Garden Club of Virginia Journal June 2016

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e 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.

F T E

I recently read a quote by an author who, after extensive travel, stated that

he needed to let his soul catch up with his body. I chuckled, thinking that the same

can be said for Garden Club of Virginia members after a spring filled with working

in our gardens and volunteering for Historic Garden Week. We are fast approach-

ing summer mode, a time to downshift and relax. Why not find a quiet corner in

the garden in which you’ve worked so hard and settle-in with a good book? Peruse

Flower Arranging , A Complete Guide for Beginners , the book reviewed in this

issue; arrange some flowers and reap the benefits of your labors!

ank you for reading the Journal . We welcome your articles. Write to us at [email protected] .

Submission guidelines may be found on the GCV website.

Journal Editorial Board2016-2018

Editor and Chairman: Karla MacKimmie, e Warrenton Garden Club

Ex Officio MembersGCV President, Nina Mustard, e Williamsburg Garden ClubGCV Corresponding Secretary, Sue Rosser, e Martinsville Garden Club

Journal Cover Editor, Jeanette McKittrick, ree Chopt Garden ClubGCV Photographer, Sandy Geiger, e Garden Club of GloucesterGCV Communications Coordinator, Ann Heller

Journal Advertising Chairman, Penny Dart, e Warrenton Garden Club

Members Anne Beals, e Rappahannock Valley Garden ClubLyn Hutchens, e Huntington Garden ClubNancy Kaylor, e Garden Club of Danville

Aileen Laing, e Warrenton Garden ClubSusan Morten, e Martinsville Garden Club


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ON THE COVER...

is exquisite dahlia was rendered in

watercolor by Marcia Long of e

Williamsburg Garden Club. Learn how to

grow them in this month’s article on thesebeautiful Mexican natives.

IN THIS ISSUE ...

Massie Medal Award ........................... 2

deLacy Gray Award .............................. 3

Why I Give to GCV ............................. 3

Dahlias ................................................ 42016 Horticulture Award of Merit ....... 6

Ex Libris ...............................................7

Common Wealth Award ............................ 8

Lily Show ........................................... 10

Capital Trees ...................................... 11

82nd Annual Daffodil Show .............. 12

e Oasis Dilemma .............................14

Board of Directors ..............................17Reflections on India ............................ 18

Seriously Seeking Judges ....................... 19

Save the Date ...................................... 19

Dedication of the Kitchen Road Project ... 20

Lily Notes .......................................... 21

Cedar Hill Cemetery Project .............. 22

Contributions ..................................... 23

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

Historic Garden Week Office

Phone: (804) 644-7776 Fax: (804) 644-7778Email: [email protected] www.VAGardenWeek.org

Postmaster, please send address changes to:Garden Club of Virginia 12 East Franklin StreetRichmond, VA 23219

e Garden Club of Virginia Journal

e 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 issue April 15 for the June issue July 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:Nina Mustard

Journal Editor:Karla MacKimmie8505 Lees Ridge Road

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

Journal Advertising Chairman:Penny Dart9174 Harts Mill Road

Warrenton, VA 20186Phone: (540) 347-5138

Email: [email protected]

Vol. LXI, No. 2Printed on recycled paper by Carter Printing Company Richmond, VA


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Massie Medal Awarded to Bebe Luck by Katherine Knopf, Awards Chairman

Roanoke Valley Garden Club

The Massie Medal Award for Distinguished Achievement was presented to BebeLuck at the Annual Meeting in Alexandria on May 10, 2016. A member of the

Ashland Garden Club, Bebe Luck exhibits all the qualities of a Massie Medalrecipient. e engraving on the medal states:

Georgia “Bebe” Hardy Luck For Dedicated Service

and Gracious Hospitality

Bebe has served the Garden Club of Virginia in many roles. Most notably, sheoversaw the restoration of the Kent-Valentine House kitchen. She also served asthe Kent-Valentine House Manager and Chairman of the GCV Human Resources

Committee. In the Ashland Garden Club, Bebe has held many offices: President, FirstVice-President, Second Vice President, Nominating Chairman, Historic Garden WeekCo-Chairman, Board of Governors Meeting Chairman and many more. Bebe hasserved both the Ashland Garden Club and the Garden Club of Virginia with energyand commitment, and exhibits unusual dedication in her work.

As her friends in member clubs stated well, “we had the privilege to work withBebe. While her work is quiet and behind the scenes, she sets a standard of excellenceand graciousness that is the essence of GCV.” We are proud of her and she is a mostdeserving recipient of the 2016 Massie Medal Award for Distinguished Achievement.❁

Jeanette Cadwallender, Bebe Luck, Georgia Luck Mitchell, Anne Luck Reynolds and Lin Luck Rohr


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Hollis Stauber and Jeanette Cadwallender

deLacy Gray Award for Conservationby Katherine Knopf, GCV Awards Chairman

Roanoke Valley Garden Club

Hollis Scott Stauber received the 2016 deLacy Gray Award for Conservationat the Annual Meeting in Alexandria, May 10, 2016. As a conservation

leader, Hollis helped organize a citywide pilot recycling project in Danvilleand developed a brochure detailing ecofriendly insecticides and cleaning products. Shechaired her club's Conservation Forum on the Health of the Dan River, “After the Spill:Our Future.” Hollis chaired the state level Conservation Workshop, “Conservation inVirginia: What is Working?”

