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Dear Members and Friends,

The Garden Club of Virginia enjoyed a remarkable year during

2012-2013, thanks to you, your fellow club members and the GCV

staff. Each fall the Year in Review offers an opportunity for us to

celebrate the successes of the past 12 months.

I have often wondered what the

beautiful state of Virginia would

look like without the tireless

efforts of the members of the

Garden Club of Virginia. I marvel

at the many accomplishments of

your clubs with your work in the

areas of beautification, conserva-

tion, education, horticulture and

restoration in your communities.

Our investments have changed the

landscape of Virginia.

During the past 12 months, GCV highlights include the celebration

of the 80th Anniversary of Historic Garden Week in Virginia,

the adoption of new restoration projects of restoring Jefferson’s

original mountaintop roadway system and view shed at Monticello

and restoring the garden at the Edgar Allen Poe Museum in

Richmond. The 54th Conservation Forum’s focus on Pesticides

and Our Health brought together nine highly qualified speakers to

share best management practices and alternatives. Horticulture

Field Day capped off the year with visits to eight extraordinary

PEARL HOMES and Gardens in Virginia Beach.

As we look to the Garden Club of Virginia’s future, we now have

a beacon to guide us, the GCV’s Centennial Celebration in 2020.

I am so honored to serve as your president, and I thank you for

your support. Let us work with renewed vigor to enhance all

aspects of the GCV as we begin another year together.

With my sincere appreciation,

Ann Gordon Evans President

Since 1920, the Garden Club of Virginia,

has been dedicated to the beautification of the commonwealth through

historic landscape restoration, environmental conservation and horticultural education.

We accomplish this work, in part, by operating the largest

and oldest statewide house and garden tour in the nation,

Historic Garden Week.

Thirty-four hundred members from 47 garden clubs across the state work to make our gifts to Virginia possible.

Celebrating and preserving the beauty of our

commonwealth are at the heart of all we do.

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Treasurer’s Report

The Garden Club of Virginia operates on a fiscal year that began on July 1, 2012 and ended on June 30, 2013. The budget for this year was presented by the Treasurer to the Board of Directors for its vote and then to the membership at the May Annual Meeting. Our income for the year of approximately $1.9 million exceeded expenses of over $1.5 million for a net income of $364,000, which carries forward to be used in the next fiscal year.

Our largest source of income each year is the revenue of Historic Garden Week. Once the related expenses are netted out, these funds

are used to support our restoration projects around

the commonwealth. Our other primary sources of funding are membership dues, donations and our investment income. Dues have remained stable since the rate was changed in 2008, and the increase in donation income has helped balance the budget.

The expenses for the GCV include maintaining our headquarters, staff salaries and insurance and audit costs. We also maintain our website and publish our quarterly Journal. In addition, we contribute towards our annual fall and spring meetings and three yearly flower shows. We budget to break even on our schools and workshops.

Our assets of approximately $7.5 million include the Kent-Valentine House, our cash accounts, and our investment portfolio. Our Endowment as of the end of June 2013 was valued at roughly $3.9 million, slightly over half of our total assets. Our financial records are audited annually and we received a clean opinion. As a 501(c)(3) organization, our Federal Form 990 is filed each year and is available for public review.

The Garden Club of Virginia is in a strong financial position to support the wonderful work done by our members.

Respectfully submitted,

Anne G. Baldwin GCV Treasurer

Executive Director

The Year in Review stops me in my tracks and

lets me savor the past year. I see the smiling

faces of women I have met, have traveled with,

have planned and strategized with and laughed

with over the year. I spend a lot of time caught

in the busy-ness of this fast-paced, multi-layered

organization that is never standing still. Does it

seem odd to realize that I am describing the

Garden Club of Virginia? It was only yesterday

that we were getting used to emails and the internet.

I have been fond of saying that “this isn’t your grandmother’s garden

club” because women make this organization and their own local

clubs relevant for each generation. Our essence remains and endures

even though we are emailing, Facebooking and maybe even tweeting.

We are still celebrating the beauty of the land and conserving the

gifts of nature in this beautiful commonwealth.

Challenging future generations to build on our heritage also

continues. Now it is especially true as we have embarked on a long

range planning process that requires unflinching courage to look at

ourselves. Generations before us have sported the same courage to

look ahead. What will Virginia be like in 10, 20 or 50 years? How

will our world be different? What do we need to do to meet those

challenges and accomplish our mission?

