December 2014 Garden Club of Virginia Journal

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WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG T G C V

Te Garden Club of Virginia exists tocelebrate the beauty of the land, to conservethe gifts of nature and to challenge futuregenerations to build on this heritage.

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What a wealth of opportunities we are afforded as members of GCV.

Between the yearly Flower Arranging School, Conservation Forum, HorticultureField Day, and Legislative Day, to name a few, there is something for everybody.

Tis February, we will be given the opportunity to experience a crash course in all

things GCV (and much moredid someone say shoes?). Symposium 2015 will

take place in Colonial Williamsburg February 2-4, 2015. Further information may

be found on page 6 or on the GCV website. Come celebrate Virginia!

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

JournalEditorial Board2014-2015

Editor and Chairman: Karla MacKimmie, Te Warrenton Garden ClubExOfficio Members

GCV President, Jeanette Cadwallender, Te Rappahannock Valley Garden ClubGCV Corresponding Secretary, Linda Consolvo, Te Nansemond River Garden Club

JournalCover Editor, Jeanette McKittrick, Tree Chopt Garden ClubGCV Photographer, Esther Carpi, Te Hunting Creek Garden ClubGCV Communications Coordinator, Ann Heller

JournalAdvertising Chairman, Anne Beals, Te Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

MembersBetty Anne Garrett, Te Garden Club of the Middle PeninsulaLyn Hutchens, Te Huntington Garden Club

Aileen Laing, Te Warrenton Garden ClubSusan Morten, Te Martinsville Garden ClubHelen Pinckney, Te uckahoe Garden Club of WesthamptonGrace Rhinesmith, Te Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula


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ON HE COVER...Tis beautiful watercolor of thepomegranate, Punica granatum, wasrendered by botanical artist MarciaLong of Te Williamsburg Garden

Club. Pomegranates can be grownin milder regions of Virginia and areoften seen in early Christian art andChristmas decorations as a symbol of theResurrection.

IN HIS ISSUE ...

Common Wealth Award ....................... 2

Ex Libris .............................................. 3

A Winter Surprise ................................. 5Symposium ...........................................6

Kitchen Road Project .............................7

Legislative Day ............................................ 8

Daffodil Notes .......................................9

Gardening Trough Generations .........11

Annual Fund Winners ........................13

Dugdale Award ....................................13

Te 76thAnnual Rose Show ................14Lily Notes ............................................16

Poets Corner .......................................17

A rip to India ..................................... 18

eachers on the Bay .............................20

Club Notes ..........................................22

Historic Garden Week .........................23

Club Notes ..........................................24

Club Notes ..........................................25Getting Bogged Down ........................26

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

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

Te Garden Club of VirginiaJournal

Te Garden Club of Virginia Journal(USPS 574-520, ISSN 0431-0233) ispublished four times a year for membersby the GCV, 12 East Franklin St.,Richmond, VA 23219. Periodical postagepaid 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 advertisingto the Ad Chairman

President of the Garden Club of Virginia:Jeanette Cadwallender

JournalEditor:Karla MacKimmie8505 Lees Ridge Road

Warrenton, VA 20186Phone: (540) 341-3432Email:[email protected]

JournalAdvertising Chairman:Anne Beals801 Hanover Street #1Fredericksburg, VA 22401Phone: (540) 226-2841

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Common Wealth AwardBy Katherine Knopf, Awards Chairman

Roanoke Valley Garden Club

he Common Wealth Award,established in 1979, provides grantsto support and promote the projects

of GCV member clubs in the areas ofconservation, beautification, horticulture,preservation, and/or education.

wo recipients were presented withCommon Wealth Awards at the 2014 Boardof Governors Meeting in October. Tefirst-place award was given to the Ashland

Garden Club for its project at Te Ashlandrain Station, a hub of activity in the centerof Ashland. Many passengers board Amtraktrains at this station and the award money

will be used to restore plantings and repairwalkways, as well as purchase tables andbenches for picnics and train watching. Tesecond-place award was given to the fourRichmond Garden Clubs, Boxwood, JamesRiver, Tree Chopt and uckahoe. Tese

clubs are partnering to install a walkwayand plant native trees and perennials alongthe canal in Great Shiplock Park. Te award money will be used to continue work inthis historic area.

Te deadline for applications for the 2015 Common Wealth Award is March 1,2015. Te application form and information on submitting a proposal may be foundon the GCV website under Awards. Please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected] questions regarding submissions. We look forward to receiving manyapplications.

