THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

Journal
VOL LX, NO. 1, MARCH 2015

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

Impact. The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it
as it was when you came in.James Arthur Baldwin
For nearly 100 years, the Garden Club of Virginia has worked to make
a difference, to leave the world a better place. Two new initiatives have been
announced, efforts that will further our impact and significantly benefit the
commonwealth. The first, our Centennial project, assists the Partnership for Parks.
Additionally, the new Conservation and Environmental Studies Fellowship will
support research into our natural world. Read more about these exciting new
projects and GCVs continuing impact in this issue.
We look forward to receiving your articles. Write to us at journal@gcvirginia.org.
Submission guidelines may be found on the GCV website.

Journal Editorial Board

2015-2016
Editor and Chairman: Karla MacKimmie, The Warrenton Garden Club
ExOfficio Members
GCV President, Jeanette Cadwallender, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
GCV Corresponding Secretary, Linda Consolvo, The Nansemond River Garden Club
Journal Cover Editor, Jeanette McKittrick, Three Chopt Garden Club
GCV Photographer, Esther Carpi, The Hunting Creek Garden Club
GCV Communications Coordinator, Ann Heller
Journal Advertising Chairman, Anne Beals, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
Members
Betty Anne Garrett, The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula
Lyn Hutchens, The Huntington Garden Club
Aileen Laing, The Warrenton Garden Club
Susan Morten, The Martinsville Garden Club
Helen Pinckney, The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton

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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 issue
April 15 for the June issue
July 15 for the September issue
October 15 for the December issue
Email copy to the Editor and advertising
to the Ad Chairman
President of the Garden Club of Virginia:
Jeanette Cadwallender
Journal Editor:
Karla MacKimmie
8505 Lees Ridge Road
Warrenton, VA 20186
Phone: (540) 341-3432
Email: journal@gcvirginia.org
Journal Advertising Chairman:
Anne Beals
801 Hanover Street #1
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Phone: (540) 226-2841
Email: journalads@gcvirginia.org
Vol. LX, No. 1
Printed on recycled paper by
Carter Printing Company
Richmond, VA

ONTHECOVER...
An early sign of spring, the sweet-scented
Viola odorata is commonly known as the
wood violet or sweet violet. Consider
yourself lucky if these edible flowers
invade your lawn. The Journal welcomes
this charming intruder, beautifully
rendered by Marcia Long of the
Williamsburg Garden Club.
IN THISISSUE ...
Significant Gift ..................................... 2
History of the Garden
Club of Norfolk................................. 3
81st Annual Daffodil Show .................... 4
Daffodil Notes .......................................5
Welcome New Faces ..............................7
Speaking as a Grandmother ........................ 8
Follow the Green Arrow Online.............9
Directors at-Large Nominations ............9
Lily Notes ............................................ 10
Not Just for Lilies Anymore ................. 11
Rose Hill .............................................12
In Memorium....................................... 13
Historic Garden Week ......................... 14
Club Notes .......................................... 15
HGW Calendar ................................... 15
Ex Libris .............................................. 17
Club Notes .......................................... 19
Horticulture Field Day ........................20
A Trip to India ..................................... 21
Tips for Success ...................................22
Conservation Fellowship .....................23
Rose Notes ...........................................24
Contributions.......................................26
OTHERREFERENCES...

Kent-Valentine House
Phone: (804) 643-4137 Fax: (804) 644-7778
Email: director@gcvirginia.org
Historic Garden Week Office
Phone: (804) 644-7776 Fax: (804) 644-7778
Email: historicgardenweek@verizon.net
www.VAGardenWeek.org
Postmaster, please send address changes to:
Garden Club of Virginia
12 East Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23219

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Significant Gift Announced

by Jeanette Cadwallender, GCV President
The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
and
Anne Geddy Cross, Centennial Committee Chairman
The Ashland Garden Club

t its January 2015 meeting, the Board of Directors

voted to make a gift of $500,000 to the Partnership
for Parks. This will be made as five gifts of $100,000
over the next five years from the net proceeds of Historic
Garden Week. It is our Centennial project and will be
completed by 2020.
The Garden Club of Virginia was instrumental in the establishment of Virginia
State Parks (along with the Izaak Walton League and the Virginia Academy of Science)
in 1929. This project harkens back to our history and informs our future. The first
HGW tour included Natural Bridge, slated to become a State Park in 2016.
Our new partnership is with State Parks and the Virginia Association for Parks,
a 501 (c)(3). The VAFP advocates for both state and national parks and will be the
repository for all gifts. Our goal is to raise $5 million to put interactive exhibits in
thirteen parks within the Virginia State Park system. The gift from the GCV is the lead
gift and will infuse and energize the fundraising efforts of the partnership. Because
HGW has been so successful in the last few years, we are able to provide this gift
without diminishing our significant restoration efforts.
More information will follow about how clubs can be involved. This is big news
and we hope that each member of the GCV will be as excited as we are and make an
effort to become more familiar with our state parks. There are a total of 36 (soon to be
37) parks in all and there is one within an hour of each of our clubs. There are many
ways to become involved. The Parks Subcommittee of the GCV Centennial Committee
is developing plans to assist clubs.
Our mission statement is: to restore historic gardens and landscapes; conserve
Virginias natural resources; inspire a love of gardening and provide education for our
members and the general public. The Partnership for Parks enables us to fulfill that
mission in a way that benefits the entire Commonwealth of Virginia. More than
120,000 acres are preserved in our parks and more than 8.8 million people visit each
year. The state of the art educational exhibits for the 13 parks will ensure that todays
young people are attracted to and learn about the great outdoors and nature. As we
approach our centennial, our founders would be pleased that the GCV is finding new
and innovative ways to carry out the mission they envisioned.