My confidence is in the ability of this extraordinary group of smart,

strong women to figure it out. We will answer these questions with

customary determination ensuring that the beauty of this land will

be a source of inspiration.

Lynn McCashin Executive Director The Garden Club of Virginia

7% Dues $133,240

4% 0ther $73,490

9% Donations $167,671

34% Investment $645,215

46% Historic Garden Week $885,830

GCV Income $1,905,445

Development 1% $18,937

Programs 8% $125,431

Administration / Other 6% $89,764

Kent Valentine House 6% $93,902

Historic Garden Week 10% $151,911

GCV Expense $1,541,438

Staff 20% $302,640

Restoration 49% $758,851

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GCV District Map

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District 3District 4

District 5District 6

The Boxwood Garden Club, The James River Garden Club, Three Chopt Garden Club, and The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton

Capital Trees, which began in 2010 with the first Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award, is a joint project of the Boxwood, James River, Three Chopt and Tuckahoe Garden Clubs. Together, they’ve made Richmond a greener, more beautiful city through the thought-ful planning and planting of trees and public gardens, mindful of the city’s extraordinary heritage and location on the banks of the James River. Projects include the removal of tons of concrete on 14th Street in downtown Richmond, replacing it with engineered bio-filtration systems and green allees of rain gardens, perennials and trees; the greening of Great Shiplock Park, an environmentally-sensitive and historic site on the Kanawha Canal; and the Jefferson Greenway, a green corridor stretching along 10th Steet from the Capitol to the James River.

Albemarle Garden Club

Albemarle Garden Club funded a salary for one school-based coordinator at City Schoolyard Garden, a program that is creating vegetable gardens at all six Charlottesville elementary schools and one middle school. The City Schoolyard Garden’s mission is to “cultivate academic achievement, health, environmental stewardship, and community engagement through garden-based, experiential learning” according to their mission statement. CSG maintains organic educational gardens for use in classroom instruction, after-school programs and summer camps.

Dolley Madison Garden Club

Dolley Madison Garden Club sponsored two community forums. The first, Bringing Nature Home, attended by more than 500 citizens, featured Dr. Douglas Tallamy, University of Delaware chairman of the department of entomology and wildlife ecology. His topic was the study of insect damage in traditional and native-only landscapes and highlighted research in conservation of bio-diversity and the behavioral ecology of insects. Uranium– What Should We Know? revisited the pros and cons of uranium mining in Orange County.

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Club Highlights GCV celebrates its six districts and the activities of its 47 member clubs.

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District 3District 4

District 5District 6

The Garden Club of Danville

Members of The Garden Club of Danville continue their involvement in the maintenance of the grounds of the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History, a relationship that dates back to the 1930s when the Club was awarded the GCV’s 1939 Massie Medal for their work. The gardens feature English boxwoods, a fountain and the beautiful Perkinson Rose Garden, which was named in 2007 for Sigie Perkinson, a former Rose Chair of the Garden Club of Virginia. The grounds also feature the 19th-century perimeter picket fence that GCV helped restore in 2005.

The Hampton Roads Garden Club

Celebrating 80 years, The Hampton Roads Garden Club launched a $15,000 commitment in March to restore the hillside and James River entrance landscaping at The Mariner’s Museum in Newport News. The museum’s 550-acre riverside park is the largest privately maintained park in the United States and is open and free to the public. As installation of HRGC’s design begins September 2013, members continue to support the gardens at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center where they donated the entrance landscaping in 2010.

The Huntington Garden Club

One of the many community partnerships of The Huntington Garden Club is its 25-year relationship of support to the Virginia Living Museum (VLM) in Newport News to whom it has granted $95,000 since 1989. As recipients of GCV’s Common Wealth Award in 1991 and 2005, HGC has helped establish components of VLM’s campus, including The Backyard Wildlife Habitat, The Virginia Botanical History Garden, and most recently, The Holt Native Plant Conservatory. HGC gifts, made possible by annual wreath sales since 1953, have also helped create the Virginiana Garden at the Newport News Public Library, and a labyrinth at the Abernathy Gardens at Causey’s Mill.

Leesburg Garden Club

Leesburg Garden Club received GCV’s 3rd Common Wealth Award in 1982 for creating “A Park for All Ages” at Douglass Community Center in Loudoun County. Members returned this year to install a bench, bulb plantings and a stone patio dedicated to longtime LGC member, Margaret Peal, and her husband, Hugh, who grew the 75 pine trees planted as part of the original project thirty-two years ago. LGC members have also awarded scholarship support to a high school senior pursuing a higher degree in horticulture, and sent a camper for 2 weeks to Nature Camp (an annual LGC tradition for nearly 50 years).

