THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

Journal
VOL LIX, NO. 1, MARCH 2014

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.

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For members of the Garden Club of Virginia, spring is synonymous with Historic Garden Week. Since its inception in 1929, HGW has generated nearly $18 million. Last years net proceeds of $622,000 are benetting 48 active restoration projects statewide. Furthermore, 507 green arrow signs designated the paths to 191 private homes and gardens for 3,400 volunteers and 30,000 visitors. Read more about this years eorts and an exciting new look for the Guidebook in Alice Martins article on page 14. Take pride in playing a part in Americas Largest Open House. We look forward to receiving your articles. Write to us at journal@gcvirginia.org. Submission guidelines may be found on the GCV website.

Journal Editorial Board 2014-2015

Editor and Chairman: Karla MacKimmie, The Warrenton Garden Club ExOcio Members GCV President, Ann Gordon Evans, The Huntington Garden Club GCV Corresponding Secretary, Betsy Worthington, The Lynchburg Garden Club Journal Cover Editor, Jeanette McKittrick, Three Chopt Garden Club GCV Photographer, Jane Cowles, The Boxwood Garden Club GCV Communications Coordinator, Ann Heller Journal Advertising Chairman, Katya Spicuzza, Albemarle Garden Club, The Garden Club of the Northern Neck Members Betty Anne Garrett, The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula Julie Grover, The Blue Ridge Garden Club, The James River Garden Club Aileen Laing, The Warrenton Garden Club Susan Morten, The Martinsville Garden Club Helen Pinkney, The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton Grace Rhinesmith, The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG

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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: Ann Gordon Evans Journal Editor: Karla MacKimmie 8505 Lees Ridge Road Warrenton, VA 20186 Phone: (540) 341-3432 Email: journal@gcvirginia.org Journal Advertising Chairman: Katya Spicuzza 760 King Carter Drive Irvington, VA 22480 Phone: (804) 435-1782 Email: ksspicuzza@yahoo.com Vol. LIX, No. 1 Printed on recycled paper by Carter Printing Company Richmond, VA

ONTHECOVER... Virginia is the southern-most reach of the North American native Iris versicolor, or northern blue ag. Mary Page Hickey of The Garden Club of Alexandria painted this moisture-loving beauty, which is found in nature in marshes and along stream banks. Its a perfect plant for rain gardens, and wildlife avoid it, as all parts of the plant are poisonous. IN THISISSUE ... Tips for Going to the Show................... 2 80th Annual Daodil Show ................. 3 History of the Leesburg GC ................... 5 Native Plants of the Mid Atlantic ..........6 Designing for a Show..............................7 Capital Trees ................................................ 8 Nominations...........................................9 Conservation Lobby Day........................9 Itching for Spring ................................ 10 In Memorium....................................... 11 Restoration........................................... 13 Historic Garden Week.......................... 14 Club Notes........................................... 15 Conservation........................................ 15 Plant Milkweed.................................... 17 Club Notes........................................... 18 Club Notes........................................... 19 Club Notes...........................................20 On the Road to Silver...........................22 Horticulture Field Day.........................23 Ex Libris............................................... 25 Contributions.......................................26 OTHERREFERENCES...

Kent-Valentine House Phone: (804) 643-4137 Fax: (804) 644-7778 Email: director@gcvirginia.org Historic Garden Week Oce Phone: (804) 644-7776 Fax: (804) 644-7778 Email: gdnweek@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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Editors note: Showtime! The following concludes a three-part series with tips for preparing to compete in a ower show. The ideas pertain to a daodil show, yet some have universal usefulness, while others can be modied for shows that showcase other owers. For more, please see the September and December 2013 issues of the Journal.

