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

From The EditorThe women of the Garden Club of Virginia never cease to amaze me, as

evidenced at the recent Board of Governors meeting held in Danville. From our talented leadership, to our loyal staff, to our dedicated members, we are a force with which to be reckoned. We are intelligent, passionate, and believe firmly in our mission “to celebrate the beauty of the land, to conserve the gifts of nature and to challenge future generations to build on this heritage.” And did I mention that we know how to have a good time? During this festive season, celebrate the honor of being a part of such an incredible group of powerful and influential women.

We look forward to receiving your articles. Write to us at [email protected]. Submission guidelines may be found on the GCV website.

Journal Editorial Board2013-2014

Editor and Chairman: Karla MacKimmie, The Warrenton Garden Club

ExOfficio MembersGCV President, Ann Gordon Evans, The Huntington Garden ClubGCV Corresponding Secretary, Betsy Worthington, The Lynchburg Garden ClubGCV Photographer, Jane Cowles, The Boxwood Garden Club

Journal Advertising Chairman, Katya Spicuzza, Albemarle Garden Club, The Garden Club of the Northern Neck

MembersBetty Anne Garrett, The Garden Club of the Middle PeninsulaJulie Grover, The Blue Ridge Garden Club, The James River Garden ClubAnn Heller, GCV Communications CoordinatorAileen Laing, The Warrenton Garden ClubSusan Morten, The Martinsville Garden ClubGrace Rhinesmith, The Garden Club of the Middle PeninsulaHelen Pinckney, The Tuckahoe Garden Club of WesthamptonArt Editor, Jeanette McKittrick, Three Chopt Garden Club

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The Garden Club of Virginia Journal

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

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

President of the Garden Club of Virginia:Ann Gordon Evans

Journal Editor:Karla MacKimmie8505 Lees Ridge RoadWarrenton, VA 20186Phone: (540) 341-3432Email: [email protected]

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

Vol. LVIII, No. 4Printed on recycled paper byCarter Printing CompanyRichmond, VA

ON THE COVER... Helleborus niger, or Christmas rose, acquired its name from the legend of Madeline, a poor shepherd girl in Bethlehem, who after hearing of the birth of the Christ child, wanted to worship him, but had nothing to offer. She searched the frozen hills for a flower, and, defeated, stood outside the stable and wept. As her tears fell, a flower sprouted from the snowy ground beneath her feet. This beautiful rendering was created by Mary Page Hickey of the Garden Club of Alexandria.

IN THIS ISSUE ...

Tink ..................................................... 2Common Wealth Award ...................... 3A Garden for All Seasons ..................... 5Cabin Walk .......................................... 6Legislative Day Announcement ........... 8Mystery at the K-V House ................. 10Dugdale Award .................................. 10Lily Lovers .......................................... 1175th Annual Rose Show ............... 12, 13Getting Ready for a Show Part II ....... 15Club Notes .......................................... 16Club Notes .......................................... 17Restoration Committee ................ 18, 19Wildflower Meadow Gardening ........ 20New Member Orientation .................. 21Contributions ................................23, 24Statement of Ownership .................... 25

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

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

Postmaster, please send address changes to:Garden Club of Virginia12 East Franklin StreetRichmond, VA 23219

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TinkBy Beth DeBergh

The Garden Club of Warren County

Watching hummingbirds can be addictive. They are the most magical creatures on the planet. We anticipate their arrival in early April and

lament their departure in the fall. Most hummingbirds are predictable in their migration pattern. The majority of hummers leave our gardens for the tropics by the first of September. Some stay through the first week of October. Their migration is triggered by shorter days, when they still have a sufficient food supply and are fat enough for their long journey. Younger birds may take a little longer to build up their strength for flight.

“Tink” is the little ruby-throated hummingbird that spent the winter with me. I don’t know why Tink stayed behind—maybe she was extremely young, injured, not strong enough for her excursion, or just liked her claimed territory. Typically, after the stragglers have headed south, the feeders are bought inside, cleaned, and stored for the following spring. I neglected to bring in the feeder that I had attached to the window of my kitchen door and noticed one day in late October that there was a little female at my kitchen door. For most of the summer, that feeder had been primarily dominated by one feisty little female. I believe that little girl was Tink.