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Serving the Commonwealth:

Club Highlights GCV celebrates its six districts and the activities of its 47 member clubs.

Located in the heart of Richmond’s Monroe Ward, the Kent-Valentine House was designed by Isaiah Rogers for Mr. and Mrs. Horace Kent in 1845. Rogers created “a three-bay Italianate dwelling skirted by an intricate cast-iron veranda.” The house was sold in 1875 to Charles Talbott, and in 1904, the third owners, Mr. and Mrs. Granville Valentine, significantly remodeled it. In 1971, the GCV bought the

house for its headquarters. A complete structural renovation of the house was undertaken in 1996-98. A wing was added, providing handicapped access and other needed amenities. The house is furnished with 18th- and 19th-century antiques, some of which came with the house, some given by garden club members and friends.

Did you know the Kent-Valentine House is available for club meetings and private events?

The first floor accommodates 120 guests for standup receptions or parties and can seat 60. The spacious third floor is perfect for meetings and workshops. Please contact London Ray at 804-644-7776 or email at vagardenweek@gmail.com

The Kent- Valentine House Our Elegant,

Historic Home

With the Hotel Jefferson in the background, an arborist works

to take down a diseased magnolia at the Kent-Valentine House.

Hunting Creek Garden Club

Alexandria’s Community Lodgings’ mission is to lift families from homelessness to self-sufficiency through programs held at the Family Learning Center. Hunting Creek Garden Club, through their Community Projects initiative, has supported them in garden-related projects, by providing kitchen plants for existing garden beds, which

are currently being expanded. Club members assisted the children enrolled in the program to plant and maintain them. Additionally, Hunting Creek provided a plan and plantings for the front of the Learning Center, emphasizing native plants and the insects they attract.

Princess Anne Garden Club

The active Princess Anne Garden Club continues to make a difference for its community. Through its successful fundraiser, Party in the Park, members were able to contribute financially to both the First Landing State Park and the Norfolk Botanical Garden as well as fund a scholarship to Nature Camp. PAGC also had a hands-on project at Hope House, a home for adults with disabilities. Raised garden beds, window boxes, rain barrels and walkways were installed and education provided to the residents.

Virginia Beach Garden Club

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Brock Environmental Center at Pleasure House Point – a LEED Platinum certified building – has been enhanced with a rain garden from the generosity of the Virginia Beach Garden Club. Their Fall Flower Festival, now in its third decade, has raised money for this and many other projects; including Mary’s Garden At Sentara Hospital, planting daffodils along Atlantic Avenue, and replacing live oaks, wildflower and woodlands gardens at the Aquarium. Their involved participation with these projects and others fulfills the club’s motto: Conservation, passion and responsibility.

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The 54th Annual GCV Conservation Forum Pesticides and Our Health: Best Management Practices and Alternatives was the topic of the annual forum sponsored by the Conservation Committee. The first panel of experts described Virginia’s pioneering efforts in pest management and pesticide safety, taught the safest and most effective ways to use approved pesticides, and shared perspectives on integrating chemical and non-chemical practices to reduce toxic exposure. The second panel explained the relationships among chemical applications, endocrine disruptors, and cancer. The third panel addressed organics and biodiversity in gardening practices. The final speaker, Dr. Douglas Tallamy, illustrated how biodiversity reduces the need for pesticides.

Conservation WorkshopThe topic of the Conservation Workshop opened with “Uranium Mining: Is it Worth the Risk?” presented by May Fox, Director of Government Relations at Eckert Seamans. Lisa Guthrie, Executive Director, and Jeff Painter, Program Director, Virginia League of Conservation Voters. They gave a briefing of Virginia conservation issues and updates. The workshop highlighted Richmond’s Capital Trees and Northern Neck’s Cat Point Creek Watershed projects.

Left: Elise Leake (Three Chopt GC), member of the GCV Conservation Committee with one of her table arrangements for the Forum.

Below: Chamie Valentine (James River GC), Chairman of the Conservation Forum

Above: Jeanette McKittrick (Three Chopt GC), Chairman of the Capital Trees Steering Committee, discusses the Richmond 4-club effort to restore Richmond’s urban canopy.