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History of the Garden Club of Norfolk

by Pam Combs
The Garden Club of Norfolk

n February 24, 2015, The Garden Club of

Norfolk will convene to commemorate its
founding one hundred years ago to the
day. A celebratory champagne brunch will herald
the start of the centennial year. GCN was organized on
that February day in 1915 at the home of Mrs. Frederic Killam, the first president.
The roster numbered 40 charter and 2 honorary members. The chosen motto was T.E.
Browns a garden is a lovesome thing! The club picked the pink Radiance Rose as its
floral symbol and this lovely flower graces its logo today. The announced purposes of the
club were to stimulate and encourage a love of gardening among amateurs, to aid in the
production and preservation of native plants and birds, and to encourage civic planting.
While todays mission may be stated differently, it adheres to the principles defined a
century ago.
The Club, as it was known for a number of years, experienced many firsts. It
was the first garden club of Tidewater and the third in the state. It held the first
public flower, fruit and vegetable show of the region far in advance of any established
guidelines for exhibiting and judging. In 1918, GCN played a leading role in
establishing the dogwood as the floral emblem of Virginia. In 1922, GCN persuaded
the city council to name the crepe myrtle as Norfolks official tree and these beauties still
line many of the city streets and boulevards today.
In 1920, GCN became one of eight charter clubs of the Garden Club of Virginia
and in 1922, was admitted to membership in the Garden Club of America. As the
1920s drew toa close, the first Historic Garden Week was held by GCV with GCN
sponsoring the first Norfolk Home and Garden Tour. In addition to supporting both
GCA and GCV projects, GCN has given time, talent and resources to numerous
community and regional programs and organizations such as Norfolk Botanical Garden,
Chrysler Museum of Art, Hermitage Museum and Gardens, Virginia Zoo, Moses Myers
House, Paradise Park, the Elizabeth River Project and Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
The Garden Club of Norfolk hosted the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Garden Club
of Virginia and this May will proudly host GCVs 95th Annual Meeting. In recognition
of our centennial, the theme is Seeds of Service. As we celebrate this milestone in 2015,
the membership looks forward to planting the seeds for another century of service in
the region and beyond.

The Garden Club of Virginias 95th Annual Meetinghosted by the

Garden Club of NorfolkMay 12-14, 2015 ~Waterside Marriott Hotel
Registration begins February 15, 2015, at www.thegardenclubofnorfolk.org
Co-Chairmen: Pam Combs pamcombs@aol.com; Pam Reed pcreedva@gmail.com

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T H E G A RDE N C L UB OF VI RG IN I A

81st Annual

Daffodil Show
Winchester
On
Parade
March 31-April 1, 2015
Hosted by the Little Garden
Club of Winchester
Sanctioned by
The American Daffodil Society
Millwood Station
252 Costello Drive
Winchester, VA 22602
Open to the Public
Tuesday, March 31st
2:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Wednesday, April 1st
9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Artistic Classes/Inter Club

Creative Botanical Design
Illuminary Design
Traditional Mass Design
Dutch/Flemish Design

***REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 9:30 AM***

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Workroom open and entries

accepted
Monday, March 30th
2:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Tuesday, March 31st
7:00 am to 10:00 am
For more information contact
Suzy Oliver
540-722-2201
suzyoliver2@gmail.com

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DaffodilNotes
New Perpetual Trophy for the Daffodil Show
by Janet G. Hickman, GCV Daffodil Committee Chairman
Hillside Garden Club

he Garden Club of Virginia Daffodil Committee

is pleased to announce the establishment of the
Elizabeth Clopton Brown Member Sweepstakes
trophy which will be awarded to the GCV member
receiving the most blue ribbons in the horticulture section
at the annual daffodil show.
Mrs. Brown was a member of the Garden Club
of Gloucester from 1953 until 2014. She was a former
president of that club, a past chair of the clubs daffodil
show, as well as a winner of the GCV Horticulture Award
in 1971 and 2005. She also received the Edith Harrison
Walker Perpetual Award of Merit in 1995 for outstanding
work as daffodil test chairman. Often referred to as the
Queen of Historics, she is well remembered for her
love of daffodils, especially the historic varieties. She was
an American Daffodil Society accredited daffodil judge
Elizabeth Clopton Brown
for 43 years, having attended the first daffodil judging
The Garden Club
school offered in Virginia in 1971. She grew an extensive
of Gloucester
collection of daffodils, including the GCV Collections.
A dedicated exhibitor for over 60 years, she won many GCV Member Sweepstakes
and Historic awards. Mrs. Brown was a valuable resource at shows, encouraging new
exhibitors and identifying older daffodil varieties. She loved to share what she called
friendship plants with other gardeners.
The Garden Club of Gloucester has generously donated the silver trophy to be
presented with this award.

GCV Conservation and Beautification Committee

members, Legislative Day, January 26, 2015

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Welcome New Faces at the Kent-Valentine House

ori Brock joined the Garden Club of Virginia as

marketing coordinator for Historic Garden Week. A
native of Richmond, she graduated magna cum laude
from Virginia Tech in 2011 with a degree in Industrial Design.
She was active in numerous campus organizations, including
Alpha Phi sorority and SAE fraternity, where she was a little sister.
Her work background includes extensive experience in
graphic design; she has also worked as an interior designer and
an organization specialist. Tori has been actively involved with
numerous non-profits over the last two years and is currently the
co-chair of the Faison Schools Art for Autism gala, the schools
largest fundraiser.
Tori is the point-person for guidebook advertising and has the distinction of
completing the layout for the longest guidebook, at 264-pages, in its history. Tori and
Karen work hand-in-hand on all aspects of Historic Garden Week, but Tori is also the
lead on its growing social media program.
The love of her life is an adopted Bloodhound/American Foxhound mix named
Beau. Tori plays on dodge ball and tennis teams and recently learned how to upholster
furniture. Tori enjoys getting to know all the ladies she helps support and knowing that
no workday is the same. She feels lucky to work at the beautiful Kent-Valentine House.

uan McGough has joined the GCV staff as office

coordinator. She supports the executive director and the
development office, coordinates Kent-Valentine House
rentals, and fields incoming phone calls. Quan grew up in
Southern California where she lived until heading off to Georgia
State University. While studying Exercise Science, she also played
on their Division I volleyball team.
Quans background includes logistics, marketing and
customer service. In her early career, she worked for an incentive
solutions firm in New Jersey that grew from 10 employees to
more than 100. In 2005, her family moved to Hong Kong for
six years where she worked at the Canadian International School. Fluent in Cantonese,
she coordinated extra-curricular activities for the lower school and coached volleyball,
basketball, and track and field for the upper school.
Quan enjoys travel, loves the beach and the outdoors. She spends her spare time
playing volleyball and watching her childrens sporting events. She is married to William
McGough, and they have a daughter, Kali 13, and a son, Colin 11.