Hollis is the Conservation Chairman for the Garden Club of Danville and servedon the Garden Club of Virginia Conservation Committee. We congratulate Hollisfor the good work she has done to educate our commonwealth on conservation issues.

We are proud to award Hollis the 2016 deLacy Gray Medal for Conservation. ❁

Why I Give to the Garden Club of Virginia by Mina Wood, Past GCV President

e Lynchburg Garden Club

I have loved everything about the Garden Club of Virginia, even the travel. I have

been crossing the state with great regularity for the past 20 years.Horticulture, landscape design and historic garden restoration are right up my alley.

Where else could I pursue these interests with wonderful, smart, attractive people, all working toward a common goal?

I give annually to GCV so it can continue to put on fabulous programs, workshops,and symposia. And I give of my time and talent because the rewards I receive are the

wonderful friends made during my many years of involvement with GCV. ❁


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e Care and Feeding of Dahlias,Darlings of Flower Fanatics

by Kaye Moomaw Hillside Garden Club

Their pictures are everywhere. Perhaps

the popularity of dahlias, which origi-

nated from a Mexican wildflower, has

something to do with the more than 55,000

cultivars, with more new sizes and color pat-

terns being bred. Nothing rewards the home

gardener with more blooms than a properly

tended dahlia.

Proper tending goes beyond planting

instructions that come home with dahlias from

a garden center. Dahlias may be planted from

mid-April, once soil temperature reaches 60 de-

grees, to mid-June. Plant in a spot that receives

eight hours of sunlight a day. Wind protection

helps, as dahlia blooms get heavy. Soil should

be well drained, with a neutral pH (6.5 to 7).

Determine pH by submitting a soil sample toyour extension office or by buying a soil kit at a garden supply store. Compost may be

added to the planting hole. at said, don’t use commercially prepared compost, fer-

tilizer, potting soil mix, or anything containing weed killer/inhibitor or Miracle-Gro.

Sensitive dahlias can “burn” easily and die at this stage.

Water when planting only if your soil is extremely dry. Do not water again until

sprouts appear; dahlias are susceptible to rot at this stage. Don’t mulch yet, as the soil

might not warm properly and the tuber might not sprout.

Once your dahlia has three sets of leaves, it’s time to disbud. Pinch off the seg-

ment growing above the third set of leaves. is encourages more lush blooms, whilehelping prevent the plant from becoming leggy and weak.

Once disbudded, this fast-grower will need support. Tomato cages offer an easy

alternative to staking and tying. Foliage will obscure cages, making them virtually

invisible. Very light mulch may now be applied around the plant, taking care to avoid

the tender new shoots.

Water a growing dahlia thoroughly each week. (If you cut into a dahlia stalk, a

stream of water often rushes out.) Watering with a hand-held hose can take 20 min-

utes to soak the plant. To check, water, then stop and see how quickly the water soaks

into the soil. Keep watering until water pools on the surface for 10 seconds beforedisappearing. A sprinkler may take 40 minutes.

Fertilize regularly using a low-nitrogen product. Too much nitrogen makes for a

fast-growing but weak plant with few blooms. Use a 5-10-10 (nitrogen–phosphorus—

potassium) or a fertilizer with a ratio in which nitrogen is half the other elements.

Stop fertilizing at Labor Day.


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You’ve now managed to grow a

vigorous dahlia loaded with blossoms.

To enjoy the fruits of your labor, harvest

flowers in the morning. Cut just before

the flower opens fully, when the last

two or three petals have not yet pulled

away from the center. A newly opened

dahlia bloom lasts longer than one that

has been open even a day or two. While

cutting blossoms, deadhead and disbud

to encourage showier blooms. Dahlias

have three buds per bloom, as do peonies.

Leave the center bloom; cut or pinch off

the other two.Plunge the cut flowers’ stalks into

2 to 3 inches of very hot water (160

degrees); prevent “cooking” the bloom by

keeping it 3 inches above the container’s

lip. Allow stems to remain in hot water

for an hour. Arrange as you wish after-

ward, using floral preservative. Changing

water daily helps extend vase life.

Once frost arrives, dahlia foliagedies. If you live in a temperate area or

decide to mulch dahlias heavily, you may

“lift” your dahlias in the spring once

sprouts appear again. Divide the tubers

into sections so each has an active eye

from which the new plant will grow.

While not as easy as locating a potato’s

eye, examination should reveal the spot.

Do divide; having a larger tuber confersno advantage. After dividing, leave tubers

out of the ground for a day or two until

cuts dry and appear closed, preventing

entry of soil microorganisms. Take care

not to keep your babies out of the ground

too long, though, as it will dehydrate

them.

