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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 EditorIt was a mournful day when we lost a tree in our yard. But once the tears were

gone, we saw things differently. Yes, some hostas were lost as their habitat changed

but other shrubs filled in and four years later, one wouldn’t know where the tree

had been. The additional light in a once-dark room is a blessing. Gardeners are

presented with opportunities to see things differently as nature’s hand directs

changes.

Likewise, the Garden Club of Virginia has given us opportunities to see things

differently. The new look on our cover reflects the new graphic standards adopted

in May. We have a new president, board and committee chairmen. I hope your

club has new members, new civic projects and new energy for the work we

share in Historic Garden Week. This issue of the Journal will shed new light on

opportunities that the GCV has for you, in your garden and beyond.

Journal Editorial Board2010-2011

Editor and Chairman: Jeanette Cadwallender, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

ExOfficio MembersThe GCV President, Kimbrough Nash, The Warrenton Garden ClubThe GCV Corresponding Secretary, Nina Mustard, The Williamsburg Garden ClubThe GCV Photographer, Casey Rice, Harborfront Garden ClubJournal Business Chairman, Fleet Davis, The Garden Club of the Eastern ShoreJournal Advertising Chairman, Katya Spicuzza, Albemarle Garden Club, The Garden Club of the Northern Neck

MembersMason Beazley, The James River Garden Club, The Garden Club of the Northern NeckBetty Delk, The Nansemond River Garden ClubBetty Anne Garrett, The Garden Club of the Middle PeninsulaJulie Grover, The Blue Ridge Garden Club, The James River Garden ClubJeanette McKittrick, Three Chopt Garden ClubSarah Pierson, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

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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:Kimbrough Nash

Journal Editor:Jeanette CadwallenderP.O. Box 7696Fredericksburg, VA 22404Phone: (540) 373-7210Email: [email protected]

Journal Advertising Chairman:Katya Spicuzza500 James Wharf RoadWhite Stone, VA 22578Email: [email protected]

Journal Business Chairman:Fleet [email protected]

Vol. LV, No. 3Printed on recycled paper byCarter Printing CompanyRichmond, VA

ON THE COVER...The Journal honors the Albemarle Garden Club, host of the board of governors meeting. The club uses this design, based on of one of the University of Virginia Pavilion garden gates, to symbolize their efforts in the Charlottesville community.

IN THIS ISSUE ...

Conservation Forum ..................................... 2

Our New President........................................ 3

Historic Garden Week ................................... 4

Save the Date ............................................... 7

The Restoration Committee at Work ............. 8

Conservation workshop ................................. 9

New Directory and Handbook ..................... 11

Rose Notes ................................................... 12

Rose Show .................................................... 13

68th Annual Lily Show ................................ 14

Massie Medal Nomination ........................... 16

An Opportunity to Honor Our Own ........... 17

Lily Notes..................................................... 18

Ex Libris ....................................................... 20

Poet’s Corner ................................................ 21

Thanks ......................................................... 21

Daffodil Notes .............................................. 22

Daffodil Symposium .................................... 22

Club Notes .................................................. 24

On the Road with Cabell West .................... 25

Contributions .............................................. 31

OTHER 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]

POSTMASTER send address changes to:Executive Director12 East Franklin StreetRichmond, VA 23219

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Beneath the SurfaceGCV Conservation Forum

November 5, 2010By Chamie Valentine

GCV Conservation CommitteeThe James River Garden Club

The Garden Club of Virginia will hold its annual Conservation Forum at the Sadler Center at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg and at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in Gloucester Point on November 5, 2010.

The forum will address critical issues facing the commonwealth concerning the Atlantic Ocean, related waterways and coastal areas.

• Keynote speaker, Vikki Spruill, President and CEO of Ocean Conservancy and member of the Pew Fellows Advisory Committee, will address the health of the ocean, its warming waters, acidification, ocean pollution, dead zones, sustainable fishing and the need for uniform law pertaining to protected ocean areas. For more on Vikki Spruill and the Ocean Conservancy’s 35-year work on ocean issues, see http://www.oceanconservancy.org.

The second half of the forum will be at VIMS, the nation’s largest marine science center focused on coastal and estuarine science, and will feature speakers Dr. J. Emmett Duffy, Dr. Elizabeth Canuel, and Dr. Carl Hershner.

• Dr. Duffy has been featured on BBC’s Blue Planet series, on Discovery Channel, and in textbooks and other media worldwide;

• Dr. Canuel, author of numerous papers and a forthcoming book, has received numerous awards, including a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation, the Thomas Jefferson Teaching Award and the W&M Alumni Fellowship Award for teaching;

• Dr. Carl Hershner, Professor and Director, Center for Coastal Resources Management, VIMS/W&M, will address shoreline erosion in the forum’s final program.

Register for this 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. program online: www.vims.edu. For more information and to read complete biographies of the speakers, contact the Garden Club of Virginia at http://www.gcvirginia.org.


Introducing Our New President

By Jeanette Cadwallender, GCV Recording Secretary and Journal Editor

The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

K imbrough Koontz Nash became the 46th president of the Garden Club of Virginia when she took the gavel in May at the close of the Annual Meeting.

Kim has been an active member of the Warrenton Garden Club since 1981. She has served the GCV in many capacities including Director-at-large, Recording Secretary, First and Second Vice President, and has been a member of the Restoration Committee, Conservation Committee, Journal editorial board and was the Public Relations Chairman.