Below: Conservation Workshop participants (from left) Sarah Bridenhagen (Albemarle GC), Conservation Workshop Chairman; Jeff Painter, Program Director, and Lisa Guthrie, Executive Director, VA League of Conservation Voters; Anne Beals (Rappahannock Valley GC), GCV Conservation Chairman and Ann Gordon Evans (Huntington GC), GCV President.

Conservation For 93 years,

the Garden Club of Virginia has directed public

attention to statewide conservation issues by

establishing Conservation as its first standing

committee. Today, GCV continues to focus

attention on conservation issues through

educational leadership initiatives and legislative

involvement, developing position statements on

climate change, land use, and uranium mining.

During the January 2013 session of the Virginia

General Assembly, GCV supported the following

legislative positions in Virginia: continue the

moratorium on uranium mining, support the

introduction of a fee on plastic bags, oppose

weakening of billboard placement controls,

and support the preservation of the view shed

along the historic

Lower James River.

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de Lacy Gray Memorial Medal for ConservationThe 2013 recipient of the de Lacy Gray medal is Nancy Dickerson of The Princess Anne Garden Club. Chair of the First Landing State Park Exhibit Project, Nancy is a member of Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Lynnhaven River Now. She helped arrange a native plant symposium for her club in 2012, spearheaded a successful campaign to save live oak trees along Shore Drive in Virginia Beach, and co-chaired the GCV’s 2013 Horticulture Field Day.

The Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award for Conservation For their efforts to reduce pollution in the Lynnhaven River since 2003, the GCV’s 2012 Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award for Conservation was awarded to Lynnhaven River Now, a committed group of more than 5,000 local citizens fostering public and private partner-ships to identify and reduce sources of river contamination; reduce run-off; restore lost habitats, such as oyster reefs and salt marshes, that protect the river and its wildlife; and educate and engage the community.

Legislative Day

At Legislative Day, Blue Ridge Garden Club members (center photo) Barbara Walsh, Sallie Sebrell, and Ann Waller met with Del. Ben Cline (House District 24) to oppose the proposed General Assemblybill to lift a ban on uranium mining, arguably the most important environmental policy question in a generation and the topic of the GCV’s 54th Annual Conservation Forum. Subsequently the Senate sponsor withdrew the bill.

Above: Karin and Anne Beals (Rappahannock Valley GC) attend Legislative Day.

Bottom: Members of the GCV Conservation Committee, Sarah Bridenhagen (Albemarle GC), Katherine Morris (Rivanna GC), Wendy Vaughn (Princess Anne GC), and Elizabeth Christeller (GC of Middle Peninsula), attend Legislative Day.

GCV Directors-at-Large (from left) Jean Gilpin, District 5 (Winchester-Clarke GC); Elizabeth Johnson, District 1 (Petersburg GC); Candy Carden, District 3 (GC of the Northern Neck); Catherine Madden, District 2 (Lynchburg GC); Denise Revercomb, District 4 (Roanoke Valley GC); and Linda Consolvo, District 6 (Nansemond River GC).(District 4) and Linda Consolvo, Nansemond River (District 6).

Above left: The Charlottesville Garden Club’s 2013 Annual Meeting Chairmen (from left) Trish Burton, Elizabeth Neff and Renee Grisham.

Above right: At the Board of Governors Meeting, hosted by the Nansemond River Garden Club, Mike Boone received a standing ovation following his presentation describing Lipton Tea’s zero land-fill factory.

Left: Jane Shaubach and Sandy Hart at the Board of Governors Meeting

Annual Fund “Top 10” Presidents of clubs with the highest Annual Fund participation recognized at the Board of Governors include (from left) Ingrid Lindsay (Warrenton GC); Teggie Smith--Alternate (Hunting Creek GC); Lyn Hutchens (Huntington GC); Bev Morrison (GC of Warren County); Sandy Hart (Nansemond River GC); Jackie Lane (Petersburg GC); Tricia McDaniel (Rappahannock Valley GC); Linda Macdonald (Ashland GC); Pamela Hudson—Alternate (Dolley Madison GC); Betsy Murphy (Harborfront GC); and Lit Dodd (GC of the Eastern Shore).

Anne Beals (Rappahannock Valley GC), GCV Conservation Committee Chairman, and Karen Forget, Executive Director of Lynnhaven River Now.

