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WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG The Garden Club of Virginia

The Garden Club of Virginia exists to celebrate the beauty of the land, to conserve the gifts of nature and to challenge future generations to build on this heritage.

From The Editor

For members of the Garden Club of Virginia, spring is synonymous with Historic Garden Week. Since its inception in 1929, HGW has generated nearly $18 million. Last years net proceeds of $622,000 are benefitting 48 active restoration projects statewide. Furthermore, 507 green arrow signs designated the paths to 191 private homes and gardens for 3,400 volunteers and 30,000 visitors. Read more about this years efforts and an exciting new look for the Guidebook in Alice Martins article on page 14. Take pride in playing a part in Americas Largest Open House.

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

Journal Editorial Board2014-2015

Editor and Chairman: Karla MacKimmie, The Warrenton Garden Club

ExOfficio MembersGCV President, Ann Gordon Evans, The Huntington Garden ClubGCV Corresponding Secretary, Betsy Worthington, The Lynchburg Garden ClubJournal Cover Editor, Jeanette McKittrick, Three Chopt Garden ClubGCV Photographer, Jane Cowles, The Boxwood Garden Club GCV Communications Coordinator, Ann Heller

Journal Advertising Chairman, Katya Spicuzza, Albemarle Garden Club, The Garden Club of the Northern Neck

MembersBetty Anne Garrett, The Garden Club of the Middle PeninsulaJulie Grover, The Blue Ridge Garden Club, The James River Garden ClubAileen Laing, The Warrenton Garden ClubSusan Morten, The Martinsville Garden ClubHelen Pinkney, The Tuckahoe Garden Club of WesthamptonGrace Rhinesmith, The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula

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The Garden Club of Virginia Journal

The Garden Club of Virginia Journal (USPS 574-520, ISSN 0431-0233) is published four times a year for members by the GCV, 12 East Franklin St., Richmond, VA 23219. Periodical postage paid in Richmond, VA. Single issue price, $5.00.

Copy and ad deadlines are: January 15 for the March issueApril 15 for the June issueJuly 15 for the September issueOctober 15 for the December issueEmail copy to the Editor and advertising to the Ad Chairman

President of the Garden Club of Virginia:Ann Gordon Evans

Journal Editor:Karla MacKimmie8505 Lees Ridge RoadWarrenton, VA 20186Phone: (540) 341-3432Email: [email protected]

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Vol. LIX, No. 1Printed on recycled paper byCarter Printing CompanyRichmond, VA

ON THE COVER... Virginia is the southern-most reach of the North American native Iris versicolor, or northern blue flag. Mary Page Hickey of The Garden Club of Alexandria painted this moisture-loving beauty, which is found in nature in marshes and along stream banks. Its a perfect plant for rain gardens, and wildlife avoid it, as all parts of the plant are poisonous.

IN THIS ISSUE ...Tips for Going to the Show .................. 280th Annual Daffodil Show ................ 3History of the Leesburg GC .................. 5Native Plants of the Mid Atlantic .........6Designing for a Show .............................7Capital Trees ............................................... 8Nominations ..........................................9Conservation Lobby Day .......................9Itching for Spring ............................... 10In Memorium ...................................... 11Restoration ..........................................13Historic Garden Week ......................... 14Club Notes .......................................... 15Conservation ....................................... 15Plant Milkweed ................................... 17Club Notes .......................................... 18Club Notes .......................................... 19Club Notes ..........................................20On the Road to Silver ..........................22Horticulture Field Day ........................23Ex Libris ..............................................25Contributions ......................................26

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Countdown: Tips for Going to the ShowBy Lucy Rhame

GCV Daffodil Committee ChairmanFauquier and Loudoun Garden Club

The Hunting Creek Garden Club

Much flower-show preparation comes down to the final weeks. The following tips can help simplify and de-stress the process.1. Start to watch your daffodils three weeks before the show. Consider using temporary

wind or sun protection, especially for pink or red-orange cups, to prevent wind damage or sunburn.

2. Blooms develop best on the stem; in the event of inclement weather, though, you can cut once blooms show color. Place stems in warm water in a warm, dark room; once open, refrigerate until the show.

3. If too warm or too cold, pink coloration will not develop. Pick early in such cases, and follow the above step.

4. Daffodils need water during their growing season. If dry, water, water, water.5. Pick blooms when they are in good condition: not so old that they look thinned or

withered, yet mature enough for color development. Dont wait until the morning of the show to pick. Check daily, and pick when blooms are ready.

6. Cut during early morning hours, making the cut slightly above ground level. Write the cultivars name on the stem in waterproof ink. Place stems in warm water several inches deep; after a few hours, transfer to cold water, a process that enhances water absorption.

7. Groom flowers soon after cutting, as spots become more difficult to remove if allowed to remain on the bloom. Remove all dirt, dust and pollen. Check again before putting on show bench.

8. Do not remove the spathe, the dried husk on the back of the bloom. It is an essential horticultural element of the flower.

9. Blooms, other than division 6 entries, should face the admirer at 90-degree angles. If the bloom droops, place it under a strong light for four or five hours to lift it. If there are multiple florets too close to one another, gently wedge florets apart using cotton balls, leaving them in place for a few hours.