An alumna of the Madeira School and Hollins College, Kim grew up in Alexandria where her mother was a member of the Garden Club of Alexandria. Her grandmother was a member of the Lynchburg Garden Club. She is married to Arthur H. (Bunny) Nash and has two adult sons. The Nashes have three dogs and three horses. While Kim used to ride every day, she also found time to volunteer in her community. She has served as co-chairman of the Neighborhood Art Show in The Plains, board member of the Fauquier County Library Board and Highland School and as a Vestry member of Grace Episcopal Church. As a new member of the Warrenton Garden Club, Kim received perennial plants that were shared by older members dividing their gardens. She loved recalling the person who had shared each one with her. Likewise her interest in the GCV is found in the members of the club. She recognizes the value of friendships made through shared interest and our common mission.

When asked about her goals, Kim responded, “We are coming into the last year of the Strategic Plan. Most of the remaining goals are intangible, and thus open-ended, but they have been shaped to strengthen the mission of the GCV. As a tennis player, I know that one of the most important things you must do in a rally is to keep your eye on the ball. Although that may seem obvious, it really is one of the most difficult things to do. Now I am going to do my best to focus on the mission of the GCV. Conservation, Restoration, Education. These are what we do best”.

Her personal interests in horseback riding, tennis and even tending her own garden will be on hold for the next two years as she leads the GCV. Kim looks forward to meeting all the member clubs and seeing members at statewide GCV events such as the flower shows and the Conservation Forum. It is clear that if she could accomplish this on horseback rather than in her car she would.


Historic Garden Week Celebrates Another Great SeasonBy Suzanne Munson, HGW Executive Director

Just Announced: Historic Garden Week in Virginia has been chosen as one of the

American Bus Association’s Top 100 Events in North America for group travel in

2011, from more than 650 entries – a wonderful way to start our new season. As

we enter our 78th year, Historic Garden Week has become an international event of

major significance, thanks to the outstanding efforts of your clubs across the state.

Congratulations, everyone, on a super successful 2010 Historic Garden Week.

Our beautiful events attracted guests from Honolulu to Harrisburg and garden clubs

from Minnesota to Toronto. Members of the Garden Club of Dallas were so pleased

with their visit that they made a $500 donation to further the work of HGW and of

GCV’s restoration programs.

Gross proceeds for 2010 totaled nearly $747,540, an increase of approximately

$19,000 over last year. An income and expense report for all tours is available from the

Historic Garden Week office. Local expenses included bills for shuttle services, off-duty

police officers, comfort stations, printing, purchased flowers, homeowner gifts and other

items related to production of the tours. Expenses at the state level covered printing

costs (road signs, brochures), office supplies, computers, postage and Internet service.

For the first time in memory, the guidebook realized a profit this year. The printing

bill has been reduced by more than $40,000 during the past two years as a result of

competitive bidding, a change in paper, revised mailing lists and fewer copies printed.

Special thanks to our hardworking advertising sales volunteers across the state who

helped generate more than $109,700 in guidebook revenue, an increase of $3,000 over

last year.

Word about Garden Week is spreading like wildfire on the Internet. Bloggers,

twitterers, facebookers and you tubers were all chatting about our wonderful tours.

Special thanks to Ann Hohenberger of the Garden Club of Gloucester who created a

series of glorious Garden Week horticulture blogs posted on GCV’s Web site.


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Meanwhile, visits to www.VAGardenweek.org soared by 20 percent in one year,

and Internet tickets sold over the site doubled in income—to more than $50,000. This

included $5,150 in sales for the new statewide pass ($175 per person and $300 per

couple). New this year: eight guidebook ads were posted discretely on the Web site,

generating $2,000 in new income.

Publicity in magazines and newspapers was also widespread, starting with Mount

Sharon’s magnificent gardens featured on the cover of the spring issue of Virginia Living

magazine. A lovely half-page ad for the tours ran in the spring issue of Flower magazine,

as part of a new trade arrangement with the Garden Week guidebook. Through our

friends at the Virginia Tourism Corporation, a tour preview appeared in the English

Garden magazine in the UK.

The effect of a gorgeous blockbuster property like Mount Sharon on local tour

proceeds is wonderful to behold. Dolley Madison Garden Club’s ticket income more

than doubled, including a whopping $7,500 in advance Internet sales. Our heartfelt

thanks to Mary Lou and Charlie Seilheimer for sharing their splendid gardens with our

Garden Week visitors for a second time. Mount Sharon is also the second Seilheimer

property to grace the guidebook cover.

Planning for our excellent 2011 tours has been underway for months. At a large

meeting in May, our 2010 and 2011 volunteers were treated to a presentation by the

Restoration Committee, covering some of the fine projects undertaken with Historic

Garden Week proceeds. Ellen Sinclair, 2010 HGW Chairman for the successful

Virginia Beach tour, shared a terrific fund-raising idea that netted $3,000. Details

about her art show are on page 176 of this year’s guidebook. In October we will hold

our annual marketing workshop for all 2011 chairmen and their publicity chairmen.


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Summer Fellows to Archived Papers:The Restoration Committee at Work

By Deedy Bumgardner, GCV Restoration Committee ChairmanThe Augusta Garden Club

Mary Ann Johnson, GCV Restoration CommitteeRoanoke Valley Garden Club

During the summer the Restoration Committee members are hard at work.