The days became colder and the nectar-producing flowers and insects were becoming scarce. Tink became a regular at my kitchen door. October turned into November; then came Christmas. Tink remained. I brought her feeder inside on freezing nights. The tiny, but staunch, little bird was always there hovering and waiting for nectar in the morning. On bitter cold days her nectar had to be brought inside at intervals to thaw. She survived ice, snow, sleet, chilling rain, and fierce winds. January and February brought more bitter cold nights. The final days of winter began to flirt with sunny warmth, only to shrink back into a chilling wind and snow. Every tease of spring brought relief and hope that Tink would survive the winter.

I met my goal of keeping her alive until March. April finally came, and Tink was still alive. I see less of her now that fresh flowers and insects are available as a food source, but she still visits her feeder occasionally and perches on a top limb of a boxwood bush adjacent to my kitchen. That dense old boxwood may be her home. Her friends should be arriving soon. Tink will be here to welcome them when they return and will have much to share.

Note: I discovered later in the spring that “Tink” was actually a juvenile male. Juvenile male hummers look almost identical to adult females. The throat usually has some dark streaking that appears later in the summer. The throats of some young males show red throat feathers in late summer through fall. These feathers appear as “dots” on their necks. Throughout the winter Tink kept these red throat feathers, changing to a metallic ruby red in the spring. ❁


Common Wealth AwardBy Katherine Knopf, Common Wealth Award Chairman,

Roanoke Valley Garden Club

The Common Wealth Award, established in 1979, provides a grant or grants to support and promote the projects of GCV member clubs in the area of conservation, beautification, horticulture, preservation, or education.

The 2013 Common Wealth Awards were presented at the Board of Governors Meeting in October. It was our pleasure to grant two awards this year. The first-place award was given to the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club for its project at the Chatham Manor Garden, a historic home and garden in Stafford County. The award check in the amount of $6,500 will be used to restore and maintain the formal gardens designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman in the early 1920s and to repair statuary. The second-place award was given to the Princess Anne Garden Club for its project at First Landing State Park, which is located in Virginia Beach. The award check in the amount of $5,500 will be used to maintain the native plant landscape and to update exhibits in the park’s Trail Center.

The deadline for applications for the 2014 Common Wealth Award is March 1, 2014. The application form and information on how to submit a proposal can be found on the GCV website under “Awards.” The Common Wealth Award Committee looks forward to receiving many applications from the GCV member clubs. If your club has questions about a project proposal, please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected] or 540-798-6420. I look forward to talking with you. ❁

Tricia McDaniel, the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club, Katherine Knopf, Common Wealth Award Chairman, and Elizabeth Reed, the Princess Anne Garden Club


A Garden for All SeasonsCreating a Winter Landscape

By Barbara L. Cummings, GCV Horticulture CommitteeThe Williamsburg Garden Club

My real interest in gardening began about 15 years ago when I moved to a house on an acre of land. The neglected woodland property backed up to a ravine with a tidal creek winding its way to the James River. Numerous

American hollies and mature beech and oak trees were scattered throughout, creating a heavily shaded environment with little variety in plant material. Changing that would have required removing many of those trees, so we chose a different approach. We opened up the landscape and began to create a garden instead of a yard.

I studied gardening techniques, including the use and value of hardscaping, creating patterns with paths and walls, the use of creatively placed wooden fences, and the placement of containers and garden art as special features in the overall plan. Evergreen hedges provide color and structure, and, by using contrasting shapes of barberries, nandina, boxwood, daphne, and bayberry, we were able to create dramatic effects throughout all the seasons.

When I first started our gardens, I planted thinking of spring, my favorite season. However, I have matured and so has my garden. I began to realize a garden’s structure is most evident in winter.

To create winter interest, I began to choose the plants that would bring light during the dull, gray, winter months. I also considered the texture, shape, and color of the bark and stems of birch, Natchez crepe myrtle, barberry, pieris and many others. Hellebores, my favorite winter perennial, and camellias provide vibrant color from fall through spring. Winter pansies placed in containers throughout the beds add additional interest, as do berries, which bring color and attract birds during the winter.

