THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

Journal
VOL LX, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 2015

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

Someone has calculated that if a grain of sand represented a star, 94,608,000
railroad hopper cars full of sand would be needed to represent all the stars in the
universe. If this train traveled at the speed of one car per second, the trip would take
three years.
Staunton River State Park has just been recognized as an International
Dark Sky Park. There are only 25 in the world with this designation. Located in
Scottsburg, Halifax County, the efforts of this Virginia State Park are protecting
the night sky for the important and pleasurable pursuit of stargazing. This is just
one of the bright lights in the Virginia State Park system. Garden Club of Virginia
members are encouraged to explore the various offerings; cultural, natural and
historic throughout these parks.
We hope the summer gave you some time to relax, to see the stars and dream.
Jeanette Cadwallender and Karla MacKimmie
We look forward to receiving your articles. Write to us at journal@gcvirginia.org.
Submission guidelines may be found on the GCV website.

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. LX, No. 3
Printed on recycled paper by
Carter Printing Company
Richmond, VA

ONTHECOVER...
Mary Page Hickey, a member of The
Garden Club of Alexandria, shares
her beautiful watercolor painting of
a windflower, or Japanese anemone,
Anemone hupehensis var. japonica. So
lifelike, it seems to come off of the
page. Welcome late-summer- to earlyfall-bloomers and deer resistant, they
can become rampant in moist, shady
conditions.
IN THISISSUE ...
Martinsville Garden Club History ....... 2
A Moving Experience............................ 3
Club Notes ............................................4
77th Annual Rose Show.........................5
Lunch & Learn ........................................... 6
Club Notes.............................................8
Conservation Forum 2015 .....................8
Ex Libris .............................................. 10
Daffodil Notes ..................................... 11
73rd Annual Lily Show.........................12
New Name .......................................... 14
Historic Henry County Courthouse...... 15
Club Notes .......................................... 16
Lily Notes ............................................ 19
Rose Notes............................................20
Flower Arranging School ..................... 21
Edible Landscaping..............................22
Contributions.......................................23
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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The Martinsville Garden Club Through The Years

by Beth Sibbick
The Martinsville Garden Club

hen a group of ladies organized the

Martinsville Garden Club in 1923, the
Henry County Courthouse was the
epicenter of life in a community of some 4,000 souls and
20,000 more in the county beyond. The areas claim to fame
had been as the plug tobacco capital of world and it was
becoming a hub of manufacturing furniture that would one
day be sold around the country and world.
A decade after the clubs founding, members began planting to beautify the
courthouse grounds.
During the second decade of this century, the Garden Club of Virginia graciously
agreed to devote proceeds from Historic Garden Week to revive the grounds around
the courthouse. No longer the site of court sessions, the red-brick building had become
the Historic Henry County Courthouse, home to the Martinsville-Henry County
Historical Society, and still symbolic of the community. The GCVs aim, to reshape the
courthouse grounds into a civic green space, complements ongoing efforts to revitalize
the uptown business district.
Martinsville Garden Club members will welcome the GCV Board of Governors to
town for the boards 96th annual meeting, October 13 15. GCV leaders will witness
the formal presentation of the courthouse grounds project.
Martinsville Garden Club members will count the opportunity to host the
meeting among its proud moments. One of the clubs first proud moments was its
acceptance as the 12th GCV member club. Another memorable moment came in 2013
when the club received the Annabel Josephs award, sharing that honor with the Dolley
Madison Garden Club.
Most Martinsville Garden Club activities reflect its purpose: to promote interest in
and knowledge of gardening, as well as to stimulate interest in civic planning and to aid
in the protection of native trees, shrubs, wild flowers and birds.
The results have been and some still can be seen around town and the county.
For instance, efforts through the years include:
Beautifying roadways and gateways, with the first such project dating to 1927;
Planting and installing gates at Oakwood Cemetery, Martinsvilles oldest public
cemetery, in 1933;
Creating a trillium cove, with walking trails and a bird sanctuary, in 1934;
Landscaping at schools through the years;
Creating memorials with plantings in honor of World War II servicemen and those
lost in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks;
Creating and maintaining a garden at the public library, a 30-year effort;
Landscaping at a number of buildings, from the hospital to the SPCA.
Club members arent all work and no play. They kick up their heels on road trips,
be it to Richmond bedecked in jewelry fashioned from flowers or to Philadelphia for the
flower show. The club hopes to enable the Board of Governors to have a meeting that is
both productive and enjoyable.

