THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

Journal
VOL LXI, NO. 1, MARCH 2016

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

The lovely painting reproduced on this months cover is by Nan Mahone
Wellborn, a professional artist and member of the Roanoke Valley Garden Club.
Over the last several years, its been my pleasure to feature the work of many of
the talented members of GCV clubs. Im grateful to the many artists and photographers among us who have donated images of their work for our use, and would
be happy to hear from others who might have artwork suitable for our covers.
Only work with a vertical format will fit the design of our cover, and we
must have a high-resolution photograph, 216 ppi or greater. Please see the
Journal Overview page on the GCV website for technical details. If youd like
to submit your work for consideration, please contact me at JeanetteMcKittrick@
gmail.com. Id be delighted to hear from you.
Jeanette McKittrick
Three Chopt Garden Club

Journal Editorial Board

2015-2016
Editor and Chairman: Karla MacKimmie, The Warrenton Garden Club
ExOfficio Members
GCV President, Jeanette Cadwallender, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
GCV Corresponding Secretary, Linda Consolvo, The Nansemond River Garden Club
Journal Cover Editor, Jeanette McKittrick, Three Chopt Garden Club
GCV Photographer, Esther Carpi, The Hunting Creek Garden Club
GCV Communications Coordinator, Ann Heller
Journal Advertising Chairman, Anne Beals, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
Members
Betty Anne Garrett, The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula
Lyn Hutchens, The Huntington Garden Club
Aileen Laing, The Warrenton Garden Club
Susan Morten, The Martinsville Garden Club
Helen Pinckney, The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton
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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 issue
April 15 for the June issue
July 15 for the September issue
October 15 for the December issue
Email copy to the Editor and advertising
to the Ad Chairman
President of the Garden Club of Virginia:
Jeanette Cadwallender
Journal Editor:
Karla MacKimmie
8505 Lees Ridge Road
Warrenton, VA 20186
Phone: (540) 341-3432
Email: journal@gcvirginia.org
Journal Advertising Chairman:
Anne Beals
801 Hanover Street #1
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Phone: (540) 226-2841
Email: journalads@gcvirginia.org
Vol. LXI, No. 1
Printed on recycled paper by
Carter Printing Company
Richmond, VA

ONTHECOVER...
Hollins University: Gardens in the
Spring, an oil painting by Nan Mahone
Wellborn of the Roanoke Valley Garden
Club, features a GCV restoration garden.
Nans beautiful work will be on display
on May 26 and is one of many compelling reasons to attend GCV Horticulture
Field Day in Blacksburg. See the article
on page 12.
IN THISISSUE ...
Historic Garden Week ......................... 2
Why Do We Give.................................. 3
Slate of Officers.......................................4
Common Wealth Award 2015................4
Centennial .................................................. 6
Daffodil Notes .......................................9
GCV 101 ............................................ 10
The Rise ............................................... 11
Horticulture Field Day.........................12
Alexandria Garden Club History ........ 14
Green Spring ....................................... 15
Mason Neck Field Trip......................... 16
Ex Libris .............................................. 17
Boxwood Blight ................................... 18
In Memoriam ...................................... 19
Film Festival ........................................20
Club Notes ......................................... 21
Stream and Wetland ............................22
Lily Notes ........................................... 23
Invasive Plants .....................................24
Contributions...................................... 25
OTHERREFERENCES...

Kent-Valentine House
Phone: (804) 643-4137 Fax: (804) 644-7778
Email: director@gcvirginia.org
Historic Garden Week Office
Phone: (804) 644-7776 Fax: (804) 644-7778
Email: historicgardenweek@verizon.net
www.VAGardenWeek.org
Postmaster, please send address changes to:
Garden Club of Virginia
12 East Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23219

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Americas Largest Open House is Virginias

Oldest Volunteer Tourism Project
by Karen Cauthen Ellsworth
Director of Historic Garden Week

n The Magazine Antiques (May/June 2015), Tom

Christopher notes, Garden tours are common enough,
but none on the scale of Virginias Historic Garden Week,
when volunteerism rises to the level of activism. For the
garden lover this event is an unparalleled feast. For the states
heritage it is a lifeline. This year, Historic Garden Week offers
30 different tours organized and hosted by you, the 3,300
dedicated Garden Club of Virginia members.
GCV members were early leaders in conservation and
environmental concerns. While they might not have imagined
that Historic Garden Week tours would embrace social media
to promote its tours or offer biking as a way to enjoy three tours this spring, the mission
remains solidly the same. Our members are committed to their communities and our
state when they work in April and throughout the year for their clubs Historic Garden
Week tour, said Meg Clement, Historic Garden Week State Chairman. This pride in
our hometown tour results in cultural and economic benefits for communities all across
our state.
Tour proceeds support GCV's efforts to restore historic gardens throughout the
state that are open to the public. From Ker Place on the Eastern Shore to Historic
Henry County Courthouse in Martinsville, from Stratford Hall Plantation in Tidewater
to John Handley High School in Winchester, millions of dollars have been raised to
preserve the beauty of public gardens for future generations. Nearly 30,000 visitors
attend Historic Garden Week annually.
A new federal study shows that the number of volunteers serving non-profits in
Virginia surpassed two million, so GCV members are in good company. Virginians
volunteered more than 300 million hours last year, worth more than $7.8 billion based
on the Virginia Employment Commissions estimate of the average value of a volunteer
hour. Virginians have a strong desire to help their communities and reach out to
those in need, said Gail Harris, Director of the Virginia Office on Volunteerism and
Community Service. A strong sense of civic engagement builds strong communities.
The Historic Garden Week study by Chmura Economics & Analytics completed in 2014
estimates that the cumulative economic impact of the countrys only statewide house
and garden tour for the last 45 years is an impressive $425 million. Our volunteers are
our most precious resource. The economic impact study helped validate our work, said
Meg Clement.
It is not surprising that Historic
Garden Week immediately follows
National Volunteer Week, April 12-18,
when our countrys call to volunteerism
is recognized. Club members should be
proud of their volunteer efforts during
Historic Garden Week that recognizes our
states heritage and its future.