One aspect of the work of the committee is the two fellowships established

to build a comprehensive record of historic gardens. Sites to be documented

are chosen in the fall. The GCV Web site provides the information and forms to be

submitted. Applications from landscape architecture students working towards an

MLA or equivalent degree are reviewed in early spring and the fellows work throughout

the summer. Under the supervision of William D. Rieley, the fellows create reports

with measured drawings and written histories of their assigned properties. The two

fellowships offered are:

The William D. Rieley Fellowship supports the documentation of a garden not held in private ownership.

The Rudy J. Favretti Fellowship supports the documentation of historic gardens in private hands.

See photographs on this page of Will Reiley,

GCV Landscape Architect with the 2010

fellows as they report their findings at

Salubria and Green Plains.

The Restoration Committee has fifteen

members, including the GCV President and

Board Liaison as ex officio. Members serve

five-year terms and represent all geographic

areas of the commonwealth. They are liaisons to the

restoration properties in their areas and maintain

regular contact with them. Each member is also

assigned committee duties. The landscape architect,

William D. Rieley, attends all meetings except

executive sessions. The committee meets four times a

year, visiting each property every two or three years.


The meetings last two to three days. Members cover their own expenses for travel,

lodging and food.

To be considered a property must submit an application for Historic Landscape

Restoration to the chairman of the Restoration Committee. The requirements are listed

on the GCV Web site under Restorations and in the GCV Directory and Handbook.

First and foremost the committee stays in touch with all the restoration properties,

making sure issues are addressed and that the high standards set by the GCV are

followed.

The committee publishes a color brochure that is widely distributed describing

the restorations, Historic Garden Week and the GCV. Brochures are made available in

weatherproof boxes at many of the properties giving information about that particular

garden; a maintenance manual serves as a guide for horticulturists and gardening staff at

each of the properties.

Every other year the committee sponsors a maintenance workshop for the

horticulturists and others who work in the restored gardens.

When a new project is completed, the Restoration Committee announces it to the

public and organizes a presentation ceremony.

At the invitation of member clubs, committee members give Power Point

programs about the restorations, which are funded by Historic Garden Week.

The committee continues its collaboration with the Virginia Historical Society,

which is archivist for the papers and designs of the GCV restorations, to create a

descriptive catalog and digitize material, thus allowing online access to this information.

The Conservation and Beautification Committeewill present its annual workshop

for club presidents and conservation chairmen,

September 13, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.at the Kent-Valentine House.

Come hear Delegate Albert Pollard and Senator Richard Stuart and representatives from groups with whom the GCV has partnerships.

Clubs will share successful projects and outcomes in their communities.

There will be an optional box lunch but it must be ordered prior to September 8.Registration is required. Details may be found on the Web site.

Call Tricia Garner (540) 310-0265or Peyton Wells, registrar, (804) 285-0030 for more information.

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Thursday, September 2310:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Open to the public Free of Charge

The new DiRECtoRy & HAnDBook 2010 will be distributed to all club presidents at the board of governors meeting. This edition will include the newly adopted bylaws of the Garden Club of Virginia. There is a copy for each GCV member. Look for yours when your club president returns from Charlottesville.


Rose NotesBy Rachel Hollis, GCV Rose Chairman

The Spotswood Garden Club

The 72nd GCV rose show, sponsored by Harborfront Garden Club will be held October 6 and 7 at Norfolk Botanical Gardens. The Rose Committee invites you to attend, and we offer this article as a guide to how to be successful there.

We also invite you to enter your stems in the Horticulture division and perhaps take home a trophy or two. If you have never entered a specimen in a Rose Show, you will be pleasantly surprised to learn that a novice exhibitor has as much of a chance to take home a blue, red or yellow ribbon as a seasoned veteran. Just follow these easy steps:

• A week before the show, identify any promising blooms – a strong stem with little or no insect damage and one that has a well-placed bud that, when open, will reflect the best form of the cultivar. Side buds are not permitted in some classes so gently pinch them off. If the class calls for a spray and there are three or four buds, pick off the main bud, usually the largest, and the remaining buds will open at the same time. Sprays are judged when two or more blooms are open.

• Bring the flowers inside to assess their chances better. If there is insect damage, cut the leaf off or cut the damage away and recut the leaf to conform to the remaining leaves. This cosmetic practice is allowed. Clean up the foliage and polish each leaf with a tissue. The natural oils in a leaf come to the surface and enhance the blossom. Using foreign substances to shine leaves is not allowed. Re-cut the stems under water at an angle and set aside in a cool, dark place to re-hydrate.

• Preregister or simply register when you arrive at the show.

• Proceed to the Horticulture workroom, with the show schedule in hand; select the class in which each rose best fits and place in designated vases so there is a good balance between the length of the stem and the bloom. Use provided wedging material to secure the stem.

• Fill out both parts of the entry card, determine the best view of the flower, affix the card to the vase and take to the classification table to be reviewed. When passed, the vase will be placed on the appropriate exhibit table by the classification assistant.

The Rose Collection for 2011 is on the GCV Web site with pictures and descriptions. We challenge you to get out of your comfort zone and plant a few roses. Only then will you know why the rose was designated the Official Flower of the United States.