Common Wealth Award recipients: Liz Price, President, the Boxwood Garden Club,Ashley Wallace, President, Tree Chopt Garden Club, Preston Gomer, President,the uckahoe Garden Club, Katherine Knopf, GCV Awards Chaiman, Jeanette

Cadwallender, GCV President, and Janet Rosser, President, the Ashland Garden Club

Common Wealth Award Winner,Janet Rosser, President, the Ashland

Garden Club, accepts the Common Wealth

Award from Katherine Knopf


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Ex LibrisBy Joan Pollard and Virginia Cherry,

GCV Kent-Valentine House Library Committee

Te Petersburg Garden Club

Lisa Mason Ziegler, a noted and successful Virginia cut-

flower farmer, has donated her latest book,COOL

FLOWERS: How to Grow and Enjoy Long-Blooming

Hardy Annual Flowers Using Cool Weather echniques, to the

GCV library. Her techniques are easy to follow and cover

when to plant, how to prepare a healthy soil, which seeds to

plant, how to extend blooming time, and how best to harvest these lovely

flowers. Steps for ensuring a longer growing season are covered with easy-to-follow

directions and illustrations.

Her primary message is that when summer annuals have died, there are ways to

extend ones garden by planting hardy annual flowers. In Zieglers introduction, she

writes that she discovered this while pursuing her career as a cut-flower farmer. Plantingcool-season hardy annuals in the fall and early spring produces the easiest and earliest-

blooming garden ever. In the spring, the garden will be nothing short of sensational.

Te hardy annuals need little intervention and your reward will be the most admired

garden in your neighborhood. Success with hardy annuals requires planting in the fall

to winter-over and bloom in spring with a repeat planting in the very early spring.

Te Steps to Success chapter includes a diagram of the flower bed with

suggested plants. Te chapter also details steps in preparing the bed, setting up for low-

maintenance, keeping the flowers tall and straight, and harvesting on a regular basis.

Her helpful hint with harvesting regularly is making a date with the garden and sticking

to it. If you plan to cut twice a week, mark your calendar for ten minutes in the garden

every Monday or Friday.

Ziegler profiles 30 of her favorite hardy annual flowers which also include some of

our favorites: bachelor buttons, black-eyed Susan, delphinium, foxglove, snapdragon,sweet pea, and sweet William. Each hardy annual selected for inclusion is listed with

a description, beautiful color photographs, facts for growing, tips for easy success and

continuous blooming and winter strategies.


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A Winter SurpriseBy Linda Reynolds, GCV Horticulture Committee

Te Warrenton Garden Club

Hellebores should be a part of every garden. Tey are easy to grow, deer

resistant, and bloom when the garden is at its most monotone, or should we

say monotonous? Christmas rose and Lenten rose are the common names for

the best known hellebores. Depending upon the severity of the winter, they can begin

blooming just after Christmas, filling the garden with a wide range of colors from pure

white to dark purple. A mature plant can bloom for up to 10 weeks, enhanced by other

blooms of the early spring garden.

Hellebores are native to Europe, and belong to the buttercup family,

Ranunculaceae. Te flower is made up of four parts sepals, petals, stamens andcarpels. What appears to be the petal is actually the sepal, similar to our native

dogwood. All hellebores flower from buds formed the previous summer. Tey are

pollinated by a variety of bees attracted by the colorful flower. Te root system is

produced along a dense rhizome and tends to delve deep into the soil, allowing the

plant to survive drought, but also making it difficult to transplant once mature.

Hellebores tolerate both sun and shade, but prefer to avoid midday and late day

sun or deepest shade. Most soils that have been amended with organic matter are

suitable, and a pH of 7.0 is ideal. As hellebores cannot tolerate wet feet, good drainage

is essential. Te only maintenance required is the pruning of old and discolored leavesin the early spring or late winter. Hellebores, depending on the variety, are hardy from

Zones 4a to 9b.

Classification of hellebores is difficult. When purchasing for the first time, it might

be best to buy a plant in bloom or order online from a reputable breeder. Te three

species most easily found at nurseries are H. foetidus, bears foot; H. orientalis, Lenten

rose; and H. niger, Christmas rose. Te bears foot hellebore has bright chartreuse

flowers and usually blooms from February to March. Te Lenten rose is the most

colorful and floriferous of all the species. Its three subspecies vary in color and native

range, with a variable bloom time starting in late January and continuing through April.

Te Christmas rose has white flowers that open as early as January. Many species have

evergreen leaves.

Hellebores make excellent cut flowers if conditioned properly. After they have

produced pollen, they can be cut and the stems immediately plunged into scalding

water. Tey look particularly nice floating in a bowl, and are lovely in a spring

arrangement.

An excellent source for more information is Helleboresby C. Colston Burrell and

Judith yler.

Te Garden Club of Virginia appreciates responsible advertising and reserves the rightto accept or reject submitted advertisements. Inclusion in theJournalis not to be

construed as an endorsement by the Garden Club of the advertised goods or services.