By now, the fall chores have been done. Beds have been tidied, and leaves raked and composted. Overgrown perennials have been divided and relocated. Other perennials, such as coneflowers, false indigo, and ornamental grasses, were left uncut for texture, interest, and contrast against the cool palette of grays, browns, and winter white. All have been made ready for the harsh winter months ahead.

I find myself enjoying the winter landscapes, frequently illuminated by spectacular sunsets viewed from our west-facing picture window. I look out from the comfort of our home and watch the sun reflect off the stark silhouettes of trees denuded of their summer foliage. I thrill at the sight of a lone heron circling the edges of our woodland property. These are times of quiet reflection, and I am calmed by the fact that our lives, like our gardens, can be better appreciated in the winter. ❁

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Country Elegance in a Stratford Hall Cabin

Garden Day and Cabin Walk at Stratford HallBy Carol Price

Three Chopt Garden Club

This year’s Garden Day tour at Stratford Hall, home of the Lee family, offers two rare opportunities. The first is the chance to see private cabins, many of which were originally decorated by Sister Parish and have been recently renovated. The

second is to meet and hear William D. Rieley, GCV’s landscape architect, and P. Allen Smith, noted author and garden show host. They will discuss the challenges of restoring historic gardens, as well as what to plant with poor soil, no rain and too many deer.

The board of directors of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, which owns and operates Stratford Hall, is eager to celebrate Historic Garden Week and Stratford’s historic connection with the Garden Club of Virginia, while showcasing its newest discovery. The results of a four-year-long cultural landscape research project, which Stratford completed in partnership with the University of Georgia, yielded evidence of an additional garden between the East Garden and the Great House. GCV’s 2013 Rudy Favretti Fellow, Megan Turner, worked extensively on this project while she was a graduate student at the University of Georgia.

The Garden Club of Virginia began its long-standing relationship with Stratford Hall in 1930 when it undertook the restoration of Stratford’s East Gardens, converting a weed-infested area into an 18th-century style English garden with parterres framed in boxwood. Through the years, GCV has continued to advise and assist Stratford as other garden needs have become evident.

The cabins at Stratford were built in the 1930s and 1940s as accommodations for the directors who traveled from all over the country for meetings to discuss the best ways to preserve and share this early Virginia and American icon. Sister Parish decorated many of the early cabins and they were first opened for a special Historic Garden Week tour in 1974. Since 2014 is the 40th anniversary of this tour, and since many of the cabins have recently undergone major renovations, it seemed fitting that Stratford host a special Cabin Walk and Garden Day on April 27 during Historic Garden Week. Members of the Stratford board of directors from around the country will serve as hostesses for the Cabin Walk.

Space will be limited, so make reservations for the luncheon and special presentations. For advance reservations, contact stratfordhall.org or call 804-493-1370, and look for the ad in the Historic Garden Week Guidebook. ❁


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Former GCV Employee Stages Mystery at the K-V House

By Suzanne MunsonFormer Executive Director of Historic Garden Week

While she worked in the Kent-Valentine House as the GCV’s administrator (2002-04 and interim 2005), Maggie King had a mysterious hobby at home. In her spare time, she was crafting a clever who-done-it novel.

After many rewrites, Maggie submitted her manuscript to publishers last year, and her work was rewarded with a contract from Simon and Schuster. Murder at the Book Group, set in Richmond, will debut in late 2014.

What’s more, Maggie’s short story, “A Not So Genteel Murder,” will be published in the Virginia is for Mysteries anthology in January 2014. Each mystery in the collection takes place in a Virginia location; Maggie chose the beautiful Kent-Valentine House as her venue. A murder is committed on the third floor. For more information about the anthology visit www.virginiaisformysteries.com. Maggie’s website is www.maggie.king.com. The anthology will debut on January 9 at a reception at the Library of Virginia.