10. Store blooms in a refrigerator set to a temperature close to freezing to slow aging. Daffodils lose substance in dry air, so humidify by leaving a soaked towel in the refrigerator, as well as by misting daffodils with distilled water. Ethylene gas from ripening fruit will cause blooms to wilt.

Now youre ready to go to the show. Transport blooms in bottles or jars, using cotton balls so they dont touch or move. One last thing: be sure the stems are in water.

Show lowdown: This years GCV Daffodil Show, A Little Celebration, will take place April 1 and 2 in Winchester. Please see the facing page for details.

More, more, more: The above is a condensed version of an article with tips for the beginning exhibitor. Email Lucy Rhame at [email protected] for the original.

Editors note: Showtime!The following concludes a three-part series with tips for preparing to compete in a

flower show. The ideas pertain to a daffodil show, yet some have universal usefulness, while others can be modified for shows that showcase other flowers. For more, please see

the September and December 2013 issues of the Journal.


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History of Leesburg Garden Club

Gladys S. Lewis, President, Leesburg Garden Club

The Leesburg Garden Club was founded in 1915 as a group to read the works of Charles Dickens; Dickens was soon abandoned in favor of plants. Many members lived on farms so emphasis was on vegetables as well as flowers. In 1926, the club became the 14th member of the Garden Club of Virginia.

In 1917, members supplied fresh vegetables to the local hospital from their own gardens and their garden at the hospital. In the early 1940s, the club switched its attention to landscaping at the hospital. Another early project was to help school children plant flowers.

The clubs concern led it to work in opposition to the use of billboards. One member, Vinton Pickens, urged the use of zoning to prevent billboards. She attended meetings of the Board of Supervisors until the board agreed to appoint a Planning Commission. Pickens was the Commissions first and longest serving chairman. Through the work of the club, Loudoun County became the first rural county in the country to have a zoning ordinance.

In 1985, the club became embroiled in a conflict with Lyndon LaRouche, an extremist political figure. LaRouche asked for a zoning variance to change the use of his agricultural property. The club joined other citizens in protest and the request was denied. LaRouche targeted those who opposed the variance calling the club members these clacking busybodies in this Soviet jellyfish front sitting here in Leesburg oozing out their funny little propaganda making nuisances of themselves.

In 1992, Maureen Mercker, Community Beautification Chair, began talks with the town about putting up floral hanging baskets. Maureen was successful and the baskets have been put up every year since.

The club is a 501(c)(3) organization and has worked with Oatlands Plantation and Dodona Manor in preserving and maintaining these historic properties. The club gives scholarships for camp and college. In December, members create wreaths and swags to hang on Leesburgs courthouse gates and at other locations. The club monitors the countys sign ordinance.

Members have won statewide awards for their work, including the GCV Massie Medal for saving the Broad Run Bridge and the GCV de Lacy Gray Memorial Medal for Conservation for work to protect the natural resources of the Commonwealth. The club won the GCV Common Wealth Award for donating trees for the Douglass Community Centers Park for all Ages. Other awards have come to the club for introducing zoning to the county and for horticultural achievement. Recently the club returned to the Douglass Community Center to plant daffodils and build a patio with bench for visitors. Ten members have won the GCV Horticultural Award of Merit.


American Botanical Paintings: Native Plants of the Mid Atlantic

By Mary Page HickeyThe Garden Club of Alexandria

Sixty beautiful paintings and drawings of native plants of the mid-Atlantic are on exhibit at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., from February 15 through June 15, 2014.

The exhibition coincides with the publication of the book American Botanical Paintings: Native Plants of the Mid Atlantic, featuring original works by 40 artists from around the country, many from the metropolitan D.C. area. The book also includes paintings of butterflies, moths, and other pollinators, as well as a descriptive text with a special focus on these native species value to the environment, to Native Americans and colonists, and to todays gardeners.

The book and exhibition are the culmination of a three-year effort by the board of Botanical Artists for Education & the Environment (BAEE). During the exhibition at the Botanic Garden, several artists will discuss their work and the project. Information about the exhibit and talks is available on the USBG website, www.usbg.gov. The book may be ordered directly from the publisher, www.starbooks.biz, for $39.95. A limited number of copies has been printed.

All proceeds from the sale of the book will be used to support native plant education, conservation, and horticulture. Publication costs have been covered by donations, including a grant from the American Society of Botanical Artists. For additional information about BAEE, please visit the website at www.baeecorp.org.


Designing for a Garden Club of Virginia Flower Showor The Demise of the Green Book

Gladys S. Lewis, GCV Flower Shows CommitteeFauquier and Loudoun Garden Club

Leesburg Garden Club

Your club has assigned you the job of creating and entering the Inter Club arrangement for an upcoming GCV Flower Show. Dont search your bookshelves for the Green Book, the former Handbook; it is out of date. To follow the latest de-scription of your assigned design, look online!

Easy to use and colorful, the new Flower Show Handbooks can be found on the GCV website. No password required. Just go to www.gcvirginia.org. Find Flower Shows in the gray box on the left and choose Flower Show Handbooks. Youll see three parts to help you design a Blue ribbon winner! Floral Styles and Designs (PDF): descriptions of

the designs used in GCV Shows Floral Design Photographs: additional photos of

designs Entering a Flower Show (PDF): rules for entering

Additional titles cover hosting a Flower Show and judging.