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Why Do We Give of our Time, Talents and Treasure?

by Betsy Rawls Agelasto, GCV Development Committee
The Virginia Beach Garden Club

often ponder the reason why each of us gives so much of our time and talents to
our garden clubs and the Garden Club of Virginia when our busy lives are being
pulled in different directions. What makes garden club different? I read the answer

one day in the Garden Club of America Bulletin. Written by then-president Katie
Heins, she said, Our clubs and the GCA give us an opportunity to educate ourselves
and others; they provide the possibilities for both personal growth and channels
to create positive change in our lives, our communities, and in the environment.
Collaboration not only of efforts but of goals and ideas is essential and this is what we
find in our clubs and in the GCA. She went on to say, a club member told me she
loved her club and the GCA because they stretch her to be more than she would be and
the GCA enables her club to be more than it would be on its own.
These same words could be said about the Garden Club of Virginia. This is the
reason we give so much of our time and talents to GCV. I also realized that none of this
would be available for us if we did not give also of our treasure to both our clubs and to
GCV: the very popular Horticulture Field Day, the educational Conservation Forum
and Legislative Day, the incredible flower shows and workshops, the list goes on. Our
profits from Historic Garden Week are designated for restoration projects at historic
Virginia landmarks and properties. So where does the money come from to run GCV
and the many activities we love? It comes from good folks like you and me who give
to the GCV Annual Fund or make donations to other GCV funds. The dividends we
receive on the money we give are enormous: a continuing education in horticulture,
conservation, and preservation and an opportunity to participate in events and activities
throughout the state. But most of all, it is the rewards we receive in the camaraderie and
friendship of such talented and intelligent women from around the state. Our lives are
enriched by the many advantages of association with the Garden Club of Virginia. This
is why I give to the Garden Club of Virginia.

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The Board of Directors

approved the following slate of Officers and Directors at Large
for the Garden Club of Virginia to serve from 2016 through 2018.
A vote will be taken by the membership at the Annual Meeting.

PRESIDENT

TREASURER

Nina Mustard
The Williamsburg Garden Club

Betsy Worthington
The Lynchburg Garden Club

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

DIRECTORS AT LARGE

Jean Gilpin
Winchester-Clarke Garden Club
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
Susan Robertson
The James River Garden Club

RECORDING SECRETARY

Tricia Garner
The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Sue Rosser
The Martinsville Garden Club

District 1
Janet Rosser
The Ashland Garden Club
District 3
Sidney Jordan
The Hampton Roads Garden Club
District 4
Kris Carbone
The Garden Club of Danville

Common Wealth Award 2015

Ground breaking and dedication of the Blue Ridge Juvenile Detention Center
Garden, Charlottesville, November 17, 2015. Pictured are Josh Fiskatt,
Cathy Roessller and Charlie Edwards of Blue Ridge Juvenile Detention Center
and Sally Nelson and President Phyllis Ripper, Rivanna Garden Club.

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Plans for our Centennial Progress

by Anne Cross, GCV Centennial Chairman
The Ashland Garden Club

n May 13, 1920, representatives of eight Virginia garden clubs gathered

in Richmond and did something extraordinary. They created the Garden
Club of Virginia. They were part of a new generation of women willing to

challenge the status quo. They had common interests, a great love of the natural beauty
of Virginia, and a mission. Glancing through the newspapers of the past century and
the headlines generated by our work, one realizes how seriously that mission was taken.
We are their heirs. We take great pride in the amazing work of GCV and look forward
to carrying it into the next 100 years. The Centennial Committee is hard at work, and
the framework for a multi-faceted celebration is set.
The Centennial subcommittee for Parks is charged with education and networking
with parks. In the 1920s, GCV saw that parks are necessary to preserve open space, the
environment and native plants. All regions of the state have interesting parks where one
can explore nature and learn about important cultural history. We aim to reinvigorate
the ties between GCV and the parks and the incredible opportunities the parks provide.
Our gift of $500,000 ($100,000 per year) over the next five years will support Virginia
State Parks across the state.
In the spring of 2020, an exhibit about the significant work of GCV will open
at the Virginia Historical Society. There are many topics to cover: billboards, invasive
plants, parks, Goshen Pass, beautification, restorations of iconic Virginia gardens,
horticulture, Historic Garden Week, flower arranging and influential ladies. The exhibit
will serve as a focal point for events and provide statewide exposure in a prestigious
setting. It will be open in time for Historic Garden Week and remain open for several
months.
Our celebration, much like a symposium, will take place in mid-May on the heels
of the Annual Meeting hosted by the James River Garden Club. The celebration will
include speakers and a party. We also are planning a centennial publication. There is
much left to do to get ready, but we are underway. Stay tuned!

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DaffodilNotes
Tips for Enjoying Horticulture Exhibits at a Daffodil Show
by Janet G. Hickman, GCV Daffodil Committee Chairman
The Hillside Garden Club

he 82nd Garden Club of Virginia Daffodil Show will be hosted by the

Huntington Garden Club at the Hampton Roads Convention Center,
Hampton. Entries will be accepted beginning Tuesday, March 29; the show
will be open March 30-31, with judging and awards Wednesday, March 30. Lets walk
through the show together:
Stop at the doorway, close your eyes, and take a deep breath. Daffodils smell
like spring. As you walk through the show, sniff to see which ones are the most
fragrant.
Open your eyes and marvel at the number and variety of blooms. Depending on
the weather, the GCV show is one of the largest in the country.
Pick up a copy of the show schedule which explains the different classes. There
are lots of blue ribbons because of the many subdivisions by type, color, date
registered, etc.
Look at the collection your club entered (Section A, Class 3). Congratulate your
daffodil chairman because she has worked hard to stage that entry.
No entry for your club? Commit to helping your chairman next year by growing
the blooms needed.
Make note of the blooms you like best. Bulbs should be ordered by late spring
for fall planting. Links to reliable sources are on the GCV and American Daffodil
Society websites. (daffodilusa.org)
Go to the awards table to see the best entries. Can you see why they won?
If not, ask. See if your own favorite is there.
Pay special attention to the classes where three of a kind are shown in a vase. If
the exhibitor could get three nice blooms, it is probably a reliable variety that
blooms and multiplies well in our area. Similarly, if you see many of a particular
named variety in one class, it is likely easy to grow here.
Do you have an older garden? Study the Historics and Classics sections
(Sections J and L) to help identify the daffodils growing in your garden.
Check out the Small Grower section (Section G) where the varieties are
often more easily found and sensibly priced.
Notice the miniature daffodils (Section I) which are
good if your space is limited. Many of these can be grown
successfully in pots. Look for the ones with the most entries
as they may be the easiest to grow.
Snap photos of your favorites to add to your wish list.
Of course, the most fun is to bring your own blooms to enter.