THe GARDeN CluB OF VIRGINIAPresents the

Rose Show“Gateway to the Garden”

Sponsored by Harborfront Garden Clubnorfolk Botanical Garden

Rose Garden Hall

Free with admission to the gardenSanctioned by the American Rose Society

Entries accepted: Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 12 noon – 6 pm Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 7 am – 9:15 am

Open to the public: Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 2 pm – 6 pm Thursday, October 7, 2010, 9 am – 1 pm

Inter Club Artistic ClassesIn 2004, the Norfolk Botanical Garden unveiled its newest and most exciting project, a garden designed for children—The World of Wonders (WOW). The Artistic Classes are based upon different aspects of WOW. The Inter Club classes are based on the Passport Gardens, representing different growing regions or biomes. Photographs of each area are on the GCV Web site.

Class 40a Kamchatka Taiga – A Construction arrangement

Class 40b Choco Rain Forest – A Creative Botanical arrangement

Class 40c Ithaca Isle – A Freeform arrangement

Class 40d Serengeti Savanna – A Pavé Arrangement

All Artistic designs will be judged according to the Garden Club of Virginia Flower Shows Handbook, Revised, www.gcvirginia.org

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The 68th Annual Lily Show, 2010The 68th Annual Lily Show, 2010

Artistic Awards

Class 51 A-‘Bridge on the River Kwai’Mass Line

Blue Ridge GC-Blue

Class 51 B-‘Murder on the Orient Express’French Rococo

Winchester Clarke GC – Quad Blue

Class 51 C-‘High Noon’Western Line DesignWarrenton GC-Blue

Class 51 D-‘Brief Encounter’Free Style

Charlottesville GC-Blue

Class 53-‘The Great Train Robbery’

An AssemblageLaura Anne Brooks

GC of the Middle PeninsulaMost Creative, Best

Arrangement by an Individual

Sponsored by the Petersburg Garden Club“All Aboard” June 16-17, 2010

For more photos and a complete list of winners, go to www.gcvirginia.org and see Flower Shows Grateful Appreciation Extended to Mary Wynn and Charles McDaniel and Hilldrup Transfer and Storage for Support of the GCV Flower Shows


The 68th Annual Lily Show, 2010The 68th Annual Lily Show, 2010Sponsored by the Petersburg Garden Club

“All Aboard” June 16-17, 2010NUMBER OF HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITORS: 53

NUMBER OF ARRANGEMENTS: 63NUMBER OF HORTICULTURAL STEMS: 244

Horticulture Awards

For more photos and a complete list of winners, go to www.gcvirginia.org and see Flower Shows Grateful Appreciation Extended to Mary Wynn and Charles McDaniel and Hilldrup Transfer and Storage for Support of the GCV Flower Shows

Best stem in Show‘L. Leichtinii’

Laura Anne BrooksGC of the Middle Peninsula

Best Interclub CollectionFauquier and Loudon GC

Best Longiflorum/Asiatic stemHighest Bud Count

‘Kentucky’Nancy Philpott, Garden Study Club

Best stem by a Novice‘Royal Sunset’

Daphne CheathamFauquier and Loudon GC


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Massie Medal Nominations

By Lynne Beeler, Massie Medal ChairmanThe Martinsville Garden Club

In 1928, the most prestigious award given by the Garden Club of Virginia was inaugurated by Susanne Williams

Massie, a member of the Albemarle Garden Club. Since then, it has been presented in her memory to a worthy recipient at the Annual Meeting. For 82 years this award has recognized the devotion, work and wisdom of the GCV.

As stated in our bylaws, “the recipient, in the judgment of the committee, must have done outstanding work in gardening, served the Garden Club of Virginia with unusual dedication, been effective in promoting the betterment of The Club, demonstrated excellence in horticulture, restoration, preservation or conservation of the natural resources of our Commonwealth.” The Committee may award the Massie Medal, when merited, to a member(s) of a member club of the GCV (including Honorary Members) or to a member club(s) of the GCV.

Candidates for this distinguished award must be proposed by a member club of the GCV and endorsed by two other member clubs. The nomination form may be found on the GCV Web site. Click on Members Only, Awards, Massie Medal. A one page letter, describing the candidate, may be included. The deadline for all proposals is December 1.

Please submit all nominations to: Lynne Beeler, 953 Mulberry Road, Martinsville, Virginia 24112

[email protected].


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An Opportunity to Honor our Own

By karen Jones, GCV Conservation Chairman

The Martinsville Garden Club

The deLacy Gray Conservation

Medal nomination is indeed

an opportunity to honor one

of our own members or member clubs.

First awarded in 1965, it recognizes effort

to further the knowledge of our natural

resources and to encourage their wise use.

In writing this article, I am reminded

of Bessie Bocock Carter, the 1991 recipient

of this prestigious award. I was lucky

enough to have served on the Conservation

Committee when this dynamic and

principled lady was chairman. Her energy

and commitment to the environment

were truly inspirational. It is appropriate

that a new award was established last year

in her honor. Do any of you have a member

in your club who inspires you and

deserves this recognition? Has your club

undertaken a significant conservation

project recently? If so, please use this

opportunity to submit a nomination.

The deadline is December 1, 2010.

Nomination forms may be found

on the GCV Web site by following links

to awards. For more information, contact

Karen Jones by telephone (276) 638-1198

or email [email protected].


