Garden Club of Virginia March 2016 Journal

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WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG T G C V

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

F E Te lovely painting reproduced on this months cover is by Nan Mahone

Wellborn, a professional artist and member of the Roanoke Valley Garden Club.

Over the last several years, its been my pleasure to feature the work of many ofthe talented members of GCV clubs. Im grateful to the many artists and photog-raphers among us who have donated images of their work for our use, and wouldbe happy to hear from others who might have artwork suitable for our covers.

Only work with a vertical format will t the design of our cover, and wemust have a high-resolution photograph, 216 ppi or greater. Please see the Journal Overview page on the GCV website for technical details. If youd liketo submit your work for consideration, please contact me at [email protected]. Id be delighted to hear from you.

Jeanette McKittrick Tree Chopt Garden Club

Journal Editorial Board2015-2016

Editor and Chairman: Karla MacKimmie, Te Warrenton Garden Club

ExOfficio MembersGCV President, Jeanette Cadwallender, Te Rappahannock Valley Garden ClubGCV Corresponding Secretary, Linda Consolvo, Te Nansemond River Garden Club Journal Cover Editor, Jeanette McKittrick, Tree Chopt Garden ClubGCV Photographer, Esther Carpi, Te Hunting Creek Garden ClubGCV Communications Coordinator, Ann Heller

Journal Advertising Chairman, Anne Beals, Te Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

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

Aileen Laing, Te Warrenton Garden ClubSusan Morten, Te Martinsville Garden ClubHelen Pinckney, Te uckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton


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MARCH 2016 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG 1

ON HE COVER...

Hollins University: Gardens in theSpring, an oil painting by Nan Mahone

Wellborn of the Roanoke Valley GardenClub, features a GCV restoration garden.Nans beautiful work will be on displayon May 26 and is one of many compel-ling reasons to attend GCV HorticultureField Day in Blacksburg. See the articleon page 12.

IN HIS ISSUE ...Historic Garden Week ........................ 2

Why Do We Give ................................. 3Slate of Officers ......................................4Common Wealth Award 2015 ...............4Centennial .................................................6Daffodil Notes ......................................9GCV 101 ........................................... 10Te Rise ..............................................11Horticulture Field Day ........................12

Alexandria Garden Club History .......14

Green Spring ...................................... 15Mason Neck Field rip ........................16Ex Libris .............................................17Boxwood Blight ..................................18In Memoriam ..................................... 19Film Festival .......................................20Club Notes ........................................ 21Stream and Wetland ...........................22

Lily Notes .......................................... 23Invasive Plants ....................................24Contributions ..................................... 25

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

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

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

Te Garden Club of Virginia Journal

Te Garden Club of Virginia Journal(USPS 574-520, ISSN 0431-0233) ispublished four times a year for membersby the GCV, 12 East Franklin St.,Richmond, VA 23219. Periodical postagepaid in Richmond, VA. Single issue price,$5.00.

Copy and ad deadlines are: January 15 for the March 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: Jeanette Cadwallender

Journal Editor:Karla MacKimmie8505 Lees Ridge Road

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

Journal Advertising Chairman: Anne Beals801 Hanover Street #1Fredericksburg, VA 22401Phone: (540) 226-2841Email: [email protected]

Vol. LXI, No. 1Printed on recycled paper by Carter Printing Company Richmond, VA


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2 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG G C V

Americas Largest Open House is VirginiasOldest Volunteer ourism Project

by Karen Cauthen EllsworthDirector of Historic Garden Week

In Te Magazine Antiques (May/June 2015), omChristopher notes, Garden tours are common enough,but none on the scale of Virginias Historic Garden Week, when volunteerism rises to the level of activism. For thegarden lover this event is an unparalleled feast. For the statesheritage it is a lifeline. Tis year, Historic Garden Week offers30 different tours organized and hosted by you, the 3,300dedicated Garden Club of Virginia members.

GCV members were early leaders in conservation andenvironmental concerns. While they might not have imaginedthat Historic Garden Week tours would embrace social mediato promote its tours or offer biking as a way to enjoy three tours this spring, the missionremains solidly the same. Our members are committed to their communities and ourstate when they work in April and throughout the year for their clubs Historic Garden

Week tour, said Meg Clement, Historic Garden Week State Chairman. Tis pride inour hometown tour results in cultural and economic benets for communities all acrossour state.

our proceeds support GCV's efforts to restore historic gardens throughout thestate that are open to the public. From Ker Place on the Eastern Shore to HistoricHenry County Courthouse in Martinsville, from Stratford Hall Plantation in idewaterto John Handley High School in Winchester, millions of dollars have been raised topreserve the beauty of public gardens for future generations. Nearly 30,000 visitorsattend Historic Garden Week annually.

A new federal study shows that the number of volunteers serving non-prots inVirginia surpassed two million, so GCV members are in good company. Virginiansvolunteered more than 300 million hours last year, worth more than $7.8 billion based

on the Virginia Employment Commissions estimate of the average value of a volunteerhour. Virginians have a strong desire to help their communities and reach out tothose in need, said Gail Harris, Director of the Virginia Office on Volunteerism andCommunity Service. A strong sense of civic engagement builds strong communities.Te Historic Garden Week study by Chmura Economics & Analytics completed in 2014estimates that the cumulative economic impact of the countrys only statewide houseand garden tour for the last 45 years is an impressive $425 million. Our volunteers areour most precious resource. Te economic impact study helped validate our work, said

Meg Clement.It is not surprising that Historic

Garden Week immediately followsNational Volunteer Week, April 12-18,

when our countrys call to volunteerismis recognized. Club members should beproud of their volunteer efforts duringHistoric Garden Week that recognizes ourstates heritage and its future.