Countdown: Tips for Going to the Show

By Lucy Rhame GCV Daodil Committee Chairman Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club The Hunting Creek Garden Club Much ower-show preparation comes down to the nal weeks. The following tips can help simplify and de-stress the process. 1. Start to watch your daodils three weeks before the show. Consider using temporary wind or sun protection, especially for pink or red-orange cups, to prevent wind damage or sunburn. 2. Blooms develop best on the stem; in the event of inclement weather, though, you can cut once blooms show color. Place stems in warm water in a warm, dark room; once open, refrigerate until the show. 3. If too warm or too cold, pink coloration will not develop. Pick early in such cases, and follow the above step. 4. Daodils need water during their growing season. If dry, water, water, water. 5. Pick blooms when they are in good condition: not so old that they look thinned or withered, yet mature enough for color development. Dont wait until the morning of the show to pick. Check daily, and pick when blooms are ready. 6. Cut during early morning hours, making the cut slightly above ground level. Write the cultivars name on the stem in waterproof ink. Place stems in warm water several inches deep; after a few hours, transfer to cold water, a process that enhances water absorption. 7. Groom owers soon after cutting, as spots become more dicult to remove if allowed to remain on the bloom. Remove all dirt, dust and pollen. Check again before putting on show bench. 8. Do not remove the spathe, the dried husk on the back of the bloom. It is an essential horticultural element of the ower. 9. Blooms, other than division 6 entries, should face the admirer at 90-degree angles. If the bloom droops, place it under a strong light for four or ve hours to lift it. If there are multiple orets too close to one another, gently wedge orets apart using cotton balls, leaving them in place for a few hours. 10. Store blooms in a refrigerator set to a temperature close to freezing to slow aging. Daodils lose substance in dry air, so humidify by leaving a soaked towel in the refrigerator, as well as by misting daodils with distilled water. Ethylene gas from ripening fruit will cause blooms to wilt. Now youre ready to go to the show. Transport blooms in bottles or jars, using cotton balls so they dont touch or move. One last thing: be sure the stems are in water. Show lowdown: This years GCV Daodil Show, A Little Celebration, will take place April 1 and 2 in Winchester. Please see the facing page for details. More, more, more: The above is a condensed version of an article with tips for the beginning exhibitor. Email Lucy Rhame at lrhame@aol.com for the original.

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TH E G A RDE N C L UB OF VI RG IN I A

80th Annual

Daffodil Show
"A LITTLE CELEBRATION"
April 1-2, 2014
Hosted by the Little Garden Club of Winchester Sanctioned by The American Daffodil Society Millwood Station 252 Costello Drive Winchester, VA 22602 Open to the Public Tuesday, April 1st 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm Wednesday, April 2nd 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Workroom open and entries accepted Monday, March 31st 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm and Tuesday, April 1st 7:00 am to 10:00 am
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History of Leesburg Garden Club

Gladys S. Lewis, President, Leesburg Garden Club

he Leesburg Garden Club was founded in 1915 as a group to read the works of Charles Dickens; Dickens was soon abandoned in favor of plants. Many members lived on farms so emphasis was on vegetables as well as owers. In 1926, the club became the 14th member of the Garden Club of Virginia. In 1917, members supplied fresh vegetables to the local hospital from their own gardens and their garden at the hospital. In the early 1940s, the club switched its attention to landscaping at the hospital. Another early project was to help school children plant owers. The clubs concern led it to work in opposition to the use of billboards. One member, Vinton Pickens, urged the use of zoning to prevent billboards. She attended meetings of the Board of Supervisors until the board agreed to appoint a Planning Commission. Pickens was the Commissions rst and longest serving chairman. Through the work of the club, Loudoun County became the rst rural county in the country to have a zoning ordinance. In 1985, the club became embroiled in a conict with Lyndon LaRouche, an extremist political gure. LaRouche asked for a zoning variance to change the use of his agricultural property. The club joined other citizens in protest and the request was denied. LaRouche targeted those who opposed the variance calling the club members these clacking busybodies in this Soviet jellysh front sitting here in Leesburg oozing out their funny little propaganda making nuisances of themselves. In 1992, Maureen Mercker, Community Beautication Chair, began talks with the town about putting up oral hanging baskets. Maureen was successful and the baskets have been put up every year since. The club is a 501(c)(3) organization and has worked with Oatlands Plantation and Dodona Manor in preserving and maintaining these historic properties. The club gives scholarships for camp and college. In December, members create wreaths and swags to hang on Leesburgs courthouse gates and at other locations. The club monitors the countys sign ordinance. Members have won statewide awards for their work, including the GCV Massie Medal for saving the Broad Run Bridge and the GCV de Lacy Gray Memorial Medal for Conservation for work to protect the natural resources of the Commonwealth. The club won the GCV Common Wealth Award for donating trees for the Douglass Community Centers Park for all Ages. Other awards have come to the club for introducing zoning to the county and for horticultural achievement. Recently the club returned to the Douglass Community Center to plant daodils and build a patio with bench for visitors. Ten members have won the GCV Horticultural Award of Merit.