Lily NotesMary nelson Thompson

The Franklin Garden Club

The Petersburg Garden Club’s 68th Annual GCV Lily Show, All Aboard, was simply fabulous. Historic Union Station was the perfect venue for the beautiful period and creative contemporary arrangements entered by talented designers.

A full floor of entries included many novice arrangers. PGC member, Bettie Guthrie, was thrilled with the Georgia Vance Award for the best novice. The Winchester-Clarke GC won the Quad Blue Inter Club Award for the best of the four Inter Club classes. Other class winners included the Blue Ridge GC, the Warrenton GC and the Charlottesville GC. The level of competition was stiff. All 47 clubs were praised for their exemplary efforts.

Laura Anne Brooks, the GC of the Middle Peninsula, won the Tri Color Award and the Flower Show’s Chairman Cup for the best artistic arrangement. She also won the Ann Carter Somerville Award for the most creative arrangement. In the class, The Union Pacific, Construction Arrangement, the blue ribbon was won by Matilda Bradshaw, the Mill Mountain GC. Joyce Rice, Roanoke Valley GC, won the blue for the class,The Harvey Girls, Designer’s Choice class.

Despite the hot weather, the horticulture entries set a record, with 70 more than last year. Patsy Smith, Winchester-Clarke GC, won the most blue ribbons, including the Garden Club of Virginia Cup, the new Sara Ann Lindsey Award, and the Virginia Ewers Queitzsch Memorial Bowl. Liza Cook, Leesburg GC, won the second highest number of blue ribbons, which earned her the Presidents of Member Clubs Cup.

Inter Club collections were astounding in their beauty and numbers; Fauquier and Loudoun GC won this class. Daphne Cheatham of the same club won the best novice stem, the Blue Ridge Cup. Mary Zocchi, Dolley Madison GC, was awarded the Violet Niles Walker Memorial for her stem grown from a bulbil. She presented an interesting display to enlighten the public on this process.

Mary Jac Meadows, Chatham GC, won the new Vicki Bowen Award, her first blue ribbon, for the best trumpet lily. Garden Study Club member, Nancy Philpott, won the new James A. McKenney Award for the best Longiflorum/Asiatic hybrid. Again this year, she won the Ronald J. Chiabotta Award for the stem having the highest bud count. Laura Anne Brooks added more trophies to her trove with the Blanche Rohrer Davis Memorial Bowl and the Member Clubs Cup.

The city of Petersburg was most generous and helpful with the Lily Show, which proved to be an economic boon. Visitors enjoyed the restored Old Towne, the restaurants and the shopping. The Petersburg Garden Club and the Garden Club of Virginia presented an exceptionally beautiful and well-run show. The GCV Lily Committee especially thanks the Hilldrup Moving Company for the moving and storage of our properties.


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Ex LibrisThe Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an obsession

By Andrea WulfBy Anne Cross, GCV Library Committee

The Ashland Garden Club

The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an obsession by Andrea Wulf is the wonderful and well-recommended story of a group of 18th-century English and American naturalists who began a garden revolution which

changed English gardening forever. It is nonfiction, but reads like a good novel. Scott Calhoun, a judge for the 2010 American Horticultural Society Awards, put it this way: “Lest you fear the book is set in staid drawing rooms filled with rattling tea cups and powdered wigs, the text is peppered with tales of English playboys on high seas adventures, Tahitian orgies, and glimpses into Benjamin Franklin’s passion for horticulture.”

The three main characters are Philip Miller, Peter Collinson and Sir Joseph Banks. Miller, a nurseryman, was in charge of the Physic Garden in Chelsea, which started as a resource for apothecaries but, under his direction, became a center of the new passion for gardening and botany. Miller shared his knowledge through his Gardeners Dictionary.

Peter Collinson was a wealthy Quaker merchant with a passion for gardening. John Bartram of Philadelphia supplied him with seeds and plants for more than 40 years. Mark Catesby also supplied him with seeds from his expeditions to Virginia and the Carolinas. Collinson helped finance the publication of Catesby’s natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands.

Sir Joseph Banks was the most famous of the group, having financed and served as the naturalist on the transglobal expedition of Captain Cook’s ship, the Endeavor, in the late 1760s. The journey took three years, and the crew returned with many new plant discoveries and tales of adventure. One of those accompanying Banks was Daniel Solander, a Swedish botanist and protégé of Carl Linnaeous. Solander and Banks collaborated for many years. Banks financed and arranged other journeys to the South Seas. The most famous was the expedition of Captain Bligh’s ship, the Bounty, to gather breadfruit trees to take to the West Indies to feed slaves.

Another character appearing in the story is Carl Linnaeous, the Swedish botanist who created the system of botanical nomenclature. He classified plants by their sexual parts, a practice which scandalized many Englishmen, but was readily accepted by the Americans.


The Warrenton Garden Club’s natural history day camp that they run each summer with the Piedmont Environmental Council was described in an article in the September 2009 Journal. At the conclusion of this summer’s camp, the

following poem was written by one of the participants and submitted by Virginia Farrar, who not only leads the camp but hosts it on her property.

The Love for nature, is of the mind, is of the heart, is of the soul,

The Love for nature, is not given, but only found.

The Love for nature, is astounding,

The Love for nature, is surrounding,

The Love for Nature.