It’s not too late to plant a few dahlias

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2016 Garden Club of VirginiaHorticulture Award of Merit

by Beth DeBergh, Chairman GCV Horticulture Committee Te Garden Club of Warren County

Eight recipients of the Horticulture Award of Merit were announced in May at the

Garden Club of Virginia Annual Meeting in Alexandria. Established in 1960,the award recognizes individual members of GCV who have achieved significant

accomplishments in horticulture, both personally and in the community at large.

Nancy Dickerson, Te Princess Anne Garden Club An accomplished rosarian and native plant enthusiast, Nancy has worked

extensively with the coastal Virginia native plant landscape at the First Landing State

Park rail Center. She has created a PowerPoint on the native plant garden for the railCenter that she shares with garden clubs, local civic organizations and at workshops for

native plant lovers.

amara Gibson, Te Spotswood Garden Clubamara has shared her knowledge of horticulture and landscape design with her

club and community through many projects including creating the landscape design

and installation of a new city roundabout, presenting programs to community groups,and organizing the clean-up and restoration of a historic pre-Civil War cemetery.

Janet Hickman, Hillside Garden Club

Janet, a passionate gardener, grower and propagator of daffodils, is the GCVDaffodil Chairman. Trough her PowerPoint programs she shares her knowledge

of daffodils with other GCV clubs and her community. Janet organized club andcommunity volunteers in the care and maintenance of the Anne Spencer Garden,

a Virginia Historic Landmark, in which her research allowed period daffodils to bereplanted and labeled.

Missy Janes, Fauquier and Loudoun Garden ClubCarrying on the horticultural knowledge and tradition of her mother, Polly

Rowley, Missy shares her talents with her club and as a leader in her community. Inaddition to tending to her extensive gardens, she has participated in organizing andplanning public seminars on native habitats and landscaping.

Helen Junkin, Te Princess Anne Garden ClubHelen has shared with her garden club and community her expertise and

knowledge of how our horticultural environment relates to other species with which we share the planet. Her Pearl Home uses sustainable gardening practices to protect the

Lynnhaven River waterways.

Linda Patton, Te Elizabeth River Garden ClubLinda has a special interest in daylilies; her garden will be featured in the 2017

National our for the American Hemerocallis Society. She has taught classes on thepropagation and care of daylilies, and conducted workshops on plant selection for the

perennial garden. o the delight of the residents, Linda created and maintained a raisedvegetable garden and a butterfly garden at a nursing home in Suffolk.


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Ann Reamy, e Rappahannock Valley Garden Club Ann is skilled in bonsai and orchid growing. Her garden is among the most

beautiful in Fredericksburg. As a Master Gardener, she volunteers in the historic gardens

of Kenmore and Chatham, in Fredericksburg’s LOVE garden, and at the Central

Rappahannock Regional Library’s planting areas.

Casey Rice, Harborfront Garden ClubCasey has a wealth of knowledge in landscape design and gardening. As a member

of the Norfolk Botanical Garden Board of Trustees and Chairman of its Landscape

Committee, she has promoted and supported the garden there and encouraged garden

club involvement. As a member of two other garden clubs, she has spearheaded

beautification efforts and served on the New York Horticulture Committee. ❁

Ex Libris by Joan Pollard and Virginia Cherry, GCV Library Committee

e Petersburg Garden Club

Judith Blacklock’s Flower Arranging , A Complete Guide

for Beginners, (e Flower Press Ltd, 2012, 280 pp.) is a“step-by-step flower arranging book written for any-

one with a love of flowers—whether they wish to displaya simple bunch of daffodils … or to learn the very latestcontemporary techniques.” ese hands-on lessons, beauti-ful pictures and line drawings will help the reader createunique and striking designs with ease.

Chapters include information on seasons whenvarious flowers are available at the best price, along withinformation on which foliage is best purchased from aflorist or grown in the garden. ere are explanationsconcerning the use of mechanics and accessories forkeeping flowers and foliage in place in arrangements.

Design elements and principles are discussed. Another chapter covers avariety of inexpensive vases which are easy to use with flower arrangements and withBlacklock’s techniques for creating handtied bouquets. Classic and contemporary de-signs are depicted in the book, and there is a chapter showcasing a variety of forms andflowers which may be used for wedding ceremonies, receptions and the bridal party.

Blacklock is a respected leader in the world of flowers as lecturer, demonstrator,and teacher. She co-founded “Flowers at Chicheley Hall,” the biggest cut-flower eventin the UK. She is the editor of the magazine, e Flower Arranger , and appears regularlyon television. ❁


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Common Wealth Award Nominationby Katherine Knopf, Awards Chairman

Te Roanoke Valley Garden Club

he Common Wealth Award Committee is excited to announce a finalist for the2016 Common Wealth Award: Te Academy of Arts ree Garden, proposed byHillside Garden Club. Tere will be a first place award of $8,000 given this year.

Te recipient will be announced at the Board of Governors meeting this October.Tis project is a collaboration between Hillside Garden Club and Te Academy

Center of the Arts in Lynchburg, Virginia. Te Academy Center of the Arts hasundertaken a large restoration and reconstruction project to make the Arts buildingmore accessible, attractive and available: they want it to be the place to hold events indowntown Lynchburg.