Meeting Highlights

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Horticulture Field DayEight homes in Virginia Beach featuring best practices for protecting the water-shed of the Lynnhaven River were open for Horticulture Field Day in early June. The Lynnhaven River Now designation of PEARL HOME recognizes those people making environmentally sound choices in their homes and gardens. Beginning with the cypress swamps and native woodlands at First Landing State Park Trail Center, GCV members were treated to stunning landscape designs and horticultural diversity. Four homes were open on each day of the two-day event, with gracious homeowners present

to welcome those attending, provide plant lists and identifications as well as refreshment. 2013 hosts were: Meg and Bill Campbell, Donna and Rae Eure, Martha and Bob Goodman, Beth and Zeb Holt, Mac and Steve Houfek, Helen Junkin and Bernie Nichols, Julie and Ed MacKinlay, Lynda and Steve Strickler.

Katherine Beale, Harborfront Garden ClubCecilia C. Brown, The Garden Club of Gloucester

Molly Brown, The Blue Ridge Garden Club

Romayne Byrum, The Elizabeth River Garden Club

Beth Holt, The Princess Anne Garden Club

Margaret Bradford French, The Virginia Beach Garden Club

Mercer Wellford O’Hara, The Garden Club of the Northern Neck

Dianne Pfizenmayer, The Augusta Garden Club

Joyce Rice, Roanoke Valley Garden Club

Katherine Clark Wray, The Petersburg Garden Club

2013 Horticulture Award of MeritGiven since 1960, the Horticulture Award of Merit is presented to individual members whose passion in horticulture has brought them both personal achievement and recognition from their clubs and communities for sharing their interest. Ten members were honored with awards at May’s Annual Meeting in Charlottesville.

Top: Visitors in the MacKinlay garden.

Center: GCV Development Chairman, Julie MacKinlay (Virginia Beach GC), opened her PEARL HOME and garden for Horticulture Field Day 2013.

Below: Garden Club of the Northern Neck members Mary Louisa Pollard (left) and Jane Wells enjoying the Campbell garden.

Horticulture Workshop, October 15, 2012

Growing and exhibiting horticulture is a passion for many members, and the specimens brought to the GCV Flower shows provide the means to share this knowledge with the public. Julia Clevett, a master Horticulture judge, helped everyone sharpen their skills by sharing her extensive knowledge and experience.

Horticulture Displays

Board of Governors Meeting, October 9-11, 2012; The Nansemond River Garden Club

Flowers often appear good enough to eat, and our member clubs displayed the best ones, with safety tips and recipes provided. The recipes were collected after the meeting, and a stunning GCV Edible Flowers Cookbook is now available to all on the Horticulture page of our website.

Annual Meeting, May 6-8, 2013; The Charlottesville Garden Club

Using the March GCV Journal article on companion planting as a guide, the club horticulture chairs were asked to display two appropriate choices, with an explanation of what advantages these two plantings give to each other.

The Horticulture Committee began in 1923 as the New Plants Committee, reforming as the Horticulture Committee in 1931. The use of plant material continues as its focus as it touches on all aspects of the GCV mission. With outreach through displays, articles in the Journal, a workshop and Horticulture Field Day; it stays active in enriching our members’ plant knowledge.

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“Lilies of the Valley” was a delightful theme for the 2013 Lily Show in Harrisonburg, sponsored

by The Spotswood Garden Club. 328 gorgeous stems were entered by 66 individuals in the Horticulture Division. Anne Vanderwarker of The Charlottesville and Dolley Madison Garden Clubs won the Ann Carter Walker Somerville award for her most creative artistic design (top left), an exhibition table. The Ashland Garden Club took home the Quad Blue for their parallel design interpreting stalactites and stalagmites (bottom left).

Tasha Tobin, a nationally renowned floral designer, was a whirlwind demonstrating many arrangements featured in the upcoming GCV Rose and Daffodil Show schedules. A capacity audience enjoyed her program at a new venue — the Jepson Center at the University of Richmond.

The Annabel Josephs Inter Club Artistic AwardThis coveted award is so tightly contested that it resulted, this year, in a tie between The Martinsville and Dolley Madison Garden Clubs. The fact that it was Annabel’s birthday and that her daughters were there for the presentation at the Annual Meeting made it an even more remarkable event.