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Why Do We Give of our ime, alents and reasure?by Betsy Rawls Agelasto, GCV Development Committee

Te Virginia Beach Garden Club

I often ponder the reason why each of us gives so much of our time and talents toour garden clubs and the Garden Club of Virginia when our busy lives are being

pulled in different directions. What makes garden club different? I read the answer

one day in the Garden Club of AmericaBulletin. Written by then-president KatieHeins, she said, Our clubs and the GCA give us an opportunity to educate ourselves

and others; they provide the possibilities for both personal growth and channels

to create positive change in our lives, our communities, and in the environment.

Collaboration not only of efforts but of goals and ideas is essential and this is what we

nd in our clubs and in the GCA. She went on to say, a club member told me she

loved her club and the GCA because they stretch her to be more than she would be and

the GCA enables her club to be more than it would be on its own.

Tese same words could be said about the Garden Club of Virginia. Tis is the

reason we give so much of our time and talents to GCV. I also realized that none of this

would be available for us if we did not give also of our treasure to both our clubs and toGCV: the very popular Horticulture Field Day, the educational Conservation Forum

and Legislative Day, the incredible ower shows and workshops, the list goes on. Our

prots from Historic Garden Week are designated for restoration projects at historic

Virginia landmarks and properties. So where does the money come from to run GCV

and the many activities we love? It comes from good folks like you and me who give

to the GCV Annual Fund or make donations to other GCV funds. Te dividends we

receive on the money we give are enormous: a continuing education in horticulture,

conservation, and preservation and an opportunity to participate in events and activities

throughout the state. But most of all, it is the rewards we receive in the camaraderie and

friendship of such talented and intelligent women from around the state. Our lives are

enriched by the many advantages of association with the Garden Club of Virginia. Tis

is why I give to the Garden Club of Virginia.

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.


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Te Board of Directors approved the following slate of Officers and Directors at Large

for the Garden Club of Virginia to serve from 2016 through 2018. A vote will be taken by the membership at the Annual Meeting.

PRESIDENNina Mustard

Te Williamsburg Garden Club

FIRS VICE PRESIDEN Jean Gilpin

Winchester-Clarke Garden Club

SECOND VICE PRESIDENSusan Robertson

Te James River Garden ClubRECORDING SECRE ARY

ricia GarnerTe Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Sue Rosser

Te Martinsville Garden Club

REASURER Betsy Worthington

Te Lynchburg Garden Club

DIREC ORS A LARGEDistrict 1

Janet RosserTe Ashland Garden Club

District 3Sidney JordanTe Hampton Roads Garden Club

District 4Kris Carbone

Te Garden Club of Danville

Ground breaking and dedication of the Blue Ridge Juvenile Detention CenterGarden, Charlottesville, November 17, 2015. Pictured are Josh Fiskatt,

Cathy Roessller and Charlie Edwards of Blue Ridge Juvenile Detention Centerand Sally Nelson and President Phyllis Ripper, Rivanna Garden Club.

Common Wealth Award 2015


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Te Garden Club of Virginia appreciates responsible advertising and reserves the rightto 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.

Plans for our Centennial Progress by Anne Cross, GCV Centennial Chairman

Te Ashland Garden Club

On May 13, 1920, representatives of eight Virginia garden clubs gatheredin Richmond and did something extraordinary. Tey created the GardenClub of Virginia. Tey were part of a new generation of women willing to

challenge the status quo. Tey had common interests, a great love of the natural beautyof Virginia, and a mission. Glancing through the newspapers of the past century andthe headlines generated by our work, one realizes how seriously that mission was taken.

We are their heirs. We take great pride in the amazing work of GCV and look forward

to carrying it into the next 100 years. Te Centennial Committee is hard at work, andthe framework for a multi-faceted celebration is set.

Te Centennial subcommittee for Parks is charged with education and networking with parks. In the 1920s, GCV saw that parks are necessary to preserve open space, theenvironment and native plants. All regions of the state have interesting parks where onecan explore nature and learn about important cultural history. We aim to reinvigoratethe ties between GCV and the parks and the incredible opportunities the parks provide.

Our gift of $500,000 ($100,000 per year) over the next ve years will support VirginiaState Parks across the state.

In the spring of 2020, an exhibit about the signicant work of GCV will openat the Virginia Historical Society. Tere are many topics to cover: billboards, invasiveplants, parks, Goshen Pass, beautication, restorations of iconic Virginia gardens,horticulture, Historic Garden Week, ower arranging and inuential ladies. Te exhibit

will serve as a focal point for events and provide statewide exposure in a prestigious

setting. It will be open in time for Historic Garden Week and remain open for severalmonths.

Our celebration, much like a symposium, will take place in mid-May on the heelsof the Annual Meeting hosted by the James River Garden Club. Te celebration willinclude speakers and a party. We also are planning a centennial publication. Tere ismuch left to do to get ready, but we are underway. Stay tuned!


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DaffodilNotes ips for Enjoying Horticulture Exhibits at a Daffodil Show

by Janet G. Hickman, GCV Daffodil Committee Chairman

Te Hillside Garden Club he 82nd Garden Club of Virginia Daffodil Show will be hosted by theHuntington Garden Club at the Hampton Roads Convention Center,Hampton. Entries will be accepted beginning uesday, March 29; the show

will be open March 30-31, with judging and awards Wednesday, March 30. Lets walkthrough the show together:

Stop at the doorway, close your eyes, and take a deep breath. Daffodils smelllike spring. As you walk through the show, sniff to see which ones are the mostfragrant.

Open your eyes and marvel at the number and variety of blooms. Depending onthe weather, the GCV show is one of the largest in the country.

Pick up a copy of the show schedule which explains the different classes. Tereare lots of blue ribbons because of the many subdivisions by type, color, dateregistered, etc.

Look at the collection your club entered (Section A, Class 3). Congratulate yourdaffodil chairman because she has worked hard to stage that entry.No entry for your club? Commit to helping your chairman next year by growingthe blooms needed.