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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Speaking as a Grandmother
by Jocelyn Sladen
The Warrenton Garden Club

s a full-fledged grandmother, I should have special wisdom to share regarding the

Garden Club of Virginias challenging horticulture exhibit for the 2015 Annual
Meeting, Grandmothers Garden. Somewhere along horticultural byways, I
became more passionate about plants in the wild than peonies and such.
My own grandchild will probably think about my gardens in terms of untidy plants
better understood in fields. In hopes that he will know about hollyhocks and Baths
pinks and what roses once looked like, Id like to share notes from his great and greatgreat-grandmothers gardens.
I clearly recall the pungent smell of the black Iowa soil where my grandmother,
his great-great-grandmother, grew phlox and hollyhocks. I also have a book she owned,
published in 1877, The American Housewifes Cookbook, which recommends a whole
pharmacopoeia for garden plants. There is burdock tea to strengthen the hair and a
five-cent tin of elder flowers for weak eyes.
My own mother, Marjorie Arundel, grandmother to eight, was a longtime member
of the Warrenton Garden Club. Her gardens on Wildcat Mountain were often open for
Historic Garden Week and included many varieties that were becoming lost even then.
A paragraph from one of her many articles might spur our imaginations for garden
plants to be remembered and shared:
For easily grown and long lasting power in flowering, the tall yarrow with its fine
yellow umbels tossing high in the breeze, tansy or bitter buttons, and in the background
beautiful seedy fennel heads in the section for seasoning herbs, are favorites with me.
Marguerites bloom all summer. Borage is an ancient whose wonderful rough leaves
were used for salad, its brew for courage, and its starry blue flowers as a favorite design
in medieval tapestries. Nigella, or love-in-a-mist, is a very pretty colonial flower
favorite, pale blue. Both borage and nigella come easily from seed. Hyssop has a
tiny cobalt-blue flower spikes and blooms for two months.Dwarf iris, vervain, rose
campion, flax, rose heliotrope, pinks of various kinds, violets, daffodils, hoop petticoat
and other species daffodils, anemone pulsatilla, orris, old roses, the gallicas, damask and
china roses, are all authentic flowers of our ancestors gardens and contribute that surge
of happiness of a summer morning that tells you a page in history has been turned back
for you.
Old roses with history, fragrance and wonderful names filled her brick-walled rose
garden. None of todays hyped-up hues found their way in. Moss roses were favorites,
and I believe she found her own gardening ancestors in them. A family member always
wore a moss rose in his lapel on special occasions. Take note, my grandson.

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Follow the Green Arrow Available Online

by Janet Rosser, GCV Historian and Custodian of Records
The Ashland Garden Club
Follow the Green Arrow details the history of the Garden Club of Virginia and its
member clubs from 1920 to 1995. These two volumes have been digitized in PDF
format and are now available online to all GCV members. Access the files easily on
the GCV website. Click on the volume you wish to research and use links provided
in the table of contents to jump to particular sections of the book. By clicking on the
thumbnail button in the upper left corner of the screen, you can preview pages as you
scroll through the volume. In addition, search either volume by clicking edit followed
by advanced search. Type in the name of any club, person, or subject and retrieve a
list of every such reference contained in the volume. The ability to search the volumes
online should be a helpful tool when preparing club histories or exploring a particular
aspect of GCV history.

Nominations
Nominations for Directors-at-Large
to serve from 2015-2017.
The membership will vote
at the 2015 Annual Meeting in May.
District 2: Emily Reed
(Augusta Garden Club)
District 5: Kate Williams
(Leesburg Garden Club)
District 6: Pam Combs
(The Garden Club of Norfolk)

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LilyNotes

Exhibiting Lilies
by Tricia Kincheloe, GCV Lily Committee
The Garden Club of Fairfax

hope to see many of you, along with your gorgeous lily stems, at the Garden Club
of Virginia Lily Show in June. To ensure success, whether an experienced exhibitor
or a novice, follow the rules and requirements set forth in the horticulture
schedule. To avoid stress, prepare in advance. The rules for horticulture exhibitors
provide guidelines for the show. The schedule includes rules for horticulture judges
which specify the criteria by which lily stems are judged and also includes the North
American Lily Society scale of points. In order to win a blue ribbon, your lily stem
must score at least 90 points. If exhibiting a collection of three or more lilies, each lily
in the collection must score 90 points. Subclasses are established by the classification
committee so that all lilies of the same variety are judged together.
The horticulture schedule is divided into sections and further divided into classes.
Only GCV members may exhibit in Section A, and an exhibitor is limited to one entry
in each class. Following the format established by NALS, Sections B through I are open
to any amateur grower.
Exhibitors may have more than one entry in Sections B through D, provided
each is a different cultivar or species. Lilies
THE
are divided into nine divisions, eight of
which are exhibited in Sections B and C.
LAURIE HOLLADAY
Named cultivars are entered in Section
lamp repair
SHOP
B, unnamed or unknown lilies in Section
rewiring
custom lamps
C. Each division has a specific class and
extensive
some divisions are further subdivided by
lampshade
collection
orientation: a-upfacing flowers, b-outfacing
fine furniture
and c-downfacing. Sections F through
and gifts
J list specific criteria for entries in each
class. For example, Section E (pot grown
lilies) specifies 1 to 3 flowering stems in a
pot not larger than 12 inches in diameter.
If the exhibit doesnt meet the specific
requirements stated in the schedule, it will
not be judged.
Please reference the schedule online
and bring your lilies, as the GCV Lily
123 South Main Street Gordonsville, Va
Phone: 540.832.0552
Committee members will be there to help
Monday thru Friday, 10-5:30
with your entries.
Saturday, 10-5 Sunday, 11-3
LaurieHolladayInteriors.com