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A Moving Experience
by Alice Martin
The Petersburg Garden Club

he Petersburg Garden Clubs Lee Park herbarium collection is something

very special. Consisting of 325 pressed and dried specimens of Virginia
wildflowers and accompanied by 238 corresponding watercolors, it is an
important part of Virginias horticultural history. The Petersburg Garden Club was the
recipient of the prestigious Massie Medal in 1948 to recognize this horticultural treasure
collected and assembled in the 1930s and 1940s.
The collection was housed in the Petersburg Public Library until 2009 when our
club found a better home for it in the newly renovated Richard Bland College Library.
Alas, things change, and in April the college decided to renovate again. This time the
new floor plan would have no room for special storage. We had one month to move
our valuable collection, which I hasten to mention had expanded substantially. We had
framed over 80 watercolors so they could be displayed in museums nationwide, added
several reproduction sets, and purchased sturdy cabinets and crates to house everything
properly. In addition, Dr. Donna Ware, retired professor of botany at The College of
William and Mary and our adviser and friend over the years, generously donated her
collection of 800 local wildflower specimens to our club. What to do with these priceless collections?
Herbarium Committee co-chairman Bettie Guthrie immediately began the search.
One place would be delighted to have the watercolors, but not the specimens. Another
location would take the reverse. We definitely wanted everything to be housed together.
Fortunately, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden wanted it all, and we could not have hoped
for a better location. Now, we had to get it moved quickly. To the rescue came Hilldrup
Moving & Storage. (How would the Garden Club of Virginia manage without this
company?) Onto the truck went the multiple crates and the huge cabinets that weigh
460 pounds empty. Herbarium Committee co-chairman Betty Steele made certain
everything was organized at the pickup location, and our president Kay Wray gave
constant support throughout the ordeal.
The Lee Park herbarium collection, the Ware collection and those spectacular
watercolors now reside safely at Lewis Ginter, and we could not be more pleased and
grateful. To Lewis Ginter and Hilldrup, we say a heartfelt, Thank you.

Bettie Guthrie, The Petersburg Garden Club,

waves goodbye to the Lee Park herbarium collection.

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ClubNotes

Our Ikebana Teacher

by Margaret McLaughlin Grove

The Charlottesville Garden Club

illie Faucett, a talented

member of the
Charlottesville Garden
Club, was recently certified as teacher
of Sogetsu Ikebana. To receive the
teachers degree, Millie had to complete
four, year-long certificates as a student
before she could begin the study for the
teachers degree which included a written
examination. She
studied under Riji
Jane Redmon.
Inspired by
Ikebana while
living in Hong
Kong in the
1970s, Millie
began her study.
Sogetsu School
teaches a more modern form of Ikebana
that lends itself to learning contemporary
flower arranging. She was fascinated
by the elegance created by using only a
few branches and flowers. Millie loved
learning about heights, angles, proportions
and spaces that give Ikebana its beauty.
Space is the characteristic that gives an
arrangement energy.
Millie feels that Ikebana has enriched
her life by making her more attuned to
the seasonal beauty of nature. Also, as her
technique uses one to three blossoms and
a few branches, she comments that it is a
less expensive way to give flowers to others
or to enjoy flowers in the home. Millie
will be an excellent teacher.

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Lunch & Learn at the 2015

GCV Rose Show

A Farm Market &

Garden Shop
Casual Cafe
Flowers & Plants
Gardening
Gifts & Gear
Group Outings
Plants
Private events &
Weddings
Tours & Walks
Workshops &
Much, Much More!
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EventsatGrelen.com
Market Hours
Tues.- Sun. 10 - 4; Mar.- Dec.
Nursery Open All Year

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abriella Garden Club invites

all to Lunch & Learn on
Wednesday, September 30,
2015, at the Institute for Advanced
Learning & Research in Danville. This
years edition will feature two programs,
one on horticulture and one on artistic
design, with a box lunch served between
the programs.
The first program will begin at 11
a.m. with David Pike of Witherspoon
Rose Culture, who will speak on rose
garden design and bed preparation.
Mr. Pike, a consulting rosarian of the
American Rose Society, has recently
served as a judge at the Biltmore
International Rose Trials. He shares his
love of roses and how to care for them as
a frequent speaker at garden clubs, rose
societies, gardening shows and radio talk
shows.
Anne Vanderwarker, a member of
the Dolley Madison Garden Club, GCV
artistic judge, and member of the GCV
Flower Shows Committee, will share her
knowledge of floral design beginning
at 1 p.m. An artist with a professional
background in interior design, Anne
developed and continues to produce
Fearless Flowers, the first website
dedicated to flower arranging.
Registration is required by Monday,
September 21, 2015. Cost is $25
(includes box lunch) payable by check to
Gabriella Garden Club. Register online at
gcvirginia.org or by mailing check to Pat
Harper, 262 Shoreham Drive, Danville,
VA 24541.

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ClubNotes
Cornerstones

by Tricia Goins
The Garden Club of Fairfax

t began with a phone call.