Both novel and anthology will be available at stores like Barnes & Noble and via Amazon. Congratulations, Maggie. We look forward to reading your next story set in the mysterious Old Dominion. ❁

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By Barbara Holland, GCV Lily Committee Chairman

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In September 1936, Mrs. (Joseph G.) Walker, former GCV President, urged the study of liliums [sic]. The next month, Rivanna (Garden Club) had 25 ‘second size’ lily bulbs in the ground, and by 1938 was raising lilies from seed.

Excerpted from Follow the Green Arrow: The History of the Garden Club of Virginia, by Mrs. James Bland Martin

The study of lilies by Garden Club of Virginia members continues. For those who

would like to know more, the GCV Lily Committee will host a workshop on March 5, 10:30 a.m. at the Kent-Valentine House.

Some basics about lilies include the fact that more than 100 different plants have the word “lily” in their common names. Think of daylily, calla lily, spider lily and lily of the valley, to name a few. The Liliaceae, the botanical family to which the genus Lilium belongs, has more than 200 genera of plants. It had more; the family was once a catch-all category, which included asparagus, allium and other plants until a reclassification moved them to other families.

The GCV Lily Show schedule specifies that only true scale lilies of the genus Lilium can predominate in all arrangements. They are the only lilies that can be shown in horticulture. ❁

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Editor’s note: Showtime!The following is the second in a series of three articles about preparing to compete in a flower

show. The articles pertain to a daffodil show, yet some of the ideas and tips have universal usefulness while others could be modified or adapted for shows that showcase other species.

The tips could be particularly helpful to the novice exhibitor. For more on showtime preparation, please see the September 2013 issue of the Journal,

and stay tuned for the final article, coming in the March 2014 issue.

An Ounce of Flower Show PreparationWorth a Pound of Panicked Procurement

By Lucy Rhame, GCV Daffodil Committee ChairmanFauquier and Loudoun Garden Club

The Hunting Creek Garden Club

Some of us have been known to go out into the garden the night before a show to look for that prize-winning flower. There is an easier way. The winter months offer a chance to stop and think ahead. Thought can be put into action by making a

preparation checklist for a flower show, in this case, the GCV’s 80th annual Daffodil Show. Top of the list: Mark your calendar to start walking through the garden every

day, beginning two weeks before the show, to see what is in bloom or about to bloom. You can begin amassing entries long before the night before by picking flowers and refrigerating them. Clean and groom the blooms before refrigeration. Flowers will harden off, particularly in a frost-free fridge, making later grooming difficult. Mist refrigerated flowers daily with distilled water to prevent desiccation. Freshly picked blooms will keep in refrigeration for up to two weeks. (See the Journal’s March issue for more what-to-do tips.)

Next on the list: Review the flower show schedule to familiarize yourself with classes. When showtime nears, you can refer back to the schedule to determine the appropriate classes for your blooms. (The GCV Daffodil Show schedule should become available in January. It will be posted on the GCV website, www.gcvirginia.org.; a printed copy can be obtained by sending a request to [email protected].)

It’s worth knowing that all daffodils can be entered in more than one class. Say, for example, you have a dozen show-worthy ‘Dreamlights.’ You can enter in the standard single stem class, the standard vase-of-three class, the intermediate single stem class, the intermediate vase-of-three class, the historic single stem class and the historic vase-of-three class. Another option is classes for small growers, open to those who grow fewer than 50 varieties. Another possibility: if you have never won a blue ribbon, you can enter the class for The Patricia Mann Crenshaw Award, which goes to a novice.

This year’s schedule will include a Classics Section, an area for more possibilities. Classics are daffodils registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive. Classics were chosen for the GCV’s 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 Daffodil Collections. Information about GCV Daffodil Collections can help. The year a cultivar was registered appears in parentheses next to its listing. Symbols show whether the bloom is American-bred, historic or classic. Any American-bred daffodil is eligible for entry in the red-white-blue collection, section B, class 18. Also, collections over the years have included a number of white daffodils. Check out section A, class 2. Wouldn’t you like to bring home a beautiful piece of GCV silver?