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Not Just for Lilies Anymore

by Lucy Rhame
Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club
The Hunting Creek Garden Club

ove to grow, but not lilies, roses or daffodils? Enter hosta, foliage from perennials,
native plants, branches from shrubs and trees even herbs at the Garden Club
of Virginias 73rd Annual Lily Show in June.
The show marks the first time classes will be offered for plants other than lilies,
roses or daffodils, each the featured flower at its own annual GCV show. Welcoming
other horticulture at this years lily show launches a pilot project intended to widen
participation opportunities for club members.
The new horticulture classes celebrate Growing Green. They have their own
schedule, and they will have their own club awards. Knowledgeable club members will
be on hand to help participants get prize specimens ready for the judging table.
The Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club will host this years show, scheduled for
June 17 and 18, as well as next years show.
Contact Lucy Rhame, lrhame@aol.com, to obtain more information, ask questions, discuss
the new classes, or offer suggestions. The new horticulture entry schedule can be found at
gcvirginia.org/userfiles/file/GrowingGreen.pdf.

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Rose Hill: A Site to Behold

by William D. Rieley
Landscape Architect for the Garden Club of Virginia

ear the old colonial port of

Port Royal, on Route 17,
there is a ridge with a view
to the northeast of the Rappahannock
Valley. John Hipkins, a successful
merchant, built a house there in the
early 1800s. His grandson, John
Hipkins Bernard, and Bernards wife,
Jane Gay, enlarged the house and
improved the grounds, implementing
plans formulated during a grand tour
of Europe. By the end of their tenure, the Bernards had built a tree-lined entrance road
(the Avenue), a falling or terraced garden in front of the house, and a formal, or regular,
garden behind it. It is unique for a property to have both types of gardens. John Hipkins
Bernard changed the name of the house from Rose Hill to Gay Mont, to honor his wife.
John and Billings Cay purchased the property from Preservation Virginia in 2008,
and have worked tirelessly to rebuild the house (once again called Rose Hill) and create a
setting that reflects its 19th-century character. The formal garden demonstrates the pattern
of the Bernard era. The central walkway is lined with diamond-shaped beds traditional to
the garden. A statue ends the perspective. The geometric layout of the paths aligns with
an Arthur Shurcliff plan that documents the existing conditions in 1931. The diamond
beds also appear in a drawing done by Lila L. Williams for the book published in 1923
by the James River Garden Club, Historic Gardens of Virginia.
The composition within the paths is a new interpretation. While the Bernards
probably had a garden with more comestible than ornamental plants, todays garden is the
reverse. Modern plant introductions decorate the garden while only the fruit of vintage
trees in the small orchard is edible.
Included within the larger garden are four small geometrically-shaped panels of grass
surrounded by beds. These contain green and white plants, flowers for the cutting garden,
pastel and silver plants and woodland plants. There is also a large ellipse of grass lined
with redbuds that is particularly beautiful when these trees are blooming in April. New
structures include a tennis pavilion that overlooks the court and a dovecote that Thomas
Jefferson designed but never built. Tumbler pigeons now call it home.
The Cays look forward to opening their house and gardens to visitors during
Historic Garden Week this year. Rose Hill is featured on the 2015 guidebook cover. For
more information about this property, please visit www.gcvfellowship.org and click on
the Archives link to find the full report on Gay Mont (now Rose Hill) completed by
Courtney Hinson and Penny Heavner in 2005.

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In Memoriam 2014
Gail Bates
Bettina Blackford
Elizabeth Bowles
Joyce Bowman
Elaine Brandt
Elizabeth Brown
Clare Byrd
Toni Catlett
Becky Cooke
Mary Spencer Craddock
Lois Raines Davenport
Ann Brown Davis
Jane Deal
Jane Dressler
Robin Jones Eddy
Loulie Eggleston
Sally Clay Estes Finn
Shirley Garris
Mary Jones Helm
Elizabeth Taylor Dunn Hooff
Jesse Thurecht Hook
Ann Hunt
Ruth Ellen Hurley
Helen Cordier Johns
Susanne Johnson
B.J. Johnson
Amine Kellam
Sarah Law Keller
Mary Virginia (Chi Chi) Steck
Kern

Meade Kilduff
Barbara Lemon
Ann Lewis
Jane Forester Sheffield Maddux
June Oxley March
Emily Ann Mason
Florence Mears
Rachel Mellon
Julia Gray Saunders Michaux
Hillie Miller
Bill Pannill
Mary Page Pettyjohn
Trudy Peyton
Eve Pope
Wanda Prillaman
Jean Printz
Barbara Riddleberger
Alyce Roach
Catherine Baird Kitsy Smith
Margaret Smith
Jane Stubbs
Margieanne Suhling
Gayle Urquhart
Katie Vaden
Janet Whitehouse
Eleanor Hopkins Whiteley
Sandra Whittle
Joan Williams
Gladys Wright

In Memoriam lists the names of Garden Club of Virginia members who have died
within the past year, compiled by the Journal from names submitted by club presidents.