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Symposium:Youre InvitedBy erry Buntrock, Symposium Chairman,

Te Williamsburg Garden Club

Symposium 2015 Williamsburg will take place Monday, February 2 through

Wednesday, February 4, at the Williamsburg Lodge in Colonial Williamsburg.Symposium is open to the public, and Garden Club of Virginia members are

encouraged to bring family, friends and potential new GCV members.Tis three-day celebration of Virginia includes short courses, excursions

and lectures. opics include gardening, floral design, landscape design, interiordesign,Virginia history and conservation successes.

icket holders can go behind-the-scenes at Colonial Williamsburg art museumsand visit a LEED-certified building at Te College of William and Mary. Guided

garden walks, and cooking and tasting demonstrations will take place at aste StudioatColonial Williamsburg.

A Virginia fashion design industry runway show will feature top commonwealthdesigners at an evening of fashion, food and meet-the-designer fun. At the Photos andFlowers Cocktail Party, Scenic Virginia photo contest-winning images will be displayedalong with flower arrangements inspired by the photographs. Landscape and interiordesign expert James Farmer will work with the Colonial Williamsburg products team tocreate tablescapes for porch living.

Symposium 2015 Williamsburgs grand finale is Snipped!,

an iron-man flower arranging competition by noted American flower arrangers: Michael Grim, co-owner of Te Bridgehampton Florist and floral consultantfor Ina Gartens Food Network show, Barefoot Contessa.

Sybil Sylvester, owner of Wildflower Designs and photo stylist for SouthernAccentsand Southern Living.

James Farmer, landscape and interior design consultant; author whose booksincludeA ime to Plant,A ime toCook and Porch Living;and editor-at-large forSouthern Living.

Live music from the 50s, 60s and 70s by the Smith Wade Band will help inspire eachfloral design for this timed competition. Flower arrangements will be judged by FlowerMagazine Editor Margot Shaw, Colonial Williamsburg floral design Director Clarkaggart, Richmond floral guru David Pippin and Frank Robinson, GCV HonoraryMember and President and CEO of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.Tese decision-makers will determine which arrangers will be . . . Snipped!

Symposium 2015 attendees will also enjoy VIP shopping opportunities inMerchants Square, the Symposium 2015 Boutique and the SCARPA designer shoetrailer, as well as lunches and cocktail parties.

Te Garden Club of Virginia thanks symposium sponsors: Union Bank, PotomacFloral Wholesalers, Merchants Square, Investment Management of Virginia, GrelenNursery, Te City of Williamsburg Office of Economic Development, and Flower

Magazine.

Editors note: ickets are $280 plus hotel room. o register and to learn more,visit www.gcvirginia/symposium.org or call 804 643-4137.

Symposium 2015 Williamsburg is open to all.


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Te Kitchen Road Project at MonticelloBy Candy Crosby, Restoration Committee

Albemarle Garden Club

In 1768, Tomas Jefferson began leveling the top of the mountain where he would

build his beloved Monticello. He also built a network of roads to serve the house

and plantation. His Kitchen Road ascended from Mulberry Row to the covered

dependencies on the south side of the house that included the kitchen. Tis vital road

connected the working side of the house to the stables, slave dwellings, dairy and

workshops. Jefferson also designed a path that led directly from the kitchen down to

his vegetable garden. With the passage of time and the arrival of tourists, the grounds

were changed dramatically. With a generous gift from the Garden Club of Virginia,work began in June 2014 to restore the Kitchen Road, the Kitchen Path and their

connection to Mulberry Row, thus reestablishing the landscape as it would have been

in Jeffersons day.

Meticulous historical and archeological research over a period of years has

supported the work. William L. Beiswanger, the former Robert H. Smith Director

of Restoration at Monticello, uncovered many important clues in the historical

record. Te excavations and field work conducted by the archeological staff headed byDirector Fraser Neiman have contributed to understanding the exact location of the

roads and paths. Tese findings have been used by William D. Rieley, the Garden Club

of Virginia landscape architect, to develop the construction drawings for the project.

Modern brick stairs, 1930s era parking spaces, a long run of privet and

other shrubbery have been removed, opening up what Jefferson referred to as his

sea view, a broad expanse of the Piedmont plain. As one ascends the road, the

beauty of the house is no longer obscured, but beguiles the visitor as Jefferson

intended. Mulberry Row is now properly aligned from the eastern stable to the

west end. Mr. Rieley, in consultation with structural engineer Dan Hotek, designed

an ingenious flight of steps for the historic location of the Kitchen Path. Tese

steps will need no footings, thus preserving the valuable archeological record

in place below them. Virginia Cast Stone in Waynesboro fabricated the steps,

and Haley, Chisholm & Morris of Charlottesville installed them.

Mulberry trees will be planted this fall as a continuation of those already in place

along Mulberry Row. Imagine Mr. Jefferson dismounting at the stable, handing thereins to his trusted hostler, Wormley Hughes, and walking up Mulberry Row. With this

careful restoration, the view today will be close to what he saw.

Te Editorial Board welcomes submissions and reserves the right to edit them.