First, open the PDF called Floral Styles and Designs. Click your design in the index and you are taken to the description of your design. You can click the more photos link to go to the photos for your particular design in the Floral Design Photographs section of the Handbooks. New photos are made available during the year. Dont forget to look at Entering a Flower Show. This PDF explains the rules for both artistic and horticultural entries.

If you are tempted to print all the PDFs to read through, go ahead. But keep in mind that the Handbooks are being refined several times a year. Maybe the description for the design you have to create has changed. You dont want to spend a lot of time creating a design based on old descriptions. Once a shows schedule comes out, the Flower Show Handbooks will not be changed until that show is over. The Handbooks have been updated recently with the addition of Backboard to the Glossary, and changes to some designs.

If you want a paper copy of either the text or the photos of your assigned design to take with you to the show, simply print the pages of the PDF that pertain to your design. Or take a screen shot of the section. On a Mac, press Command Shift 4 then drag over the section to put a copy in your

clipboard. Paste it into a document. For Windows, press the Alt key and then the Print Screen key (found in the upper

right of your keyboard). From the Start menu, choose Accessories and then click Paint. In Paint, paste the image. Save or print it.

Note: Starting in 2014, registration at all Flower Shows closes at 9:30 a.m.

Floral Styles and Designs (pdf)


Capital Trees is Digging Deep, Branching OutBy Jeanette McKittrick

Chairman, Capital TreesThree Chopt Garden Club

Capital Trees, a joint project of the Boxwood, James River, Three Chopt and Tuckahoe Garden Clubs, and the first recipient of the GCVs Bessie Bocock Carter Award in 2010, is much like a new garden. Having put down some roots in the community, its beginning to leaf out all over.

Envisioning a greener, more beautiful, more livable Richmond through the thoughtful planning and planting of trees and public gardens, and mindful of the citys extraordinary heritage and location on the banks of the James River, CT has established several gardens since 2010. Like all gardeners, the group spent the winter making plans for more.

Great Shiplock Park, located on the banks of the James, is the western trailhead of the Virginia Capital Trail and the site of CTs latest garden. Where tree roots once struggled with weeds and concrete, expansive gardens, shady trails, and storm water amenities have taken root to provide a green gateway to historic Chapel Island. CTs collaboration with the City of Richmond, the Virginia Capital Trail Foundation, corporate, non-profit and private citizens resulted in the additional restoration of hundreds of native plants. This is the first step in Richmonds Riverfront Plan, green in both plant material and in its gentle treatment of adjacent wetlands.

Built in the 1850s, the site is the eastern-most section of the historic James River and Kanawha Canal locks, originally laid out by George Washington, and includes the old Trigg Shipyard. Now, in addition to a working canal lock, bicycle and foot trails, fishing spots and beautiful views of the river and downtown Richmond, the park offers visitors environmentally-sensitive gardens. In November, members of the four clubs gathered just outside the park to plant over 10,000 narcissus bulbs, with a river of Spanish bluebells running through white, yellow and gold daffodils. Annual plantings will continue eastward until the bed approaches the Great Turning Basin at 14th Street.

14th Street is also the location of CTs first major installation, a triple alley of gingkoes and swamp white oaks in rain gardens and state-of-the-art bio-filtration systems. The original gardens will be extended this year up to Broad Street, using new soil technology provided by Luck Stone.

Plans are underway for the first block of the Jefferson Greenway, inspired by Thomas Jeffersons original vision of a hilltop capitol, broadly facing the fall line of the James. It will provide a strong, natural thread to visually, symbolically and physically reconnect Capitol Square with the river.

As this is written, winter is far from over, and the members of the four Richmond clubs can hardly wait until spring, when the 10,000 new bulbs lift their heads and Capital Trees, just like the gardens, can continue to leaf out and grow.

Photo Provided by: Jane Cowles

Capital Trees plants over 10,000 bulbs to welcome spring to Richmonds inner-city riverfront


The Board of Directors approved the following slate of Officers and Directors at

Large for the Garden Club of Virginia to serve from 2014 thru 2016.A vote will be taken by the membership at the Annual Meeting.

PRESIDENTJeanette Cadwallender

The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

FIRST VICE PRESIDENTNina Mustard

The Williamsburg Garden Club

SECOND VICE PRESIDENTAnne Cross

The Ashland Garden Club

RECORDING SECRETARYDenise Revercomb

Roanoke Valley Garden Club

CORRESPONDING SECRETARYLinda Consolvo

The Nansemond River Garden Club

TREASURERBetsy Worthington

The Lynchburg Garden Club

DIRECTORS AT LARGEDistrict 1

Susan RobertsonThe James River Garden Club

District 3Tricia McDaniel


District 4Mary Jac Meadows

Chatham Garden Club

Conservation Lobby Day 2014

Members of the GCV Conservation and Beautification Committee: (front row) Mary Ann Gibbons (Fauquier & Loudoun GC), Tuckie Westfall (GC of Alex-andria), Celie Harris (Winchester-Clarke GC), Leesie Leake (Three Chopt GC);

(second row) Sarah Bridenhagen (Albemarle GC), Elizabeth Christeller (The GC of the Middle Peninsula), Anne Beals, Chair (The Rappahannock Valley GC), Wendy Vaughn (The Princess Anne GC), Whitney Feldmann (The Mill Mountain GC), and Anne Irving (The Hunting Creek GC)

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Itching for SpringSherry Leffel

GCV Rose Committee ChairmanThe Spotswood Garden Club

Are you itching to get out into the garden? I know I am. Every day that the weather cooperates, I go out looking for any new growth from bulbs and even rose buds.