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Historic Garden Week Brings the Inside Out

by Alice Martin, GCV Historic Garden Week Chairman
The Petersburg Garden Club

he 2015 Historic Garden Week guidebook features a first in the statewide

tours 82-year history: a photograph of an interior on the cover. Many
visitors enjoy seeing the interior dcor of houses. That knowledge prompted

our decision to highlight the music room of Rose Hill, giving it the place of honor.
The photograph, taken by Catriona Tudor Erler of the Albemarle Garden Club, also
showcases an arrangement by Betsy Carey of the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club.
Arrangements created by club members are another area of major interest for our
visitors. The guidebook cover honors these two important aspects of Historic Garden
Week.
This year, we welcome back to the tour list three James River plantations: Berkeley,
Shirley and Westover. These links to the countrys past will open together for the first
time in more than a decade. The three plantations and Westover Episcopal Church will
be open on April 19, 20 and 21. A special combination ticket will allow access to all
three historic sites, and lunch will be served at Westover Church.
Several clubs have changed their tour days this year to align with those of
other area clubs, and with itineraries created and promoted on the state level. Such
cooperation creates an opportunity for joint marketing and an opportunity to increase
attendance.
With nearly 250 historic sites, homes and gardens open from April 18 to April 25
for this years Historic Garden Week, I look forward to visiting as many as possible.

Photos Courtesy of: Shirley Plantation and Westover Plantation

Shirley Plantation

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Westover Plantation

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Club Notes

The English Visitor

by Tata Kellam
The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore

ur Eastern Shore tour began on Saturday, April 25, at 9:30 a.m. and everyone
was geared up and ready for action. I was a hostess for the Henry and Linda
Custis house, but since we were located in the middle of the tour, the traffic
was slow at the opening.
One of our first visitors, a young woman wearing a pretty blue dress, was the only
one in the room. I said, Good morning, how are you? She replied, Fine, with a
very English accent so I asked, Where are you from and what brought you here? She
answered, I have always wanted to go on the Virginia garden tour. You know Virginia
is the beginning of America. I flew from England to Washington, rented a car with GPS
and drove to Accomac. Here I am and ready for the days events. Tomorrow I drive to
Petersburg for their tour and then on for the rest for Garden Week.
She is now home having had a special Virginia garden tour experience. Not only
did she travel alone, but she also realized a dream. Garden clubs across the commonwealth should be proud of their fine international reputation.

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Ex Libris

by Joan Pollard and Virginia Cherry

GCV Kent-Valentine House Library Committee
The Petersburg Garden Club

homas Jeffersons Garden Book, 1766-1824 by Edwin Morris

Betts, one of the treasures of the Garden Club of Virginia
Library, was an important asset in the GCVs restoration

project at Monticello. Dr. Betts (1892-1958), professor of biology

at the University of Virginia for thirty-one years, wrote the book
in 1944 with subsequent reprinting in 1966 and 1971. Betts first
became interested in Jeffersons gardening while studying trees
Jefferson brought from abroad for planting at the University. He captured
Jeffersons love for nature from the horticultural diaries and the garden books that he
kept from 1766 to 1824. Recorded are accounts of new plants, trees and vegetables
that he planted from seeds, and plants that he acquired while traveling in the United
States and abroad. Also included are growing details: whether they thrived in the
gardens or fared poorly and died. The intensity and energy of Jeffersons passion for
nature is evident throughout the book, with interesting notes on his interactions with
plantation workers and events in Albemarle County. The gardens were left in disarray
after Jefferson died in 1826, and since 1938, the Garden Club of Virginia has worked
to restore and maintain the gardens with historical accuracy. With the discovery of
Jeffersons garden books, the Garden Club found Jeffersons plans for his garden and
planned the restoration of the gardens according to his design. Betts book was an
important resource for the restoration project.
The book jacket features the drawing of the Jeffersonia diphylla by Betts wife,
Mary Hall. This woodland wildflower was named in Jeffersons honor by the botanist
Benjamin Smith Barton at a meeting of the American Philosophical Society in 1792.
Interestingly, the wildflower produces white blooms around Jeffersons birthday and
after blooming, creates seedpods that result in the formation of greenery.
Betts book is for the historical gardener and technical in nature, but anyone
interested in gardening and horticulture will find it an enjoyable read and helpful in
understanding the Garden Club of Virginias enormous efforts to preserve the splendid
treasure of Jeffersons gardens.

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

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Club Notes

Floral Creations as Wearable Art

by Dr. Susan Morris
The Martinsville Garden Club

n November 7, 2014, the Martinsville

Garden Club embarked on a road trip
to Richmond. This year our November
meeting fell on the same weekend as the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts biennial show: Fine Arts &
Flowers. For this exciting meeting, our monthly
flower show committee selected the arrangement
theme of Floral Creations as Wearable Art. Eleven
Martinsville Garden Club members participated
with artistic creations including floral earrings, a
necklace decorated with acorns and autumn berries,
a floral brooch securing a pashmina wrap, floral
pins, bracelets and rings. It was an impressive
Members of the
Martinsville Garden Club
display of the talent and skill of our members.
The ladies enjoyed their tour of the Kent-Valentine House, their business meeting
and catered lunch. Many of the Martinsville Garden Club ladies received compliments
on their floral accessories while touring VMFAs Fine Arts & Flowers exhibition.
The Martinsville Garden Club encourages other Garden Club of Virginia clubs
to plan trips to Richmond, visit the Kent-Valentine House and bring floral creations.
Experiment with wearable creations and find a renewed joy in the beauty of flowers in
unexpected and amazing ways.