Make note of the blooms you like best. Bulbs should be ordered by late springfor fall planting. Links to reliable sources are on the GCV and American DaffodilSociety websites. (daffodilusa.org)

Go to the awards table to see the best entries. Can you see why they won?If not, ask. See if your own favorite is there.

Pay special attention to the classes where three of a kind are shown in a vase. Ifthe exhibitor could get three nice blooms, it is probably a reliable variety thatblooms and multiplies well in our area. Similarly, if you see many of a particularnamed variety in one class, it is likely easy to grow here.

Do you have an older garden? Study the Historics and Classics sections(Sections J and L) to help identify the daffodils growing in your garden.

Check out the Small Grower section (Section G) where the varieties areoften more easily found and sensibly priced.

Notice the miniature daffodils (Section I) which aregood if your space is limited. Many of these can be grownsuccessfully in pots. Look for the ones with the most entriesas they may be the easiest to grow.

Snap photos of your favorites to add to your wish list.

Of course, the most fun is to bring your own blooms to enter.


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What Teyre Saying about GCV 101by Nancy Kaylor

Te Garden Club of Danville

he newly launched member orientation program is drawing rave reviewsfrom attendees at recent sessions of GCV 101. Te membership committeerevamped the program in 2015 under the leadership of Kris Carbone in an

effort to help new and not-so-new members jump-start their Garden Club of Virginiamembership. Te 60-minute program helps connect members with opportunities toexplore their interests.

Susan Musick of the Nansemond River Garden Club attended the October GCV101 in Richmond. Susan considered the orientation rst rate and said, From the

moment I stepped into the Kent-Valentine House, it felt gracious and welcoming. Tenew members meeting was crafted in such a way that while you were being informedand learning, it did not reach a point of saturation. I came away with a greater sense ofpurpose and focus on our important issues.

Becky Farrar attended GCV 101 in Danville at the Rose Show as the MartinsvilleGarden Clubs new president. Even though Ive been a member since the mid-1970sand felt I knew a great deal about GCV, I wanted to know just how much could becovered in such a short window of time. I learned GCV organizational functions that Ididnt already know, she said. She found the presentation concise and well organized.

I had the pleasure of meeting a wonderful group of women from different areasof our state. Some were new to GCV and others had been long-time members. Teenthusiasm and loyalty to both GCV and to their respective clubs was on shiningdisplay, said Sarah Haley of the Garden Club of Danville. Sarah appreciated the wealthof information presented and the handouts. For new members just beginning toappreciate the beauty and the reward of ower arranging and tending home gardens, theinformation will be a point of reference for me as I become more involved and expandmy interests in gardening, she said.

Gabriella Garden Clubs Jenny Elder thoroughly enjoyed GCV 101. I learnedvaluable information about the many facets of our club at the state level, and the manydifferent ways I can become involved beyond my local club, she said.

GCV President Jeanette Cadwallender encourages members to consider attendinga GCV 101 session. When we join our local clubs, we dont necessarily have anappreciation for the umbrella organization, the GCV, she said. Tese orientations arehelpful in understanding the areas of focus within the GCV and programs available tomembers; all are opportunities to expand knowledge and make good friends along the

way.Te next GCV 101 is March 30, 2016, during the 82nd Annual GCV Daffodil

Show in Hampton. Look for a registration link in the Presidents Message emails, visitthe GCV website or contact your club president or membership chair.


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Te Garden Club of Gloucester Monday, Day 1Sarah Finney, Vivian Shackelford and Shannah Cooperspent all morning cutting, collecting and conditioningowers for the Garden Club of Gloucesters artisticentry in the Garden Club of Virginias annual RoseShow, which would take place in Danville.Spent all afternoon creating a mass arrangement in theItalian Renaissance (big) style. Had a great container.Tree arrangers lled with enthusiasm and hope.Finished about 6 p.m., and carefully stored said bigarrangement in Sarahs garage refrigerator. Went to bed

with visions of blue ribbons running through theirheads.

uesday, Day 2Sarah awoke at 3 a.m. and immediately went to check on the status of the masterpiece.OMG! Frozen solid. Refrigerator malfunction.Spent the next two hours watching it defrost. Vivian arrived. With extra owers,

decided they could probably get together something presentable before the owerchauffeur, Kathy Klein, arrived to takethe arrangement to Danville. Found thatif they peeled off the roses outer petals,

what was left was usable. Te zinnias,dahlias, marigolds, hydrangeas, lilies andgs had turned to brown mush.Resurrection No. 1 accomplished. Tougha bit battered and bruised, off the resur-rected arrangement went to Danville.

Wednesday, Day 3Kathy arrived early, did some tweaking,and took the arrangement to be passed asrequired before placing it on the pedestal.Had barely gotten through the workroomdoor when the whole arrangement a bittop-heavy fell out of the vase.Kathy, pro that she is, scrounged extraowers from exhibitors, and put thearrangement all together again, withminutes to spare.Resurrection No. 2 accomplished.

AfterwordTe refrigerator repairman was scheduledto come on uesday.


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Horticulture Field Day 2016by Cathy Leitch, GCV Horticulture Committee

Roanoke Valley Garden Club

Relive part of your college experience during Horticulture Field Day 2016. Enjoy

a day of interesting and engaging lectures without the nal exam.

Horticulture Field Day 2016 will be held on May 26 on the campus of Virginia

ech in Blacksburg. Speakers include Robert Saunders, Bonnie Satterthwaite, Paul

Westervelt and Elissa Steeves.

Robert Saunders is the Sales Manager of Saunders Brothers, a 100-year-old family-

owned wholesale nursery that has been growing boxwood for 60 years. His presentation

will focus on the proper care of boxwood, boxwood blight and alternatives to English

boxwood. Bonnie Satterthwaite is the Southeast erritory Sales Manager for Espoma.