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What Theyre Saying about GCV 101

by Nancy Kaylor
The Garden Club of Danville

he newly launched member orientation program is drawing rave reviews

from attendees at recent sessions of GCV 101. The membership committee
revamped the program in 2015 under the leadership of Kris Carbone in an
effort to help new and not-so-new members jump-start their Garden Club of Virginia
membership. The 60-minute program helps connect members with opportunities to
explore their interests.
Susan Musick of the Nansemond River Garden Club attended the October GCV
101 in Richmond. Susan considered the orientation first rate and said, From the
moment I stepped into the Kent-Valentine House, it felt gracious and welcoming. The
new members meeting was crafted in such a way that while you were being informed
and learning, it did not reach a point of saturation. I came away with a greater sense of
purpose and focus on our important issues.
Becky Farrar attended GCV 101 in Danville at the Rose Show as the Martinsville
Garden Clubs new president. Even though Ive been a member since the mid-1970s
and felt I knew a great deal about GCV, I wanted to know just how much could be
covered in such a short window of time. I learned GCV organizational functions that I
didnt already know, she said. She found the presentation concise and well organized.
I had the pleasure of meeting a wonderful group of womenfrom different areas
of our state. Some were new to GCV and others had been long-time members. The
enthusiasmand loyaltyto both GCV and to their respectiveclubswas on shining
display, said Sarah Haley of the Garden Club of Danville. Sarah appreciated the wealth
of information presented and the handouts. For new members just beginning to
appreciate the beauty and the reward of flower arranging and tending home gardens, the
information will be a point of reference for me as I become more involved and expand
my interests in gardening, she said.
Gabriella Garden Clubs Jenny Elder thoroughly enjoyed GCV 101. I learned
valuable information about the many facets of our club at the state level, and the many
different ways I can become involved beyond my local club, she said.
GCV President Jeanette Cadwallender encourages members to consider attending
a GCV 101 session. When we join our local clubs, we dont necessarily have an
appreciation for the umbrella organization, the GCV, she said. These orientations are
helpful in understanding the areas of focus within the GCV and programs available to
members; all are opportunities to expand knowledge and make good friends along the
way.
The next GCV 101 is March 30, 2016, during the 82nd Annual GCV Daffodil
Show in Hampton. Look for a registration link in the Presidents Message emails, visit
the GCV website or contact your club president or membership chair.

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The Rise, Fall and Resurrection

of the Italian Renaissance
by Sarah Finney, Vivian Shackelford and Shannah Cooper
The Garden Club of Gloucester
Monday, Day 1
Sarah Finney, Vivian Shackelford and Shannah Cooper
spent all morning cutting, collecting and conditioning
flowers for the Garden Club of Gloucesters artistic
entry in the Garden Club of Virginias annual Rose
Show, which would take place in Danville.
Spent all afternoon creating a mass arrangement in the
Italian Renaissance (big) style. Had a great container.
Three arrangers filled with enthusiasm and hope.
Finished about 6 p.m., and carefully stored said big
arrangement in Sarahs garage refrigerator. Went to bed
with visions of blue ribbons running through their
heads.
Tuesday, Day 2
Sarah awoke at 3 a.m. and immediately went to check on the status of the masterpiece.
OMG! Frozen solid. Refrigerator malfunction.
Spent the next two hours watching it defrost. Vivian arrived. With extra flowers,
decided they could probably get together something presentable before the flower
chauffeur, Kathy Klein, arrived to take
the arrangement to Danville. Found that
THE
if they peeled off the roses outer petals,
what was left was usable. The zinnias,
dahlias, marigolds, hydrangeas, lilies and
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Resurrection No. 1 accomplished. Though
a bit battered and bruised, off the resurLampshades
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Wednesday, Day 3
Kathy arrived early, did some tweaking,
and took the arrangement to be passed as
required before placing it on the pedestal.
Had barely gotten through the workroom
door when the whole arrangement a bit
top-heavy fell out of the vase.
Kathy, pro that she is, scrounged extra
flowers from exhibitors, and put the
arrangement all together again, with
minutes to spare.
Resurrection No. 2 accomplished.
Afterword
The refrigerator repairman was scheduled
to come on Tuesday.

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Horticulture Field Day 2016

by Cathy Leitch, GCV Horticulture Committee
Roanoke Valley Garden Club
Relive part of your college experience during Horticulture Field Day 2016. Enjoy
a day of interesting and engaging lectures without the final exam.
Horticulture Field Day 2016 will be held on May 26 on the campus of Virginia
Tech in Blacksburg. Speakers include Robert Saunders, Bonnie Satterthwaite, Paul
Westervelt and Elissa Steeves.
Robert Saunders is the Sales Manager of Saunders Brothers, a 100-year-old familyowned wholesale nursery that has been growing boxwood for 60 years. His presentation
will focus on the proper care of boxwood, boxwood blight and alternatives to English
boxwood. Bonnie Satterthwaite is the Southeast Territory Sales Manager for Espoma.
She has 30 years of experience in the lawn and garden industry and will speak about
organic gardening. Paul Westervelt, the Annual & Perennial Production Manager for
Saunders Brothers, was so popular at HFD 2014 at Pharsalia that the GCV Horticulture Committee is thrilled to welcome him back to his alma mater. Paul's presentation
is entitled "Perennials for Multiple Seasons." Elissa Steeves is a local gardening legend
whose gardens have been featured in Southern Living, Horticulture, and the October
2015 issue of Virginia Gardener. Elissa is an adventurous gardener with a love of plants
and color. Her presentation is entitled "Aging Gracefully as the Garden Matures."
A tour of Elissa's fabulous gardens will be offered the afternoon preceding HFD.
Lunch will be served in the Hahn Horticulture Garden. Its six acres include shade
gardens, a meadow garden, perennial borders, water features and a conifer display. During lunch there will be a demonstration of sand-casted leaf making. Attendees may also
visit Stadium Woods, an 11-acre stand of rare, urban, old-growth forest located within
walking distance of the Hahn Garden.
Field Day will also include vendors specializing in conifers, succulents, and sandcasted leaf sculptures and orbs. Nan Mahone Wellborn, a painter of plein air landscapes
and a Roanoke Valley Garden Club member, will display her artwork.
The Inn at Virginia Tech will serve as the location for early check-in. There will be
a block of rooms reserved for attendees. While in Blacksburg, visit the "We Remember
Memorial," dedicated to those slain on April 16, 2007. Tour Historic Smithfield Plantation, take a hike at nearby Pandapas Pond or play a round of golf at Pete Dye River
Course of Virginia Tech. Horticulture Field Day 2016 is not to be missed. See the GCV
website for details and registration.