Roses are one of my favorite flowers, and I would like to encourage you to think about growing more hybrid teas, grandifloras, floribundas and miniature roses. If you plant them close to one another or all in the same bed, caring for them becomes easier. Yes, you do need to spray, but there are new sprays that are kinder to the environment. And, if you use one of the new sprayers, you do not have to do anything except point the wand.

To add to ideas you might glean from catalogs, the following 10 roses are good for cutting; their blooms will last a long time, once cut and brought inside:

Veterans Honor Neptune St. Patrick Oktoberfest A Touch of Class Elizabeth Taylor Sugar Moon Brides Dream Tropicana Moonstone

It would be wonderful to see more members exhibit at the Rose Show, scheduled for Oct. 1 and 2, with the Gabriella Garden Club as hosts. Happy gardening.


In Memoriam 2013

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.

Lo AldhizerKathryn Clark BassettMavis Jane Pistorius BaylesJane Humphrey BealeEdie BellLile BellBarbara W. BringmanElizabeth BrownAnne Stanley ChathamMary CogginMontrue CollinsGarnett CopelandEileen Boush DavisKatherine DavisJanet DennisAnn Scott DouthatKathy DuntonBarbara DyerJo FraserAnne Dowding GrothJett Carter GrovesMary Kathryn HaleyFraunces McCurley HardyVirginia Nurney HarlowMarie HarperAgnes HarrisonRachel HollisDiane JamesLaVerne Keyser

Leezie Laughlin

Ann Mason

Emily Ann Mason

Lois Mengel

Ann Miller

Katherine Byrd Miller

Lucy Neal

Margaret Faulconer Nelms

Molly Nicholl

Cindy Barkham Peak

Frances Buckley Pratt

Lou Preston

Emma Jane Pope Ramsey

Martha Lee Romaine

Carolyn Jones Rosser

Anne Rixey Ruffin

Martha Godwin Saunders

Malvina Savage

Jan Saxman

Frances Shelton

Sally Birdsong Smith

Sue Smith

Linda Llewellyn Stickley

Pauline Trimpi

Harriet van Houten

Evelyn Cox Washington

Janet Whitehouse

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Free & Easy Programs About Historic Virginia GardensBy Kitty Lee Wafle, GCV Restoration Committee


Feeling the stress of providing programs for your club for the whole year? Limited budget? Let a member of the Restoration Committee provide you with a free and educational program. Currently, there are four PowerPoint programs available and more coming.

Restorations of the Garden Club of Virginia contains beautiful images of the restorations done by the Garden Club since Kenmore in the 1920s. You will be amazed and proud of these projects funded from our Historic Garden Week revenue. Your club will have a renewed interest in historic gardens, and it will energize them for the next Historic Garden Week. This PowerPoint can also be used during Historic Garden Week to fill a flat screen in one of the featured homes with continually rotating images of restored gardens.

The Garden Club of Virginia and Thomas Jeffersons Poplar Forest illustrates cutting- edge technology and historic research used to reveal a true picture of this historic landscape. The story is like a good mystery book that cant be put down as each clue leads to another. There will be connections to Europe, the White House and old letters from neighbors. What did Jefferson mean when he referred to clumps and built mounds? All will feel honored and excited to be part of this ongoing research and restoration project.

The GCV Fellowships provides an overview of the interesting work done by the Fellows since 1996. Ever wonder what a long forgotten historic garden looked like it its prime? The GCV fellows document their work with measured drawings, research of old papers, letters and pictures. Their final report is added to the comprehensive record of Virginias important historic gardens and landscapes. Your members will be inspired and awed to learn more about Virginias history from these landscape studies.

The Hudson Valley Trip features gardens and estates of the rich and famous in New York State. A Restoration Committee member who visited the gardens will give a firsthand report on the particulars of each garden. They include Olana, the amazing estate of painter Frederick Church, Kykuit, the Rockefellers Estate, Samuel F. B. Morses Locust Grove and several others. Your club will learn about the surprising connections these gardens have with many gardens in Virginia. Schedule your program to enjoy a beautiful fall tour through these lovely gardens anytime of the year.

Interested? To learn more or book a date, contact Sally Guy Brown at [email protected] or any Restoration Committee member to bring one of these programs to your club.

