to be the biggest daffodil show in the country this year. The Garden Club of Virginia joined forces with the American Daffodil Society for the show. It married the GCVs 78th Annual Daffodil Show with the ADS Mid-Atlantic Regional Show. The joint show was hosted by The Garden Club of Gloucester, chaired by Petie Matheson and Betty Barr Ould. The Gloucester club has hosted its own annual daffodil show for 62 years. The result of the combined effort: a soaring stem count and stunning show. Members from 46 GCV clubs showed up for the show. ADS members came from six states: Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. (An upcoming ADS gathering could determine the years largest show.) The joint show took place on March 29 and 30, usually the perfect time except for this year, with its accelerated spring. It could not have been easy to find 12 blooms to enter a club collection, yet The Spotswood Garden Club managed to do just that with a collection that took the blue against six other club entries. When it came time to announce individual GCV Horticulture Awards, Suzi Worsham of The Garden Club of Fairfax and Leesburg Garden Club, Janet Hickman of Hillside Garden Club, Elizabeth Brown of The Garden Club of Gloucester, Jane Vaughan of Hillside Garden Club and Karen Abramson of The Hunting Creek Garden Club made multiple trips to the awards table to collect their silver. Jill Beach of Leesburg Garden Club won the Crenshaw Award in the novice class. Madeline Wallach won the Best Youth exhibit, following in the footsteps of her mother Ginger of the Fauquier and Loudon Garden Club. Jaye DuPaul won the award honoring the hostess club. Please visit the GCV website for details, as well as to see the list of ADS award winners and more. A separate web page shows photos of the best of the best. It might just provide inspiration to venture to Gloucester to participate in next years really big show. Please remember that each club is responsible for its own test collection orders this year. The collection is listed on the GCV website, along with information. Bulbs can be ordered through Brent and Beckys Bulbs, www.brentandbeckysbulbs.com, with orders due by June 30. Ask about Bloomin Bucks, a program through which Brent and Beckys shares sales proceeds with 501(c)3 not-for-profit organizations such as the GCV and many member clubs. For a list of other retail suppliers, visit www.daffodilusa.org. Feel free to contact Lucy Rhame with questions; call (571) 225-1228 or email lrhame@aol.com.

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The 2012 Recipients of the Horticulture Award of Merit