Karmen Gustin, the Garden Club of Virginias Development Director, called one
morning. Does the Garden Club of Fairfax have a community project needing
funding? she asked.
My mind raced as I explained our current projects. We had been looking
for candidates for Nature Camp in Vesuvius. We had discussed a candidate from
Cornerstones, a local homeless shelter for individuals and families.
Then it clicked. I wondered if we could do something for the shelter. Karmen, I
will get back to you.
I called our Community Projects chair, Bonnie Rekemeyer, who began exploring
what might be needed. Turns out the homeless shelter had a landscape plan, but no
funding to beautify the front entrance. We had a project.
Karmen transformed my project description into a grant proposal. The Garden
Club of Fairfax was thrilled to receive a $1,600 grant from the Community Foundation
of Northern Virginia.
When spring came, we bought a bench and mulch. We also bought plants to
supplement garden club members donated ferns, wild ginger and hostas. Work began.
Several residents assisted; others admired our work. Eight members, three husbands, and
three hired hands planted 127 plants and spread 6 cubic yards of mulch.
The garden provides a shady, green oasis in the middle of an urban area where
residents can sit, relax and reflect.
We thank the Community Foundation of Northern Virginia for this opportunity.
It ended with a lot of smiles.

Film Festival on the Fourth

The Academy of Fine Arts, Warehouse Theatre

600 Main Street, Lynchburg, VA 24502
November 4, 2015
9:00 am to about 2:00 pm

he Conservation and Beautification Committee is presenting a festival of short

films on various issues, with a strong emphasis on water.
We will begin with the inspiring film, Rappahannock: The Story of a
Historic and Beautiful River and its People. This film describes the history and the
reclamation of the river from one of pollution to one of beauty. Other short films will
be entertaining and eye-opening.
Chris Miller, President of the Piedmont Environmental Council, will be our
moderator and guide for the day. He will elaborate on the issues presented in the films,
and he will give us the current status on transmission lines, pipelines and view sheds.
We look forward to a fun and informative day of enlightening films. Yes, there will
be popcorn!
The Forum is open to all and we encourage all GCV members to come and bring
their friends.

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Ex Libris

by Joan Pollard and Virginia Cherry, GCV Library Committee

The Petersburg Garden Club

oire: Entertaining with Style by Danielle Rollins (Rizzoli, 2012) illustrates how to
entertain elegantly at home with step-by-step, easy to follow instructions focusing on a variety of events. The 15 chapters cover selecting the menu, recipes,
flowers, linens, music, invitations, lighting, decorations, building a bar, setting the table,
and choosing and working with a caterer. Included are over 80 original recipes and
over 300 stunning and vibrant pictures which bring the soire to life. Rollins believes a
fabulous party is all in the details, and in these pages she shares her strategies and tips
for making any fte unforgettable.
Chapters include: Keep Chic and Carry On, Canaps and Croquet, Birds of a
Feather: Springtime Celebration for a Flock of My Favorite Friends, Something Borrowed, Something Pink!, Pizza Parlor Al Fresco, Im Dreaming of a Blond Christmas
and A Silver and Gold Celebration. Rollins entertains with non-traditional American
recipes in an Indian-inspired late summer dinner and a Vietnamese-inspired luncheon.
Rollins says, Your goal is to create a sense of fantasy
and magic, not perfection. After all, it is just a party,
and entertaining should be fun. Soire is about creating
lasting and cherished moments and is recommended for
anyone who loves to create elegant occasions at home
with ease.

The Boxwood Garden Club hosted Gracious Living and Stylish

Entertaining with Danielle Rollins on March 17, 2015, at the
University of Richmond Jepson Alumni Center. Guests were treated to
lively and entertaining tips from Ms. Rollins, a floral demonstration,
and shopping in the vendor marketplace. Members of the club created
tablescapes which were a highlight of the program. The morning
concluded with a giveaway by event sponsor Southern Season, followed
by a book signing with Ms. Rollins. Books are available for purchase;
contact Cathy Lee at leecathy@yahoo.com. Proceeds from the event
benefit the clubs educational and civic projects in the community.