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The 2016 Garden Club of Virginia Annual Meeting

Alexandria: Where History Grows
by Tuckie Westfall
The Garden Club of Alexandria

he Garden Club of Alexandria grew from the vision and forethought of

10 charter and founding members who, in October 1925, so pleasantly
organized themselves to stimulate interest in civic planting, to promote
amateur gardening, and to aid in the protection of our native trees, shrubs, wild flowers
and birds. We look forward to entertaining you in our historic city May 9-11 for the
2016 Annual Meeting of the Garden Club of Virginia.
Our clubs first decade was marked by a number of achievements. Challenged in
1926 to enlist in every way possible to obtain our quota of acreage in the Shenandoah
National Park, members funded 100 acres in the park. We all benefit from that
commitment today. The same year, our founders sponsored Alexandrias first flower
show in the Old City Market. In 1928, we undertook the restoration of the courtyard
at historic Gadsbys Tavern, a center of political, business, and social life in early
Alexandria. The project received the Massie Medal for Distinguished Achievement in
1932, an honor also accorded to extraordinary club members Mrs. Howard B. Bloomer,
Jr. in 1971 and Mrs. Thomas C. Brown, Jr. in 2015.
The 1938 Garden Club of Virginia Narcissus Show was dedicated to Mrs. Floyd
Harris of the Garden Club of Alexandria for her leadership as Narcissus Test Chairman.
It was through Mrs. Harris that the Narcissus Show became an integral part of the
GCV calendar. Later, the garden clubs switched from narcissus to daffodil to conform
to Royal Horticultural Society nomenclature. In 1966, the wonderfully named Mrs.
Bloomer flew to London with a well-packed box of 15 daffodil specimens from her
garden to enter in the Royal Horticultural Society Daffodil Show. She won 12 awards:
three blue, six red and three yellow. It is said that Kitty Bloomer talked to her daffodils,
washed their faces, made sure they held their shoulders straight, and called each one by
name. They always responded.
Alexandria is a small city in a densely developed urban area. Protecting and
preserving our natural environment has become a priority. We have led beautification
and conservation efforts including establishment of the Dyke Marsh freshwater tidal
wetlands along the George Washington Parkway leading to Mount Vernon.
Our members continue the legacy of horticulture and civic beautification. We
maintain a robust commitment to conservation and sustainability and encourage
our members to walk the walk. Please join us and enjoy the view from a path so
pleasantly organized where history grows and is nurtured by generations of Garden
Club of Alexandria members.

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Beatrix Farrands Green Spring

by Anne Baldwin, GCV Restoration Committee
The Garden Club of Alexandria

hose attending the

Garden Club of Virginia
Annual Meeting in May

are invited to visit one of our most

recent restorations, the Beatrix
Farrand Landscape at Green Spring
Gardens, which was presented June
10, 2015. Located just outside the
City of Alexandria in Fairfax County, this is one of the last projects of Beatrix Farrands
celebrated career and is her only landscape design in Virginia. The property has been
owned by the Fairfax County Park Authority since 1970. It features a 1784 house
that was redesigned in 1942 by Colonial Revival architect, Walter Macomber, and the
garden that Beatrix Farrand redid that same year.
Beatrix Farrand was the only woman of the 11 founding members of the American
Society of Landscape Architects. Her work from the 1890s to the 1950s included
grand estates, public parks, college campuses and the White House. The gardens of
Dumbarton Oaks in Washington D.C. are considered the masterpiece of her career. At
Green Spring, this master of grand spaces was able to showcase her design philosophy in
a small space.
Green Spring was the home of Michael and Belinda Straight, who were family
friends of the designer. The garden room Farrand designed behind the house provided
the perfect outdoor space for entertaining. The spacious lawn is enclosed by a boxwood
crescent.
The Garden Club of Virginia was asked to help preserve this historic landscape.
Under the direction of our landscape architect, William D. Rieley, the stone retaining
wall behind the crescent was rebuilt and perennials were planted in front of the
boxwood. The preservation of this garden was important to Green Spring, where visitors
learn about Beatrix Farrand and her significant cultural legacy in American landscape
design.

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Forget the Box,

Think Outside!

Forget the Box,

Think Outside!

A Garden Club of Virginia Field Trip

to
Mason Neck State Park
7301 High Point Road
Garden ClubLorton, VA
of Virginia Field Trip
Bring your hiking shoes, binoculars and
to
an adventurous spirit!

Mason Neck State Park

Thursday April 7, 2016

7301
High Point Road
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Lorton, VA
Bring your hiking shoes, binoculars
RSVP to quanm@gcvirginia.org
and an adventurous spirit!
by April 1, 2016, for a head count

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and to reserve a box lunch!

Thursday April
7, 2016

11 a.m.-2 p.m.