By Barbara Holland, GCV Horticulture Committee, The Garden Study Club

he Garden Club of Virginia honored twelve members with the Horticulture Award of Merit at its annual meeting in Williamsburg in May. The Horticulture Award of Merit was established in 1960 for individual members of the Garden Club of Virginia who have achieved significant accomplishments in horticulture, both personally and in the community at large. Jane Cheadle, The Mill Mountain Garden Club Jane shares her knowledge not only by leading in-club workshops and writing articles for the clubs newsletter, but also by teaching by example at community horticultural events. She regularly receives her clubs annual horticulture award. Caroline Rann Darracott, The Augusta Garden Club For years, Carrie has written articles for the Augusta GCs Weeders Reader. In addition to these articles, she has conducted horticulture classes for her club. As current president, she led this years community service project of maintenance of the gardens at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum. One of the early garden restoration projects of the GCV, the gardens were designed in 1932-34 by Charles F. Gillette. Kathleen Glass, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club Leeny has a protected native plant habitat on her property where she has cautiously tamed the wilderness of her homes setting, allowing natives to retain their habitat. She generously shares her knowledge of horticulture and is the go-to member when there is a need for a plant or information for any horticulture exhibit. If an unusual specimen is needed for exhibit, she most likely has it and is willing to share. Cynthia D. Hall, The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore Cissy has chaired the Grounds Committee at Ker Place (National & Virginia Historic Landmark) in Onancock. For several years, shes been the liaison to the GCV Restoration Committee, working on the restoration of the gardens, fences and walkways at Ker Place. She is a most generous gardener, sharing unusual bulbs and plants, as well as sound gardening advice. In 2010, she opened her gardens to the GCV during its annual Horticulture Field Day. Joyce Moorman, The Brunswick Garden Club Joyce helped develop a plan of restoration and beautification of Oakwood Cemetery in Lawrenceville. She supervised the implementation of new plantings and construction of a new memorial garden that honors the charter members of The Brunswick Garden Club. Dana Parker, The Virginia Beach Garden Club Holding both a B.S. and M.S. in horticulture, Danas background enhances and enriches her contribution of time and energy to the GCV Common Wealth Awardwinning wild flower garden at the Virginia Aquarium, which benefits from the handson care she provides. Dana has served as president of the board of directors of the
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Norfolk Botanical Garden and for three years chaired the rare plants booth for the clubs annual fundraiser. Nancy Cann Purcell, The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton In 1964 and 1965, Nancy was president of the Tuckahoe GC. At her home in Richmond, Nancy amassed a large and varied collection of dahlias. Today she is 93 and still continues to play an active role in her club. Because of Nancy, dahlias bloom in many Richmond gardens. Jennifer N. Rinehart, Albemarle Garden Club Actively involved in all things horticultural, Jennifer has been a member of the Albemarle GC since 1997. She co-chaired the clubs Nellie Hough Garden Course, which is offered to the community every fall. Under her leadership, the course featured outstanding speakers and it had the largest enrollment to date. Recently, her garden was featured in Virginia Gardener. Patsy Smith, Winchester-Clarke Garden Club Patsy, a horticulture judge, has given demonstrations to her club and other garden clubs about grooming flowers for shows. She has served as horticulture judge for local fairs as well. Myra Stegall, The Garden Study Club Since 2005, Myra has received her clubs horticulture award five times. As president of her club, she was involved in the multi-club behind-the-scenes effort to link GCV with the Martinsville/Henry County Historical Society, which resulted in the GCV awarding a landscape restoration project for the Henry County Courthouse. Lorraine Warren Strickler, The Spotswood Garden Club Lorraine has been a gardener since early childhood and was a green gardener long before it became popular. She and her husband have been involved in agriculture and the future of agriculture all around the world. Theyve participated in USDA programs and international research as they traveled abroad to obtain firsthand information for future planning. Susan Wright, Hillside Garden Club Susan has served as the chairman of the historic Anne Spencer Garden, which is the major attraction of the historic home of this Harlem Renaissance poet. She also served on the board of directors and the garden maintenance committee of the Awareness Garden, which honors families, friends and caregivers whose lives have been touched by cancer.

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The Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award

By Anne Beals The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club marks the third time the Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award has been presented. Through a generous contribution from her family, Bessie Carters name will be henceforth associated with what she considered one of the Garden Club of Virginias most important pursuits that of preserving and enhancing the natural resources of the commonwealth for the benefit of all of its citizens. The Carter family wished for this to be a monetary award meant to promote cooperative projects among the various clubs in the GCV and other community groups and for the projects to be seminal and ongoing. In concert with the Garden Club of the Northern Neck, this years award goes to the Northern Neck Land Conservancy for its project intended to protect the vital habitat of the Cat Point Creek Watershed. Cat Point Creek Watershed is a 48,000acre area connecting the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers, and is listed by the Nature Conservancy as one of only a few last great places remaining in the coastal plain of Virginia. It is a resource for a vast number of flora and fauna, containing one of the largest eagle habitats in the state and providing a migratory stopover for many other avian species. The Northern Neck Land Conservancy aims to help preserve the area through education and the implementation of conservation easements. The conservancy will protect natural resources and prevent new pollutant sources by limiting development through landowner outreach, student engagement and public education. The Garden Club of the Northern Neck will partner with the Northern Neck Land Conservancy in the project by teaching environmental best practices to Westmoreland and Richmond County fourth grade science classes and distributing informative educational placemats to area restaurants, describing the value of protecting land and the Cat Point Creek habitat. The Garden Club of Virginia is honored to be able to present this presGCV Members and Officers Lois Spencer, tigious award to the Garden Club of the Kim Nash, Karen Jones and Carol Carter, Northern Neck and the Northern Neck with Carol Hughes, Northern Neck Land Conservancy. Land Conservancy The Garden Club of Virginia appreciates responsible advertising and reserves the right 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.