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DaffodilNotes

Planting Tips for Daffodils

by Janet G. Hickman, GCV Daffodil Committee Chairman
Hillside Garden Club

oon those exciting daffodils we ordered last spring will start to arrive. Is not too
late to order a few more. For a list of quality bulb sources go to the website of the
American Daffodil Society at daffodilusa.org and click on Growing Daffodils.
Depending on the supplier, bulbs may arrive any time from September to late
November. The general advice for planting time is to wait until the soil has cooled,
usually after the first frost. Bulbs planted into warm, moist soil are subject to the fungal
infection basal rot which will kill the bulb. If your bulbs arrive too early for ideal planting,
open the packaging and spread out the bulbs in a cool dry area, not the refrigerator, until
time to plant.
Where should you plant? Daffodils like sun while their leaves are above ground,
before and after blooming. That means they may do just fine under deciduous trees.
Daffodils also do best in soil that drains well. While they need water in the spring, they
need to be dry during the summer, so avoid planting in an area that will have automatic
sprinklers or watering for other plants all summer. Hillsides and raised beds are especially
agreeable to daffodils. If you are blessed with heavy clay soil, consider amending with
organic material or sand, not with manure because of possible bulb rot.
Daffodils are easy to plant correctly because pointy end up is easy to determine.
The standard advice is to get the base of the bulb about six inches deep or, for small bulbs,
two to three times as deep as the bulb is high. Do not worry about exact measurements,
as bulbs will adjust themselves as they
grow.
Some guides say daffodils do
not need fertilizer, but most growers
of show-winning blooms use some An invitation...
fertilizer at planting time, when
the leaf tips emerge, and when they
bloom. Do avoid putting fertilizer
directly next to the bulb and choose a
fertilizer with low nitrogen, medium
phosphorus and high potassium
(e.g. 5-10-20).
Finally, it is important to label
and map. Labels may be cut from old
mini blinds, plastic knives or milk
carton pieces, marked and buried with
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you bring your daffodils to the Garden
Club of Virginia Daffodil Show in
Hampton.

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The 73rd Annual

Nageire Arrangement
Sponsored
Meredith Lauter,
Garden Club of Norfolk
Ann Carter Walker Somerville
Award for Most Creative
Design

by Fauquier an

Lions, Tigers and

Artistic Awards

Inter Club Class 71-B,

Inter Club Class 71-A,
Hanging Arrangement
Creative Mass Arrangement
The Ashland Garden Club
The Charlottesville Garden Club
Blue
Blue and Quad Blue, Past Presidents
of the GCV Trophy

Inter Club Class 71-C,

Construction Arrangement
The Boxwood Garden Club
Blue

Inter Club Class 71-D,

Late Victorian Mass
Arrangement
The Williamsburg
Garden Club
Blue
Nageire Arrangement
Lois Spencer, The Garden
Club of the Northern Neck
Blue and The Eugenia and
David Diller Award for
Best Artistic Arrangement
Photos by Esther Carpi

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For more photos and a complete list of winners,

Grateful appreciation extended to Mary Wynn and Charles McDaniel
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Lily Show, 2015

nd Loudoun Garden Club

Bears Oh My!

NUMBER OF HORTICULTURE STEMS: 400

NUMBER OF ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENTS: 62

Horticulture Awards

Lilium Longiflora
The Blanche Rohrer Davis
Memorial Bowl
awarded for Best
Single Stem Species,
Joyce Moorman,
The Lynchburg Garden Club

Eurydice
The Sponsors Cup
for Best Asiatic Lily,
and the Members Cup for
Best Stem in the Show,
Glenna Graves, The
Spotswood Garden Club

Midnight Strain
The Vicki Bowen Award for
The Best Trumpet Lily
Joyce Jaeger, The Mill
Mountain Garden Club

Kentucky
The James McKenney Award
for Best Longiflorum/Asiatic
Hybrid Lily,
Nancy Philpott, The Garden
Study Club

go to www.gcvirginia.org and see Flower Shows

and Hilldrup Transfer and Storage for support of the GCV Flower Shows

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Forty Years of
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April 1-3, 2016

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For information, please contact:

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New Name Reflects

New Emphasis

by Nancy Kaylor
GCV Membership Committee, The Garden
Club of Danville

he Garden Club of Virginias

former Admissions Committee
has a new name that better
reflects its outreach efforts. GCVs new
Membership Committee has set its sights
on two important initiatives: helping new
members better understand GCV and
recruiting new clubs.
GCV 101 workshops will offer new
and veteran members a brief overview of
statewide programs that are available to
members. We know our members have
amazing talents. GCV 101 will offer great
ways to connect with all that is available.
Were excited. said Kris Carbone,
committee chair. Newer members are
so busy digesting all that their local clubs
are doing that they are often unaware of
the many resources and opportunities
at the state level. No matter how long
one has been a member, GCV 101 is a
great way to renew and refresh the GCV
connection. Two of the upcoming sessions
will coincide with GCV flower shows to
encourage members to make a day of it.
A third will give members the opportunity
to tour the Kent-Valentine House.
The committee is also looking
carefully at adding new member clubs
to the GCV. In addition, the committee
is responsible for considering honorary
memberships.
Plan now to attend an upcoming
GCV 101 workshop
Wednesday, September 30, 2015,
at the Rose Show in Danville
Monday, October 26, 2015,
at the Kent-Valentine House
in Richmond
Wednesday, March 30, 2016,
at the Daffodil Show in Hampton