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A New Look for the GuidebookBy Alice Martin, Historic Garden Week Chairman 2014-2015

The Petersburg Garden Club

By the time this March Journal reaches your home, you may well have the 2014 Historic Garden Week in Virginia guidebook in hand. I do hope so. Our admi-rable HGW staff has been working overtime to give us a guidebook that will be easier to use, more pleasant to read, and more helpful in planning multiple tours. I love its new look! Our 2014 book is a bit taller, with easy-to-recognize icons to let us know the necessary information without repetitive instructions for each tour. In addition, there are several improvements to our previous format.

Of course, the cover photograph of the Anne Spencer Garden in Lynchburg makes the guidebook special right from the beginning. But, as we look inside, we discover a very useful change in the form of color-coordinated pages for the various regions of Virginia. This will be most helpful in arranging itineraries, especially for our out-of-state visitors. Another notable addition is a section about the Garden Club of Virginia, its mission, and the role of Historic Garden Week as a vital part of that mission. Then comes a section that many of you have been requesting for years, an eight page spread of HGW flower arrangements. The photos are taken from the past three years, and they are spectacular. This is the perfect way to show off the talents of the ladies belong-ing to the 47 member clubs. As you reach the end of the guidebook, there is another wonderful surprise a pull-out map to make our planning and touring even simpler. Kudos to Karen Miller and London Ray, our HGW staff, for working with our Guidebook designer and publisher to give us this great new format.

Certainly, this is a guidebook that will inspire us all to take mul-tiple tours, and that is exactly what I want to encourage you to do. Get-ting ready for your own clubs tour is a lot of work, to be sure.

Gathering flowers, arrang-ing flowers, selling tickets, serving as hostesses, baking cookies, and preparing box lunches, yes, it is, indeed, a lot of work. You certainly deserve a treat, and the best treat you can give yourself is to enjoy another clubs tour. There will always be some detail, dcor, or special design feature that will delight and inspire you. Give yourself this special gift. I promise, you will be glad you did.

Ill look forward to seeing you on the tours.

Photo Provided by: Roger Foley


Club NotesThe Nansemond River Garden ClubBy Sandy Hart and Linda Consolvo

In November, we approached the members of Nansemond River about decorating the Capitol for the Virginia inaugural festivities on January 11-12, 2014. After a moments silence, there was a whole-hearted yes. Fifteen snippers and clippers descended upon the Capitol. With assignments made, types of arrangements and containers distributed, flower orders doled out, greens and branches cut from our gardens, we donned aprons with the Nansemond Rivers logo and tackled the work. Thursdays work group completed the bones of the arrangements and visited with our districts representative, S. Chris Jones, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. At days end, which included delays for a suspicious package and a fire alarm, we ignored our aching backs and tired feet and had a fun evening.

Fridays eight-hour workday included placing our arrangements at the reception desk and the statue of Washington, in the old Senate Chamber and the Jefferson Room. An arrangement was made for the green room where President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were to rest. Our members enjoyed meeting the Governor-elect and receiving his thanks and praise. A highlight was television coverage of the passing of the Governors mansion key in the Old Senate Chamber in front of one of our arrangements.

Everyone was thrilled with our creations and the long-term plan is to have GCV involved in future events at the State Capitol.

NR snippers and clippers with Representative Chris Jones

Those of you who were fortunate enough to attend the 2013 Conservation Forum last November, Adapting to Climate Change in Virginia, at Montalto at Monticello, certainly enjoyed a valuable day. One of the best parts of the day was presenting the Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award to Corbin Harwood, Director of the Garden Cub of America, who has been instrumental in keeping the myriad details of uranium mining in Virginia foremost in our consciousness.

The deadline for nominations for the Dugdale Award, presented to a person or organization that is not a member of the GCV, is June 1. There are a lot of extremely deserving entities in the Commonwealth, so please prepare to nominate one from your community.

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If You Dont Do Anything Else, Plant MilkweedBy Meg French, The Virginia Beach Garden ClubNancy Dickerson, The Princess Anne Garden Club

GCV Horticulture Committee

Gardens depend on bees, wasps, flies, butterflies, moths and beetles for pollination. Creating a pollinator landscape or a pollinator pocket is something every member of the GCV can do ... in backyards, on decks, patios and porches.We can overwhelm you with all the dos and donts of sound pollinator-friendly

gardens, but if we all start with just one small step, we can make a huge difference for pollinators, particularly the monarch butterfly.

Plant milkweed. There are 14 species of milkweed (Asclepias spp.) that are native to Virginia.

Milkweeds are vital for the survival of monarch butterflies, their only host plant for reproduction. Milkweed also provide quality nectar for other pollinating insects and hummingbirds.

Milkweed populations are rapidly being lost due to urban sprawl and commercial farming. Milkweed was once found commonly in pastures, meadows, woodland edges, farmlands and roadsides. Now, whole habitats that include the presence of milkweed are disappearing due to spraying and mowing.

As we look toward our future as good steward landowners, we need to see our own yards as opportunities for replacing what is being and has been lost.

The gardeners definition of a weed is any plant that is growing where we dont want it to grow. We need to remove milkweed from our weed list and add it to our desired garden plant list.

To find milkweed plants for your garden check native plant society sales, butterfly society plant sales, and native plant nurseries. A good source is www.mailordernatives.com. Another easy way is to collect and plant milkweed seeds from established plants or buy them from seed catalogs.