She has 30 years of experience in the lawn and garden industry and will speak about

organic gardening. Paul Westervelt, the Annual & Perennial Production Manager for

Saunders Brothers, was so popular at HFD 2014 at Pharsalia that the GCV Horticul-

ture Committee is thrilled to welcome him back to his alma mater. Paul's presentation

is entitled "Perennials for Multiple Seasons." Elissa Steeves is a local gardening legend whose gardens have been featured inSouthern Living , Horticulture , and the October2015 issue ofVirginia Gardener . Elissa is an adventurous gardener with a love of plantsand color. Her presentation is entitled "Aging Gracefully as the Garden Matures."

A tour of Elissa's fabulous gardens will be offered the afternoon preceding HFD.

Lunch will be served in the Hahn Horticulture Garden. Its six acres include shade

gardens, a meadow garden, perennial borders, water features and a conifer display. Dur-

ing lunch there will be a demonstration of sand-casted leaf making. Attendees may alsovisit Stadium Woods, an 11-acre stand of rare, urban, old-growth forest located within

walking distance of the Hahn Garden.

Field Day will also include vendors specializing in conifers, succulents, and sand-

casted leaf sculptures and orbs. Nan Mahone Wellborn, a painter of plein air landscapes

and a Roanoke Valley Garden Club member, will display her artwork.

Te Inn at Virginia ech will serve as the location for early check-in. Tere will be

a block of rooms reserved for attendees. While in Blacksburg, visit the "We RememberMemorial," dedicated to those slain on April 16, 2007. our Historic Smitheld Planta-

tion, take a hike at nearby Pandapas Pond or play a round of golf at Pete Dye River

Course of Virginia ech. Horticulture Field Day 2016 is not to be missed. See the GCV

website for details and registration.


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Te 2016 Garden Club of Virginia Annual Meeting Alexandria: Where History Grows

by uckie Westfall Te Garden Club of Alexandria

he Garden Club of Alexandria grew from the vision and forethought of10 charter and founding members who, in October 1925, so pleasantlyorganized themselves to stimulate interest in civic planting, to promote

amateur gardening, and to aid in the protection of our native trees, shrubs, wild owersand birds. We look forward to entertaining you in our historic city May 9-11 for the2016 Annual Meeting of the Garden Club of Virginia.

Our clubs rst decade was marked by a number of achievements. Challenged in1926 to enlist in every way possible to obtain our quota of acreage in the ShenandoahNational Park, members funded 100 acres in the park. We all benet from thatcommitment today. Te same year, our founders sponsored Alexandrias rst owershow in the Old City Market. In 1928, we undertook the restoration of the courtyardat historic Gadsbys avern, a center of political, business, and social life in early

Alexandria. Te project received the Massie Medal for Distinguished Achievement in1932, an honor also accorded to extraordinary club members Mrs. Howard B. Bloomer,

Jr. in 1971 and Mrs. Tomas C. Brown, Jr. in 2015.Te 1938 Garden Club of Virginia Narcissus Show was dedicated to Mrs. Floyd

Harris of the Garden Club of Alexandria for her leadership as Narcissus est Chairman.It was through Mrs. Harris that the Narcissus Show became an integral part of theGCV calendar. Later, the garden clubs switched from narcissus to daffodil to conformto Royal Horticultural Society nomenclature. In 1966, the wonderfully named Mrs.Bloomer ew to London with a well-packed box of 15 daffodil specimens from her

garden to enter in the Royal Horticultural Society Daffodil Show. She won 12 awards:three blue, six red and three yellow. It is said that Kitty Bloomer talked to her daffodils,

washed their faces, made sure they held their shoulders straight, and called each one byname. Tey always responded.

Alexandria is a small city in a densely developed urban area. Protecting andpreserving our natural environment has become a priority. We have led beauticationand conservation efforts including establishment of the Dyke Marsh freshwater tidal

wetlands along the George Washington Parkway leading to Mount Vernon.Our members continue the legacy of horticulture and civic beautication. We

maintain a robust commitment to conservation and sustainability and encourageour members to walk the walk. Please join us and enjoy the view from a path sopleasantly organized where history grows and is nurtured by generations of GardenClub of Alexandria members.


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Beatrix Farrands Green Spring by Anne Baldwin, GCV Restoration Committee

Te Garden Club of Alexandria

hose attending the

Garden Club of Virginia

Annual Meeting in May

are invited to visit one of our most

recent restorations, the Beatrix

Farrand Landscape at Green Spring

Gardens, which was presented June10, 2015. Located just outside the

City of Alexandria in Fairfax County, this is one of the last projects of Beatrix Farrands

celebrated career and is her only landscape design in Virginia. Te property has been

owned by the Fairfax County Park Authority since 1970. It features a 1784 house

that was redesigned in 1942 by Colonial Revival architect, Walter Macomber, and the

garden that Beatrix Farrand redid that same year.Beatrix Farrand was the only woman of the 11 founding members of the American

Society of Landscape Architects. Her work from the 1890s to the 1950s included

grand estates, public parks, college campuses and the White House. Te gardens of

Dumbarton Oaks in Washington D.C. are considered the masterpiece of her career. At

Green Spring, this master of grand spaces was able to showcase her design philosophy in

a small space.Green Spring was the home of Michael and Belinda Straight, who were family

friends of the designer. Te garden room Farrand designed behind the house provided

the perfect outdoor space for entertaining. Te spacious lawn is enclosed by a boxwood

crescent.

Te Garden Club of Virginia was asked to help preserve this historic landscape.

Under the direction of our landscape architect, William D. Rieley, the stone retaining

wall behind the crescent was rebuilt and perennials were planted in front of the

boxwood. Te preservation of this garden was important to Green Spring, where visitors

learn about Beatrix Farrand and her signicant cultural legacy in American landscape

design.


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Forget the Box,Tink Outside!

A Garden Club of Virginia Field rip

toMason Neck State Park 7301 High Point Road

Lorton, VA Bring your hiking shoes, binoculars

and an adventurous spirit!