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The Garden Club of Virginia

India: Mughal Gardens and More

by Catriona Tudor Erler, GCV Travel Committee Chairman

Albemarle Garden Club

ome to Northern India in 2016 to visit five different cities and to experience
the marvels of Mughal gardens. This fascinating 14-day trip to northern India
will cost $6,995 without airfare. Open to GCV membersand their familiesand
friends, participantswill have theopportunity to visit outstanding Mughal, Rajput,
and modern gardens, some dating back to the 16th century. Mark your calendars for
February 19 March 5, 2016. The tour brochure is available on the GCV website.
One of the tours highlights in Delhi is Humayuns tomb. One of the first and
largest Persian-style gardens ever created in the region at that time, the tomb complex
is now a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Both the red sandstone tomb and the
garden represent a leap in Mughal design
and set a precedent for subsequent Mughal
construction. The garden is a geometric,
enclosed Char Bagh (quartered garden)
divided by paved walkways into four squares
with two bisecting central water channels.
The channels appear to disappear beneath
the tomb structure, reappear on the other
side in a straight line, and bring to life the
Humayuns Tomb and surrounding garden
Quranic verses describing rivers flowing
was built in a style that set the trend
beneath the Garden of Paradise.
for future Mughal design.

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A demonstration of 15 contemporary designs by six talented
members of the Elizabeth River Garden Club. This professionally
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Tips for Success at the GCV Flower Shows

by Lea Shuba, GCV Flower Shows Chairman
The Hunting Creek Garden Club

n individual or team member entering a GCV Flower Show can be frustrated

by putting in extra effort and ending up without a ribbon. Do the judges
know something you dont? While judges usually have more experience than
other club members, they rely on tools that are readily available to everyone. The GCV
Flower Show Handbook, on our website under Flower Shows, is the definitive guide for
arrangers and judges alike. This site is constantly updated based on user feedback. An
example is that creative arrangements were featured at a recent show, and numerous
arrangers were marked down for not following the rules for creative arranging. Many
missed the general guidelines for creative arranging located in the introduction. Dont
make the mistake of using outdated printouts. Changes have been made to help
members find this feature. There are also new, convenient links to photographs of all
styles. Use caution when referencing them, as not all of the arrangements are perfect.
Copying them too closely will be noticed, and scores for originality and distinction will
be affected.
Take time to consider point scoring; one need not be an expert to see what counts
when being judged. This tool is described in the handbook under Artistic Judging.
Note that the design is the most important factor, and distinction counts; together they
account for more than half of the points awarded. Interpreting the theme is only ten
percent. If nothing else, it may help you realize how emphasizing different priorities
may help in the future.
Please read the handbook section called Entering a Flower Show. It has been
recently edited for clarity, and it contains information you need to know. For any other
unanswered questions, feel free to call the current GCV Judges Chairman, listed as a
resource above the schedule in the show guide. She will be more than willing to help,
as will any member of the Flower Show Committee. Members of your own club can be
helpful, as well.
Finally, enter and attend shows often. Experience is crucial, particularly for
developing an eye for good design. To increase your knowledge of principles and
elements of design, information may be gleaned from the section Additional Study
Material. In addition, the section entitled Hosting a Flower Show has been updated and
expanded. Think how much can be learned by reading the handbook and attending the
flower shows, particularly if your club is hosting an upcoming show. The Flower Show
Committee wishes you luck and would like to continue hearing from you as we move
together towards successful flower shows for all.

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The Garden Club of Virginia

Conservation and Environmental

Studies Fellowship Announced
by Tuckie Westfall, Conservation and Beautification Chairman
The Garden Club of Alexandria

he Garden Club of Virginia has taken action to enrich the body of knowledge
about and preservation of the natural world through the creation of the
Conservation and Environmental Studies Fellowship. The Conservation and
Beautification Committee proposed the fellowship, and the Board of Directors approved it.
The fellowship supports research into conservation of natural resources and/or
environmental studies of flora, fauna or cultural practices that have a direct impact on
Virginia. The fellowship will be funded initially with $4,000 for the current fiscal year.
Both graduate and undergraduate students studying at accredited universities in
Virginia may apply. Applications and paperwork must be received by March 16, 2015.
A committee the GCV president, the Conservation Committee chairman, an at-large
GCV member and a university faculty member in a related field will select the candidates.
At the projects completion, the fellow will present the research at a GCV event.
Action by the Conservation Committee and GCV directors brings to three the
number of GCV fellowships. The William D. Rieley Fellowship encourages graduatelevel research and documentation of historic landscapes that are not privately held.
The Rudy J. Favretti Fellowship promotes graduate-level research and documentation
of privately held historic Virginia gardens.
Please email EnvironmentalFellowship@gcvirginia.org for more information about the new
fellowship.

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RoseNotes

Spring Is The Time To Plant Roses

by Sherry Leffel, GCV Rose Chairman
The Spotswood Garden Club

ose collections will arrive soon. When they do, they will arrive bare-rooted,
ready and waiting for attention. A few tips follow.
Soak the roses roots overnight in a bucket of water. If it rains, snows or
sleets the next day, dont worry; the rose roots can stay in the water.
It helps to have your planting spots prepared ahead of time. To prepare, dig the
hole, then mix some peat moss with the soil that will go back into the hole. I also like to
add manure (dried from the farm or bagged from the store), along with Rosetone,
to the peat/moss soil mix. If the weather is cold, the soil mix can stay in a wheelbarrow
in a garage or shed to prevent freezing.
When ready to plant, make a mound with the soil mix in the hole for the rose to
sit on. Spread the roots over the mound. The rose should sit so the graft is at soil level.
Start shoveling in the soil, wiggling the rose a bit to help soil get down around all root
areas. About halfway through this process, water slowly. This helps tamp down the
soil. If the graft gets below bed level, slowly and gently pull up on the rose plant so soil
can fill in. When almost finished, step on the soil to compact the filled-in area. Finish
putting soil in, but not above the graft.
Water well. Add mulch of your choice.
Be sure to keep the rose watered.
Now would be an opportune
An invitation...
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time to start pruning is approaching.
In fact, miniature roses often start to
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CONTRIBUTIONS