The most commonly found milkweeds for purchase are common milkweed, butterfly weed, and swamp milkweed. Two nice swamp milkweed cultivars are Cinderella (pink) and Ice Ballet (white).

According to Doug Tallamy in his book Bringing Nature Home, Now, for the first time in its history, gardening has taken on a role that transcends the needs of the gardener. Like it or not, gardeners have become important players in the management of our nations wildlife. It is now within the power of individual gardeners to do something that we all dream of doing: to make a difference.

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Club NotesBy Aline Day

Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club

Club program chairmen, if you are searching for a two-part program which will educate, inspire and entertain, I enthusiastically recommend Poplar Forest. First, Kim Nash, Restoration Committee member, came to our club for a slide presentation on Thomas Jeffersons country retreat. Kims talk covers the history of the estate, gives insights into Jeffersons design skills and tastes, explains the archaeological research being done to authenticate the garden restoration, and describes the work being done to bring Jeffersons garden to life.

Next, Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club members traveled to Poplar Forest, located near Lynchburg. Gena Morris, Visitor Experience & Volunteer Manager, organized a wonderful day for us beginning with an informative and entertaining tour of the grounds by Jack Gary, Director of Archaeology and Landscapes. Delicious box lunches were waiting for us in the conference room. After lunch we toured the house, guided by a docent whose historical knowledge and respect for Jeffersons design and engineering acumen made the tour fascinating.

As clubs across the state gear up for another successful Historic Garden Week, it is inspiring to focus on specific projects that benefit from all of our volunteer hours. The funds we invest in Poplar Forest are being put to such important work.

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Club NotesBy Margrete Stevens

The Warrenton Garden Club

The Warrenton Garden Clubs annual conservation meeting on November 14 was devoted to Conservation, Advocacy and Volunteerism. Co-chairs Lili Alexander and Margrete Stevens brought together representatives of leading advocacy organizations in the region and individuals who, through their volunteer efforts, have made important contributions to their community. The first panel included Heather Richards and Dan Holmes, both from the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC), who focused on conservation easements and transportation. Emily Francis (Virginia League of Conservation Voters) dealt with the continued pressure to lift the ban on uranium mining. The second panel included Oya Simpson, Community Volunteer, who described how she had led an initiative to obtain National Wildlife Federation certification as a Community Wildlife Habitat for her Loudoun County subdivision. Gem Bingol (PEC) spoke about her work on the Spout Run watershed restoration project in Clarke County. Karen Hunsberger (PEC) described the work of the Fauquier Education Farm in Warrenton and her efforts to promote local produce. Finally, Anne Beals (GCV Conservation and Beautification Chairman) gave an overview of the Garden Club of Virginias conservation initiatives.

A coffee break provided members and guests the opportunity to engage with the speakers about the topics of the day.

Emily Francis, Dan Holmes, Heather Richards and Margrete Stevens discuss potential uranium mining in Virginia.

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Club NotesAlbemarle Garden Club

By Mary W. Pollock

This past October, our club began joyous celebrations for our 100th birthday. We remember the spirit of a 1913 mission statement which declared that members should have a love of flowers and the possession of a garden that shows evidence of interest and labor. We are a founding member of the Garden Club of Virginia and also are a member of the Garden Club of America.

Celebrating a centennial brings enormous benefits. We remember our raison detre as we revisit archives, seeking the secrets of early members whose bravery, intellect, and diligence nurtured us. We seek to emulate their accomplishments in gardening, horticulture, conservation, and historical preservation, while eschewing roadside billboards and saving and preserving our environment. We commend our present-day intrepid leaders who guide us through this special year and who champion the cherished articles of faith. Celebrating the past will help us flourish for the next 100 years.

We will celebrate with many events. A meeting at the birthplace of our founders, an in-club flower show, a display featuring past members and archival treasures, and an environmental negotiation program are a few of the events we will enjoy. The culminating activity will be a centennial gala celebration dinner held at a local hotel ballroom.

We look forward to our second 100 years and remember Francis Bacon who said, Gardening is the purest of human pleasures.

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On The Road to SilverBy Mary Q. Zocchi

Dolley Madison Garden Club

The horticulture section of the GCV lily show can be daunting when determining which section and class to enter. Many entries could be entered for silver trophies yet are not. The GCV Lily Committee members try to catch these before they go out to the floor and encourage the grower to reconsider. Here are things to keep in mind both before the show, when selecting your lilies to cut and when you are in the workroom grooming your lilies:

1. Read the Lily Show Schedule carefully. Section A is for GCV members only.

2. Are you a novice? If so, there are two sections you can enter: Section A, Class 5 the Blue Ridge Garden Club Cup, and Section J, Class 44.

3. Do you have three lily stems all from the same division with different orientations? Is one lily upfacing, another outfacing and a third pendant? If so, look at Section H, Class 41 for the Eugenia and David Diller Lily Orientation Bowl.

4. Do you have three of a kind (sounds like poker), three stems of the same species, variety or cultivar? If so, enter them in Section A, Class 6 for the Virginia Ewers Queitzsch Memorial Bowl.

5. How about potted lilies? The North American Lily Society Award is available for Section E, Classes 36 and 37, and there are very few entries in these sections.