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A Really Big Show March 29 30, 2012 Artistic Awards

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Inter Club Class 240 Early Colonial: Blue The Hampton Roads Garden Club

Inter Club Class 240B Late Georgian: Blue The Virginia Beach Garden Club

Inter Club Class 240C Waterfall: Blue The Charlottesville Garden Club

Inter Club Class 240D Free Form: Blue The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton

Individual Class 241 Landscape Design: Blue and The Hunter Hankins Savage Award (Best Arrangement by a Novice) - Kate Zullo, The Garden Club of Gloucester

Individual Class 242 Designers Choice: Blue, The Flower Show Chairmans Cup, The Sandra Sadler Baylor Award and The Decca Gilmer Frackelton Award Matilda Bradshaw, The Mill Mountain Garden Club

Individual Class 243, Assemblage: Blue Fran Zabikki, The Garden Club of Gloucester For more photos and a complete list of winners, Grateful appreciation extended to Mary Wynn and Charles McDaniel

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NUMBER OF HORTICULTURE EXHIBITORS: 108 NUMBER OF HORTICULTURE STEMS: 2,130 NUMBER OF ARTISTIC EXHIBITORS: 81 NUMBER OF ARTISTIC ENTRIES: 79

Jr. Artistic Class 246, 7-9 yr. olds, Parade Float: Blue Alex Barbee

Individual Class 244, Parallel: Blue Darla Carroll, The Garden Club of Gloucester

Individual Class 245, Miniature: Blue Peggy Robbins, The Garden Club of Gloucester

Jr. Artistic Class 247, 10-12 yr. olds, Nautical Arrangement: Blue Lisa Sadler

Horticulture Awards

ADS Best in Show Gay Tabor Gold Ribbon to Richard E. Zell

The Garden Club of Virginia Cup (most blue ribbons), ADS Purple Ribbon (best collection of five different standard) to Mitch and Kate Carney, Boonesboro, MD ADS Miniature Gold Ribbon (best miniature daffodil), for entry Shillingstone 8w-w to Olivia Welbourn, Owings Springs, MD The Jacqueline Byrd Shank Memorial Trophy and the GCV Louise Morris Goodwin Bowl to Karen Cogar, The Huntington Garden Club

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Common Wealth Award Nominations

By Betsy Worthington, Common Wealth Award Chairman The Lynchburg Garden Club he Common Wealth Award Committee is pleased and excited to present the three finalists for the 2012 Common Wealth Award: The Garden Club of Norfolk/The Elizabeth River Garden Club, The Lynchburg Garden Club and The Princess Anne Garden Club. The winner of the $11,500 award will be chosen by ballots cast by each of the GCV member clubs at the Board of Governors meeting in October. The projects chosen as finalists are diverse, but each exemplifies the criteria for the award in the areas of conservation, beautification, horticulture, preservation and education. Each is making a positive impact on the local communities served. The committee wishes to congratulate each of the finalists: A Welcome to Paradise Submitted by The Garden Club of Norfolk and The Elizabeth River Garden Club Visitors to Paradise Creek Nature Park will be dazzled by this magnificent entrance garden showcasing over 3,200 low-maintenance native shrubs and groundcover. The project includes funding for native plants along a looped system of forested park trails, creating an interactive tree trail with educational markers, seeding park frontage with wildflowers, and seeding a unique earthworks mound with wildflowers and native warm season grasses. This regional waterfront park, one of the last undeveloped urban parcels of its size in the heart of Hampton Roads, will provide the only public access to the creek and conserve 40 acres of forest and wetlands. It is a partnership of the non-profit Elizabeth River Project, the City of Portsmouth, and the surrounding community, and is the cornerstone project of the creek-wide restoration Paradise Found. The park was a creek bed, filled in the 1950s, where invasive plants thrived. Visitors will learn how to reclaim a degraded urban site through enhancement of the lands habitat value through forestry management, invasive species control and the addition of native plants. Educational signage will promote environmental stewardship, conservation and horticulture, and demonstrate how to restore and maintain wildlife habitat enhancement areas. Renovation of the Miller-Claytor House Garden in Riverside Park Submitted by The Lynchburg Garden Club The James River, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Gillette: Could there be any better reasons to preserve a garden? Overlooking the James River in Lynchburgs Rivermont Historic District is Riverside Park. The Miller-Claytor House, built in 1791 and listed in the National Registry of Historic Places, is the cornerstone of the park. There, it is said, Thomas Jefferson ate a tomato, thereby dispelling the myth of the poisonous love apple. When the house was moved to the park in 1936, The Lynchburg Garden Club commissioned Charles Gillette to design the garden. The club subsequently won the Massie Medal in 1947 for the beautiful creation and permanent maintenance of the