RSVP to quanm@gcvirginia.org
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Ex Libris

by Joan Pollard and Virginia Cherry, GCV Library Committee

The Petersburg Garden Club

o you ever wonder about the 60 Catesby prints

displayed
at the Kent-Valentine House? There is beauty
and detail in each print, but why do we value
them and how much do we know about the prints
naturalist artist, Mark Catesby? The Curious Mister
Catesby, by E. Charles Nelson and David J. Elliott
(The University of Georgia Press, 2015. 425 pages)
is a new addition to the K-VH library. The books
objective is to review the life and work of Catesby
and to present an extraordinary and comprehensive
account of his life.
Mark Catesby (1683-1749) was an English
naturalist and artist who came to America
in 1712 at the age of 29 and stayed for seven
years, painting and studying plants and animals.
No portrait of him is known, but he left us a scientific and historical
history of botanical and zoological specimens. In 1722, Fellows of the Royal Society
sponsored his return to North America and he began cataloguing the flora and fauna
of the Carolinas and the Bahamas by gathering seeds and specimens, compiling notes
and drawing watercolor sketches. Upon his return to England five years later, he began
the 20-year task of writing, etching, and publishing his monumental book,
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands.
In Chapter 8, Mark Catesbys world: Virginia, Sarah Hand Meacham focuses
on his arrival in Virginia. Although records do not detail his stay, the herbarium labels
on plants he sent from Virginia to England survive, as does the diary of William Byrd
II, owner of Westover and Catesbys principal host, who detailed Catesbys visit with
him.
Catesby was influenced primarily by John Banister, who traveled to Virginia in
1678 as an Anglican minister and naturalist, and by other botanists and naturalists
including Maria Sibylla Merian, Thomas Fairchild, William Dampier and Carl
Linnaeus. Linnaean names were based on information supplied by Catesby and plants
were named in Catesbys honor. Those following in the footsteps of Mark Catesby
were many; among them George Edwards, Georg Dionysius Ehret, William Bartram,
John Latham, Alexander Wilson and John James Audubon.
Catesbys influence in documenting the natural history of the New World is
well known, but it should be noted that he was the principal authority for North
American animals. Also of value in this publication is an appendix which contains
the identification of plants and animals illustrated by Catesby, an index of scientific
names and an extensive chronology of his life. This historical and detailed book is for
both scientific and general audiences.

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Coping with Boxwood Blight

by Sue Thompson, GCV Restoration Committee
The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton

ne of our beloved restorations has been infected with a blight that requires
removal of its significant boxwood, yet the Garden Club of Virginia sees an
opportunity. It was with regret and practical necessity that the Restoration
Committee endorsed the removal of boxwood from the Woodrow Wilson Presidential
Library in Staunton. May this article inform the membership about the best available
information and practices.
Boxwood blight, Cylindrocladium buxicola or Calonectria pseudonaviculata, has
been in Virginia since 2011, having been in Europe for at least a decade. Symptoms
include brown leaf spots that lead to defoliation. Additionally, black streaking becomes
evident on stems. Leaf spotting can resemble Volutella, another disease.
Boxwood blight may be contained by application of strong fungicides. The disease
will only be controlled, however, not eradicated. There is currently no cure. Best practices for control can be found through the Virginia Cooperative Extension service.
The major means of spread of this disease is by movement of contaminated plant
material (e.g. container or field-grown boxwood, boxwood greenery used for holiday decoration), according to Best Management Practices for Boxwood Blight, an
Extension service publication. Wet, warm conditions provide the ideal environment for
the spread of the disease through sticky, water-born spores and microsclerotium, small
clumps of generally thick-walled cells. The spores adhere easily to clothing, equipment
or anything that has come into contact with infected plants. Spores have a relatively
short life span; microsclerotium, however, can become active after remaining dormant in
leaf debris for a decade.
If you see evidence that suggests blight, contact your local extension agent for
confirmation. While buxus sempervirens Suffruticosa is most susceptible, blight can
infect other cultivars. When planning to purchase boxwood, ask nursery personnel if
their boxwood come from producers participating in the Boxwood Blight Cleanliness
Program. These growers adhere to strict standards of cleanliness, and they are inspected
by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Certain varieties
seem to be resistant; a reputable nursery can offer guidance.
Keep all tools clean and insist that maintenance crews sterilize their tools and
vehicles before coming onto your property. It is an extreme move, but any debris from
another property where blight is found can be carried onto your property, even on soles
of work boots.
Think before purchasing new boxwood. If it is the only suitable plant for a given
situation, purchase plants from the most reliable sources. If possible, consider alternative plants. Virginias climate and soils are hospitable to many superb evergreen shrubs.
Nurserymen and scientists are dedicated to controlling boxwood blight and to finding
a cure. Our job is to stay educated and to share correct, current information.
Editors Note: For more information,
visit the Horticulture page on gcvirginia.org.

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In Memoriam 2015
Celeste Adams
Martha Armstrong
Mattice Fritz Brandt
Alta Brown
Bliss Brown
Beth Cook
Martha Embrey
Dot Garner
Virginia Guild
Virginia Hodnett
Susanne Johnson
Jeckie Kilham
Jack Lamond
Sara Ann Lindsey
Annie Massie
Ann McIntosh
Dot Montgomery

Margaret Morris
Mary Peacock
Mary Page Pettyjohn
Ann Reams
Grace Warren Rowell Phelps
Rhinesmith
Patty Simmons
Doris Smith
Jean Taylor
Liz Thompson
Grace Warren
Alice Marshall Wertheimer
Murr Wieboldt
Margaret Williams
Doris Park MacDougal Winn
Betty Wright
Sarah Wright

In Memoriam lists the names of Garden Club of Virginia members who have died
within the past year, compiled by the Journal from names submitted by club presidents.

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Club Notes

The Dolley Madison Garden Club 2015 Community Project

by Mary Stroh Queitzsch
Dolley Madison Garden Club

he Dolley Madison Garden Club selected

Dogwood Village of Orange County for its 2015
community project. They donated and planted
a tree in the Village garden to honor Virginia Mason,
a current resident and DMGC president from 1979 to
1981. The project, conceived by the clubs Horticulture
and Community Projects Committees, became a multifaceted event involving the residents, who made edible
bird ornaments for the newly planted tree.
The club worked with Grelen Nursery, a local
business. Grelen contributed towards and planted a
beautiful 8-foot-tall Oriental Spruce, Picea orientalis,
centered in the gardens between the two wings of
Dogwood Village so all residents can enjoy the tree.
In December, club members donated materials and
helped residents make decorations for the tree. As some worked inside, others were
outside creating playful, bird-friendly designs for the tree. So many ornaments were
created that the new tree was quickly filled and dozens of others were also decorated
with the resident-made ornaments.
Dedication of the tree followed and a permanent plaque honoring Mrs. Mason
was placed at its base. Mayor of Orange Chuck Mason regaled the audience with
many stories of his step-mother, a beloved member of our club.