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Legislative Day

Capitalize on Conservationand join the

GCV Conservation Committeein partnership with

Virginia Conservation Network at the Virginia State Capitol forLegislative DayMonday, January 26, 2015

Richmond Center Stage, Rhythm Hall600 E. Grace Street, Richmond

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.Program begins at 9:00 a.m.

Come support our mission to conserve Virginias natural resources,become informed and let your legislators hear from you.Your voice really does make a difference.

For more information and to register, visit: www.gcvirginia.org


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DaffodilNotesLessons Learned from Our Uncle Bill

By Lucy Wilson and Coates Clark

Te Martinsville Garden Club

It is never too early or too late. So goes one of the many lessons learned fromBill Pannill, said to have been the worlds leading authority on daffodils, butaffectionately known to us as Uncle Bill. Successfully growing and showing

daffodils is an attainable goal, whether one is a new or long-standing garden clubmember. Hundreds of varieties are available, over 210 created by Uncle Bill.

Daffodil bulbs should be planted in the fall. Uncle Bill suggested ordering five orsix bulbs of a given variety to ensure a perfect bloom for the GCV Daffodil Show. Year-

round watering provides an important edge on competitors. o go the extra mile, soakerhoses are recommended.Keeping track of the names of daffodils can cause confusion. Uncle Bill suggested

they be planted in rows in raised beds, and that each row be labeled. A careful diagramshould be drawn and filed until the blooms appear.

Uncle Bill infected people with yellow fever. In our family alone, the numberincludes us, another niece, Jane Vaughan, Hillside Garden Club, and our husbands.Uncle Bill delighted in mentoring novices and coaching exhibitors. A fond memory isremembering Uncle Bill take a novice under his wing and guide her through the process

of exhibiting her first bloom. Many people greeted and welcomed him, some in awe.Finally the woman being helped said, Are you somebody famous? Indeed, he wasfamous in the world of daffodils, and a favorite uncle, too.

Editors Note: Bill Pannill earned international renown for the daffodil varietieshe hybridized. Over one dozen have been included in past GCV Daffodil Collections.

Look for his Intrigue and Chromocolor in the 2014 Collection.For more information about Bill Pannill, visit www.daffybill.com.

Bill Pannill with his neices and nephew, (L to R):Lucy Wilson and Coates Clark, the Martisnsville Garden Club; Bill Pannill, honorary

member of the Martinsville Garden Club and honorary member of GCV; JanisVaughan, Hillside Garden Club; David Vaughan, honorary member of Hillside

Garden Club at the GCV Daffodil Show, White Stone, VA, 2008.


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Gardening Trough GenerationsBy Megan Ames

Te Garden Club of the Eastern Shore

Irecently came across a compelling article written by a mother struggling to raiseher Gen Z children in a world ruled by social media and digital devices galore.

As a mother of three young boys myself, I instantly related to the seemingly endless

challenges and opportunities that todays youth will experience as a result of technology.

Ill readily admit that as a girl, I often chose Saturday morning cartoons over a bike ride;

however, when asked to recall an early childhood sensory memory, Im transported to

the great outdoors and to my grandmothers garden. Te distinct scents of her dew-

laced blackberry bushes and lush potted geraniums instantly take me back 30 years to

her practical garden in suburban Northeast Ohio.

A child of the Great Depression, my grandmother was a pragmatic, creative

woman, traits I seek to emulate in my efforts to navigate todays overscheduled times.

Grandma taught me the basics of composting before the practice was widespread or

fashionable, as it is today. Her grandchildren would watch quizzically as she tossed

veggie scraps, coffee grounds and you name it into an unassuming small plastic bucket.

Whatsthat? my sisters and I would squeal each time she retrieved it from the freezer.

agging along as Grandma tended to her border gardens, I quickly caught on to

the fact that she loved growing anything the deer didnt like eating: peonies, black-eyed

Susan and rhubarb, to name a few. In her later years, she gave up roses in favor of moreself-sustaining perennials that cooperated with her travels and patience.

Now, when I enlist the help of my boys to cut peonies or ask them to gather pine

straw in the woods surrounding our home, Im reminded of my own experiences as a

young girl in Grandmas garden and how much we can teach the next generation just by

piddling about the yard. Practical, hands-on lessons cant be conveyed by a swipe on a

screen or even the most acclaimed apps. I know Im not alone in saluting the organizers

of youth gardening programs and those practicing sustainability to inform this next

generation.

For now, Ill do my

best to keep my childrens

eyes on the horizon and out

of their tablets. Ill smile

and look up to the clear

Eastern Shore sky when

my hydrangea are devoured

down to the stems yet

again. Grandma would havestaked bars of soap in the

beds to keep the deer away.

Well, theres always next

year and I have some pretty

fantastic little helpers.