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Historic Henry County Courthouse

by Kim Nash
Chairman, GCV Restoration Committee
The Warrenton Garden Club

Photo Provided by: Sam Davis

n 1791, Martinsville became

the county seat for Henry
County. The original log and
stone courthouse was replaced
in 1824 and underwent a major
reconstruction in 1929. By the
1940s, the outside steps to the
second story courtroom had
been removed, and the faade
was embellished with an elegant
portico. Over the years, plantings
and monuments were added. New
brick walks were built in the 1970s.
In July 2010, the county gave the building and surrounding grounds to the
Martinsville-Henry County Historical Society, which had been taking care of the
property since 1996. Grants have financed renovation of the courthouse. A portion of
it houses the Heritage Center and Museum. The courtroom remains as it appeared in
1929 and will be used for entertainment and meetings.
In 2010, the Garden Club of Virginia was approached by the Historical Society
to develop the courthouse grounds into a civic green space, as part of the revitalization
of Martinsvilles uptown business district. This led to action by the GCV and later
to groundbreaking. The design for the old courthouse grounds is simple and refined,
preserving the essential character and key elements of the square, while making it more
useful and enhancing its already dignified character. In front of the courthouse, parking
has been removed and the brick plaza expanded. A broad walkway with a vehicular
drop-off and new disabled access has been added, and the flagpoles have been moved
out to the front of the plaza. Concrete ramps have been replaced with broad steps and
code compliant brick ramps with iron railings have been installed. Simple plantings
flank the plaza and frame the views of the courthouse and its monuments. The new
plantings include Princeton elms, redbud, serviceberry, Hophornbeam and St. Johns
Wort groundcover.
Cannons donated by the War Department in the early 20th century have been
relocated closer to Main Street on metal carriages similar to what would have held them in
their original military setting, realigned facing south, and set at the proper vertical angle.
This centerpiece of the uptown renewal has been a cooperative effort between
the City of Martinsville and the Garden Club of Virginia. Our contribution to the
square, along with improvements to the adjacent areas by funds from Community
Development Block Grants has created a beautiful setting for the courthouse and a
wonderful gathering place.
The Martinsville Garden Club and the Garden Study Club have been
extraordinary liaisons with the city and the local community as the project moved
forward. We look forward to thanking the members of the GCV clubs in Martinsville
when this latest GCV restoration is presented at the Board of Governors meeting on
October 15, 2015.

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ClubNotes

A Conservation Symposium:
Conservation, Restoration and Education on a Local Level
by Elizabeth B. Hardy
The Garden Club of the Northern Neck
and Marilyn South
The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula

or 15 years, the garden clubs of the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck have
joined forces to organize an annual free-to-the-public lecture and discussion
on conservation. Our goal is to enhance the general publics understanding
of conservation in the context of our historically rural and waterfront communities.
The Chesapeake Bay watershed area is a fragile ecosystem. The creeks and rivers and
the centuries-old farms of the Northern Neck and the Middle Peninsula need special
handling in order to preserve their history, resources and culture.
Topics for these symposia include such important local issues as safeguarding water
quality in rivers and streams and restoring the Bay. Sustainable residential development,
green building, the Chesapeake Bay oyster and the honeybee have been topics. We
have attracted well-known and knowledgeable speakers. The symposium topic for
2014, The Chesapeake Bay: the Federal and Local Perspective, was presented by US
Congressman Rob Wittman and by Bill Portlock, Senior Educator for the Chesapeake
Bay Foundation.
The mid-morning hour and a venue such as a community college or independent
school are intended to maximize accessibility for a diverse audience, especially students.
We plan to videotape our future presentations for local conservation websites.
The 2015 Conservation Symposium will take place on Thursday, November 12, 10
a.m. to noon, at Christchurch School in Saluda, Virginia. All are invited.
Both clubs are committed to this joint undertaking. We welcome the opportunity
to help other clubs start such a forum as a way of giving back to local communities and
of honoring GCVs commitment to conservation, restoration and education.