The 71st Annual Lily Show, June 18-20, 2013 The Spotswood Garden Club

GCV Flower Arranging School, September 18, 2012

Above right: Sandy Hodge and Joyce Overby (Spotswood GC), Co-Chairmen of the 2013 GCV Lily ShowLower right: Catherine Gilliam (Albemarle and Blue Ridge GCs) and Barbara Holland (Garden Study Club)

Above: Tasha’s French-braided

“fence” made of liriope and bind wire. Left: Participants appreciate the tussie mussie.Right: Lyn Hutchens, President, The Huntington Garden Club

The “world was a rose” at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens during the 74th Annual Rose Show, hosted by The Boxwood Garden Club in

Richmond. Interpreting rose-themed quotations from famed authors was inspirational. The Virginia Beach Garden Club won the Quad Blue with a stunning underwater design. Defying drought, 277 stems were entered, and Frances Jones of Williamsburg earned a place in the court of honor.

As Spring arrived, the hope was to celebrate Springtime along the Mobjack Bay. A late season snow may have

blanketed the state, but the abundance of specimens and the beauty of the arrangements brought the show alive with the promise of a new season on the river. A creative mass arrangement by Dolley Madison

Garden Club won the Inter Club award, and the talented host club of Gloucester entered the winning test collection.

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The 74th Annual Rose Show, October 3-4, 2012 The Boxwood Garden Club

The 79th Annual Daffodil Show, March 27-29, 2013 The Garden Club of Gloucester

Above: Horticulture entries at the 74th Annual Rose Show.Below left: Blanche Toms (James River Garden Club) prepares an arrangement in the artistic workroom.Below right: Joyce Moorman (Lynchburg GC) and GCV President, Ann Gordon Evans (Huntington GC).

A family passion for daffodils! Bill Pannill’s nieces (from left) Blair and Coates Clark, A.C. and Lucy Wilson (both of Martinsville GC), and David and Janie Vaughan (Hillside GC).

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Clockwise from top: 1) Members’ floral arrangements are a hallmark of Historic Garden Week. Maria Tufts (Warrenton GC) adding a final lily. 2) Janice Whitehead (Boxwood GC) brightening an entryway. 3) A sumptuous table setting on Richmond’s Laburnum Park tour. 4) Tulips bloomed statewide throughout the week! 5) Berryman Mansion on the Smithfield tour. 6) Fairfax members on tour day. 7) Refreshments served beneath a wisteria walk in Winchester.

2013 marked the 80th Anniversary of Historic Garden Week. When April 20 arrived, the

sun shone, the flowers bloomed, the visitors bought tickets, the press was unprecedented, and Historic Garden Week raised more money than ever before for the restoration and

preservation of Virginia’s public historic gardens. The Governor

issued a Proclamation and nearly 30,000 people attended “America’s Largest Open House.” It was a significant year in many ways.

The layout of the guidebook was done in-house for the first time. We created a custom label with VERITAS Winery, our first branding effort and a hint at things to come. The HGW website continued to improve,

adding itineraries and Special Activities. A new brochure was the

tangible manifestation of a consistent and proactive partnering with restoration sites. These efforts were designed to educate the public about the purpose of this venerable statewide event.

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Seventy-five years after the Garden Club undertook the West Lawn project at Monticello, we are beginning the restoration of Jefferson’s kitchen road, the ultimate piece of his circulation system on the mountaintop. This project is the culmination of research that has been underway by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation for the last 40 years. Visitors to Jefferson’s kitchen will soon walk the same route he did. Mulberry Row will also be realigned to Jefferson’s plan including an extension of the row of Mulberry trees.

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Poplar Forest, Lynchburg

Our work with Poplar Forest continues. The paper mulberries located where Jefferson’s were planted originally, are strong, healthy young trees. Research on his ornamental clumps and ovals not only informs us about Poplar Forest’s landscape, but Jefferson’s approach to the clumps and ovals at Monticello as well. Archaeological work on the carriage turnaround at the front of the house will allow us to base the restoration of that area on a clear record of Jefferson’s design and intended use.

Above left: Paper mulberries planted last year at Poplar Forest.

Above right: Jack Gary, Director of Archeology and Landscapes, Poplar Forest, shared his team’s findings with the Restoration Committee.

RestorationGCV’s involvement in historic landscape restoration began

in Fredericksburg in 1929 when members raised support

to restore the garden and grounds at Kenmore. Fast

forward to 2013 and GCV’s restoration projects dot the

map of Virginia, with recent projects located in each of

GCV’s six state districts. Members have underwritten

48 major restorations by operating Historic Garden Week,

now hosting 30,000 tour visitors every April. The best

part of the story is that net event proceeds are invested

in restoring and maintaining important public sites in

Virginia communities.