Te proposal is an excellent example of a garden club collaborating with a local

organization and it meets all the criteria for the Common Wealth Award: conservation,beautification, horticulture, preservation and education are all touched upon in thisplan. Tis project will enrich the Commonwealth of Virginia by preserving a landmarkbuilding for future generations to enjoy. Please discuss this proposal in your clubs andvote on it at your September meetings.

Te Academy Center of the Arts ree GardenBuilt in 1905, the historic theater at the Academy Center of the Arts inLynchburg, Virginia, is one of the few surviving theaters of the turn-of-the-centuryperiod in Virginia. Leaders of the Lynchburg community, including members ofHillside Garden Club, saved the theater from destruction. Te theater was placed onthe National Register of Historic Places in 1969. Since that time, while the adjacent

Academy Center served as a performance and art class space, the historic theater itselfsat quiet. But now, this jewel of Lynchburg is undergoing a transformation! Uponcompletion, the historic theater will reopen and once again welcome performances fromlocal, regional and national programs.

Inspired by the historic tree clumps discovered at nearby Poplar Forest, HillsideGarden Club hopes to partner with the Academy to plant a cluster of native trees andplants at the site of a plaza. Tis urban tree garden will serve as an entrance to thetheater and an outdoor performance space as well as public green space. In addition,using permeable pavers, a cistern and solar panel powered watering systems, it will reuseand recycle run off waters. Te project will help preserve this historic site, providebeautification to a gateway to the city and conserve water and natural resources in thespirit of Tomas Jefferson.❁


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Capital Trees Projects Named Virginia Treasuresby Governor McAuliffe

by Jeanette McKittrick ree Chopt Garden Club

Capital Trees, a Richmond non-profit orga-nization that took root with the GardenClub of Virginia’s first Bessie Bocock

Carter Conservation Award in 2010, was praisedby Governor Terry McAuliffe in his Earth Dayspeech at the Capitol in April. e speech, origi-nally to be presented on location at Capital Trees’Low Line project but displaced by rain, cited the

organization for its work in urban greening, envi-ronmental restoration and storm water mitigation. At a separate event attended by Capital

Trees patrons and state and city leaders, includingSecretary of Natural Resources Molly Ward, FirstLady of the Commonwealth Dorothy McAuliffepresented the organization with Virginia Treasure designation for three of its projects,the 14th Street Initiative, Great Shiplock Park and the Low Line. In turn, Capital Treespresented Secretary Ward and Mrs. McAuliffe with botanical art by James River GardenClub member Anne Blackwell ompson.

“e Capital Trees team has created something truly beautiful,” said Mrs. McAu-liffe. “Not only have they enhanced the scenic landscapes of Richmond and the historicbanks of the James River, but they have also restored ecological balance through theirstorm water management and land erosion efforts for future generations. is group hasbuilt partnerships across our community to ensure that our neighbors and visitors canenjoy the natural beauty of Richmond as they live, work and play.”

Capital Trees began with ree Chopt Garden Club’s renovation of an unsightlybut highly-visible median in Richmond’s West End. Inspired by a presentation at the2009 GCV Conservation Forum by Richmond’s then-Director of Community Plan-ning Rachel Flynn, garden club members raised their sights and the 14th Street Initia-

tive began, with a coalition among the four Richmond GCV clubs. Combining theirresources, the clubs worked together as a committee for several years until the organiza-tion incorporated and was granted independent non-profit organization status last year.

e Virginia Treasures program highlights Virginia’s natural, cultural and recre-ational assets while conserving land and water resources across the commonwealth.Capital Trees’ project at Great Shiplock Park, environmentally-sensitive landscaping ofthe park at the trailhead of the Virginia Capital Trail and adjacent to historic ChapelIsland, was a finalist for the GCV’s 2014 Common Wealth Award.

e 14th Street Initiative removed tons of impervious material from a concrete-choked artery sloping toward the James, replacing it with swamp white oaks and gink-goes in bio-filtration cells, continuous planting beds and rain gardens.

e Low Line is the on-going reclamation and restoration of 5.5 derelict acres onthe historic James River and Kanawha Canal, running along the Virginia Capital Trailand a CSX railroad trestle in Shockoe Bottom, a neighborhood that dates to the 1700sand the site of Richmond’s industrial origins, slave-trading history, and the landing ofLincoln in 1865.