Final item on the checklist: Mark showtime on the calendar. GCV’s 80th annual Daffodil Show will take place April 1 and 2, hosted by The Little Garden Club of Winchester. Entries will be accepted after 2 p.m. on March 31. ❁


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Club NotesBy Gillian Cady and Pam Combs

The Garden Club of Norfolk

On August 19, The Garden Club of Norfolk met for luncheon and a stroll down memory lane. All

were encouraged to “…wear your favorite hat and gloves … bring your photographs and clippings…and share a tale or two of your special club times.” The event was held in the home of long time club member, Kirkland Clarkson, whose mother and grandmother served as club leaders in the past. Guests were greeted by a lovely wire form “club lady” in a floral organza day dress that once belonged to Mrs. Clarkson’s grandmother. A delicious luncheon was served with the menu taken from a 1915 Norfolk gathering. The traditional Virginia fare included Smithfield ham biscuits, pimento cheese finger sandwiches, and a strawberry blanc mange for dessert. The centerpiece of fresh garden flowers, including hydrangea and old roses, was arranged in a silver and crystal epergne and crowned a table set with bone china and heavy linen…all with a nod to the past. Fun times were recalled and images and voices of seasoned members sharing remembrances of valued club relationships and important community contributions were captured for safe-keeping ❁

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Club NotesBy Mary Margaret Wise

The Little Garden Club of Winchester

September in Winchester is always a glorious month as the colors of fall arrive in the Shenandoah Valley. This year a special partnership between the Headley family, The Little Garden Club of Winchester, and Blue Ridge Hospice brought a

memorable event to Winchester.After nearly twelve months of planning and preparation which included our event

co-chairs, Mary Ann Kaplan and Colleen Zoller, Winchester Showhouse and Gardens 2013 took place September 7-29 at Long Green, home of Joe and Regina Headley. Long Green is situated just north of Winchester. Visitors enjoyed the vision and work of regional interior designers inside the stone home at this special event.

Other events included an en plein air day for artists, a talk on the home’s history with Maral Kalbian, architectural historian, a cooking demonstration, as well as other local non-profit group events. A gift shop was outfitted with selections provided by members of The Little Garden Club of Winchester and a cafe provided delicious treats for visitors to enjoy. Designer furnishings and artwork were available for purchase.

The hospitality of the Headley family at Long Green will long be remembered as central to the partnership between our club and Blue Ridge Hospice. Proceeds from the event benefit both organizations. ❁

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GCV Restoration CommitteeAlbemarle Garden Club

Every two years the Restoration Committee hosts a maintenance workshop for the workers who

maintain the forty gardens that the Garden Club of Virginia has restored throughout the state. On February 5, 2013, gardeners and maintenance workers from the GCV Restoration properties met at GCV headquarters in Richmond for a day of lectures, lunch and networking. For some in attendance, this was their first visit to the Kent-Valentine House, and many remarked how much they enjoyed meeting there. Members of the Restoration Committee were in attendance, as well as GCV President Ann Gordon Evans.

Sally Guy Brown, chairman of the Restoration Committee, welcomed our guests and thanked them for all they do to help maintain our restored gardens as outstanding examples of historic landscape preservation. Will Rieley of Rieley and Associates, GCV landscape architect, started the day’s lectures with a brief PowerPoint presentation on the history of the Kent-Valentine House and then continued with “An Illustrated Guide to the Garden Club’s Policies and Procedures.” Peggy Singlemann, director of horticulture at Maymont, followed with “Gardening in Her Footsteps and Wishing I Had Her Budget.” Peggy had some great tips on how to utilize the volunteers and Master Gardeners who can help in the gardens.


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Our afternoon speakers were Peggy Cornett, curator of plants at Monticello, “Preserving Historic Plants at Monticello: Gardening and Seed Saving Then and Now,” and Jack Gary, director of archaeology and landscapes at Poplar Forest, “Restoring Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest Landscape.” Our guest speakers were from GCV Restoration sites, and their talks reflected acknowledgment of the unique character and challenge of maintaining historic gardens.