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American Botanical Paintings: Native Plants of the Mid Atlantic

By Mary Page Hickey The Garden Club of Alexandria ixty beautiful paintings and drawings of native plants of the mid-Atlantic are on exhibit at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., from February 15 through June 15, 2014. The exhibition coincides with the publication of the book American Botanical Paintings: Native Plants of the Mid Atlantic, featuring original works by 40 artists from around the country, many from the metropolitan D.C. area. The book also includes paintings of butteries, moths, and other pollinators, as well as a descriptive text with a special focus on these native species value to the environment, to Native Americans and colonists, and to todays gardeners. The book and exhibition are the culmination of a three-year eort by the board of Botanical Artists for Education & the Environment (BAEE). During the exhibition at the Botanic Garden, several artists will discuss their work and the project. Information about the exhibit and talks is available on the USBG website, www.usbg.gov. The book may be ordered directly from the publisher, www.starbooks.biz, for $39.95. A limited number of copies has been printed. All proceeds from the sale of the book will be used to support native plant education, conservation, and horticulture. Publication costs have been covered by donations, including a grant from the American Society of Botanical Artists. For additional information about BAEE, please visit the website at www.baeecorp.org.

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Designing for a Garden Club of Virginia Flower Show or The Demise of the Green Book
Gladys S. Lewis, GCV Flower Shows Committee Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club Leesburg Garden Club our club has assigned you the job of creating and entering the Inter Club arrangement for an upcoming GCV Flower Show. Dont search your bookshelves for the Green Book, the former Handbook; it is out of date. To follow the latest description of your assigned design, look online! Easy to use and colorful, the new Flower Show Handbooks can be found on the GCV website. No password required. Just go to www.gcvirginia.org. Find Flower Shows in the gray box on the left and choose Flower Show Handbooks. Youll see three parts to help you design a Blue ribbon winner! Floral Styles and Designs (PDF): descriptions of the designs used in GCV Shows Floral Design Photographs: additional photos of designs Entering a Flower Show (PDF): rules for entering Additional titles cover hosting a Flower Show Floral Styles and Designs (pdf) and judging. First, open the PDF called Floral Styles and Designs. Click your design in the index and you are taken to the description of your design. You can click the more photos link to go to the photos for your particular design in the Floral Design Photographs section of the Handbooks. New photos are made available during the year. Dont forget to look at Entering a Flower Show. This PDF explains the rules for both artistic and horticultural entries. If you are tempted to print all the PDFs to read through, go ahead. But keep in mind that the Handbooks are being rened several times a year. Maybe the description for the design you have to create has changed. You dont want to spend a lot of time creating a design based on old descriptions. Once a shows schedule comes out, the Flower Show Handbooks will not be changed until that show is over. The Handbooks have been updated recently with the addition of Backboard to the Glossary, and changes to some designs. If you want a paper copy of either the text or the photos of your assigned design to take with you to the show, simply print the pages of the PDF that pertain to your design. Or take a screen shot of the section. On a Mac, press Command Shift 4 then drag over the section to put a copy in your clipboard. Paste it into a document. For Windows, press the Alt key and then the Print Screen key (found in the upper right of your keyboard). From the Start menu, choose Accessories and then click Paint. In Paint, paste the image. Save or print it. Note: Starting in 2014, registration at all Flower Shows closes at 9:30 a.m.