For more information, visit www.capitaltrees.org . ❁

Jeanette McKittrick/Dorothy McAuliffe


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

The 82nd AnnualSponsored by the Hu

NUMBER OF HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITORS: 121

NUMBER OF HORTICULTURAL STEMS: 1803NUMBER OF INTERCLUB ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENTS: 47

NUMBER INDIVIDUAL ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENTS: 18

From the Sea to the StarsMarch 30, 2016

InterClub Class 247ACreative Botanic Design: Blue

e Garden Club of Fairfax

InterClub Class 247D

Parallel Design: Blue/Quad Bluee Hunting Creek Garden Club

InterClub Class 247BLate Colonial Design: Blue

Rivanna Garden Club

InterClub Class 247C

Phoenix Design: Bluee Garden Study Club

Individual Class 249Framed Spatial: Blue

e Sandra Sadler Baylor Award

Most Creative Individual Arrangement in Show

Lois Spencer, e Garden Clubof the Northern Neck

Individual Class 248Mille Fleur Design: Blue

Emily Barbee, e GardenClub of Gloucester

Artistic Awards

Photos by Lea Shuba


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

Dafodil Show, 2016 ntington Garden Club

Horticulture Awards

e Helen LouiseBroyhill Trophy

Best GCV Member3 stem standard

exhibitSuzanne Bresee,Dolley Madison

Garden Club

ADS Purple RibbonBest collection of five

different standardDaffodils

Ceci Brown, eGarden Clubof Gloucester

Mary McDermott BeirneChallenge Bowl

Section A Class 2 BlueMiriam L. Green,

e Ashland Garden Club

Individual Class 250 Assemblage Design: Blue

Tri-Color RibbonHunter Hankins Savage AwardBest Arrangement by a Novice

e Decca Gilmer Frackelton Award BestIndividual Arrangement in Show

Molly Trapani, e Garden Club of Norfolk

Individual Class 251Traditional Line Mass: Blue

Lizz Stanley,e Garden Study Club

Section A, Class 3Best InterClub

Collection: Bluee Spotswood Garden Club

Ceci Brown,e Garden Club

of Gloucester Winner of the ElizabethClopton Brown Member

Sweepstakes Trophy,e Anne Duvall MillerMassie Perpetual Trophy,GCV Open Sweepstakes

and the ADS SilverRibbon, with Jeanette

Cadwallender, President.


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e Oasis Dilemma by Katherine Campbell

e Princess Anne Garden Club

Formaldehyde was on my mind as I planned my arrangements for the 2015Historic Garden Week tour. I was assigned the lunchroom at the BrockEnvironmental Center, regional office of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. It

would be a wonderful opportunity to arrange with native plants, although that’s likeshowing up at the ball in a gingham gown when compared to arrangements featuringshowy hydrangeas, lilies, roses and delphinium. I had recently learned that Oasiscontains the toxic ingredients formaldehyde and carbon black. Both are carcinogens.Formaldehyde is dangerous when we dip our hands in the water or inhale the dust.It evaporates from an arrangement into the room. I could not justify introducingformaldehyde into one of the most energy efficient, environmentally smart buildings in

the world.Introduced in 1954, Oasis has become ubiquitous in floral arranging. With it,

we contrive our blooms to do whatever we dream of. But as we know from replicatingperiod styles, arrangers have been creating glorious arrangements since the 15 th century

without it. We can too. Chicken wire is great for holding heavy branches. Insertingflexible curly willow stems into a container provides a stable framework, as do frogs,cages and pebbles. A grid of tape across the top provides control, or inserting foliagefirst, which will buttress additional materials.

I chose chicken wire scrunched into Costco peanut cans inserted into wooden

boxes made from reclaimed fence rails. My materials were native and seasonal. I didn’t want native rudbeckia or liatris flown in; plants had to be growing locally. Our gorgeousnative ferns weren’t even at fiddlehead stage, so I settled on dogwood, yucca, trumpethoneysuckle vine, Spanish moss, and cattailsall native to Virginia’s Coastal Plain. Andplain it was, but also stately and stable. Although the materials shifted when the staffmoved arrangements overnight (horrors!), they were easily readjusted and arranging in

water keeps everything fresh.Like farm-to-table cuisine, arranging with

seasonal natives, formaldehyde-free, shouldbecome popular. As I write this in March

2016, I am on the wait list for a new productcoming to market. Made of recycled coconutfiber, Floral SoilTM is biodegradable and can bereused to grow cuttings or seeds. It is black-brown and holds ten times its weight in water.I visualize this handsome earth tone material

with ferns, Solomon’s seal and wild orchids,blurring the lines between an arrangementand a horticultural display. Attendees to the

October 2016 Board of Governor’s luncheonat the Brock Center will dine among such localnative plant arrangements, hopefully utilizingFloral SoilTM, gingham optional. ❁

Editor’s Note: For more information visit http://www.floralsoilsolutions.com


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Board of Directorse Garden Club of Virginia 2016-2018

Officers:President—Nina Mustard, e Williamsburg Garden Club1st Vice President— Jean Gilpin, e Winchester-Clarke Garden Club2nd Vice President—Susan Robertson, e James River Garden ClubTreasurer—Betsy Worthington, e Lynchburg Garden ClubRecording Secretary—Tricia Garner, e Rappahannock Valley Garden ClubCorresponding Secretary—Sue Rosser, e Martinsville Garden Club

Directors at Large:District 1 (2016-18) Janet Rosser, e Ashland Garden ClubDistrict 2 (2015-17) Emily Reed, e Augusta Garden ClubDistrict 3 (2016-18) Sidney Jordan, e Hampton Roads Garden ClubDistrict 4 (2016-18) Kris Carbone, e Garden Club of DanvilleDistrict 5 (2015-17) Kate Williams, Leesburg Garden ClubDistrict 6 (2015-17) Pam Combs, e Garden Club of Norfolk