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garden of the Miller-Claytor House for educational benefit to the community. Sadly, today both the park and the garden are in need of rejuvenation. In 2008 the Lynchburg Garden Club partnered with the City of Lynchburg to begin renovations. A beautiful stone patio has been installed in the garden and the front and rear walks reworked. Still needed are landscaping, railings and signage. A new brochure of notable public gardens in central Virginia also will feature the garden. The Common Wealth Award will allow the Miller-Claytor Garden to be brought back to life and thus be rediscovered by its visitors. First Landing State Park Trail Center Exhibits Submitted by The Princess Anne Garden Club First Landing State Park has a new Trail Center, completed in August 2011. This Silver LEED Certified Trail Center is the gateway to a phenomenal natural and historic area. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, First Landing is a National Historic Landmark and National Natural Landmark by virtue of its colonial, native American, and Civilian Conservation Corps history, and its globally rare maritime forest ecosystem. This Trail Center, with a 900 square-foot exhibit area, is the orientation point for the 1.8 million visitors the park sees annually. The proposed exhibits will encourage visitors, through digital, interactive, and hands-on media, to explore the cultural history and human impact on nature, and their impact on meaningful conservation connections with the outdoors. Due to insufficient funding for these exhibits from the Commonwealth of Virginia, The Princess Anne Garden Club has pledged $50,000 toward these exhibits and also has committed to assist in raising the additional funds needed for the entire exhibit execution. The Common Wealth Award would help the PAGC make these crucial environmental exhibits a reality and continue to recognize the Garden Club of Virginia for its dedication to education and conservation. The nominations for the Common Wealth Award are presented as submitted.

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Where the Past and the Present Intersect

June 20-21, 2012
Sponsored by the Garden Club of Fairfax Assisted by the North American Lily Society The Church of the Good Shepherd 9350 Braddock Road Burke, Virginia 22015 Open to the Public: Wednesday, June 20 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Thursday, June 21 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

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Inter Club Classes: Woodlawn Plantation An Early Georgian Arrangement Class 51A Class 51B The Pope-Leighy House A Horizontal Line Arrangement Class 51C The Virginia Declaration of Rights A French Rococo Arrangement Class 51 Pohick Church - A Late Colonial Arrangement Open Classes Class 52 Reston - A Moribana Arrangement in the Oriental Manner, featuring water Class 53 Dulles International Airport A Western Line Arrangement Centreville A Pave Arrangement Class 54 Class 55 Seven Corners A Mille Fleurs Arrangement

Artistic Classes

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Anna Fortune Tricia Kincheloe

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Give the Native Lilies of Virginia a Try!