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Poe Museum, Richmond

The Old Stone House on East Main Street, one of Richmond’s oldest structures, has housed the Poe Museum since 1922. The plan of the garden put in place at that time remains essentially the same. Working with the Museum’s board and staff, the GCV hopes to rejuvenate the gardens surrounding the house, including the Enchanted Garden, so named because of Poe’s tribute to Helen, his muse, in which he described the upturned faces of a thousand roses in an enchanted garden. The gardens will include plants Poe mentioned in his writing such as roses, lilies, tulips and bluebells.

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Megan Turner is The Rudy J. Favretti Fellowship recipient for Summer 2013. The Favretti Fellowship supports documentation of historic gardens and landscapes that are privately held.

Megan (left) is researching the landscape of Carter Hall in Millwood, Virginia, a plantation house built in 1797 by Col. Nathaniel Burwell. Landscape elements include a formal four-level terraced garden, a wide-bordered walkway and circular pool. The site is now headquarters to Project HOPE.

Research FellowshipsIn an ongoing effort to build a comprehensive record of historic gardens in Virginia, the GCV offers two summer fellowships for qualifying graduate-level students from across the country, for the purpose of documentation and research. Fellows work with professional landscape designer Will Rieley of Rieley and Associates in Charlottesville, and have documented 21 sites since the program began in 1996.

Matthew Traucht is The William D. Rieley Fellowship recipient for Summer 2013. He is interpreting an historic agricultural site in rural Southern Virginia, the Reynolds Homestead in Critz, birthplace and boyhood home of R. J. Reynolds, founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The 717-acre plantation was deeded to Virginia Tech in 1969, and is now home to their Continuing Education Center and Forest Resources Research school. The Rieley Fellowship was created for the purpose of documenting historic gardens and landscapes that are not privately owned.

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Wilton, RichmondWoodlawn, Alexandria *Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, StauntonYeardley House, Jamestown * * No Longer Under Contract

Adam Thoroughgood House, Virginia Beach *Bacon’s Castle, SurryBelle Grove, MiddletownBelmont, FredericksburgBruton Parish Church, WilliamsburgBurwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood Centre Hill Mansion, PetersburgChrist Church–Lancaster, IrvingtonDanville Museum of Fine Arts and History, DanvilleExecutive Mansion Capitol Square, RichmondFincastle Presbyterian Church, Fincastle Grace Arents Garden, RichmondGreen Spring Gardens, AlexandriaGunston Hall, Mason Neck*Historic Henry County Courthouse, Martinsville •Historic Portsmouth Courthouse, PortsmouthHistoric Smithfield, Blacksburg *Historic St. Luke’s Church, SmithfieldHollins University, RoanokeJohn Handley High School, Winchester

Kenmore, FredericksburgKent-Valentine House, RichmondKer Place, OnancockLee Hall, Newport NewsMary Washington House, FredericksburgMary Washington Monument, FredericksburgMaymont, RichmondMonticello, Charlottesville •Montpelier, Montpelier Station Moses Myers House, NorfolkMount Vernon, Mount VernonOatlands, LeesburgPoe Museum, Richmond •Point of Honor, LynchburgPoplar Forest, Lynchburg •Prestwould Plantation, Clarksville *Scotchtown, Beaverdam *

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GCV Honorary Members

Nancy Ross Hugo has shared her talents in horticulture and flower design with members of the GCV for thirty years. She is a garden writer, lecturer, landscape consultant, and a former member of the Ashland Garden Club. She has written several books including Remarkable Trees of Virginia as well as being a significant contributor to the recently published The Flora of Virginia.

Frank Robinson has been a friend and consultant to the GCV since 1992, and has helped facilitate flower shows and educational programs for our members. He is the President and CEO of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, which expanded dramatically under his leadership. He holds degrees in horticulture, Japanese language and psychology.

Common Wealth Award

The Common Wealth Award was established in May 1979 to provide annual grants to the community projects of the Garden Club of Virginia’s member clubs. The projects must be in the areas of conservation, beautification, horticulture, preservation or education. The 2012 Common Wealth Award was presented to The Lynchburg Garden Club for its project at The Miller-Claytor House Garden, a historic home and garden located in Riverside Park. The award will be used to restore the gardens Charles Gillette designed in 1936 and to install safety railings near the patio.