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Edible Landscaping for Wildlife and Humans

Featuring

Tanya Denckla Cobb

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Inspired

by Carrie Darracott, GCV Lily Committee Chairman

The Augusta Garden Club

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hope many of you attended the 73rd GCV Lily Show in Middleburg this June. The
Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club ladies put on a spectacular show and will host
the show again on June 15-16, 2016. Artistic and horticulture entries were stunning,
and entries for the first Growing Green general horticulture show were impressive. For
me, the best was the new lily class open to all novices. This long table was full of lovely
stems that included a lily that won both best novice and best species awards.
The show of beautiful, fragrant lilies possibly inspired novice and experienced
exhibitors and spectators alike to plant lilies in their own gardens this fall. If so, what
information will help them decide which lilies to purchase? They may have noted likely
candidates as they looked at the lilies on display, or perhaps they have ordered the GCV
2015 lily collection offered this spring. The GCV collections, including the newest one,
are pictured on gcvirginia.org, and most can be ordered as individual lilies directly from
B&D Lilies.
Another option in selecting lilies for
your garden is to consider varieties chosen
for the Lily Hall of Fame list by members of
the North American Lily Society. Starting in
1974, members from both the United States
and Canada voted annually and a lily which
won three popularity polls was placed on the
list. Hall of Fame winners Black Beauty, Casa
Blanca, Leslie Woodriff, Silk Road, Northern
Carillon, Red Velvet, Scheherazade,
White Henryi and Conca dOr are still
widely available. These lilies are hardy and are
recommended for gardeners with all levels of
experience.
Perhaps the best option is to visit the
gardens of friends and club members to see
which lilies prosper near you. At the same time,
note whether the lilies are growing in full sun
or partial shade, whether they require staking to
keep them upright, and what sort of soil, mulch,
and moisture they enjoy. That information will
be extremely helpful when choosing a location
in your own garden for a lily bed.
Always purchase lilies from a reputable
source so that the bulbs will be shipped in healthy
condition and free of disease, then plant them in
a prepared bed without delay. Finally, enjoy the
show that your lilies put on every year. Perhaps
your lilies will be an inspiration to your friends.
I look forward to serving as your GCV Lily
Chairman and hope to see you at next years
show.

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RoseNotes

A New Rose Collection for the New Rose Grower

by Sherry Leffel, GCV Rose Chairman
The Spotswood Garden Club

he Rose Committees latest rose collection reflects the

committees goal to encourage the beginner and the small
gardener to give growing roses a try. Committee members
selected roses for the collection that would be grower-friendly, as
well as space-friendly. They chose the miniatures, minifloras and
the climber that comprise the collection in large measure because
they tend to show well.
The Garden Club of Virginias 2016 Rose Show will offer
several classes for miniature and miniflora roses. (Miniatures can be easy to grow and
they do not suffer in cold the way some hybrid tea roses do.)
One rose in the collection, Rainbows End, has blooms that
go from deep yellow to blushing orange-red, making the plant a
favorite of many committee members. Another new collection
member, the miniature Youre the One, begins as ivory white and
blushing pink,
then finishes with
ruby. Starla,
another mini,
has crisp white
blooms that give
off a slightly fruity
fragrance. The
climber, Zephrine
Drouhin, dates
to 1868. It also
has the benefits of
being thorn-less,
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fragrant, and able
20-time
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Choice Award Winner
to take some shade.
The cerise pink rose
was the cover girl
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on the guidebook
for Historic Garden Week 2013.
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The new rose collection will be
available this fall. Those interested
family proudly support
should contact their clubs rose
the mission of the
chairmen or GCV for information.

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Editors note: The 2015 Rose Show,

themed The Poetic Rose, will be
the GCVs 77th. For more information
about the show, please see page 5.
or visit gcvirginia.org.

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Program begins at 10 a.m.
Online registration now open for Garden Club of Virginia members.
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Edible Landscaping for Wildlife and Humans

by Margaret French, GCV Horticulture Committee, The Virginia Beach Garden Club
and
Tuckie Westfall, GCV Conservation Committee Chair, The Garden Club of Alexandria

oin us on a journey to explore the new world of edible gardening at the Horticulture
and Conservation Workshop on Monday, September 28, at the Lewis Ginter
Botanical Garden in Richmond. Todays gardeners have more opportunities than
ever to choose what they want to grow and for whom. As the popularity of local food
has exploded over the last several years, advocates are excited to bring the movement
and knowledge to urban areas. Come listen to two pioneers who are leading the way in
Virginia with urban farming in the rapidly changing world of horticulture.
Cabell Cox, LEED AP, is the Principle and Founder of The Grow Company
in Charlottesville, Virginia. Cox is a Charlottesville native who graduated from
the University of Georgia with a degree in landscape architecture and a minor in
horticulture and landscape management. After working for high-end design/build
firms in Charleston, South Carolina, and Charlottesville for five years, he founded The
Grow Company. It is a multi-faceted land management, fine gardening, and design/
build company that addresses food production, landscape design, maintenance and site
planning.
Tanya Denckla Cobb is a writer, teacher and environmental mediator at the
University of Virginia Institute for Environmental Negotiation. Her expertise involves a
wide range of environmental and community issues including health, food, agriculture,
air, water and land use. She co-founded
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the Virginia Natural Resources Leadership
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The Story of Lady Bird Johnson. It follows
Lady Bird from her humble beginnings to
her emergence as an environmental leader.
This workshop will include great
vendors from The Grow Company and
Edible Landscapes.