For lily growers who are feeling a little advanced in their aim for silver, try these sections and classes:

1. Do you have six registered named hybrid lily varieties, all blue ribbon quality? If so, enter Section A, Class 1 for the Eleanor Truax Harris Cup.

2. Are you growing lilies from seed, scale or bulbils? Enter your lily in Section A, Class 2 for the Violet Niles Walker Memorial Trophy.

3. Have you hybridized a yet unnamed lily? Then you are eligible for the Gertrude Cody Minter Memorial Award, Section G, Class 39.

There are many chances to win silver, such as having the best single stem species or best Oriental in the show, having the most buds and blooms on a stem, winning the most blue ribbons, and so on. Again read the show schedule and plan accordingly.

When you become one of the lucky silver trophy winners, you have the choice to take the trophy home for a year or not. If you take a perpetual trophy home, you sign for it and return it to the Kent-Valentine House before the next show. The annual awards are usually Jefferson cups, which you may keep.

Its March the show is right around the corner. Hope to see you in the winners circle.


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ExLibrisA Review of Passalong PlantsBy Molly H. Sammler, GCV Library Committee

The Petersburg Garden Club

Like the Southern tradition it endorses, Steve Bender and Felder Rushings Passalong Plants should become a tradition on your side table, as it will continually bring a smile to your face and remind you of fond gardening memories. Allen Lacy, in the books foreword, describes it as a hoot and holler. Pardon me, its a worthy and eminently enjoyable contribution to American horticulture literature.

In this age of new and improved, the book reminds us of the many priceless qualities of heirloom plants from their fragrance, viability, and character to their sentimental value as we remember their prior owners, who passed them along. Passalongs are plants that have survived in gardens for decades by being handed from one person to another. Bender and Rushing describe a common theme, ... to a gardener all other gardeners are friends. A true gardener would rather shake a hornets nest then deny an interested party the joy of a beautiful plant.

Animated with lively and irreverent script, this book is filled with glorious photographs taken by the authors. Pictures from the shoe garden in the opening pages, delicate close-ups of strawberry geraniums, and a chapter entitled, Well, I think its pretty, which explores fine yard art, are all enchanting. The authors describe 117 passalong plants, giving particulars on hardiness, size, uses in the garden, and horticultural requirements. Their presentation is educational, informal and, more times than not, humorous. For example, the description of the Physostegia spp., commonly known as obedient plant, made me laugh as I thought of how many times I had tried to tame it in my own flower bed. Entitled Not as Tame, as the Name, the plants description goes on to say it is ... not a plant for the nice-guy gardener.

The last chapter of the book concentrates on how to swap plants. The authors explain the best method of sharing plants with other gardeners and organizing your own plant swap, from quality control and labeling to a fair method of swapping.

The book concentrates primarily on southern passalongs, as both authors live in the South. Steve Bender is a senior writer for Southern Living and a contributor to several books on southern gardening. Felder Rushing is a seventh-generation Mississippi gardener, an author and columnist, and host of radio and television gardening programs. The authors have also included sources for the passalongs, if you have not had the good fortune to have them already in your garden. The book concludes with an old southern adage that if you thank someone for a plant it will not grow. The authors advice the best way to say thank you for a plant is to pass a piece along to someone else.

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Brent and Beckys BulbsCatherine G. AdamsDana AdamsKathryn AllenPolly AndersonKathryn AngusSusan ArmfieldNancy W. AveryJoan BakerDottie Glaize BallardRebecca BalzerAngela BarksdaleMary Elizabeth BarnesTurner BarringerIsabel BatesSara H. BeedieMolly Hubard BilisolyAnne T. BlandKae N. BollingCarolyn BottgerElizabeth BradfordMatilda H. BradshawBurgess Burn BradshawJody BranchGail BraxtonCatherine BrooksJessie BroskieMary Louise B. BrownLinda Penn Wheat BryanMissy BuckinghamDeedy BumgardnerJody BundyElaine BurdenLisa CapertonMrs. Peter O. CareyCean Cawthorn

Mrs. John H. Cheatham IIIAnne ChewningMelanie ChristianElizabeth P. ClarkKay ClaryBeth ClevelandCatherine B. ClextonJinx ConstineCarpie CoulbournMrs. James P. Cox IIITeckla H. CoxBerenice D. CraigieCathy CreekmoreAnn K. CrenshawKim CrossAnne Geddy CrossMrs. William H. DabneyPenny DartCoralee B. DavisMargaret C. DavisEeda DennisMartha Pollard EastonMrs. Franklin S. Edmonds, Jr.Bracken ErwinMoonie EtheringtonTabb FarinholtMr. and Mrs. Mazen

FaroukiLaurel FenstererMarianna Fitz-HughMary Carter FrackeltonMr. and Mrs John Moncure

FritscheConnie FultonLiz GallowayChrissy GarnerDiane GinsbergMary Bruce H. GlaizeLiz S. GoffigonKay B. GoldbergPreston Lee GomerMrs. G. Royden Goodson IIIGlenna GravesMrs. James C. Greene