By James A. McKenney Potomac Lily Society and North American Lily Society

ilies are cold-adapted plants, yet on the east coast of North America, only three lily species extend north of Virginia. Those are Lilium canadense, L. superbum and L. philadelphicum. If you have ever seen a wild lily in Virginia, chances are it was one of those. But Virginia is home to four (some would say five) other species: Lilium michauxii, Lilium grayi, Lilium pyrophilum, Lilium catesbaei and that possible fifth one, L. iridollae. These are rarely seen. A well-timed trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway, however, can be rewarded by sighting Lilium grayi in bloom; and L. michauxii, while uncommon, is still out there to be seen. Many growers shy away from the so-called species lilies because they have heard that they are more difficult to grow. Many of them are, but two of the lilies native to Virginia are well adapted to our local conditions. Lilium canadense and L. superbum are commercially available, so why not give them a try? It turns out that both are relatively easy to grow if you first forget everything you thought you knew about growing lilies. Dont think about planting these lilies in dirt. Instead, make up a mixture of partially composted wood chips and something gritty. Prepare a raised frame six or eight inches high. To be safe, cover the bottom with wire mesh to keep out rodents. Fill it with the compost/grit mixture. The frame should rest on the surface of the ground and not be sunk into the ground. Plant the bulbs a few inches down. If youre good with potted plants (in other words, if you are attentive about watering), these lilies can do well in pots. Although both of these lilies will survive in the shade, for best growth place the frame in a sunny area for most of the day. As long as the plants are making active growth, water them regularly. Regular watering in late summer after the plants have bloomed is not so important. Dont forget to feed them occasionally. Keep in mind that these lilies are on a different cycle than most garden lilies. With garden lilies, you can plant bulbs in November and have good blooming stems the following June. Lilium canadense and L. superbum, on the other hand, start out very slowly and build themselves up over the years. Expect them to take three years to produce large blooming stems. When the time comes, youll soon discover that its a rare lily show judge who does not melt at the sight of a well grown stem of any of our native lilies. Start planning now, and that could be your lily! Mr. McKenney has contributed this article to the Journal at the request of the GCV Lily Committee.

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GCV Flower Arranging School

Demonstrations by nationally renowned designer Tasha Tobin at the Robins Pavilion, University of Richmond Registration and Coffee: 9 a.m. Program begins at 10 a.m.
Ticket information and online registration available on the GCV website. Tickets go on sale July 1 online and by mail. Boxed lunches included. For more information, contact: Kate Zullo, zphyr94@aol.com Interested in becoming a GCV artistic judge? Dont miss our Introduction to the Artistic Judging Program following the Flower Arranging School at 1:00 pm.

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A Review of the Garden Club of Virginias Garden Maintenance Manual

By Molly H. Sammler, GCV Library Committee The Petersburg Garden Club

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he Garden Club of Virginias recently published Garden Maintenance Manual could achieve icon status, like cherished family recipes or even the

treasured family Bible. The manual offers a cornucopia of gardening information culled from the Garden Club of Virginias experience maintaining more than 40 restoration properties under its safekeeping. It is, of course, a detailed resource guide for all those maintaining historic properties, but it is more: a go-to tool for any gardener. The manual is the cumulative effort of the GCV Restoration Committee, and it was the committees hope that the manuals publication would benefit all gardeners. Every two years, the GCV Restoration Committee sponsors a maintenance workshop for the GCV restoration properties. The manuals pages summarize some of the best plant care, maintenance, landscaping and general information gleaned from the workshops, as well as from GCV landscape architect William D. Rieley and his associates with their extensive knowledge. The manual has been provided to each of the GCV restoration properties to assist in the ongoing care of our Virginia historic landscape treasures. The manuals guidance covers the basics of soil content, testing, fertilizing, mulching, growing, plant care, and care of built landscape. It is organized for ease of use so any gardener can readily find information about a topic of concern. It is beautifully detailed, with illustrations and photographs, including many from renowned photographer Roger Foley. It also contains a seasonal guide to keep all of us gardeners on track. The references, websites and directories offer a treasure trove of resources. As Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in 1848, When I go to the garden with spade, and dig a bed, I feel such exhilaration and health that I discover that I have been defrauding myself all this time in letting others do for me what I should have done with my own hands. With the Garden Maintenance Manual at his side, he would have known exactly what to do and when. Paper Mulberry Tree Planting at Poplar Forest, Bedford County

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The Tuckahoe Garden Club Hits the Big Apple