Report Period From 10/1/14 Through 12/31/14

Annual Fund
Dana H. Adams
Cathy Adams
Kathryn S. Allen
Marguerite O. Bacon
Dottie G. Ballard
Rebecca Balzer
Lamar G. Barr
Turner Barringer
Jill P. Beach
Anne Beals
Page B. Beeler
Charlotte S. Benjamin
Beverly G. Benner
Mrs. Ronald W. Bevans
Anne T. Bland
Elizabeth Lamar Boetsch
Kae N. Bolling
Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Bottger
Jane Frost Bowden
Merriel Bowditch
Gail Braxton
Hannah M. Brewer
Jessie T. Broskie
Laura Y. Brown
Lisa-Margaret S. Bryan
Jody W. Bundy
Terry Emory Buntrock
Sharon Byrd
Jeanette Cadwallender
Lisa Caperton
Cathy Capps
Kimberly Carey
Kathleen M. Carter
Susan L. Casey
Claire H. Cassada
Cean Cawthorn
Didi Chapin
Dody Chaplin
Sherrie and Gordon Chappell
Jane D. Cheadle
Daphne W. Cheatham
Mrs. Margaret R. Christian
Melanie F. Christian
Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne
Coates Clark
Mrs. Henry C. Clark

MARCH 2015

Donor
Beth Cleveland
Virginia Costenbader
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E.
Coulbourn
Jane Cowles
Teckla H. Cox
Mrs. James P. Cox III
Cecile A. Cox
Berenice D. Craigie
Anna M. Craik
Carolyn Creasy
Cathy Creekmore
Ann K. Crenshaw
Ilona Croft
Anne Geddy Cross
Virginia Puller Dabney
Margaret C. Davis
Eeda R. Dennis
Virginia Stuart Dopp
Ashli J. Douglas
Anne Doyle
Thierry J. Drapanas
Martha P. Easton
Lucy R. Ellett
Clarkie Eppes
Elizabeth G. Evans
Ann Gordon Evans
Nicole Fagerli
Rebecca Farrar
Rebecca Fass
Susan M. Feinour
Jayne Y. Feminella
Laurel E. Fensterer
Sarah Finney
Marianna Fitz-Hugh
Lou Flowers
Joe and Ann Foster
Nina Fout
Florence Bryan Fowlkes
Fund of The Community
Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia
Rosemary D. Francis
Janet D. Frantz
Nan C. Freed
Connie Walton Fulton
Pamela W. Gale
Judith S. Garland

Dr. Angeline D. Godwin

Preston Lee Gomer
Phyllis E. Gootee
Susan A. Graves
Mrs. James C. Greene
Greta I. Gustavson
Virginia B. Hall
Anne K. Hall
Susan Foster Hamill
Sally L. Harris
Anne Harrison L. Harris
Jil Harris
Ann E. Harry
Anna A. Hartnett
Donna Haycox
Ann Heller
Achsah Henderson
Susan C. Henderson
Dr. and Mrs. Hendricksen
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Herbert
Leslie P. Hervey
Janet G. Hickman
Kathleen S. Hobson
Lynn Hooff
Gugi Hooff
Mary Agnes R. Howard
Sarah E. Huddleston
Pamela Hudson
Lucy Huff
Elizabeth Hutter
Heidi F. James
Mrs. Charles M. James
Mrs. Thomas M. Jamison
Anne Jennings
Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Jennings IV
Robyn Fox Johnsen
Mary Ann Johnson
Alice Julias
Lois M. Keller
Jude Slaughter Kelly
Judy W. Kidd
Ann Kington
Sally Old Kitchin
Lynn Korff
Diane W. Kuon
Mary-Mac Laing
Joni Lawler
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Lucy Lee
Kay C. LePeter
Virginia Lewis
Ingrid Hinckley Lindsay
Mrs. Jacqueline M. Locke
Virginia B. Lorber
Calder Loth
Bebe Luck
Deena Lugar
Meredith Lunceford
Barbara Luton
Boyd MacIiver
Mary L. Mackall
Ginni Mackenzie
Julie W. MacKinlay
Catherine Madden
Becca Mahon
Kellie Mann
Katie Mann
Alice S. Marshall
Alice Squires Martin
Sandra L. Martin
Rebecca White McCoy
Mary L. McDaniel
The Rennie and Richmond
McDaniel Fund of the
Community Foundation
of the Rappahannock
River Region
Ann McMurray
Katherine T. Mears
Rebecca B. Meeker
Barbara B. Merchant
Kate Michaels
Elisabeth F. Miles
Karen C. Miles
Marilyn Millard
Mary Ann Miller
Ann B. Millman
Tina Thatcher Minter
Maralyn D. Morency
Sue Ann Morgan
Susan Morris
Pam Moskal
Jacquelyn Myers
Kimbrough K. Nash
Caroline H. Neal
Elizabeth E. Neale
Mrs. Beth Norfleet
Michelle Norris
Suzanne S. Obenshain
Emma Read Oppenhimer

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Susan B. Overton
Frances Padden
Susan W. Pannill
Ann H. Parr
Mr. and Mrs. L. Allan Parrott, Jr.
Mary Parsley
Dr. and Mrs. James Patterson
Jean Patteson
Judith Peatross
Mary Bryan Perkins
Linda Perriello
Catherine R. Philips
Helen Raney Pinckney
Mrs. E. Lee Pinney, Jr.
Beverly L. Pinotti
Valeta Pittman
Ridge and DeLane Porter
Lauren S. Prince
Mrs. Russel Proctor
Pamela Pulley
Mrs. Kim Raines
Ann Reamy
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L.
Reed, Jr.
Rachael Remuzzi
Denise Revercomb
Joyce Rice
Linda Richards
Mary Scully Riley
Susan H. Ripol
Deborah Rippe
Elizabeth Robertson
Mr. and Mrs. W. Randolph
Robins
Minouche Robinson
Michaela Robinson
Cynthia D. Rockwell
Ann R. Rooker
Josiah P. Rowe III
Helen Jenkins Ryan
Rosalie Gamble Funkhouser
Savage
Becky Schmitz
Jan Schuler
Sallie Sabrell
Susan Shaughnessy
Virginia Shelor
Lea C. Shuba
Laura Daughtry Smart
Mrs. R. Blackwell Smith
Mrs. L. Norfleet Smith, Jr.
Kimberly K. Snyder
Misti Spong