Melissa M. GullquistSuzanne LaPrade HaalandCynthia D. HallSally L. HarrisAnne Harrison HarrisCelie HarrisMrs. Sandy HartLynn E. HornsbyMary HortonLucy G. HuffMrs. Brain P. HutchensLyn HutchensDiane K. HynesKate Scott JacobHeidi F. JamesDr. and Mrs. T. M. JamisonAnne M. JenningsMichelle W. JenningsRobin S. JohnsonMary Ann JohnsonNatalee JohnsrudJonzennie Mewborne JonesTara Inloes JosephLois M. KellerEllen KelsoJudy KiddBeverley KingSharon W. KnowlesMeg S. LaughonMrs. Carlton LeeMrs. Alan J. LePeterGladys LewisIngrid Hinckley LindsayCalder LothEllen LuskBoyd MacIverMary L. MackallMrs. Ross D. MacKenzieCatherine MaddenJane H. MadduxRebecca M. MahonDollie McGrath MarshallAnne M. Mason


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Patricia W. ProctorCarolyn QuinnKatherine Rose RawlsElizabeth B. ReedMrs. Charles L. Reed, Jr.Mary Scully RileyMr. Edward G. Foss and

Ms. Jennifer RinehartMr. and Mrs. W. Randolph

RobinsGoree D. RobinsMichaela RobinsonMr. Josiah P. Rowe IIITricia RussellHelen J. RyanConnie SaffelleMolly H. Sammler, Esq.Sallie SchmidtVirginia ShelorJo SilversJocelyn SladenMrs. Melvin M. SpenceErin StansburyLynda Gomez StricklerJane Owen StringerMrs. John E. Tankard, JrMary Glen Taylor

Kathryn A. TrakasNancy H. TuckerJanet B. TuttonKay TylerKaren WachtmeisterSarah U. WadeMarilyn T. WalkerJessica Bemis WardBetty Byrne WareLinda and Mark J. WengerJanice Scott WhiteheadDebi WhittleMr. and Mrs. John H.

Wick IIIBrooke C. WickDootsie WilburWidget WilliamsBarbara P. WillisSusan & Allan WinnSally WittElizabeth Singleton WolfSuzanne WorshamBetsy WorthingtonAlexandra Mayo YarbroughMrs. Richard W. YoungKate Zullo

Donor In Honor ofGabriella Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matilda Bradshaw Joyce MoormanThe Garden Study Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Brad DraperHarborfront Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon EvansLeesburg Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeanette CadwallenderThe Garden Club of Norfolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon EvansThe Princess Anne Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon EvansThe Virginia Beach Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon EvansWinchester-Clarke Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeanette Cadwallender Ann Gordon EvansMary Dame Broad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon EvansDianne Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martha ShermanMrs. Herbert A. Claiborne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sue ThompsonCandace Carter Crosby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown Ann Gordon EvansMarge Dillard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barney SackettClarkie Eppes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GCV Journal CommitteeJean E. R. Gilpin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karmen Gustin Julie MacKinlayJulie Grover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon EvansMrs. William Maury Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martha F. Moore


The M. F. Moorman Family Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon EvansSusan S. Mullin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mina WoodJudy Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon EvansVirginia Rocen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy BrownKVA Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mina WoodJane Claytor Webster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robin IngramDonor In Memory ofThe Garden Study Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Jett Carter GrovesEllen Rixey Barber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Rixey RuffinLouisa H. Coker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane BealeClarkie Eppes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mavis Bayles Lois Mengel Anne Rixey RuffinElizabeth M. Garner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claire Horton Sally Birdsong SmithSally Garland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Rixey RuffinEllen G. Godwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Martha Godwin SaundersMr. and Mrs. John C. Harrell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Martha Godwin SaundersThe M. F. Moorman Family Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane BealeMina and Robin Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moffett Cochran Henley L. Guild

Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award FundDonorThe James River Garden Club

Common Wealth Award FundDonor In Memory ofNancy T. Mastin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mr. R. Lee Mastin

Garden Club of Virginia EndowmentDonorLeesburg Garden Club

Donor In Honor ofThe Garden Club of Danville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matilda BradshawThe Garden Club of the Eastern Shore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon EvansThe Garden Club of Fairfax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judith Landolt-KornsLiz Galloway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Muff NoldeMarty and Temple Moore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy and Tom BrownAnn Wentworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emma Oppenhimer

Donor In Memory ofThe Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randy BrownGigi Birdsong Calvert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Birdsong SmithCarolyn B. Faison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Birdsong SmithPearl Harrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Birdsong SmithKatty Mears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Rixey RuffinMary Parsley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Birdsong SmithVirginia Savage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malvina H. SavageMrs. Toy D. Savage, Jr. (Rodie) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Birdsong SmithMary G. Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane BealeSusan B. Wight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Birdsong Smith


GCV Conservation FundDonor In Memory ofGabriella Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mrs. Robert G. Fraser

Gifts-in-KindDonorThe Estate of Mavis BaylesMr. and Mrs. Christopher CareyNancy GillespieMrs. E. Sidney Vaughn III

RestorationDonor In Honor ofThe Augusta Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sue Thompson

Donor In Memory ofThe Princess Anne Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eileen DavisBeverley King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Henley L. GuildEmily Reeves Sloan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Birdsong SmithShannon Wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Birdsong Smith

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