By Martha Moore The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton

ast fall, 33 members of Richmonds Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton visited New York City for a tour of five gardens. The tour began with lunch at Bergdorf Goodmans Heaven on Seven and a magnificent view of Central Parks fall foliage. Next stop was the Conservatory Tuckahoe Garden Club in the Big Apple Garden, part of the Central Park Conservancy, for a delightful tour with Sara Cedar Miller, the official photographer and historian for the conservancy and author of Seeing Central Park: The Official Guide to the Worlds Greatest Urban Park. Next stop was the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where members learned about the weekly process of creating the large flower arrangements in the front hall, and enjoyed a tour focusing on flowers in art throughout the galleries. The rooftop garden provided a breathtaking view of Central Park. That evening, a cocktail party was held at the home of a members son, followed by dinner at a French restaurant on the Upper East Side. Morning brought the highlight of the trip, a tour of the High Line, a park built on an elevated 1930s freight rail structure on Manhattans West Side. Guides told the history and described the design elements of the garden. In neighboring Chelsea, the group crowded into Spruce, a garden shop, for a demonstration of their signature floral arrangements. Following was a trip to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens and its Japanese, Italian, rose and herb gardens. After dinner at the 21 Club, the group enjoyed Anything Goes. On the final morning, the group met for coffee and an enchanting presentation by interior designer Amanda Nisbet, followed by some free time for shopping. Afternoon brought a visit to the Cloisters Garden. Transfixed with medieval tapestries and exhibits, the group saw the herb gardens suddenly come alive with a crashing thunderstorm on the Hudson River. Later came a visit to Bette Midlers Swindler Cove Park, a crown jewel of the New York Restoration Project. The creative use of native plants and extensive mulch paths suggested ideas for Richmonds city parks. The trip demonstrated how these New York entities parallel the stated purpose of The Tuckahoe Garden Club, to encourage the knowledge and love of gardening; to protect the environment through education and conservation; and to promote restoration and community improvement. Inspired by the designs and plant ideas seen in New York, members have been using this experience for motivation in their own gardens and community. The Tuckahoe Garden Club is thinking big!

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GCV Goes Live with the Virginia Historical Society

By Suzanne Wright, GCV Restoration Committee, The Petersburg Garden Club, Mary Ann Johnson, GCV Restoration Committee, Roanoke Valley Garden Club, Karen Kennedy, Rieley and Associates

n 1997, the GCV entered into a partnership with the Virginia Historical Society to preserve the archives of our restoration projects for posterity. Since that time, more than six thousand documents, photos and slides have been transferred from the basement of the Kent-Valentine House to the VHS. Once catalogued and digitized, they were uploaded to a dedicated GCV website hosted by the VHS. The information focuses on the development of each restoration rather than the appearance of the historic sites today. Images with descriptive captions and written narratives accompany each property. The narratives add depth and understanding to the restoration work of the GCV, and the images include not only photographs and slide representations, but also landscape plans, plant lists and letters. VHS Vice President of Collections E. Lee Shepard and his team of experts have worked tirelessly with members of the Restoration Committee to make this project a reality. While the goal is eventually to include every restoration, the archives of 21 properties are now live and accessible not only to GCV members, but to the entire world. Please visit www.vahistorical.org/gardenclub/introduction.htm to view the stories behind the GCVs contributions to historic gardens in Virginia.

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The Petersburg Garden Club he Petersburg Garden Club has been hosting its Splashes of Spring event for over ten years. The event, held in the early spring at the Country Club of Petersburg, provides an elaborate silent auction, a raffle, a guest speaker, and an elegant seated lunch for more than 200 garden enthusiasts. Profits from the annual event have in the past gone toward hosting state flower shows, including the GCV Lily Show in 2010. This year PGC voted to use the funds to support the restoration efforts at historic Centre Hill Mansion and has established an ongoing fund for preserving this historic treasure in Petersburg. The PGCs efforts support the GCV restoration work at Centre Hill Mansion. During the early 19th century, Centre Hill Mansion was a crown jewel at the entrance to Petersburg. Robert Bolling IV built the impressive Federal style house in 1823, which sits high on a hill overlooking the Appomattox River. The Garden Club of Virginia has provided plantings of historically appropriate trees and shrubs surrounding the mansion, and underwritten major repairs to the wrought iron fence and drainage systems surrounding the property. Funds raised from the PGCs annual Splashes of Spring event have supported repairs to the intricate leaded window at the front entrance of Centre Hill. The south faade leaded window and transom were meticulously cleaned, repaired and conserved. Molly Sammler Centre Hill Mansion
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Club Notes