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Report Period From 4/1/15 Through 5/30/15

Annual Fund
Dominion Foundation
Florence Bryan Fowlkes
Fund of The Community
Foundation Serving
Richmond and Central
Virginia
GCV Journal Editorial Board
Mary Wynn Richmond
McDaniel Fund of The
Community Foundation
Blue Ridge Garden Club
The Boxwood Garden Club
The Garden Club of Fairfax
The Hunting Creek Garden
Club
The Huntington Garden
Club
The Garden Club of the
Middle Peninsula
Victoria Alexander
Marsha Amory
Elizabeth Hallock Andrews
Susan Armfield
Gina Ashbrook
Ann Hall Austin
Gail Babnew
Marguerite O. Bacon
Mary Bacon
Erma and Brian J. Baker
Nancy Baker
Zoey Ballenger
Lamar G. Barr
Turner Barringer
Joanne Beck
Lynne C. Beeler
Mr. and Mrs. William M.
Bertles III
Barbara Best
Kirk Bidgood
Jane Booth
Leslie Booth
Nancy Fleshman Bowles
Marianne M. Bowles
Jody Branch
Laura Y. Brown
Judy S. Brown
Sally Guy Brown
Latane Brown

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Lisa-Margaret Bryan
Elaine Burden
Betsy Bickford Burnette
Gigi Birdsong Calvert
Paula R. Cameron
Allyson P. Campbell
Kathryn Cardwell
Helen Carter
Janice Carter
Meredith Caskie
Claire H. Cassada
Joyce C. Childress
Margaret R. Christian
Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne
Coates Clark
Toni Clark
Eva Clarke
Donna B. Clausen
Natalie Coleman
Kim Cory
Virginia Costenbader
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E.
Coulbourn
Jane and Don Cowles
Martha Boxley Creasy
Susan Critz
Bonnie Cuddihy
Linda B. Custis
Elizabeth Darden
Tessa Davis
Mrs. Donald J. Deaton
Pamela S. DeBerg
Mary L. Denny
Jerri S. DeVault
Lit Willis Dodd
Midge Eason
Cynthia Edgerton
Kelly H. Ellis
Judy Epperly
Sarah Hormel Everett
Mrs. James E. Field
Patricia Filer
Mrs. Herbert E. Fitzgerald Jr.
Lou Flowers
Mrs. C. Warren Forbush
Mary N. Foster
Nina Fout

Mary Carter Frackelton

Martha Frank
Kay Freeman
Nancy Freeman
Melinda Byrd Frierson
Paige Frith
Carroll G. Frohman
Roberta Garnett
Lynn F. Gas
Mary Ann Gibbons
Liz Savage Goffigon
Bonnie C. Greenwalt
Katherine GronesGall
Bettie Guthrie
Susan Foster Hamill
Catherine Harcus
Joan Harden
Elizabeth Broaddus Hardy
Lucy G. Harman
Virginia J. Harris
Mary Whitley Haycox
Margaret Dietz Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. B. Burr
Henderson V
Elizabeth T. Herbert
Donna S. Herbert
Gerry Higgins
Joy Hilliard
Deborah J. Hite
Susan G. Hodges
Sally Hodgkin
Gugi Hooff
Eleanor B. Hotchkiss
Mac Houfek
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Betty Hudson
Carol Turnbull Hughes
Patricia Hunter
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Katherine Knopf
Janet Knopf
Alice Koziol
Nancy Kyler
Jackie Lane
Sue C. Lang
Donna P. Lawhon
Joni Lawler
Frances F. Lea
Betty H. Lesko
Debbie Lewis
Marcia Long
Boyd T. MacIver
Karla MacKimmie
Julie MacKinlay
Anne Madonia
Pat Malgee
Rebecca P. Mason
Mrs. Philip W. May
Lynn McCashin
Rebecca W. McCoy
Mary Leigh McDaniel
Patricia McDaniel
Rennie McDaniel
Lynn C. McFadden
Peggy McFarland
Alice Reed McGuire
Maureen G. McKnight
Mary Jac Meadows
Martha Medley
Kathryn Frierson Michaels
Betty Murden Michelson
Sally Miller
Kathryn McC. Mirabella
Gail V. Mitchell
Alana Harper Mitchell
Martha F. Moore
Nancy B. Moore
Louise Morton
Helen Turner Murphy
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Lois M. Nichols
Lindsay C. Nolting
Carol Seaton Norfleet
Caroline Hoof Norman
Chris OBrien
Kay Outten
Mrs. William C. Overman, Jr.
Frances Hix Padden
Frances Padden
Lee Ann and John Padgett
Ann Harrison Parr
Carter Paxton
Sharman G. Peitz
Melinda Penn
Sarah Pierson
Joan B. Pollard
Pam Pruden
Frances Marshall Purcell
Jane M. Purrington
Nancy Rawlings
Denise Revercomb
Elizabeth Reynolds
Harriet T. Reynolds
Casey Rice
Joyce Rice
Susan Ripol
Deborah Rippe
Catherine H. Robertson
Susan G. Robertson
Goree Robins
Cynthia Rockwell
Sue Rosser
Natalie Rude
Tricia Russell
Normie Sanford
Melissa W. Saunders
Sallie T. Schmidt
Becky Schmitz
Elizabeth Scott
Meredith Stanley Scott
Ann F. Sears
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H.
Seilheimer, Jr.
Inge B. Sen
Eliza Severt
Sharon R. Shepherd
Elizabeth Sibbick
Susan Taylor Sims
Jocelyn A. Sladen
Laura Daughtry Smart