Conservation and Beautification—Wendy Vaughn, e Princess Anne Garden Club

Development—Debbie Lewis, e Garden Study ClubFinance—Vicky Alexander, e Hunting Creek Garden Club

Flower Shows—Susan Wight, e Princess Anne Garden Club

Historic Garden Week— Meg Clement (2016), ree Chopt Garden Club;Betsy Casteen (2017 & 2018), e Charlottesville Garden Club

Horticulture—Catherine Madden, e Lynchburg Garden Club

Parliamentarian— Ann Gordon Evans, e Huntington Garden Club

Restoration—Dianne Spence, e Williamsburg Garden Club, e Garden Club ofGloucester

Immediate Past President— Jeanette Cadwallender, e Rappahannock ValleyGarden Club


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Reflections on the GCV India ripby Catriona udor Erler, GCV ravel Committee Chairman

Albemarle Garden Club

“We each came for different reasons, but our guide Karni said that no matter why wethought we were there, it was really because Mother India had called us.”~ Lea Shuba, Te Hunting Creek Garden Club

Mother India called, and 29 Garden Club of Virginia members, family and friendsanswered. Under the leadership of our local guide, Karni Singh, we began tounderstand the many layers and facets of this fascinating, complex country.

We came to see gardens … and we did! We visited gardens on palace grounds,encircling mausoleums, at hotels, in forts, on islands and, a highlight, at the President’sHouse in New Delhi, which are open to the public only in February and March.

We rode elephants, rickshaws and tuk-tuks (motorized rickshaws). We dined atthe world-renowned Spice Route Restaurant in New Delhi and in a private home in

Jaipur. We took boat rides on Udaipur’s beautiful Lake Pichola, and toured palaces,forts, mosques and temples. We drank local chai in the rural town of Barr where a free-roaming cow ate our paper cups. We met local people, and as our guide Karni said,“Local experiences and interaction with people will keep India in your heart. You’llforget most of the monument stories, but you’ll remember the people.”

On our last day when we were saying farewell, Karni taught us the Hindi wordalvadar , which means “until we meet again.” India is in our hearts. ❁

GCV President Jeanette Cadwallenderand husband Nick wearing welcome-to-India

marigold garlands.

Catriona Tudor Erler in the gardenat Rashtrapati Bhavan, the president’s

house in New Delhi.

Friskey Hickey, the Garden Clubof Alexandria. “It was the trip of

a lifetime. I still wake up thinkingabout that fascinating country

and its wonderful people.”


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Seriously Seeking Judgesby Gladys Lewis, GCV Flower Show Judges Chairman

Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club and Leesburg Garden Club

The Garden Club of Virginia is always seeking members to become artistic

judges for the GCV Daffodil, Lily and Rose Shows. If you love flowers and

enjoy expressing your creative instincts by arranging them, consider becoming

a GCV artistic judge.

As a judge, you will be an integral part of a great GCV tradition. As you walk

around the show, you cannot help but be moved by the beauty of each entry and by the

effort that has gone into creating them.

Artistic judges help make the shows possible. ey consider the entries and choose

the best. One new student judge commented that she had a glorious time and learnedso much.

Becoming a judge is fun and not as difficult as you may think. While there are

exams, they are open book using our online handbook and reference materials. You

will be expected to continue doing what we hope you already love: arranging for shows,

attending workshops and learning on the job as a student judge. Judging is also a great

responsibility. Competent judging and comment cards teach our members and the

public how to improve their skills as arrangers.

As an arranger and flower shows artistic judge, I love the stunning arrangements,

the opportunity to learn more about creating them and, especially, the joy in working

with members from all over the commonwealth. As a bonus, this Connecticut Yankee

enjoys seeing all parts of our gorgeous Virginia while I travel.

At the Flower Arranging School, a short discussionand hands-on session will discuss

“What’s Artistic Judging All About?”Look for time and place with the

Flower Arranging School announcements.

Save the Date!

GCV Flower Arranging School September 27, 2016

UR Jepson Alumni Center, Richmond


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Dedication of the Kitchen Road Project at Monticelloby Katya Spicuzza, GCV Restoration Committee

Albemarle Garden Club

Leslie Greene Bowman, president of the omas Jefferson

Foundation at Monticellowith Landscape Architect William Rieleyand Garden Club of Virginia President

Jeanette Cadwallender.© omas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello

On April 8, a ceremony was heldat omas Jefferson’s Monticel-

lo to commemorate completion

of the Kitchen Road Project funded by

the Garden Club of Virginia. e event

was attended by former GCV presidents,

current and past members of the GCV

Restoration Committee, the GCV Board

and members of the Albemarle, Charlot-tesville and Rivanna garden clubs.