Mrs. Elizabeth R. Stabler

Anne Dechert Staley
Janice F. Stalfort
Hollis Stauber
Lynda Strickler
Jane Owen Stringer
Mrs. James A. Stuart, Jr.
Judy Sullivan
Gina Sullivan
Dr. Anne K. Sullivan
Anne R. Tankard
Judy Boyd Terjen
Elsie Wilson Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Addison B.
Thompson
Alice C. Tilghman
Nancy K. Tilman
Sherilyn I. Titus
Deborah C. Toms
Mrs. Kathryn Trakas
Sheryl P. Twining
Dr. Denise Unterbrink
Ellen Upton
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W.
Valentine
Jane C. Vaughan
Wendy C. Vaughn
Karen and Edward Wachtmeister
Sarah U. Wade
Marilyn T. Walker
Mary T. Wampler
Betty Byrne Ware
Milly Wassum
Lelia Graham Webb
Linda and Mark J. Wenger
Tuckie Westfall
Mrs. Abbie Wharton
Barbara Wheless
Janice S. Whitehead
Debi Whittle
Ellen G. Wilbur
Widget Williams
Mary Ballou Williams
Kate S. Williams
Barbara Pratt Willis
Victoria A.B. Willis
Lucy Wilson
Debbie Witt
Mina Wood
Suzanne Worsham
Judith C. Wright
Sarah Jane Wyatt
Kate Zullo

The Garden Club of Virginia

Donor
In Honor of
The Garden Study Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Holland
The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette Cadwallender
Anne G. Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans

Kathy Knollmann
Lynda and Jim Briggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie and Ed MacKinlay
Patricia T. Compton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellen Davis
Alice Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Frances Flowers
Mrs. William R. Gardner Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Helen Turner Murphy

Katherine Turner Mears

Loretta Miller
Jean E. R. Gilpin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette Cadwallender
Evelyn G. McCashin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Beth Wells
Martha F. Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans
Piedmont Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Kincheloe
Jane Purrington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie and Ed MacKinlay
Susan and Edward Ramsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Terhune
Susan F. Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Fitchett
Virginia Rocen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown
Betty Carol Swinney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Therese Minter
Louise Tayloe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frances Boninti

Cheryl Bradbury

Janice Carter

Lucy Huff

Nancy Lowry

Susan McNeely

Phyllis Ripper
Susan P. Tufts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betty Strider
Ann S. Wentworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Oppenhimer
Anne Leddy Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans
Donor
In Memory of
Franklin Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gayle Urquhart
Roanoke Valley Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Lemon
Lee Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Dressler
Mrs. Nina Barnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz
Cecilia C. Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Clopton Brown
Virginia Dopp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz
Dana S. Faulconer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz
Sarah Finney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Clopton Brown
Martha Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Clopton Brown
Sandy Geiger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Clopton Brown
Julia Gamble Grover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robin Jones Eddy
Karmen Payne Gustin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aileen Black
Louise Hopkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz
Carol Johanningsmeier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gayle Urquhart
Lois M. Keller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz
Jane Walker Kerewich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz
Donna McCullough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gayle Urquhart

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Katherine T. Mears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz

Becky Meeker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Clopton Brown
Susan and Edward Ramsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gladys Wright
Jane W. Rotch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Eckford Smith
Dianne Spence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Clopton Brown
Mary Henley Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Lee Blalock
Susan P. Tufts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret E. Smith

Mary Jean Printz
Martha D. Whipple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz

Garden Club of Virginia Endowment

Donor
In Honor of
The Garden Club of Fairfax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura Lea Shuba

Tegwin Smith
The Williamsburg Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette Cadwallender
Jeanette R. Cadwallender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucy Rhame
Donor
In Memory of
Albemarle Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bettina Blackford

Jill Rinehart

Trudy Peyton
The Garden Study Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wanda McNeil Prillaman
The Hunting Creek Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth T.D. Hooff
The Garden Club of the Northern Neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Terhune
Roanoke Valley Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joyce Bowman
Sharon Q. Ainslie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kitsy Smith
Dorothy H. Bumgardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz
Jeanette R. Cadwallender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz
The Hankins Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wanda Blalock
Helen Turner Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz

Donor
Anne Beals
Madge Bemiss
Candy Crosby

GCV Conservation Fund

Donor
In Honor of
Cabell West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie and Ed MacKinlay
Donor
In Memory of
Lucy Huff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William B. Hunt

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Betsy Agelasto
Donor
Elizabeth Huffman

Gifts-in-Kind
Restoration

Donor
In Honor of
Susan S. Mullin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mina Wood
Cynthia P. Roscoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown
Donor
In Memory of
Ellen G. Godwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz
Nancy Mastin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. R. Lee Mastin
Susan S. Mullin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Katharine Vaden
Kimbrough K. Nash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz

Sponsorship

Donor
In Honor of
Union First Market Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Symposium 2015

MARCH 2015

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Dates and events as posted on the GCV website

at http://gcvirginia.org. See website for further additions.

Deadline for nominations for the

Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation
Award, Common Wealth Award,
Horticulture Award of Merit
March 16
Daffodil Workshop
March 31-April 1 81st Annual GCV Daffodil Show
The Little Garden Club of Winchester
April 15
Deadline for June Journal Article
Submission
April 18-25
Historic Garden Week in Virginia
May 12-14
Annual Meeting in Norfolk
May 27-28
Horticulture Field Day in Historic
Winchester and Clarke County
June 1
Deadline for Dugdale Award
Nominations

March 1

The Garden Club of Virginia

C alendar 2015

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