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Clubs were honored at the Board of Governors meeting at Montpelier for

their commitment to GCVs Annual Fund. Te Annual Fund op 10 Awardsrecognize significant levels of membership participation. Rivanna GardenClub placed first with 70 percent of members making gifts to the campaignlast year! Pictured are: Phyllis Ripper, Rivanna Garden Club; Sue Rosser, the

Martinsville Garden Club; ricia Garner, the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club;Lynda Strickler, the Virginia Beach Garden Club; Bonnie Baker, the Garden Clubof Warren County; Ann Harrison Harris for Marsha Amory, the Hampton RoadsGarden Club; Liz Price, the Boxwood Garden Club; Gail Mitchell, the GardenStudy Club; Patsi Compton, Gabriella Garden Club; Susie Brown, the Garden

Club of the Eastern Shore; Johanna Carrington, the Garden Club of the NorthernNeck; Ellen Soyars, the Warrenton Garden Club; Vicky Alexander, the HuntingCreek Garden Club; Janet Rosser, the Ashland Garden Club.

Te Dugdale AwardBy Katherine Knopf, Awards Chairman

Roanoke Valley Garden Club

Paul E. Bugas received the Elizabeth Cabell

Dugdale Award for Conservation at the

2014 Conservation Forum this fall in

Norfolk. He is a fisheries biologist who has rendered

outstanding service in the conservation and wise

development of the natural resources of Virginia.

Mr. Bugas has dedicated his life to the preservation

of fisheries and waterways, focusing on the correct

management of these habitats as he works with local, state, federal and non-profit

organizations to oversee habitats in 29 counties. Besides publishing, teaching, and

taking time to speak to youth on the importance of conserving our natural resources,

Mr. Bugas has mentored many students who have gone on to pursue careers in

Environmental Science.

Paul, Caitlin and Ruth Bugas.

Annual Fund Winners


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For more photos anda complete list of winners,Grateful appreciation extended to Mary Wynn and Charles McDaniel

For more photos anda complete list of winners,Grateful appreciation extended to Mary Wynn and Charles McDaniel

Artistic Awards

Inter Club Class 40-ACreative Line MassTe Elizabeth River

Garden ClubBlue

Inter Club Class 40-BFree Form DesignTe Garden Club

of the Eastern ShoreInter Club Class 40-C

Stretch DesignHunting CreekGarden Club

Te Elizabeth GwathmeyJeffress Bowl for BestInter Club Arrangement

Quad Blue

Inter Club Class 40-DSynergistic Design

Gabriella Garden ClubBlue

Individual Artistic Class 42Floor Design

Jean Bell

Harborfront Garden ClubTe Elizabeth Bradley Kincheloe

Stull Award forBest Arrangement by a Novice

Individual Artistic Class 44Abstract DesignMatilda BradshawMill Mountain Garden ClubBlue and Te Georgia S. VanceDesign for Most Creative Arrangement in a GCV Rose Show

Hosted by The Ga

The 76th Annual


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go to www.gcvirginia.organd see Flower Showsand Hilldrup ransfer and Storage for support of the GCV Flower Shows

go to www.gcvirginia.organd see Flower Showsand Hilldrup ransfer and Storage for support of the GCV Flower Shows

Queen of ShowVeterans Honor

Bernice WalkerDolley Madison Garden Club

Te Jane Marshall BroyhillMemorial Award

King of ShowCrescendo

Bernice WalkerDolley Madison

Garden Club

Grace RiceWinner Horticulture Open

Sweepstakes and the Dr. & Mrs.James R. Hundley Perpetual rophy

for Horticulture GCV Member

Sweepstakes, with JeanetteCadwallender, GCV President

Princess of ShowSt. PatrickGrace Rice

Augusta Garden Club

Horticulture Awards

NUMBER OF ARTISTIC EXHIBITORS: 44

NUMBER ARTISTIC ENTRIES: 19

NUMBER OF HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITORS: 117

NUMBER OF HORTICULTURAL STEMS: 201

riella Garden Club

Rose Show, 2014

Photos by Esther Carpi


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LilyNotesIn the Beginning

By Mary Zocchi, ISA Vice-President the North American Lily Society

Dolley Madison Club

When one compares the status of lily growing today with that prior to theformation of the North American Lily Society (NALS), the progress made isimpressive. Prior to its formation, the problems with growing lilies were not

well understood. In general, failure was ascribed to cultural factors such as soil texture,drainage, physiological problems and obvious disease infection. For the most part, thisresearch was carried on in a rather haphazard way and was concerned with the basicspecies rather than the many hybrids that are now available.

Te first important US advance in lily culture began in the early 1930s withresearch fostered by the Lily Disease Fellowship. Te American Horticultural Societycreated a lily committee in 1937and included members from the Garden Club of

America and the Garden Club of Virginia (GCV).In 1947, NALS was created. Te GCV was particularly active in publishing

the NALS yearbooks. Te first volumes were concerned with various diseases. It wasplanned to have test gardens of lilies under the auspices of the garden clubs and also lilyshows organized in Fredericksburg by the GCV. Mr. L.H. MacDaniels, first president ofNALS, went to the Virginia show as a judge. He recalls that in this show there were veryfew lilies. Many of the exhibits were concerned with Hemerocallis and other plants not

now recognized as lilies. Te best arrangement in the show was made up of the commonroadside Hemerocallis and leaves of the southern magnolia.GCV also sponsored a test garden for

lily cultivars. Mrs. Violet Walker chairedthe committee to test the cultivars andalso collected lilies in her Virginia garden.