Tursday April 7, 201611 a.m.-2 p.m.

RSVP to [email protected] by April 1, 2016, for a head count and to reserve a box lunch!


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

Te Petersburg Garden Club

Do you ever wonder about the 60 Catesby prints displayedat the Kent-Valentine House? Tere is beautyand detail in each print, but why do we value

them and how much do we know about the printsnaturalist artist, Mark Catesby?Te Curious MisterCatesby , by E. Charles Nelson and David J. Elliott(Te University of Georgia Press, 2015. 425 pages)is a new addition to the K-VH library. Te books

objective is to review the life and work of Catesbyand to present an extraordinary and comprehensiveaccount of his life.

Mark Catesby (1683-1749) was an Englishnaturalist and artist who came to Americain 1712 at the age of 29 and stayed for sevenyears, painting and studying plants and animals.No portrait of him is known, but he left us a scientic and historicalhistory of botanical and zoological specimens. In 1722, Fellows of the Royal Societysponsored his return to North America and he began cataloguing the ora and faunaof the Carolinas and the Bahamas by gathering seeds and specimens, compiling notesand drawing watercolor sketches. Upon his return to England ve years later, he beganthe 20-year task of writing, etching, and publishing his monumental book,Te Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands .

In Chapter 8, Mark Catesbys world: Virginia, Sarah Hand Meacham focuseson his arrival in Virginia. Although records do not detail his stay, the herbarium labelson plants he sent from Virginia to England survive, as does the diary of William Byrd

II, owner of Westover and Catesbys principal host, who detailed Catesbys visit withhim.Catesby was inuenced primarily by John Banister, who traveled to Virginia in

1678 as an Anglican minister and naturalist, and by other botanists and naturalistsincluding Maria Sibylla Merian, Tomas Fairchild, William Dampier and CarlLinnaeus. Linnaean names were based on information supplied by Catesby and plants

were named in Catesbys honor. Tose following in the footsteps of Mark Catesby were many; among them George Edwards, Georg Dionysius Ehret, William Bartram, John Latham, Alexander Wilson and John James Audubon.

Catesbys inuence in documenting the natural history of the New World is well known, but it should be noted that he was the principal authority for North American animals. Also of value in this publication is an appendix which containsthe identication of plants and animals illustrated by Catesby, an index of scienticnames and an extensive chronology of his life. Tis historical and detailed book is forboth scientic and general audiences.


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Coping with Boxwood Blight by Sue Tompson, GCV Restoration Committee

Te uckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton

One of our beloved restorations has been infected with a blight that requiresremoval of its signicant boxwood, yet the Garden Club of Virginia sees anopportunity. It was with regret and practical necessity that the Restoration

Committee endorsed the removal of boxwood from the Woodrow Wilson PresidentialLibrary in Staunton. May this article inform the membership about the best availableinformation and practices.

Boxwood blight,Cylindrocladium buxicola or Calonectria pseudonaviculata , hasbeen in Virginia since 2011, having been in Europe for at least a decade. Symptomsinclude brown leaf spots that lead to defoliation. Additionally, black streaking becomesevident on stems. Leaf spotting can resembleVolutella , another disease.

Boxwood blight may be contained by application of strong fungicides. Te disease will only be controlled, however, not eradicated. Tere is currently no cure. Best prac-tices for control can be found through the Virginia Cooperative Extension service.

Te major means of spread of this disease is by movement of contaminated plantmaterial (e.g. container or eld-grown boxwood, boxwood greenery used for holi-day decoration), according to Best Management Practices for Boxwood Blight, anExtension service publication. Wet, warm conditions provide the ideal environment forthe spread of the disease through sticky, water-born spores andmicrosclerotium, smallclumps of generally thick-walled cells. Te spores adhere easily to clothing, equipmentor anything that has come into contact with infected plants. Spores have a relativelyshort life span;microsclerotium, however, can become active after remaining dormant inleaf debris for a decade.

If you see evidence that suggests blight, contact your local extension agent forconrmation. While buxus sempervirens Suffruticosa is most susceptible, blight caninfect other cultivars. When planning to purchase boxwood, ask nursery personnel iftheir boxwood come from producers participating in the Boxwood Blight Cleanliness

Program. Tese growers adhere to strict standards of cleanliness, and they are inspectedby the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Certain varietiesseem to be resistant; a reputable nursery can offer guidance.

Keep all tools clean and insist that maintenance crews sterilize their tools andvehicles before coming onto your property. It is an extreme move, but any debris fromanother property where blight is found can be carried onto your property, even on solesof work boots.

Tink before purchasing new boxwood. If it is the only suitable plant for a givensituation, purchase plants from the most reliable sources. If possible, consider alterna-

tive plants. Virginias climate and soils are hospitable to many superb evergreen shrubs.Nurserymen and scientists are dedicated to controlling boxwood blight and to ndinga cure. Our job is to stay educated and to share correct, current information.

Editors Note: For more information,visit the Horticulture page on gcvirginia.org.


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In Memoriam 2015

Celeste Adams

Martha Armstrong Mattice Fritz Brandt Alta BrownBliss BrownBeth Cook Martha Embrey Dot Garner Virginia Guild Virginia Hodnett

Susanne Johnson Jeckie Kilham Jack Lamond Sara Ann Lindsey Annie Massie Ann McIntosh Dot Montgomery

Margaret Morris

Mary Peacock Mary Page Pettyjohn Ann Reams Grace Warren Rowell Phelps

Rhinesmith Patty Simmons Doris Smith Jean aylor Liz Tompson

Grace Warren Alice Marshall Wertheimer Murr Wieboldt Margaret Williams Doris Park MacDougal WinnBetty Wright Sarah 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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Club Notes Te Dolley Madison Garden Club 2015 Community Project

by Mary Stroh QueitzschDolley Madison Garden Club

he Dolley Madison Garden Club selectedDogwood Village of Orange County for its 2015community project. Tey donated and planted

a tree in the Village garden to honor Virginia Mason,a current resident and DMGC president from 1979 to1981. Te project, conceived by the clubs Horticultureand Community Projects Committees, became a multi-faceted event involving the residents, who made edible

bird ornaments for the newly planted tree.Te club worked with Grelen Nursery, a localbusiness. Grelen contributed towards and planted abeautiful 8-foot-tall Oriental Spruce,Picea orientalis ,centered in the gardens between the two wings ofDogwood Village so all residents can enjoy the tree.