Lunch allowed time for attendees to network and converse about their particular properties. An email address list of participants was circulated after the workshop to encourage further conversation. In the evaluations returned, many interesting questions were posed, such as:

✿ how best to manage invasive plants used in historic landscapes in modern landscapes

✿ how to accurately restore historical gardens when there are no records

✿ how to meld the great strides in horticulture with old-fashioned plants.

These questions and others raised will be answered in future issues of Restoration News. Be sure to click on the link for the newsletter on the GCV website to learn more.

The good work of the gardeners at GCV-restored landscapes is vital to the high standard of maintenance required for GCV historic properties. Next time you see the gardeners at a GCV garden, be sure to thank them for the important work that they do. ❁


Photos Provided by: Laura Anne Brooks

Wildflower Meadow GardeningBy Laura Anne Brooks

The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula

Late autumn through early spring is perfect for seeding a wildflower meadow. Begin by clipping the grass short, leaving

selected native plants. Till or disk lightly and hand-broadcast seed, using sand for poppies. Fertilizer is unnecessary, but do plant before a gentle rain. Larkspur, bee balm, coneflower, and poppies will need winter cold to germinate. Early fall plantings of black-eyed Susan, Queen Anne’s lace, golden rod, lobelia, and butterfly weed can be seeded into an existing meadow garden. Cosmos, asters, California poppies, cleome, Sweet William, foxglove, and woodland phlox are best planted in spring. Many wildflowers may be seeded in established borders of antique flowers like nepeta, salvia, hyssop, baptisia, campanula, primrose, perennial verbena and hollyhock.

The trick to beauty, color, texture and feeding capacity of a meadow is grouping the seedlings and planting by the pound. Swaths and colonies of one variety will create the most kinetic energy from visiting bees, butterflies, finches, hummingbirds, and quail. Aggressive natives like horsemint will push back fescue or nettles. The commercial meadow-in-a-can yields one year of anemic bloom and two years of weeds. An entire field of Virginia’s native black-eyed Susan, Queen Anne’s lace, goldenrod, blue mist flower plus coreopsis will offer years of cost-free bloom.

It is important to plan for a path when a meadow is planted. Near this path spring violets, wood sorrel, multiheaded narcissi, squill, and autumn crocus that will add contrast to the taller meadow flowers. Species lilies, iris and daylilies are attractive when added near the path. A sunny path will need mowing; a shaded trail can be coaxed into moss.

Originally, the meadow was a shaded area, a cool and inviting pasture for cattle and away from the overgrazed highland. Frequently romanced by its gurgling brook, the meadow became a cool thicket and solace for biodiversity and human solitude. To develop a woodland meadow, colonize groupings of joe-pye weed, Solomon’s seal, foxglove, columbine, fern, trout lilies, violets and trillium. Wild hydrangea, southern arrowwood, blackhaw viburnum, native rhododendron, elderberry and buttonbush will provide structure and food in moist woodlands. Groupings of viburnum, and

native fringe tree, blackberry, even a native black cherry will provide cover and flight structure for birds and pollinators in a sunny meadow.

The true beauty of a native wildflower meadow is its biodiversity, color, texture, and fragrance. Absent is noise from gasoline machines, poisons from fungicides and insect sprays, aggressive growth from non-fertile hybrids, and even deer, which prefer the sweetness of nonnatives.

Recommended seed source: Wildseed Farm www.wildseedfarms.com in Fredericksburg, Texas. ❁

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Getting Oriented

The Garden Club of Virginia Admissions Committee will host orientation sessions for new members during February and March. The sessions offer a chance to learn about all that the Garden Club of Virginia has to offer.

New members, who joined their clubs during 2012, 2013 and 2014, are invited to attend the orientation sessions, along with their respective club presidents and Membership Committee chairmen. Invitations to the sessions, which will be offered by district, will go out in January.

New Member Orientation Dates, Locations, Admissions Committee Contacts:• District 1 Richmond

Feb. 25, Kent-Valentine House, Melissa Williams• District 2 Charlottesville

Feb. 27, Westminster Canterbury, Janice Carter• District 3 Williamsburg

Feb. 26, Bruton Parish, Laura Geddy• District 4 Roanoke

Feb. 4, Council of Garden Clubs, Kelly Ellis• District 5 Middleburg

Feb. 18, Emmanuel Church, Harriett Condon• District 6 Virginia Beach

Jan. 29, Galilee Church, Molly Ill

Questions? Please contact your Admissions Committee district representative or Martha Moore at [email protected].