— Megan Hasle, Age 10

Thank You.The Garden Club of Virginia members are grateful to Jody Branch, Molly Hood, Bebe Luck and Catherine Whitham for running the operations of the Kent-Valentine House over the summer. These volunteers answered the phones, sorted through mail and kept things running in the absence of an executive director. When you see these members be sure to add your appreciation for their unselfish assistance.

The new executive director will be profiled in the next issue of the Journal.


Daffodil NotesBy Lucy Rhame, GCV Daffodil Chairman

Hunting Creek Garden Club

Welcome back from summer vacation! It is September and time to start preparing your beds for fall planting. The daffodil collection will be here next month and available for the club presidents to pick up at the board of

governors meeting.This year’s collection consists of five Historic daffodil varieties, defined as cultivars

registered with the Royal Horticultural Society prior to 1940. For more information about the collection, go to the GCV Web site, www.gcvirginia.org, click flower shows, then daffodils, then 2010 collection. The collection was chosen to provide blooms so that exhibitors might enter competition for the Anne Duvall Miller Massie Trophy, a perpetual award given by the Hillside Garden Club, hostess of this year’s GCV Daffodil Show, and the Lynchburg Garden Club.

The Massie trophy is awarded for the best collection of five different Historic standard cultivars. The blooms from this collection also can be entered in other classes. Look for Section J in the upcoming schedule, a section of the show allocated specifically for showing Historic daffodils. Enter a single stem or a vase of three. Blooms can be entered in any of the standard classes in Sections D, E or F, as well as other collection classes.

The daffodil schedule for next year’s show, to be held again at Sweet Briar College April 5, 6 and 7, will be posted on the GCV Web site next January. Daffodil Committee members are always ready to help you read it and enter your blooms. There are many options for entering, so plan to put your stems on the bench next spring.

For the past 30 years, the daffodil collection was supplied by a grower from Oregon. Because of the increasing number of collections ordered by GCV members, this supplier can no longer satisfy the Garden Club of Virginia’s volume. The Daffodil Committee has had to search for another supplier: there is only one at this time that can supply the quantities necessary. In the future the Daffodil Committee will try to assemble collections that mirror GCV awards in hopes of encouraging members to enter the daffodil horticulture section.

Collections will be for sale at the board of governors meeting. Let your president know if you want to purchase a collection or email me at [email protected]. Happy planting.

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Club NotesDolley Madison Garden Club

Blessed as we are with beautiful vistas, we are sometimes surprised by the dangers of working in a Virginia garden or living in a historic home: Mold, ticks and other pests can make us sick. This was the gist of a lecture given by Dr. Ritchie

Shoemaker in Orange. He treats patients from all over the world for biotoxin-related disease and is a well-respected researcher and scientist. Questions we asked were: Should we know what biotoxins are lurking in our damp buildings; can we recognize symptoms of Lyme disease after a tick bite; how can we get rid of biotoxins, and how will they affect our lives? In his slide show Dr. Shoemaker explained that there is a genetic component to being susceptible to biotoxins, including mold and Lyme.

Lyme is often misdiagnosed. Symptoms include fatigue, cognitive issues including memory loss, aches and pains in muscles and joints, headaches and blurred vision. If you know you have been bitten by a tick, find out online how to remove it. If the tick has dropped off, there is often no telltale bull’s-eye mark, but you may notice a red mark that fits the online description. Consult your doctor if you have any of the described symptoms. Know also that standard Lyme tests are often incorrect, whether positive or negative.

For more information on molds, ticks and biotoxins, please see Mold Warriors by Ritchie C. Shoemaker and visit http://www.chronicneurotoxins.com.

— Pamela Hudson


St. James’s Episcopal Church announces the

2010 Holiday Bazaar

Patron’s Party

Thursday, November 11

5:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Shopping and Lunch

Friday, November 12

9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

1133 West Franklin Street

Proceeds benefiting Richmond Area Outreach Programs

On the Road with Cabell WestBy Carol Price

Three Chopt Garden Club

While Vero Beach is still basking in the glow of Cabell West’s whirlwind visit, I want to write to report on her first foray into spreading the news of the Garden Club of Virginia nationwide.

Cabell arrived with an informative PowerPoint presentation, which entertained some 60-plus ladies of the John’s Island Garden Club in Vero Beach, Florida. Cabell’s report masterfully blended the history of the Garden Club of Virginia, Historic Garden Week and the historic restorations made possible by its proceeds, enticing the viewers to make plans to visit Virginia in April.

As all of you can imagine, Cabell charmed the entire group and left them wanting more of her and more pictures of our Virginia gardens. With this presentation Cabell made the first step to take the GCV out of the state. Since this audience included ladies from all over the country, the GCV may receive requests for her program to travel to other garden clubs in other states.

In addition to distributing 50 HGW tour books, we also sold an entire box of Margaret Bemiss’ book, Historic Virginia Gardens. Those who have connections to garden clubs in other places may consider inviting Cabell to come for a visit with her magical tiny computer. Her energy and enthusiasm are boundless. She left many new friends and admirers in Vero Beach, all grateful for her visit and determined to visit Historic Garden Week in Virginia.


donor

C O N T R I B U T I O N SReport Period From 4/1/10 Through 6/30/10

Annual FundProvides essential ongoing support necessary to maintain GCV operations.