Club Notes

Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club Toasts 100 Years

by Peggy Rust
Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club

embers of the Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club gathered in the home
of Mimi Abel-Smith in Middleburg for a champagne toast to mark the
occasion of our 100th anniversary. Many ladies adorned themselves in
period dress and jewels and,
of course, carried parasols.
All meetings this past year
were hosted on the estates
of founding members. It has
been a festive and fulfilling
year as we celebrated and
learned more about our
history. Cheers!

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Stream and Wetland Mitigation Project

by Libby Devlin
Leesburg Garden Club

y family, owners of Rockland Farm, is spearheading an environmentally

significant stream and wetland mitigation project on Limestone Branch.
It is an ecologically important Potomac River tributary.
Rockland, built in 1822 by Gen. George Rust and still owned by his
descendants, has approximately 5,000 linear feet along Limestone Branch. Storm
water run-off, the result of encroaching development on surrounding farmland, has
impaired Limestone Branch. The run-off creates extensive sediment deposits, which
are discharged into the Potomac River and, ultimately, the Chesapeake Bay.
Creating, restoring and preserving wetlands and streams to a naturalized state
can be both practical and profitable for private landowners, thanks to the EPA-driven
process called mitigation banking. The Virginia Department of Environmental
Quality and the U.S. Army Core of Engineers are managing the process.My siblings
and I are partnering with Maser Consulting and government regulatory personnel
to establish a private mitigation bank. The goal of its creation is to make substantial
improvements to the Limestone Branch watershed. Senior Environmental Scientist
Mark Romulus and Masers staff have been collecting and analyzing environmental
data for baseline information needed for mitigation bank approval.
At the suggestion of government regulators, we invited our neighbors to
participate in the mitigation bank and to share in the financial and environmental
benefits.

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

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Lily Notes
Teamwork
by Carrie Darracott, GCV Lily Committee Chairman
The Augusta Garden Club

ach year at the Garden Club of Virginia Lily Show, you will see a table groaning
under the weight of tall lily stems in gin bottles. On that table are groups of
lilies carefully arranged and separated from each other by ribbons. You will have
discovered the only lily horticulture class in the show that is not open to individuals.
The Inter Club Collection is a club exhibit organized by your club lily chairman, and
it consists of eight different varieties of lilies from previous GCV Lily Collections. This
year it will include the 2005-2014 collections. Lilies exhibited in this class come from
the gardens of any member of your club.
Piece of cake, you may exclaim. Your lily chairman should have no problem
finding eight lilies to exhibit from around sixty lilies on the list. She would probably
welcome your help to enter an exhibit and perhaps even win a ribbon. In spite of
gardening expertise and excellent lily varieties, lilies manage to die off, be left behind
when gardeners move, or languish on the back burner when other priorities ascend.
To help your lily chairman exhibit strong stems of eight different lilies, give your
lilies the fertile soil, good drainage, food and water which they need to flourish. If you
really want to help, maintain a list of
lilies you plant, map their locations, and
label them in the garden. The North
American Lily Society is an excellent
source of information for everything
about lilies, including instruction for
planting and growing the healthy stems
for exhibition. The NALS website is
found at www.lilies.org. The GCV
website offers color illustrations and
descriptions of all the recent annual lily
collections on the public page under
Flower Shows, Lily, Lily Collection
Archives.
Finally, let your chairman know
ahead of time what lilies may be
available in your garden for the exhibit.
You may even want to accompany her
to the show and help stage the exhibit.
Teamwork leads to success. And
may the best team win.

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Invasive Plants: The Good,

the Bad and the Ugly
by Carol Carter
Albemarle Garden Club

he good news on the invasive plant front is a new organization in Virginia

ready to do battle through research, outreach and education. Blue Ridge
PRISM (Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management) is a coalition
of landowners, local experts, landscape professionals and environmental groups that
intends to target invasive species for eradication and to educate landowners and the
public how best to accomplish that. BRPRISM is modeled after Cooperative Weed
Management Associations in other parts of the country. These coalitions build strength
by bringing together experts and landowners with common interests in protecting the
native landscape. BRPRISM covers a 10-county area in central Virginia. See the website
for more information about this helpful new organization: blueridgeprism.org.
The bad news is very bad indeed, even bad enough to keep you up at night.
Japanese stiltgrass, Microstegium vimineum, is a fast-spreading invasive grass that we
must identify and take early steps to eradicate when we spot it on our property. Garden
writer Ken Druse says the first time he ever considered giving up on gardening was after
confronting this fast-moving scourge. Garden writer Anne Raver bemoans that it is now
choking her own sliver of woods. While we diligently fight to control privet, ailanthus
and autumn olive, stiltgrass seems to take over acres in the blink of an eye. It looks
delicate, but it travels quickly and forms dense colonies through which nothing else can
grow. If you see it, stop it. See these excellent photos: www.nps.gov/plants/alien/pubs/
midatlantic/mivi.htm
And then there is the ugly. English ivy is choking beautiful trees from our toniest
neighborhoods to our parks and roadways. Seemingly innocuous when growing
horizontally, English ivy matures and sets seed
when it is allowed to grow vertically. Birds eat
the seed, fly to another tree, do what birds do,
and then more ivy grows up a new tree. This vine
holds moisture and creates a haven for insects
along the tree bark while the weight of the ivy
on the branches is very stressful to the trees. Did
you know that English ivy also creates wonderful
scaffolding for rats to climb and nest? See this
excellent how-to guide for ivy removal from
Arlington Tree Stewards: www.treestewards.org/
take-ivy-off-trees/. The world would be a better
place if we all could liberate a few trees and teach
our neighborhood associations about this insidious
monster.

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CONTRIBUTIONS

Report Period From 10/01/2015 Through 12/31/2015

Annual Fund

Provides essential ongoing support necessary to maintain GCV operations.