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2012
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By Rachel Hollis, GCV Rose Chairman The Spotswood Garden Club any gardeners hesitate to grow roses because they do not want to spray, fertilize, deadhead or water on a regular basis, but all of that is not necessary. Over ten years ago, Texas AgriLife Extension Service of Texas, Texas A&M System, set out to determine if roses could be grown under the following conditions: - Little or no watering - Reduction of fertilizer and pesticide use - Landscaping for energy conservation - Reduction of landscape waste entering landfills Field trials were conducted in a number of locations in Texas and, after ten years, 23 roses have been given the Earth-Kind designation. Similar state agricultural programs are taking place in Ohio and the Midwest. Soon the Atlantic region will be included. Knock Out Roses are seen by some as the roses of the future because they are relatively easy to grow and flower profusely from spring to late fall. Knock Outs are actually shrub roses, and only the original cherry red carries the Earth-Kind label. The GCV Rose Committee met in April and decided to offer two collections of three roses each, one for the exhibitor and one for those who wish to grow environmentally friendly roses. The Rose Committee hopes that something from these two collections will fit every garden and every lifestyle. Your club Rose Chairman will have the ordering information available soon. Google Earth-Kind roses and look at the examples. Most of these have been around for years. Weeks Wholesale Nursery, from which the GCV orders all rose collections, is also on the internet. Consider entering a specimen or two at the GCV Rose Show hosted by The Boxwood Garden Club on October 2-4 in Richmond. Several classes in the schedule are appropriate for Earth-Kind roses.

Rose Notes

The Elizabeth River Garden Club

Club Notes

he Elizabeth River Garden Club held a demonstration of contemporary floral design to raise money to support the Elizabeth River Projects restoration of Paradise Creek Nature Park in Portsmouth. Martha Perkins was appointed chairman of the event, which was held at the Portsmouth Service League. The decorating committee artfully transformed the building into a veritable garden. Three excellent flower arrangers from the club, who among them have 100 years of arranging experience, performed the demonstration. EAnn Stokes, Jean Knapp, and Judy Perry, assisted by Wanda Russo, Cathy Robertson and Jan Meredith, each made five beautiful arrangements before a group of 70 attendees. The arrangements included waterfall, landscape, parallel, abstract, free style and other contemporary designs. Refreshments were served, and three lucky attendees went home with beautiful arrangements. This demonstration was both a fun learning process and a successful fundraiser. Over $2,800.00 was raised for conservation efforts. Susan Comer

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Horticulture Field Day 2012

Richmond Area Gardens along the James River from the 18th Century to the 21st

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Given in January, February and March 2012

Provides essential ongoing support necessary to maintain GCV operations. Albemarle Garden Club The Garden Club of Gloucester GCV Massie Medal Committee Hubard Family Trusts Anonymous Joan M. Baker Anne G. Baldwin Garland L. Bigley Deborah Bonnewell Leslie Booth Elizabeth Randolph Brown Martha Ware Bryan Mary Anne Burke Gwendolyn B. Carter Joyce C. Childress Lynn White Cobb Elizabeth R. Cronly Mrs. Robert Dart Betty Delk Nancy A. Dempsey Donor Nancy K. Dickerson Kathleen Foley Dickinson Susan T. Garrett Brenda Gilman Kay B. Goldberg Jean F. Haire Ann C. Hankins Lucy G. Harman Mary Lawrence Harrell Pearl Harrell Elizabeth M. Holsinger Patricia R. House Barbara B. Jacob Elizabeth B. Johnson Sara Ann Johnson Judith Landolt-Korns Jacqueline Lane Ellen H. Lee Mrs. Brandon C. Martin Mary Jane Naismith Cleta Norcross Caroline Hooff Norman Joan B. Pollard Pam Pruden Gail F. Pruden Jane M. Purrington Brenda Quayle Kim Raines Sally B. Rawls Ann R. Reed Mary R. Reed Cynthia S. Shook Marion Simpson Laura D. Smart Mrs. Page D. Styles Elizabeth B. Tankard Jane M. Testerman Kathryn A. Trakas Amy Vanhoose Kathryn Q. Wafle Mrs. H. Conrad Warlick Beth Oast Williams Katherine Wray