In December, club members donated materials andhelped residents make decorations for the tree. As some worked inside, others wereoutside creating playful, bird-friendly designs for the tree. So many ornaments werecreated that the new tree was quickly lled and dozens of others were also decorated

with the resident-made ornaments.Dedication of the tree followed and a permanent plaque honoring Mrs. Mason was placed at its base. Mayor of Orange Chuck Mason regaled the audience withmany stories of his step-mother, a beloved member of our club.

Club Notes Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club oasts 100 Years

by Peggy Rust Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club

M embers of the Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club gathered in the homeof Mimi Abel-Smith in Middleburg for a champagne toast to mark theoccasion of our 100th anniversary. Many ladies adorned themselves inperiod dress and jewels and,of course, carried parasols.

All meetings this past year

were hosted on the estatesof founding members. It hasbeen a festive and fulllingyear as we celebrated andlearned more about ourhistory. Cheers!


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Stream and Wetland Mitigation Project by Libby Devlin

Leesburg Garden Club

My family, owners of Rockland Farm, is spearheading an environmentallysignicant stream and wetland mitigation project on Limestone Branch.It is an ecologically important Potomac River tributary.

Rockland, built in 1822 by Gen. George Rust and still owned by hisdescendants, has approximately 5,000 linear feet along Limestone Branch. Storm

water run-off, the result of encroaching development on surrounding farmland, hasimpaired Limestone Branch. Te run-off creates extensive sediment deposits, whichare discharged into the Potomac River and, ultimately, the Chesapeake Bay.

Creating, restoring and preserving wetlands and streams to a naturalized statecan be both practical and protable for private landowners, thanks to the EPA-drivenprocess called mitigation banking. Te Virginia Department of EnvironmentalQuality and the U.S. Army Core of Engineers are managing the process. My siblingsand I are partnering with Maser Consulting and government regulatory personnelto establish a private mitigation bank. Te goal of its creation is to make substantialimprovements to the Limestone Branch watershed. Senior Environmental ScientistMark Romulus and Masers staff have been collecting and analyzing environmentaldata for baseline information needed for mitigation bank approval.

At the suggestion of government regulators, we invited our neighbors toparticipate in the mitigation bank and to share in the nancial and environmentalbenets.

Libby Devlin and Mark Romulus on the bank of the Limestone Branch.


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Lily Notes eamwork

by Carrie Darracott, GCV Lily Committee ChairmanTe Augusta Garden Club

Each year at the Garden Club of Virginia Lily Show, you will see a table groaningunder the weight of tall lily stems in gin bottles. On that table are groups oflilies carefully arranged and separated from each other by ribbons. You will havediscovered the only lily horticulture class in the show that is not open to individuals.Te Inter Club Collection is a club exhibit organized by your club lily chairman, andit consists of eight different varieties of lilies from previous GCV Lily Collections. Tis

year it will include the 2005-2014 collections. Lilies exhibited in this class come fromthe gardens of any member of your club.

Piece of cake, you may exclaim. Your lily chairman should have no problemnding eight lilies to exhibit from around sixty lilies on the list. She would probably

welcome your help to enter an exhibit and perhaps even win a ribbon. In spite ofgardening expertise and excellent lily varieties, lilies manage to die off, be left behind

when gardeners move, or languish on the back burner when other priorities ascend.o help your lily chairman exhibit strong stems of eight different lilies, give your

lilies the fertile soil, good drainage, food and water which they need to ourish. If youreally want to help, maintain a list oflilies you plant, map their locations, andlabel them in the garden. Te North

American Lily Society is an excellentsource of information for everythingabout lilies, including instruction forplanting and growing the healthy stems

for exhibition. Te NALS website isfound at www.lilies.org. Te GCV

website offers color illustrations anddescriptions of all the recent annual lilycollections on the public page underFlower Shows, Lily, Lily Collection

Archives.Finally, let your chairman know

ahead of time what lilies may beavailable in your garden for the exhibit.

You may even want to accompany herto the show and help stage the exhibit.

eamwork leads to success. Andmay the best team win.


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Invasive Plants: Te Good,the Bad and the Ugly

by Carol Carter Albemarle Garden Club

he good news on the invasive plant front is a new organization in Virginiaready to do battle through research, outreach and education. Blue RidgePRISM (Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management) is a coalition

of landowners, local experts, landscape professionals and environmental groups thatintends to target invasive species for eradication and to educate landowners and thepublic how best to accomplish that. BRPRISM is modeled after Cooperative WeedManagement Associations in other parts of the country. Tese coalitions build strengthby bringing together experts and landowners with common interests in protecting thenative landscape. BRPRISM covers a 10-county area in central Virginia. See the websitefor more information about this helpful new organization: blueridgeprism.org.