Massie Medal for Distinguished Achievement

Susan Cunningham Thompson

For her many contributions to horticulture, conservation and garden restoration in Virginia, Susan Cunningham Thompson of The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton received GCV’s oldest and most prestigious award, the Massie Medal for Distinguished Achievement, at May’s Annual Meeting in Charlottesville. A gifted horticulturist, avid conservationist and educator, Sue has served with distinction as a member of the GCV Restoration Committee. In presenting the award,

Missy Buckingham of The Boxwood Garden Club heralded Sue as “a steward of the land, a guardian of history and a generous spirit. . . her knowledge and enthusiasm for garden restoration is unsurpassed.” Sue has opened her home, Tuckahoe, to Historic Garden Week visitors for nearly 30 years.

Members of The Lynchburg Garden Club celebrate news of Lynchburg’s 2012 Common Wealth Award. From left, Catherine Madden, Director-at-Large, District 2; Betsy Worthington, GCV Corresponding Secretary; May May Gay, Lynchburg GC President; and Mina Wood, Past GCV President

The 2013 Annabel Josephs Inter Club Artistic AwardThe Trophy is shared by Dolley Madison Garden Club, President, DeLane Porter (left) and The Martinsville Garden Club, President, Sue Rosser.

GCV Awards

Susan (left) with Kathy Watson, President, The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton.

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GCV Staff Lynn McCashin Executive Director

Karen Miller Director of Historic Garden Week & Editor of the Guidebook

Karmen Gustin Director of Development

Ann Heller Communications Coordinator

Kathy Knollmann Bookkeeper

London Ray Marketing Programs Coordinator

Lee Mondesir KVH House Manager

President Ann Gordon Evans The Huntington Garden Club

First Vice President Jeanette Cadwallender The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

Second Vice President Nina Mustard The Williamsburg Garden Club

Treasurer Anne Baldwin The Garden Club of Alexandria

Recording Secretary Charlotte Benjamin The Garden Club of Fairfax

Corresponding Secretary Betsy Worthington The Lynchburg Garden Club

Parliamentarian Meg Clement Three Chopt Garden Club

Conservation and Beautification Anne Beals The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

Finance Barbara Luton The Blue Ridge Garden Club

Development Julie MacKinlay The Virginia Beach Garden Club

Director at Large, District 1 Elizabeth Johnson The Petersburg Garden ClubDirector at Large, District 2 Catherine Madden The Lynchburg Garden ClubDirector at Large, District 3 Candy Carden The Garden Club of the Northern NeckDirector at Large, District 4 Denise Revercomb Roanoke Valley Garden ClubDirector at Large, District 5 Jean Gilpin Winchester-Clarke Garden ClubDirector at Large, District 6 Linda Consolvo The Nansemond River Garden Club

Flower Shows Bettie Guthrie The Petersburg Garden Club

Historic Garden Week Anne Geddy Cross The Ashland Garden ClubHorticulture Dianne Spence The Williamsburg Garden Club

Restoration Sally Guy Brown The Garden Club of Alexandria

Immediate Past President Kim Nash The Warrenton Garden Club

2012-13 GCV Board of Directors

Merry A. Outlaw * Anne T. Overman * Susan Overton Frances H. Padden * Susan Parker Mrs. Robert J. Parr Catharine Patton Anne S. Paul Mary Jane Peake Kathleen O. Pearson * Judy Perry Mary Page Pettyjohn Cathy Philips Sallie Whitehead Philips Mrs. Joe C. Philpott Melou and George Piegari Leilani Pierce Sarah Holt Pierson Susan L. Pilson Janie Pinney Joan Pollard * Charlotte K. Porterfield * Rita Potter Joanne S. Prillaman Lauren Prince Mrs. Doris Davis Pritchett * Pat Proctor Suzanne Prueher Jane M. Purrington * Mrs. Michael C. Quinn Missy Rakes Ann L. Reamy * Elizabeth B. Reed * Mollie S. Reinhart * Molly Revere Harriet T. Reynolds * Linda D. Reynolds * Grace Rhinesmith * William D. Rieley Mary Scully Riley * Christine Roberts Catherine H. Robertson Susan G. Robertson Goree Robins Suzie Rockwell * Peggy Rogers Susan Honig Rogers Susan H. Roszel * Allyson Rothrock Beverley Wellford Rowland Pamela B. Rucker Peggy Rust Meredith Rutter Jean M. Sapp Virginia C. Savage * Mary Ann Schmidt Mrs. Becky Schmitz Jan Schuler

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