Albemarle Garden Club The Boxwood Garden Club The Junior Virginia Beach

Garden ClubThree Chopt Garden Club Mrs. Richard F. AbbittElizabeth Lamar AllenJackie K. AndersonVirginia R. AndersonJoAnne Armstrong-JonesSusan L. BaileyMrs. John BaillioSheila Eddy BakerLee P. BakerDottie G. BallardWinn BallengerAngela W. BarksdaleMarietta Z. BarnesMrs. John BarrowGrace L. BattleMason Henley BeazleyBarbara BestMrs. Ronald W. BevansKirk BidgoodJo Ann BilbreyMary M. BoothJudith H. BoydElizabeth C. BrownSusie BrownDorothy C. BrowningJanet H. CampbellCathy CappsSandra S. CarringtonSusan A. CarringtonJoyce C. ChildressMrs. Herbert ClaiborneEva ClarkeKathryn H. ClaryRussell CombsMrs. Benamin G. Cottrell IVJane CoulterMrs. John Lee CouperBerenice D. CraigieSusan L. CraunMrs. Ashburn Cutchin III

Juliet N. DaltonJackie H. D’AltonMargaret C. DavisJane W. DavisJoan D. DawsonNancy A. DempseyMrs. Eeda F. DennisMary L. DennySydnor DickensonLis DoleyMrs. F. M. Downey, Jr.Muriel T. DufekSuzanne S. DuffeyMrs. William A. EdgertonLoulie M. EgglestonMrs. Frank T. EllettFrances H. EllisElizabeth G. EvansJoyce L. FainSarah FinneyMuschi FisherJeanne FishwickMrs. Lewis Barr Flinn, Jr.Mary N. FosterMrs. Theodore Foster IICarol S. FoxRosemary FrancisLois W. FrenchMelinda Byrd FriersonJohn and Mary FristcheMrs. William E. GarnerRebecca V. GilletteBrenda G. GilmanCatherine T. GladdenDorothy H. GlaizePage GlascockMrs. Patricia P. GlassMeredith W. GravelyMrs. A. William HamillElizabeth E. HamiltonSara Scott HargroveElizabeth H. HargroveJil HarrisGail L. HarrisCelie Harris

Anne Harrison L. HarrisKaren W. HedeltSarah Josephs HellewellAchsah HendersonMargaret Dietz HendersonDr. and Mrs. Ron

HendricksonMrs. Jane G. HeywardJosine Van D. HitchcockMrs. James Tulley HollandElizabeth M. HolsingerMolly S. HoodAnn Mari HorkanLois Saunier HornsbyMary M. HortonAnn W. HostHubard Family TrustJanet C. HudginsLucinda H. HurtJoyce Cline JaegerKatherine L. JamesJean F. JohnsonSuzanne G. JohnsonCarolyn W. JonesLucy K. JonesMartha R. JonesSarah L. KellerJude S. KellySally Old KitchinMrs. Alan J. LePeterKristine D. LloydMrs. Cabell Luck, JrBarbara LutonGinni MacKenzieJulie W. MacKinlayLindsay C. ManleyKatie MannMartha MansonEvelyn G. MarshallKathi MarshallMarjorie E. MasekElizabeth L. MaserMrs. Francine Brown MathewsMrs. Phillip W. MayRebecca W. McCoy


Tricia McDanielLynn C. McFaddenMary Jac MeadowsFlorence U. MearsMeredith MercerGwendolyn S. MeredithMrs. Mark R. MerrittElisabeth Fuqua MilesBetsy MitchellCynthia MontagueMaralyn Dancer MorencyPrince MorrowSusan R. MoteMrs. James B. MurrayNina MustardKaye R. NazarianLucy S. NealCarolyn M. NolandMrs. James T. NormanEmma Read OppenhimerMrs. Irene Rose OwenBarbara PaceMrs. William G. PannillDr. and Mrs. William R. ParksAnn Harrison ParrClarkie PattersonNicole H. PerryMrs. Sallie W. PhilipsJoan B. PollardMrs. John B. Purcell

Emma RamseyMary Lyall RamseyMr. and Mrs. John C. ReedMollie ReinhartHarriet T. ReynoldsCasey RiceSusan F. RobertsonCatherine H. RobertsonMinouche RobinsonSuzie RockwellDr. Sue F. RogersSue RomansSusan H. RoszelMrs. Willcox Ruffin, Jr.Mrs. Charles B. RyanAnn Humphrey SandersMrs. William G. SandyVirginia C. SavageJan SaxmanKatherine S. SchulzMeredith Stanley ScottBrenda SebraMartha R. ShermanJean ShivelMary ShockeyRosalie L. ShortLourene T. SilveyLaura Daughtry SmartHelen StanleyLauren S. Starke

Myra Elise T. StegallBetty Carol StevensonBetty F. StriderElizabeth B. TankardMrs. Hubert S. Taylor, Jr.Mrs. T. Eugene TempleMrs. George R. ThompsonMary Henley ThompsonMr. and Mrs. Addison B.