Using many years of research by

William L. Beiswagner, the former Robert

H. Smith Director of Restoration at Mon-

ticello, William D. Rieley, GCV Land-

scape Architect, developed the landscape

drawings for the project. Field work was

subsequently performed to determine the

exact location of roads and paths. As a

result, Mulberry Row is now correctly

aligned from its eastern end stable to its

west end; steps have been installed, and

plants planted. e kitchen road and

path now connect to Mulberry Row and

resemble the landscape of Mr. Jefferson’s

time.

e completed GCV Kitchen Road

Project invites a trip to Monticello. For

more information see Candy Crosby’s

article in the December 2014 GCV

Journal, available online. ❁

e Garden Club of Virginia

appreciates responsible advertisingand 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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Lily Notes Show Time

by Carrie Darracott, GCV Lily Committee Chairmane Augusta Garden Club

The fragrance and sight of lilies beautifully

displayed awaits the novice as well as the

blue ribbon winner, not to mention the

general public, at the Garden Club of Virginia’s

74th Lily Show. Growing Green entries will be

welcomed for the second year. e show will

take place June 15-16 at e Foxcroft School in

Middleburg, hosted by Fauquier and LoudounGarden Club.

Entries of arrangements, lily horticulture and general horticulture will be accepted

on June 14 from 1:30 to 6 p.m., and on June 15 from 7:45 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. e Lily

Show schedule is posted on the GCV website (www.gcvirginia.org) and on the Fauquier

and Loudoun Garden Club website, (www.flgardenclub.org). e show opens to the

public on June 15 at 2 p.m., with the awards ceremony at 2:15 p.m.

e GCV Lily Committee has made arrangements for novice entrants to receive

special assistance. Visit the Novice Table in the workroom on June 14, anytimefrom 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. GCV Lily Committee members will be on hand to

answer questions about the exhibiting process. As always, there will be classification

information and assistance available in the workroom.

Whether a newcomer or an old hand, there are several things you can do to make

the entry process easier. e GCV website has archived the lily collections. Print them

to create a personal reference for identification and class entry information about each

lily you plan to bring.

To get a lily ready, label its stem with a tag. Using a waterproof pen, write cultivarname, class in which the stem will be entered, and collection year if for the Inter Club

Collection or if you have doubt about identification. Another resource worth reviewing

is “Entering a Flower Show.” It, too, can be found on the GCV website.

is year’s lily show is not just pink, orange and yellow. Growing Green, part

of the show’s general horticulture section, offers the opportunity to enter a hosta, a

container of edible herbs, succulents or blooming native perennials among other classes.

e Growing Green schedule can be found on either the GCV website or the Fauquier

and Loudoun Garden Club website, in addition to the lily show schedule. Growing

Green classifiers will be on hand to help; all entries will be accepted. ❁

If you have a business that needs to be seen, or if you know of one, the Journal is alwayslooking for appropriate advertisers to brighten our pages.

Please contact Anne Beals at [email protected] with your ideas.

Photos Provided by: Penny Dart


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Cedar Hill Cemetery Project by Mary Alice Dorschel

e Nansemond River Garden Club

Cedar Hill Cemetery is the only greenspace in downtown Suffolk. eNansemond River Garden Club ad-

opted an area suitable for a public-accessiblegarden within the cemetery as a civic projectin early 2001. Cedar Hill was an old settlershomestead dating back to 1802. e sitealso has an old chapel, unmarked graves,beautiful grand cedar trees, and a historiclivestock watering fountain restored by the

club. When researching the project, theclub’s CHC project committee found that Cedar Hill was an early NRGC civic project.e modern-day plan began with the hiring of Davyd Foard Hood, an architecturalhistorian. Hood found many unmarked graves at an open space in the vicinity of whatmay be the original site of the old Community Chapel. In 2005 and 2006, the clubbegan the planning of our Heritage Garden which won the Common Wealth Award in2006. e club was instrumental in having the cemetery placed on the National Regis-ter of Historic Places, the Virginia Land-marks Register, and having our work

named as a Legacy Project for Jamestown2007. After winning the CWA, thegarden was planted with scented plants,sturdy natives and annuals. Walkways,benches and an armillary completed thegarden plan. e area today is a beautifulmediation garden maintained by ourclub.

In conjunction with the City ofSuffolk, the club hired John Milner

Associates of Charlottesville to workon the Preservation Plan for Cedar HillCemetery. In 2015, the John Milnergroup won a prestigious award from theVirginia Chapter of the American Soci-ety of Landscape Architects for this plan.

e garden is now mature andthe final hardscape project has beencompleted. A bronze map, in Brailleand print, made by the Andrews LefevreCorp. of New York, gives detailed infor-mation indicating 10 important pointsof interest and providing orientation forsections within the cemetery. is statelybronze map has become a starting pointfor tours of this lovely Common Wealth

Award garden.❁

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e Blue Ridge Garden Club

Garden Club of Fairfaxe Garden Club of the

Northern Neck e Princess Anne Garden

Clube Tuckahoe Garden Club

of Westhampton

e Williamsburg GardenClub

Hilldrup Moving and Storage

Marsha Amory Anne Avery

Mr. and Mrs. Robert F.Baldwin, Jr.