Susan Smith
Mrs. O. Kendall Smith
Gail D. Smith
Laraine Smith
Gail Doyle Smith
Amy V. Smith
Ellen Soyars
Betsy Spence
Lois P. Spencer
Mary Lew Sponski
Lizz Stanley
Hollis Stauber
Carol Stermer
Margrete Stevens
Joan H. Stumborg
Ms. Page D. Styles
Betty Sundin
Mrs. Norman E. Tadlock
Meg Talley
Sue C. Taylor
Mrs. Nelson S. Teague
Becky Tench
Mr. and Mrs. Addison B.
Thompson
Mrs. W. McIlwaine
Thompson Jr.
Sherry Twining
Kay Tyler
Tiffani Underwood
Dr. Denise Unterbrink
Margaret W. Valentine
Mrs. Cassie Van Derslice
Wendy C. Vaughn
Bernice Walker
Lynn Ward
Mrs. Peter O. Ward, Jr.
Judith Ware
Catherine Jordan Wass
Stuart Windle Webster
Joan K. Wehner
Kathryn Blackwell West
Brooke Coleman Wick
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Mary Williams
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Elizabeth Wilson
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Lauren E. Woolcott
Betsy Worthington
Betty W. Wright
Susan Snodgrass Wynne

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In Honor of
The Garden Club of Alexandria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Baldwin

Sally Guy Brown

Jennifer Kelley

Tuckie Westfall
The Garden Study Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Holland

Lizz Stanley
The Garden Club of Warren County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura Lea Shuba

Linda L. Consolvo
Nansemond River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jane N. Manning

Dorothy Bumgardner

Nan Ellen Ritsch

Bonnalynn Pritchard
Donor
In Memory of
GCV Journal Editorial Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace Rhinesmith
Celeste Adams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Turner Reuter
Marianna Fitz-Hugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Ball
Nan C. Freed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dot Montgomery
Elizabeth M. Holsinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wanda Prillman
Lucy Garth Huff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz
Diane Romano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gayle Urquhart

Garden Club of Virginia Endowment

Donor
The Ashland Garden Club
The Hunting Creek Garden Club
Donor
In Memory of
Brunswick Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Butler
The Hunting Creek Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Ann Lindsey

Wendy Straub

GCV Conservation Fund

Donor
Blue Ridge Garden Club
Donor
In Honor of
The Garden Club of Fairfax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linda Tiani

Diane Wilkinson
Donor
In Memory of
Aileen Wilson Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Boyle Lemon
Donor
Frank Heller
Betty Lewis

Gifts-in-Kind
Restoration

Donor
In Honor of
The Nansemond River Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette Cadwallender

Linda Consolvo
Donor
In Memory of
Mary Dame Broad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosellen Hoffman Via

Sponsorship

Donor
Bartlett Tree Experts
Donor
In Memory of
George Stuckey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Miller Anderson Stuckey

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Dates and events as posted on the GCV website

at http://gcvirginia.org. See website for further additions.

Horticulture and Conservation Workshop,

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
Sept 30
New GCV Member Orientation, Danville
Sept. 30-Oct. 1 77th GCV Rose Show, Gabriella Garden
Club, Danville
Oct 7
Flower Arranging School, Country Club
of Virginia
Oct. 13-15
Board of Governors Meeting, Martinsville
Garden Club
Oct. 15
Journal Deadline for December Issue
Oct. 22
Communications Workshop, KentValentine House
Oct. 26
New GCV Member Orientation, KentValentine House
Nov. 4
57th Conservation Forum, Film Festival
on the Fourth Lynchburg
Dec. 1
Nomination Deadline for Massie Medal
and De Lacy Gray Medal

Sept. 28

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