Donor
The Blue Ridge Garden Club Deedy Bumgardner
Margaret C. Davis
The Community Foundation Jody Walton Bundy
Barbara B. Davison
Serving Richmond and
Betsy Bickford Burnette
Pamela DeBergh
Central Virginia
Suzanne G. Burton
Eeda Dennis
The Rennie and Richmond Gigi Birdsong Calvert
Michele Mixner DeWitt
McDaniel Fund of The
Gail Camalier
Jennifer Dick
Community Foundation Meg Campbell
Nancy K. Dickerson
of the Rappahannock
Nancy N. Campbell
Eileen Dickey
River Region
Betsy Carey
Martha P. Easton
Calvert & Sally Simmons
Claire Frances Cassada
Pamela F. Edmonds
Foundation
Didi Chapin
Frances H. Ellis
The Council of Historic
Sherrie
and
Gordon
Catherine English
Richmond Foundation LLC
Chappell
Clarkie Eppes
Dana H. Adams
Jane D. Cheadle
Moonie Etherington
Eleanor M. Adams
Daphne W. Cheatham
Ann Gordon Evans
Catherine Adams
Mrs. J. Michael Childress Betsy Fauntleroy
Suzanne Aiello
Melanie Christian
Susan M. Feinour
Victoria Alexander
Catherine Claiborne
Jayne Y. Feminella
Kathryn Allen
Coates Clark
Laurel Fensterer
Rebecca W. Atkinson
Mary Ann B. Clark
Dee Ferguson
Nancy W. Avery
Eva Clarke
Marty Field
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Baber
Dr. and Mrs. Richard M.
Jane R. Fields
Gail Babnew
Clary
Rossie Fisher
Marguerite O. Bacon
Mrs. Earnest D. Coalter, Jr.
Ingeborg K. Fisher
Dottie Ballard
Pamela Q. Combs
Cheryl L. Fockler
Turner Barringer
Mr. and Mrs. David E.
Mary Foley
Molly Barrow
Constine III
Joe and Anne Foster
Joanne Bartlett
Virginia Costenbader
Nina Fout
Mrs. John E. Bassett III
Jane Milton Cowles
Florence Bryan Fowlkes
Sharon F. Beale
Teckla H. Cox
Elizabeth J. Frank
Charlotte Benjamin
Barbara B. Cox
Janet D. Frantz
Durfee Betts
Mrs. George Craddock
Mrs. John Freed
Mary Bivens
Berenice D. Craigie
Melinda Byrd Frierson
Jennifer and Allen
Carolyn Creasy
Cindy M. Frith
Blackwood
Cathy Creekmore
Carroll Godwin Frohmnan
Anne T. Bland
Ann Kiley Crenshaw
Cammie Furber
Cindy Bolling
Lisa M. Cresson
Pamela W. Gale
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bottger Elizabeth R. Cronly
Betsy Bradford
Elizabeth R. Garrett
Kathy Ballard Cropp
Matilda and John Bradshaw Candace Carter Crosby
Kay Barnes Goldberg
Gail Braxton
Eleanor Goode
Anne Geddy Cross
Dr. and Mrs. O. Christian Kim Cross
Adelaide Grattan
Bredrup, Jr.
BeBe Green
Kristin B. Dabney
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Brody Nancy Daniel
Mrs. James C. Greene
Laura Y. Brown
Greta Gustavson
Elizabeth Darden
Linda Penn Wheat Bryan
Bettie Guthrie
Penny Dart
Missy Buckingham
Mrs. John H. Guy IV
Tessa Davis

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Cynthia D. Hall
Susan Foster Hamill
Elizabeth Hamilton
Lucy G. Harman
Sally L. Harris
Ann E. Harry
Florence F. Hawkins
Susan C. Henderson
Janet G. Hickman
Mary K. Hoerneman
Mary Sherwood Holt
Lynn Hooff
Helen Hill Hopper
Mary Agnes Howard
Lynn Hower
Lucy Huff
Gay Carpenter Huffman
Susan E. Husak
Elizabeth Hutter
Linda W. Isley
Joyce C. Jaeger
Missy Janes
Anne M. Jennings
Robyn Johnsen
Mary Ann Johnson
Jean F. Johnson
Cecelia R. Johnson
Carolyn H. Jones
Faith Kauders
Lois Keller
Ellen Kelso
Jane Walker Kerewich
Mrs. R. Calvin Keyser
Katherine B. Kingsley
Ann Kington
Betty Kipps
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Laing III
Mrs. Robert S. Lang
Joni Lawler
Sue Lea
Kay C. LePeter
Debbie Lewis
Ingrid Hinckley Lindsay
Tara Little
Kris Lloyd
Marcia Long
Deena R. Lugar
Barbara B. Luton
Boyd T. MacIver
Mrs. Charles G. Mackall, Jr.
Virginia Mackenzie
Julie W. MacKinlay

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Catherine Madden
Jane Maddux
Rebecca Miller Mahon
Jan Mattern
Judith K. Matthews
Mrs. Philip W. May
Judy Mazzucchelli
Kathy W. McCahill
Charlotte McClain
Mary Leigh McDaniel
Lynn McFadden
Jerry McKinney
Mary Jac Meadows
Katherine T. Mears
Ardis S. Merritt
Kate Michaels
Elisabeth Miles
Karen C. Miles
Forrest Moore
Sue Ann Morgan
Mrs. Margaret C. Moring
Dr. Susan Morris
Louise A. Morton
Pam Moskal
Lisa Mountcastle
Kate Muller
Susan S. Mullin
Merrick Murray
Nina Mustard
Kimbrough Nash
Caroline H. Neal
Kathleen Nevill
Tommi Nevin
Mary Alice Nicholas
Mrs. Carolyn McLeod
Noland
Suzanne S. Obenshain
Rebecca H. OBrian
Patty Olivieri
Merry Abbitt Outlaw
Susan Overton
Barbara Pace
Frances Padden
Ann H. Parr
Sarah Belle Parrott
Audrey Darden Parrott
Mary Parsley
Helen Raney Pinckney
Mrs. E. Lee Pinney
Mrs. J. Cheairs Porter, Jr.
Charlotte Porterfield
Patricia Prentiss