At the time, only basic species lilies andcommercial strains of Easter lilies wereavailable, mostly confined to greenhousegrowing. Over the decades, NALS has

been concerned with the development ofhybrid cultivars, as evidenced by the presentlily show schedules in which the greatestemphasis is given to hybridization ofspecies initially thought to be incapable ofhybridization.

Many individuals have contributedtheir research and their activity to theorganized breeding of lilies. It is with greatsatisfaction that NALS and GCV continuea close working relationship. Members ofGCV continue to have seats on the boardof NALS, the GCV lily show follows theschedule guidelines set forth by NALS, andGCV continues to have lily collections inorder to see which lilies prosper in our instate.

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India: Mughal Gardens and More!By Catriona udor Erler, GCV ravel Committee Chairman,


GCVis sponsoring a two-week trip to northern India in 2016. Open to GCVmembers and their families and friends, participants will have the opportunity tovisit outstanding Mughal, Rajput, and modern gardens, some dating back to the 16thcentury. Te itinerary includes the Presidents Palace and gardens in Delhi (open tothe public only one month a year), a private cruise to the Lake Palace gardens on JagMandir Island in Udaipurs Lake Pichola, Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, Amber Fortnear Jaipur and its KesarKyari saffron garden, theaj Mahal in Agra, and

much more. Mark yourcalendars for February19 March 5, 2016.

Middleburg Horticultural Symposium

The Art of the Landscape

February 28, 2015

Salamander Resort & Spa500 North Pendleton StreetMiddleburg, Virginia 20117

Sponsored by theFauquier and Loudoun Garden Club

The early bird registration fee is $130 per person prior to February 1, 2015.Registration fee after February 1 is $145.

Please make checks payable to Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club and mail to:Mrs. Frank Courts, 22035 Quaker Lane, Middleburg, Virginia 20117

Or register online at www.flgardenclub.org email: [email protected]

Lecturers:Jeff Jabco, Karen Rexroad, Jeff Lowenfels, W. Gary Smith

We will stay at the ajJai Mahal Palace Hotelin Jaipur, an18thcentury palaceset amid 18 acres ofbeautifully landscaped

Moghul style gardens.


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St

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A demonstration of 15 contemporary designs by six talentedmembers of the Elizabeth River Garden Club. This professionally

produced DVD demonstrates and explains 15 differentarrangements and is about 42 minutes in length.

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TO ORDER: Contact Sue Comer at [email protected] send a checkto Elizabeth River Garden Club, P.O. Box 7923

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eachers on the Bay:A ransformative Experienceby Claire Evans

Eighth grade science and social studies teacherSt. Clare Walker Middle School, Locust Hill

hanks to the GardenClub of the MiddlePeninsula, this summer

found me headed for GreatFox Island to participate inan environmental educationprogram for teachers. A bitanxious, I asked questions ofthose who know Fox, as theislands transient inhabitants callit. Te typical response began

with a smile and a sidewaysglance, then a nod from oneof the experienced to another.Exchanges usually ended with, Just wait until you get there. I would later realize

words cannot fully capture Fox. At the time, though, consistency of the response led meto worry that there would be hazing or that I would find myself ill-prepared for Fox.

Te truth: I wasill-prepared, but not as anticipated. I knew the island would have

no electricity, that old clothes would be needed for a mud-immersion activity and thatthe toilets would be of the composting variety. I also knew that we would be in themiddle of the Chesapeake Bay on an island where a former fishing lodge now housesthe Chesapeake Bay Foundations Environmental Education Center.

What I was not prepared for was the realization that Fox is a place that lives andbreathes. Te space binds itself to you. You have to go back.

I consider myself environmentally minded. I appreciate how runoff and wastewaterfrom all corners of the 64,000-square-mile watershed affect the bay. I teach my studentsand my own children the value of making good decisions for the Bay. We recycle. I

plant trees. Earth Day is a big deal.Still, Fox fundamentally changed the way I view my role in the watersheds web.My experiences led me to believe we cannot adequately impart the importance of ouractions without taking our students to the Bay. Students need to see it, to feel it, tobreathe it in.

Te eachers on the Bay program renewed my enthusiasm for environmentaleducation. It made me want to get students outside so they can get their hands dirty. I

want them to have a mental picture of what they are preserving through their everydayefforts and maybe by taking home some sacred ground underneath their fingernails. oget them onboard, we need to get them outside; otherwise, the Bay may exist only in

their heads, not in their hearts.I thank the GCMPs members for sponsoring me, especially Marilyn South for her

encouragement and guidance during my first year at St. Clare Walker Middle School.Our children are a gift, and the clubs support of their education is truly appreciated.