Mary Louise BrownSharon ByrdGwen B. CarterLee Stuart Cochran

Jane EgglestonMiriam GreenSara Scott HargroveDonna S. HerbertSusan HodgesMac HoufekLyn Hutchens

Judy KiddBeverley King

Anne Vipperman Madonia

Alice Squires Martin

Lynn McCashin

Martha W. Medley

Poohdie Miller

Terri Nicholaou

Mrs. John J. O’Keefe III

Sarah H. Pierson

Lizz StanleyElaine Stephenson

Kathleen D. Sweet

Sherry Twining

Kathryn Lee Quarles Wafle

Mrs. Mitchell Mead Wells

Margaret Wood

Donor In Honor of

e Garden Club of Alexandria ................................................................Anne Baldwin Sally Guy Brown

Jennifer KelleyTuckie Westfall

Chatham Garden Club .....................................................................Mary Bruce Glaize Susan Timmonse Garden Club of Danville ...............................................................Susan TimmonsFauquier and Loudon Garden Club............................................................Peyton Wellse Garden Study Club .........................................................................Stuart Webster

e Mill Mountain Garden Club ......................................................Matilda Bradshaw e Garden Club of Norfolk .............................................Jeanette Rowe Cadwallendere Princess Anne Garden Club ........................................Jeanette Rowe Cadwallendere Virginia Beach Garden Club .......................................Jeanette Rowe Cadwallender

Jeanette Rowe Cadwallender ......................................................................Gillian Cady Robin IngramVirginia Cherry ............................................................................................Tori Brock Petie Ern ................................................................................................... Betty StriderMadeline Mayhood ...................................................................Sue and Tad ompson

Merrimac Garden Club ....................................................................Ann Gordon EvansSusan ompson .................................................................................Margaret Bemiss

Donor In Memory of e Charlottesville Garden Club ...........................................................Mattice Brandte Rappahannock Valley Garden Club .................................................Kathleen GlassRivanna Garden Club ...................................................................... Magueritte Bryant

Donor

C O N T R I B U T I O N SReport Period From 01/06/2016 rough 03/31/2016

Annual FundProvides essential ongoing support necessary to maintain GCV operations.

Nancy and Peter Brooks


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Winchester-Clarke Garden Club ..............................................................Sarah BurtonSusan Armfield .............................................................................Mary Lucille HankinsSheila E. Baker .......................................................................................Kathleen GlassKathryn P. Beale ..........................................................................Patricia Ann SimmonsGail Braxton ...........................................................................................Kathleen Glass

Jeanette Rowe Cadwallender ...................................................................Kathleen Glass Joanna D. Catron ...................................................................................Kathleen GlassRuth and Royden Daniels ...........................................................Mary Lucille HankinsBarbara Forbush .....................................................................................Kathleen GlassMarion Foster...............................................................................Mary Lucille HankinsMary Carter Frackelton ..........................................................................Kathleen GlassMrs. Muscoe R. H. Garnett, Jr. ...............................................................Kathleen GlassMary Lou Glass ......................................................................................Kathleen GlassGlenna M. Graves ..................................................................................Kathleen Glass

Jo Anne H. Kinnamon ...........................................................................Kathleen GlassRennie McDaniel ....................................................................................Kathleen Glassricia and Charles McDaniel ...................................................................Kathleen GlassMary S. Peake...............................................................................Mary Lucille HankinsRita Potter ...................................................................................Mary Lucille HankinsElizabeth M. Quarles ..............................................................................Kathleen GlassMaureen Sallade ..........................................................................Mary Lucille Hankins Jeanette PayneSarah Southworth ....................................................................................Kathleen Glass

Garden Club of Virginia Endowment Supports the ongoing preservation of the historic Kent-Valentine House,headquarters of the Garden Club of Virginia and Historic Garden Week.

DonorTe Ashland Garden ClubTe Princess Anne Garden ClubTe uckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton

Donor In Honor of Gabriella Garden Club .........................................................................Susan immonsMary . Kincheloe ....................................................................................... Pam PowersDonor In Memory of Beverley King .........................................................................................Virginia Guild

GCV Conservation FundSupports GCV clubs in local and statewide conservation projects.

DonorTe Blue Ridge Garden ClubDonor In Honor of Te Garden Club of Fairfax ............................................................... Diane WilkinsonSarah Chiffriller ................................................................. Jeanette Rowe Cadwallender


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RestorationSupports GCV Restoration projects across the Commonwealth.

Donor In Honor of e James River Garden Club .............................................................Margaret Bemiss

Anne G. Baldwin..................................................................................Margaret Bemiss William Rieley Kitty Lee Wafle

Jean E.R. Gilpin ...................................................................................Margaret Bemiss Mary Ann Johnson Kitty Lee Wafle

Donor In Memory of Anne G. Baldwin .................................................................................... Virginia Guild Anne Smith Paul

Barbara L’O. Catlett ................................................................................Virginia Guild Amy M. Vega ..........................................................................................Virginia GuildMartha Whipple......................................................................................Virginia Guild

SponsorshipSupports Events, Education, and Development.

Donor In Memory of George Stuckey ...............................................................Ann Miller Anderson Stuckey

Amendment to March Journal Annual Fund

Donor In Honor of Anne Beals ....................................................................... Jeanette Rowe Cadwallender

Common Wealth Award FundMartha Ware Bryan


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