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Donor

C O N T R I B U T I O N SGiven in 7/1/13 Through 9/30/13

Annual Fund

The Garden Club of the Northern NeckVictoria AlexanderMarguerite O. BaconAnne BealsCharlotte S. BenjaminLaura Y. BrownBetsy Bickford BurnetteSharon ByrdJeanette CadwallenderCandy CardenGwendolyn B. CarterJane D. CheadleMeg ClementJackie ComptonJane H. CooperKim CoryJane CowlesKelly H. EllisAnn Gordon EvansTrish Falcon

Martha W. FidlerMrs. Merritt W. Foster, Jr.Lynn F. GasCatherine GillespieMrs. B. H. GrantGreta I. GustavsonBettie GuthrieSusan HendersonSandra K. HodgeElizabeth HolsingerGudrun HooffSheila Jamison-SchwartzElizabeth B. JohnsonTata KellamMrs. Richard U. LawhonJulie MacKinlayElisabeth MilesNina MustardMargaret NealeMerry OutlawFrances Padden

Mrs. J. Ridgely Porter IIIDenise RevercombLinda D. ReynoldsJoyce RiceSuzie RockwellNatalie RudeMolly RuegerMrs. Charles B. RyanRosalie L. ShortLea ShubaLois SpencerMs. Page D. StylesSuzanne S. TaylorChristina TeagueMrs. W. McIlwaine Thompson, Jr.Blanche TomsEllen UptonPriscilla M. WellfordSusan WightKate Williams

Donor In Honor ofNancy Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cabell and John WestBarbara Luton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon EvansDianne Nea Spence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon EvansCatherine Whitham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GCV Staff

Donor In Memory ofThe Garden Club of Norfolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma RamseyLucyle H. Macon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peggy Faulconer NelmsPatty Olivieri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Byrd MillerJane M. Purrington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. T. Parker Host, Jr.Helen Scott Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucy Payne Minor Mary Ross ReedRachel Galbraith Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mavis Bayles

Common Wealth Award FundDonor In Memory ofAileen Wilson Kelly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mavis Bayles Peggy Sydnor


Garden Club of Virginia Endowment

DonorThe Brunswick Garden Club

Donor In Honor ofThe Mill Mountain Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Feinour

Donor In Memory ofThe Brunswick Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fraunces HardyThe Charlottesville Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard M. BrandtThe Huntington Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peggy Faulconer NelmsMary Hart Darden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane BealeMargaret Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mavis BaylesAchsah Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mavis BaylesJane Walker Kerewich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mavis BaylesPattye H. Leggett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mavis BaylesMr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Malmgren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mavis BaylesSally C. Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mavis BaylesWhitley and Charles Rotgin, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mavis BaylesMr. and Mrs. Toy D. Savage III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hunter Hankins SavageLois S. Spratley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Rixey Ruffin

GCV Conservation Fund

Donor In Memory ofMrs. James C. Godwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Beale Lois Mengel

Restoration

Donor In Honor ofFauquier and Loudoun Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimbrough K. NashLinda L. Consolvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fleet Hurlbatt

Donor In Memory ofGabriella Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lois MengelKirk Bidgood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lois MengelFred and Cary Dabney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. GuildKim Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. GuildKerry and Eva Donley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. GuildNan C. Freed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. GuildJoanne and Bill Hamnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. GuildMike and Karen Huennekens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. GuildJoan F. Vogel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. GuildDr. and Mrs. George A. Whipple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild


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The name and address of the publisher is: The Garden Club of Virginia, Kent-Valentine House, 12 East Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. The name and address of the editor is: Karla MacKimmie, 8505 Lees Ridge Road, Warrenton, VA 20186. The owner is: The Garden Club of Virginia, Kent-Valentine House, 12 East Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. There are no bond-holders, mortgages, or security holders.

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