Editors Note: A letter of thanks from Claire Evansto the Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula formed the basis for this article.


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Club NotesMentoring, Phase II

By Ann Murchison

Te Blue Ridge Garden Club

Anyone who has chaired a club flowershow committee has heard manyexcuses for not wanting to create an

arrangement for a Garden Club of Virginiaflower show. Inexperience can cause fear.How might we inspire more confidence?

Te Blue Ridge Garden Clubsmentoring program begun last year has

proved successful. Tere is a significantincrease in the number of membersparticipating in the artistic arrangementexhibits at our monthly meetings. Lastyears program involved small groups whogathered in homes and arranged before eachmeeting. Although these were very popular,monthly mentoring sessions proved difficult to maintain.

Becky Porter, chair of our mentoring committee, will direct three sessions thisyear. Seasoned arrangers will lead discussions on topics such as reading a flower

show schedule, choosing containers, materials and mechanics, and calling-up onesinner muse. raditional and contemporary arrangements are done with commentary,questions and answers, and positive reinforcement. Refreshments are served.

Who can doubt the inspirational power of a snickerdoodle?

Becky Porter of the Blue Ridge Garden Clubhosts a Barn Day Mentoring session.


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Club NotesClutter

By Ellen Papetti

Te Garden Club of the Eastern Shore

Clutter can be a bad thing or, as our club found out, you can make

clutter work for you. Te expression one persons trash can be

another persons treasure was true at our October meeting. At the

September meeting of the Garden Club of the Eastern Shore, our speaker

discussed ways to go back to our homes and efficiently rid ourselves of clutter.

Our program committee decided to make use of that clutter; we would have an

indoor yard sale and raise money. We asked members to bring items that theyno longer used to an intra-club indoor flea market (yard sale) the next month.

Tere was an amazing array of containers that some of us no longer used but

obviously others found creatively inspirational. Members eagerly scooped up

books on gardening, flower arranging, entertaining and cooking. All leftovers

went to a local charity thrift shop. Te camaraderie created by this little project

was great and we raised over $500, a win/win situation for clutter free GCES

gals and our community.


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Club NotesFauquier Education Farm

By Margrete Stevens

Te Warrenton Garden Club

he Warrenton Garden Clubs 2013

Annual Conservation Meeting

explored a number of topics

relating to the preservation of agriculture

in the county. Karen Hunsberger, from

the Piedmont Environmental Council,

described the work of the FauquierEducation Farm (FEF), located on 10 acres

near Warrenton. Te Education Farm was

created in 2010 as a non-profit organization with a dual purpose: to develop a program

on agricultural education and to grow fresh produce for local food banks.

Te educational programs are conducted for established farmers, novice farmers

and residents of the community. County food banks distribute fresh produce grown

on the farm each spring and summer, supplying it to over 600 individuals and families.

In 2014, more than 15,000 tons of vegetables were distributed. Volunteers play animportant role in the success of the

Farm, working with Jim Hankins, FEF

coordinator, and the Virginia

Co-operative Extension office in

Fauquier County.

Tis year the WGC has been

involved in assisting with the seeding

of vegetables, after which the seed traysare given to other volunteers for daily

care until plants are established and

ready for planting and harvesting.

In early October the second

annual Feast from the Field was held at

Moriah Farm in Warrenton, celebrating

the successful outcome of the season.

Te evening began with a tour of theEducation Farm and was followed by

dinner, which included produce from

the Farm paired with local wines. Club

members have been delighted to see

how their efforts have paid off.


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When Getting Bogged Down is a Good TingBy Carol Carter


he Booker . Washington Park Bog Garden in the heart of Charlottesville is aunique wetland micro-habitat within a multiuse city park. At 9.25 acres, Wash-

ington Park is one of the most heavily used parks in the community. It includes

sports fields, a picnic shelter and playgrounds.

Te Albemarle Garden Club (AGC) has worked in partnership with the Charlot-

tesville City Parks for the past 14 years to enhance the Bog Garden by adding native

plant species and by battling invasive varieties. With the receipt of the GCV Bessie

Bocock Carter Conservation Award in 2014 and Garden Club of America Partners for

Plants designation, new dreams, energy and funding have infused the collaboration.

Tis project has the potential to make a heavily visited city park garden into ademonstration site for what a rain garden can be in the home landscape. Its proximity

to local schools offers a field trip destination with materials for teachers to integrate a

hands-on wetlands experience into the science curriculum. As storm water mitigation

efforts across the commonwealth become increasingly important, the AGC hopes to

make this much visited bog garden well understood.