Te bad news is very bad indeed, even bad enough to keep you up at night. Japanese stiltgrass, Microstegium vimineum, is a fast-spreading invasive grass that wemust identify and take early steps to eradicate when we spot it on our property. Garden

writer Ken Druse says the rst time he ever considered giving up on gardening was afterconfronting this fast-moving scourge. Garden writer Anne Raver bemoans that it is nowchoking her own sliver of woods. While we diligently ght to control privet, ailanthusand autumn olive, stiltgrass seems to take over acres in the blink of an eye. It looksdelicate, but it travels quickly and forms dense colonies through which nothing else cangrow. If you see it, stop it. See these excellent photos: www.nps.gov/plants/alien/pubs/midatlantic/mivi.htm

And then there is the ugly. English ivy is choking beautiful trees from our toniestneighborhoods to our parks and roadways. Seemingly innocuous when growinghorizontally, English ivy matures and sets seed

when it is allowed to grow vertically. Birds eatthe seed, y to another tree, do what birds do,and then more ivy grows up a new tree. Tis vineholds moisture and creates a haven for insectsalong the tree bark while the weight of the ivyon the branches is very stressful to the trees. Didyou know that English ivy also creates wonderfulscaffolding for rats to climb and nest? See thisexcellent how-to guide for ivy removal from

Arlington ree Stewards: www.treestewards.org/take-ivy-off-trees/. Te world would be a betterplace if we all could liberate a few trees and teachour neighborhood associations about this insidiousmonster.


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Donor

C O N R I B U I O N SReport Period From 10/01/2015 Trough 12/31/2015

Annual FundProvides essential ongoing support necessary to maintain GCV operations.

Te Blue Ridge Garden ClubTe Community Foundation

Serving Richmond andCentral Virginia

Te Rennie and RichmondMcDaniel Fund of TeCommunity Foundationof the RappahannockRiver Region

Calvert & Sally SimmonsFoundationTe Council of Historic

Richmond Foundation LLCDana H. AdamsEleanor M. AdamsCatherine AdamsSuzanne AielloVictoria AlexanderKathryn Allen

Rebecca W. AtkinsonNancy W. Avery Mr. and Mrs. Ned BaberGail Babnew Marguerite O. BaconDottie Ballardurner Barringer

Molly Barrow Joanne BartlettMrs. John E. Bassett III

Sharon F. BealeCharlotte BenjaminDurfee BettsMary Bivens

Jennifer and AllenBlackwood

Anne . BlandCindy Bolling Mr. and Mrs. John W. BottgerBetsy BradfordMatilda and John Bradshaw Gail BraxtonDr. and Mrs. O. Christian

Bredrup, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Daniel BrodyLaura Y. BrownLinda Penn Wheat BryanMissy Buckingham

Deedy Bumgardner Jody Walton Bundy Betsy Bickford BurnetteSuzanne G. BurtonGigi Birdsong CalvertGail CamalierMeg CampbellNancy N. CampbellBetsy CareyClaire Frances Cassada Didi ChapinSherrie and Gordon

Chappell Jane D. CheadleDaphne W. CheathamMrs. J. Michael ChildressMelanie ChristianCatherine ClaiborneCoates ClarkMary Ann B. Clark Eva ClarkeDr. and Mrs. Richard M.

ClaryMrs. Earnest D. Coalter, Jr.Pamela Q. CombsMr. and Mrs. David E.

Constine IIIVirginia Costenbader

Jane Milton Cowles

eckla H. CoxBarbara B. CoxMrs. George CraddockBerenice D. CraigieCarolyn Creasy Cathy Creekmore

Ann Kiley Crenshaw Lisa M. CressonElizabeth R. Cronly Kathy Ballard Cropp

Candace Carter Crosby Anne Geddy CrossKim CrossKristin B. DabneyNancy DanielElizabeth DardenPenny Dart

essa Davis

Margaret C. DavisBarbara B. DavisonPamela DeBerghEeda DennisMichele Mixner DeWitt

Jennifer DickNancy K. DickersonEileen Dickey

Martha P. EastonPamela F. EdmondsFrances H. EllisCatherine EnglishClarkie EppesMoonie Etherington

Ann Gordon EvansBetsy Fauntleroy Susan M. Feinour

Jayne Y. Feminella

Laurel FenstererDee FergusonMarty Field

Jane R. FieldsRossie FisherIngeborg K. FisherCheryl L. FocklerMary Foley

Joe and Anne FosterNina Fout

Florence Bryan FowlkesElizabeth J. Frank Janet D. FrantzMrs. John FreedMelinda Byrd FriersonCindy M. FrithCarroll Godwin FrohmnanCammie FurberPamela W. GaleElizabeth R. GarrettKay Barnes Goldberg Eleanor Goode

Adelaide GrattanBeBe GreenMrs. James C. GreeneGreta GustavsonBettie GuthrieMrs. John H. Guy IV


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Cynthia D. HallSusan Foster HamillElizabeth HamiltonLucy G. HarmanSally L. Harris

Ann E. HarryFlorence F. HawkinsSusan C. Henderson

Janet G. HickmanMary K. HoernemanMary Sherwood HoltLynn Hooff Helen Hill HopperMary Agnes HowardLynn HowerLucy Huff Gay Carpenter HuffmanSusan E. Husak Elizabeth HutterLinda W. Isley

Joyce C. JaegerMissy Janes

Anne M. JenningsRobyn JohnsenMary Ann Johnson

Jean F. JohnsonCecelia R. JohnsonCarolyn H. JonesFaith KaudersLois KellerEllen Kelso

Jane Walker KerewichMrs. R. Calvin KeyserKatherine B. Kingsley

Ann KingtonBetty KippsMr. and Mrs. Donald Laing IIIMrs. Robert S. Lang

Joni LawlerSue Lea Kay C. LePeterDebbie LewisIngrid Hinckley Lindsayara Little

Kris LloydMarcia Long Deena R. LugarBarbara B. LutonBoyd . MacIverMrs. Charles G. Mackall, Jr. Virginia Mackenzie

Julie W. MacKinlay

Catherine Madden Jane MadduxRebecca Miller Mahon

Jan Mattern Judith K. MatthewsMrs. Philip W. May

Judy MazzucchelliKathy W. McCahillCharlotte McClainMary Leigh McDanielLynn McFadden