CONTRIBUTIONS
Annual Fund

In Honor of Donor The Boxwood Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kimbrough K. Nash Betty Sundin Harborfront Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie MacKinlay Kimbrough K. Nash Three Chopt Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kimbrough K. Nash The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leila Jones Lena Scott Sue Taylor An Appreciative Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casey Rice Lee Snyder Tata Kellam Dianne Nea Spence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dorothy Bumgardner Donna Lawhon Karen Jones Margaret Clement Kimbrough K. Nash Maureen D. Stiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie MacKinlay Elizabeth Zimmerman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ann Gordon Evans

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Donor In Memory of The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Towlesey Castles Gail Braxton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nancy St. Clair Talley Mimi and Kemp Dozier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nancy St. Clair Talley Frank and Lucy Ellett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nancy St. Clair Talley Nan C. Freed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Hunter Hairston Ina R. Ingram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Hunter Hairston Supports the ongoing preservation of the historic Kent-Valentine House, headquarters of the Garden Club of Virginia and Historic Garden Week. Donor The Ashland Garden Club Donor In Honor of The Blue Ridge Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linda Holden Anne Vanderwarker The Brunswick Garden Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joyce Moorman The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lynn Gas Kimbrough K. Nash The Garden Club of Fairfax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimbrough K. Nash Diane Wilkinson The Garden Study Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Myra Stegall The Nansemond River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judy Perry The Warrenton Garden Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Nelson Thompson The Williamsburg Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Milliman Deedy Bumgardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rieley & Associates Jeanette Cadwallender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GCV Development Committee Mary T. Kincheloe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan Grimes Barbara B. Luton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimbrough K. Nash Donor In Memory of The Little Garden Club of Winchester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley The Junior Century Club of Winchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Nancy F. Bowles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Hylah and McGuire Boyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Deedy Bumgardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Jeanette and Nick Cadwallender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Towlesey Castles Louisa Hunt Coker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Craigie, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Mary Hart Darden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Ann Gordon Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Mary Ross Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Carter Frackelton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Tom and Jean Gilpin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Dorothy H. Glaize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Mary Bruce H. Glaize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Mrs. James C. Godwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dun Grover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley

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Virginia Brown Guild. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Barbara Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugenia Diller Beverley G. King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Towlesey Castles Nancy St. Clair Talley Katherine Turner Mears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Helen Turner Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Kimbrough K. Nash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Judy Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Helen Pinckney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Charles and Ann Reed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Peggy Valentine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Dootsie Wilbur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Provides monies to individual clubs for local civic beautification efforts. Donor In Honor of The Garden Study Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William D. Rieley Supports GCV clubs in local and statewide conservation projects. Donor In Memory of The Garden Club of Fairfax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patt Cole

Common Wealth Award Fund

GCV Conservation Fund

Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award Fund

Donor In Memory of The Garden Club of Fairfax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patt Cole Supports GCV Restoration projects across the Commonwealth. Donor The Lynchburg Garden Club Donor In Honor of The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fleet Davis The James River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimbrough K. Nash The Princess Anne Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judy Perry The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Suzanne Munson Kimbrough K. Nash Susan Claytor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. FitzGerald Bemiss Mr. and Mrs. Everett U. Crosby Fleet Davis Rieley & Associates Donor In Memory of Dolley Madison Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Susan Claytor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley DeLane W. Porter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Betty G. Schutte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley

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The Garden Club of VirGinia Calendar 2012

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70th Annual Lily Show, Fairfax

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Journal Deadline

September 18

Flower Arranging School, University of Richmond

September 24

Conservation Workshop

The Garden Club of Virginia

Dates and events as posted on the GCV website at http://gcvirginia.org. See website for further additions.