Lauren S. Prince
Pat Proctor
Gail F. Pruden
Pamela Pruden
Nancy C. Purcell
Jane M. Purrington
Kim and Randy Raines
Ann Reamy
Emily T. Reed
Elizabeth B. Reed
Joyce Rice
Mary Scully Riley
Jennifer Rinehart
Susan Ripol
Mrs. Robert S. Roberson
Susan G. Robertson
Susan F. Robertson
Elizabeth Robertson
Mr. and Mrs. W. Randolph
Robins
Michaela Robinson
Suzie Rockwell
Susan Honig Rogers
Mr. Josiah P. Rowe III
Beverley Wellford Rowland
Pamela B. Rucker
Helen Jenkins Ryan
Eleanor Rosalie Savage
Sallie Schmidt
Mary Ann Schmidt
Betty G. Schutte
Sally Seward
Virginia Shelor
Martha R. Sherman
Lea Carter Shuba
Elizabeth Kennon Shuey
Anita Shull
Susan Taylor Sims
Jocelyn Sladen
Mrs. R. Blackwell Smith III
Amy V. Smith
Mimi Abel Smith
Alice K. Smith
Kaye DeHaven Smith and
Gerald F. Smith, Jr.
Cora Sue Spruill
Hollis Scott Stauber
Debbie Stevenson
Lynda Strickler
Nancy McAllister Sutcliffe
William and Elizabeth Talley
Mrs. Anne R. Tankard
Mrs. T. Eugene Temple, Jr.

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Carey Thompson
Nancy Tilman
Anne C. Tilney
Susan Timmons
Lee Melchor Turlington
Marcia B. Turner
Janet B. Tutton
Kay Tyler
Ellen Upton
Laura and Ned Valentine
Katherine Van Allen
Wendy C. Vaughn
Mrs. Edward Wachtmeister

Sarah Wade
Marilyn Taylor Walker
Lelia Graham Webb
Cabell Goolsby West
Mrs. Donald W. Westfall
Jane B. White
Janice Whitehead
Debi Whittle
Mr. and Mrs. John H.
Wick III
Dootsie Wilbur
Alice Wilkerson
Melissa Williams

Barbara Pratt Willis

Lucy Wilson
Margaret D. Wise
Elizabeth Witt
Bobbye Raye Womack
Nacy Coleman Wood
Suzanne Worsham
Betsy Worthington
Judith Craddock Wright
Susan Snodgrass Wynne
Heather Zippel
Kate Zullo

Donor
In Honor of
The Garden Club of Alexandria . . . . . . . . . . . The Hunting Creek Garden Club
The Elizabeth River Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lee Snyder
Fauquier and Loudon Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette Cadwallender
Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheryl Miller
Virginia R. Cherry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karen Ellsworth
Betsy Feldmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janet Frantz
Elizabeth C. Galloway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brenda McGehee

Suzanne Johnson
Susan F. McNeely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louise Tayloe
Kaye Rollins Nazarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beth DeBergh
Ann S. Wentworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Oppenhimer
Catherine C. Whitham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette Cadwallender

GCV Staff
Donor In Memory of
The Elizabeth River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gayle Urquhart
Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celeste Adams
The Garden Study Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Gorman T. White
The Hampton Roads Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alice Wertheimer
The Lynchburg Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Page Pettyjohn

Ann Reams

Jean Taylor
Winchester-Clarke Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Cook
University of Richmond Museums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Elizabeth Lamar Boetsch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Jane Frost Bowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Harris Frost
Cecilia C. Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Clopton Brown
Betsy Casteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mattice Brandt
Suzanne S. Duffey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patty Simmons
Carol Spaulding Fox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peggy Federhart
Dr. Sara N. James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. W. Wickham Taylor
Aileen Wilson Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mattice Brandt
Nancy T. Mastin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. R. Lee Mastin
Mrs. Charles H. Seilheimer, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Mina W. Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild

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Garden Club of Virginia Endowment

Supports the ongoing preservation of the historic Kent-Valentine House,

headquarters of the Garden Club of Virginia and Historic Garden Week.

Donor
Lee Stuart Cochran
Donor
In Honor of
The Blue Ridge Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dianne Pfizenmayer

Marie Thomas
Jeanette Rowe Cadwallender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans

Kay Tyler
Martha S. Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom and Sally Guy Brown

GCV Conservation Fund

Supports GCV clubs in local and statewide conservation projects.

Donor
Margaret Robertson Christian

Donor
In Honor of
Sally Guy Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuckie Westfall
Gugi Hooff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betsy Bradford
Stephanie F. Minter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Therese Minter
Donor
In Memory of
Mrs. George H. Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. G. T. White

Restoration

Supports GCV Restoration projects across the Commonwealth.

Donor
Laura Y. Brown
Joanna and Bill Hamnett
Mr. and Mrs. Greer Jackson
Donor
In Honor of
The Garden Club of Fairfax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown
Katherine T. Mears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy Moore

Sue Rosser
Virginia V. Rocen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown
Cynthia P. Roscoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown
Donor
In Memory of
The Hunting Creek Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Anne A. Arnest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Brenda Augst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Grace Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Sally Guy Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Dorothy Bumgardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Jeanette Rowe Cadwallender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Marsha Costen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Cary F. Dabney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Mary Hart Darden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Eva Donley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Ann Gordon Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Carroll G. Foley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Nan C. Freed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Lanny Gault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Ellen G. Godwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild

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Sarah S. Hodgkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild

Louise Hopkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Rita B. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce W. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
James and Judith Mawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Katherine T. Mears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Anne T. Mikula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Susan T. Miner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Margaret C. Moring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Susan Murphey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Helen Turner Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Kimbrough Nash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Helen R. Pinckney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Kitty Quarles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Ann R. Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Joanne McCaskill Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild
Cabell Goolsby West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Guild

Donor Revision for Sept. 2015 Journal

Annual Fund

Linda Consolvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Nansemond River Garden Club

Jane N. Manning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dorothy Bumgardner
Nan Ellen Ritsch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bonnalynn Pritchard

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Dates and events as posted on the GCV website

at gcvirginia.org. See website for further additions.

Deadline for nominations for the Bessie

Bocock Carter Conservation Award,
Common Wealth Award, Horticulture
Award of Merit
March 16
Judges Workshop at Kent-Valentine House
March 30
GCV 101, Hampton
March 30-31 82nd GCV Daffodil Show, Hampton
April 7
Field Trip to Mason Neck State Park
April 15
Deadline for June Journal Article
Submission
April 23-30
Historic Garden Week in Virginia
May 10-11
GCV Annual Meeting, Alexandria
May 26
Horticulture Field Day, Blacksburg
June 1
Deadline for Dugdale Award Nominations
June 15-16
74th Annual Lily Show, Middleburg

March 15

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