Te AGC will map the area and develop seasonal materials explaining three dis-

tinct plant categories and the wildlife they support: bog/wetland, garden/meadow, and

moist woodland. Te site is consistently moist due to springs, drainage seep and poor

subsoil drainage. While a true bog is characterized by persistent moisture, high acidity

and low fertility, this site has moderate acidity and moderate to high fertility due to

run-off.

Te installation of interpretative signs is underway and the city has committed to

completing necessary tree work, boardwalk repair and plant acquisition. Te AGC is

rolling up its sleeves and donning boots to continue the removal of invasive species and

the addition of native plants to support pollinators and birds that visit the habitat. Te

local chapter of Virginia Master Naturalists is joining the campaign and plans are being

made to develop educational materials and to publicize these improvements to thepark within the school system and at the park catchment area. A kiosk is also planned

to house an educational display that can be rotated to highlight seasonally prominent

plants and wildlife.

Te Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award has stimulated AGCs and City

Parks efforts to expand community

outreach and school education.

We believe that the Bog Garden,

coupled with educational materials,

will serve as a catalyst for increasedconservation through understanding

of this specific wildlife habitat and

the demonstration of suitable plant

choices for the home garden with a

moist spot.


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Donor

C O N R I B U I O N SReport Period From 7/1/14 Trough 9/30/14

Annual Fund

Anonymous

Te Ashland Garden Club

Gail Babnew

Charles and Mari AnnBanks

Molly Barrow

Neill Bellamy

Ellen Beville

Susan A. Blackwell

Judith H. Boyd

Matilda and John Bradshaw

Laura Y. Brown

Sally Guy Brown

Harriett M. Condon

Kim CoryMrs. Teodore J. Craddock

Lisa M. Cresson

Joan D. Dawson

Carole Decker

Eileen Dickey

Frances Ellis

Martha L. FieldMrs. Merritt W. Foster, Jr.

Melinda Byrd Frierson

Lynn F. Gas

Anne . Geyer

Mary Ann Gibbons

Elizabeth R. Gordon

Mary Ann Griffith

Kathleen Hobson

Mary McMillan Horton

Janine Jacob

Jennifer Kelley

Mrs. R. Calvin Keyser

Anne J. Lanning

Paula R. Lea

Gladys S. Lewis

Diane B. Liedman

Mrs. Tomas R.McDonald, Jr.

Brenda McGehee

Alice Reed McGuire

Nancy C. Mitchell

Camilla Hyde Moffatt

Karen Gibson Moss

Merrick Murrayommi . Nevin

Carolyn McLeod Noland

Mercer OHara

Patricia Olivieri

Sarah Belle Parrott

Marty H. Patten

Mary Pollock

Charlotte Porterfield

Rachael Remuzzi

Harriet . Reynolds

Mrs. Charles B. Ryan

Virginia C. Savage

Mary Ann Schmidt

Becky Schmitz

Anita Shull

Katya Shoemaker Spicuzza

Nancy McAllister Sutcliffe

Lauren D. Tompson

Louise L. oms

Kathryn Kohler Vose

Jessica B. Ward

Fayetta Weaver

Elizabeth J. Witt

Elizabeth Singleton WolfJudith Craddock Wright

Colleen B. Zoller

Donor In Honor ofCoralee B. Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fleet HurlbattMarty and Jim Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie and Ed MacKinlayMrs. Robert L. Galloway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nancy Gottwald

Jane N. Manning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lee CochranJosephine Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evelyn R. ZinkCarol Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon EvansKathryn Q. Wafle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catherine MaddenCatherine C. Whitham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GCV Management eamSteve and Ashley Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie and Ed MacKinlay


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Donor In Memory ofMargaret C. Dillard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Spencer Craddock Margieanne SuhlingMrs. Robert L. Galloway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Spencer Craddock Laura Lee Stickley JohnsonMrs. James C. Godwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah KellerLucyle H. Macon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Jones Gentry Betty Michelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Hidman Leitch

Garden Club of Virginia Endowment

DonorTe Brunswick Garden Club

Donor In Honor ofTe Mill Mountain Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia VinyardMeg Clement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Wynn McDaniel Patricia McDaniel

Ann Gordon Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John D. ONeill, Jr.

Donor In Memory ofTe Spotswood Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Bradshaw

Rachel Hollis Barbara RiddlebergerDr. and Mrs. Donald R. Holsinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William G. PannillCaroline and James . Norman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth . D. HooffNancy H. ucker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Helen H. Hamilton

GCV Conservation Fund

Donor

Mr. James C. Hamilton, Jr.

Donor In Memory ofTe Beirne Carter Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bessie Bocock Carter

Avra and Kevin Leigh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Bradshaw

RestorationDonor

Elizabeth Holt

Donor In Honor ofLinda Linens Consolvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catherine Madden


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published after the first of October, 2014.

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

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TeJournalEditor requests permission to mail Te Garden Club of VirginiasJournalat

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Warrenton, VA 2018610/1/2014(KWK 10/1/2014)

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