Jerry McKinney Mary Jac MeadowsKatherine . Mears

Ardis S. MerrittKate MichaelsElisabeth MilesKaren C. MilesForrest MooreSue Ann MorganMrs. Margaret C. MoringDr. Susan MorrisLouise A. MortonPam MoskalLisa MountcastleKate MullerSusan S. MullinMerrick MurrayNina MustardKimbrough NashCaroline H. NealKathleen Nevill

ommi NevinMary Alice NicholasMrs. Carolyn McLeod

NolandSuzanne S. ObenshainRebecca H. OBrianPatty OlivieriMerry Abbitt Outlaw Susan OvertonBarbara PaceFrances Padden

Ann H. ParrSarah Belle Parrott

Audrey Darden ParrottMary ParsleyHelen Raney PinckneyMrs. E. Lee Pinney Mrs. J. Cheairs Porter, Jr.Charlotte PortereldPatricia Prentiss

Lauren S. PrincePat ProctorGail F. PrudenPamela PrudenNancy C. Purcell

Jane M. PurringtonKim and Randy Raines

Ann ReamyEmily . ReedElizabeth B. Reed

Joyce RiceMary Scully Riley

Jennifer RinehartSusan RipolMrs. Robert S. RobersonSusan G. RobertsonSusan F. RobertsonElizabeth RobertsonMr. and Mrs. W. Randolph

RobinsMichaela RobinsonSuzie RockwellSusan Honig RogersMr. Josiah P. Rowe IIIBeverley Wellford RowlandPamela B. RuckerHelen Jenkins RyanEleanor Rosalie SavageSallie SchmidtMary Ann SchmidtBetty G. SchutteSally SewardVirginia ShelorMartha R. ShermanLea Carter Shuba

Elizabeth Kennon Shuey Anita ShullSusan aylor Sims

Jocelyn SladenMrs. R. Blackwell Smith III

Amy V. SmithMimi Abel Smith

Alice K. SmithKaye DeHaven Smith and

Gerald F. Smith, Jr.

Cora Sue SpruillHollis Scott StauberDebbie StevensonLynda StricklerNancy McAllister Sutcliffe

William and Elizabeth alley Mrs. Anne R. ankardMrs. . Eugene emple, Jr.


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Donor In Honor of Te Garden Club of Alexandria. . . . . . . . . . . .Te Hunting Creek Garden ClubTe Elizabeth River Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lee SnyderFauquier and Loudon Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette CadwallenderFauquier and Loudoun Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheryl MillerVirginia R. Cherry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Karen EllsworthBetsy Feldmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janet FrantzElizabeth C. Galloway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brenda McGehee Suzanne JohnsonSusan F. McNeely. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louise ayloeKaye Rollins Nazarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beth DeBergh

Ann S. Wentworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma OppenhimerCatherine C. Whitham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette Cadwallender GCV Staff

Donor In Memory of Te Elizabeth River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gayle UrquhartFauquier and Loudoun Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celeste AdamsTe Garden Study Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Gorman . WhiteTe Hampton Roads Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alice WertheimerTe Lynchburg Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Page Pettyjohn Ann Reams Jean aylor

Winchester-Clarke Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Cook University of Richmond Museums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia GuildElizabeth Lamar Boetsch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild

Jane Frost Bowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Harris FrostCecilia C. Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elizabeth Clopton BrownBetsy Casteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mattice BrandtSuzanne S. Duffey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patty SimmonsCarol Spaulding Fox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peggy FederhartDr. Sara N. James. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. W. Wickham aylor

Aileen Wilson Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mattice BrandtNancy . Mastin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. R. Lee MastinMrs. Charles H. Seilheimer, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia GuildMina W. Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild

Carey TompsonNancy ilman

Anne C. ilney Susan immonsLee Melchor urlingtonMarcia B. urner

Janet B. uttonKay ylerEllen UptonLaura and Ned ValentineKatherine Van Allen

Wendy C. VaughnMrs. Edward Wachtmeister

Sarah WadeMarilyn aylor WalkerLelia Graham WebbCabell Goolsby WestMrs. Donald W. Westfall

Jane B. White Janice WhiteheadDebi WhittleMr. and Mrs. John H.

Wick IIIDootsie Wilbur

Alice WilkersonMelissa Williams

Barbara Pratt WillisLucy WilsonMargaret D. WiseElizabeth WittBobbye Raye Womack Nacy Coleman WoodSuzanne WorshamBetsy Worthington

Judith Craddock WrightSusan Snodgrass WynneHeather ZippelKate Zullo


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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.

DonorLee Stuart CochranDonor In Honor of Te Blue Ridge Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dianne Pzenmayer Marie Tomas

Jeanette Rowe Cadwallender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans Kay ylerMartha S. Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . om and Sally Guy Brown

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

Donor

Margaret Robertson ChristianDonor In Honor of Sally Guy Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . uckie WestfallGugi Hooff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betsy BradfordStephanie F. Minter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terese Minter

Donor In Memory of Mrs. George H. Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. G. . White

RestorationSupports GCV Restoration projects across the Commonwealth.

DonorLaura Y. Brown

Joanna and Bill HamnettMr. and Mrs. Greer JacksonDonor In Honor of Te Garden Club of Fairfax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy BrownKatherine . Mears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy Moore Sue RosserVirginia V. Rocen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy BrownCynthia P. Roscoe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy BrownDonor In Memory of Te Hunting Creek Garden Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild

Anne A. Arnest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia GuildBrenda Augst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia GuildGrace Battle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia GuildSally Guy Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia GuildDorothy Bumgardner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild

Jeanette Rowe Cadwallender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia GuildMarsha Costen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia GuildCary F. Dabney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia GuildMary Hart Darden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia GuildMr. and Mrs. Charles O. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia GuildEva Donley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild

Ann Gordon Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia GuildCarroll G. Foley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia GuildNan C. Freed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia GuildLanny Gault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia GuildEllen G. Godwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild


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