ThompsonNancy K. TilmanSherry TwiningPeggy ValentineJennie B. VogelSarah U. WadeRiverside Roof Truss, LLCMrs. Roderick WatsonEleanor Mills WehnerMrs. Beverley R. WellfordMartha WertzMary Ann WieboldtPattie N. WilliamsJudy Page WilliamsMrs. Fred R. WilliamsM. Douglas WiseMrs. Thomas W. WoodMrs. Rene WoolcottMary Denny WraySusan Snodgrass WynneMargaret Mapp Young

donor In Honor ofAlbemarle Garden Club ......................................................................Margaret BemissThe Little Garden Club of Winchester .........................................Mary Lou SeilheimerThe Petersburg Garden Club ........................................................................ Sara SewardThe Spotswood Garden Club ..................................................................... Joyce OverbyThe Warrenton Garden Club ..........................................................................Ann DartMartha Ware Bryan ........................................................................ Cabell Goolsby WestIsabel Frischkorn Dudley ................................................................ Charlotte FrischkornMrs. Robert L.Galloway ................................................................ Hillside Garden ClubMr. and Mrs. Edward D. Marks ............................................Virginia and Robert HarrisAnna Baldwin May .................................................................................. Anne BaldwinMadeline Mayhood ..............................................................................Susan ThompsonKatherine Morris ........................................................................................Louise TayloeKimbrough K. Nash ....................................................................... Cabell Goolsby WestElizabeth Robertson ....................................................................... Cabell Goolsby WestPatricia T. Sauer ..........................................................................................Susan Landin

donor In Memory ofThe Franklin Garden Club ........................................................ Mrs. Carter HotchkissMartha W. Embrey ....................................................................... Mary Frances FlowersCarolyn H. Kent ............................................................................ Emyl Jenkins SextonAnne T. Overman ......................................................................... Mary Frances FlowersJ. Sargeant Reynolds Community College .................................... Mary Frances Flowers


Common Wealth Award FundProvides monies to individual clubs for local civic beautification efforts.

donor In Honor ofLinda L. Consolvo ...................................................................................... Lynne Beeler Sally Guy Brown Nancy Lowry Ellen Lusk Mary Wynn McDaniel Libbey Oliver Jean PrintzMary Hart Darden ................................................................................ Linda Consolvo

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

donorThe Boxwood Garden Club The Princess Anne Garden Club Shelia Jamison-SchwartzDianne Nea SpenceSunTrust Bank

donor In Honor ofThe Garden Club of Alexandria ............................................................Sally Guy BrownThe Charlottesville Garden Club ..................................................Cabell Goolsby WestThe Garden Club of Fairfax ................................Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Seilheimer, Jr.The Franklin Garden Club ............................................................. Mrs. Walker GilletteMill Mountain Garden Club ............................................. Mill Mountain Garden ClubThe Nansemond River Garden Club .......................................................... Tracy Agnew Bill and Linda Pinkham Leila RocheThe Petersburg Garden Club ................................................................. Suzanne WrightSally Guy Brown ...................................................................Mr. and Mrs. Scott SpenceTibby M. Gardner ................................................................................... Martha MooreMrs. Barry J. Kefauver .............................................................. Garden Club of Virginia Mary Wynn McDanielCharles G. McDaniel ..................................................................Mary Wynn McDanielHelen Raney Pinckney ...................................................................Cabell Goolsby WestNancy S. Talley ......................................................................Three Chopt Garden Club

donor In Memory ofThe Ashland Garden Club ....................................................................Oriana Hargrove Edith ReidThe Boxwood Garden Club ......................................................... Mary Frances FlowersJanet Dennis Branch .................................................................... Mary Frances FlowersThe Lynchburg Garden Club .................................................................. Ruth Hancock Hazel Mandot


The Spotswood Garden Club ...................................................................Harriet ShonkBeverly E. and John W. Bates III .................................................. Mary Frances FlowersElisabeth Lasaire Bohnengel ......................................................... Mary Frances FlowersSally Guy Brown .......................................................................... Mary Frances Flowers Mr. William N. WilburCaprin Asset Management ........................................................... Mary Frances FlowersMr. and Mrs. Richard H. Catlett, Jr. ............................................ Mary Frances FlowersJanet J. Dennis ............................................................................. Mary Frances FlowersMrs. James C. Godwin ................................................................. Mary Frances FlowersMr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hopkins, Jr. ............................................ Mary Frances FlowersJane Hopper Josephs ..................................................................... John Pearson JosephsElizabeth P. and Lewis N. Miller, Jr. Charitable Fund ................... Mary Frances FlowersCamilla Hyde Moffatt .................................................................. Mary Frances FlowersAnn Humphrey Sanders ............................................................... Mary Frances FlowersMargaret W. Talman ...................................................................... John Pearson JosephsClinton W. Toms III ..................................................................... Mary Frances FlowersMrs. Martha Erwin Uzzle ............................................................. Mary Frances Flowers

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

donorSylvia Newman

donor In Honor ofThe Garden Club of Alexandria ...........................................................Sally Guy Brown Calder Loth

RestorationSupports GCV Restoration projects across the Commonwealth.

donor In Honor ofThe Princess Anne Garden Club ...................................................... Mary Hart DardenMary Hart Darden .............................................................................. Margaret Bemiss Roxanne S. Brouse Sally Guy Brown Deedy Bumgardner Susan Claytor Betsy Huffman Mary Ann Johnson Mary Wynn McDaniel Judy Perry William D. Rieley Mary Lou Seilheimer Dianne Spence Peggy Talman Sue Thompson Kay Van Allen Suzanne WrightJudy Perry ........................................................................................ Mary Hart Darden

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