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Capital Trees is Digging Deep, Branching Out

By Jeanette McKittrick Chairman, Capital Trees Three Chopt Garden Club

apital Trees, a joint project of the Boxwood, James River, Three Chopt and Tuckahoe Garden Clubs, and the rst recipient of the GCVs Bessie Bocock Carter Award in 2010, is much like a new garden. Having put down some roots in the community, its beginning to leaf out all over. Capital Trees plants over 10,000 bulbs Envisioning a greener, more beautiful, to welcome spring to Richmonds more livable Richmond through the thoughtful inner-city riverfront planning and planting of trees and public gardens, and mindful of the citys extraordinary heritage and location on the banks of the James River, CT has established several gardens since 2010. Like all gardeners, the group spent the winter making plans for more. Great Shiplock Park, located on the banks of the James, is the western trailhead of the Virginia Capital Trail and the site of CTs latest garden. Where tree roots once struggled with weeds and concrete, expansive gardens, shady trails, and storm water amenities have taken root to provide a green gateway to historic Chapel Island. CTs collaboration with the City of Richmond, the Virginia Capital Trail Foundation, corporate, non-prot and private citizens resulted in the additional restoration of hundreds of native plants. This is the rst step in Richmonds Riverfront Plan, green in both plant material and in its gentle treatment of adjacent wetlands. Built in the 1850s, the site is the eastern-most section of the historic James River and Kanawha Canal locks, originally laid out by George Washington, and includes the old Trigg Shipyard. Now, in addition to a working canal lock, bicycle and foot trails, shing spots and beautiful views of the river and downtown Richmond, the park oers visitors environmentally-sensitive gardens. In November, members of the four clubs gathered just outside the park to plant over 10,000 narcissus bulbs, with a river of Spanish bluebells running through white, yellow and gold daodils. Annual plantings will continue eastward until the bed approaches the Great Turning Basin at 14th Street. 14th Street is also the location of CTs rst major installation, a triple alley of gingkoes and swamp white oaks in rain gardens and state-of-the-art bio-ltration systems. The original gardens will be extended this year up to Broad Street, using new soil technology provided by Luck Stone. Plans are underway for the rst block of the Jeerson Greenway, inspired by Thomas Jeersons original vision of a hilltop capitol, broadly facing the fall line of the James. It will provide a strong, natural thread to visually, symbolically and physically reconnect Capitol Square with the river. As this is written, winter is far from over, and the members of the four Richmond clubs can hardly wait until spring, when the 10,000 new bulbs lift their heads and Capital Trees, just like the gardens, can continue to leaf out and grow.
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The Board of Directors

approved the following slate of Ocers and Directors at Large for the Garden Club of Virginia to serve from 2014 thru 2016. A vote will be taken by the membership at the Annual Meeting. Jeanette Cadwallender The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

PRESIDENT

Betsy Worthington The Lynchburg Garden Club

TREASURER

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

Nina Mustard The WilliamsburgGarden Club SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Anne Cross The Ashland Garden Club

DIRECTORS AT LARGE
District 1 Susan Robertson The James River Garden Club District 3 Tricia McDaniel The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club District 4 Mary Jac Meadows Chatham Garden Club

RECORDING SECRETARY
Denise Revercomb Roanoke Valley Garden Club

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Linda Consolvo The Nansemond River Garden Club

Conservation Lobby Day 2014

Members of the GCV Conservation and Beautication Committee: (front row) Mary Ann Gibbons (Fauquier & Loudoun GC), Tuckie Westfall (GC of Alexandria), Celie Harris (Winchester-Clarke GC), Leesie Leake (Three Chopt GC); (second row) Sarah Bridenhagen (Albemarle GC), Elizabeth Christeller (The GC of the Middle Peninsula), Anne Beals, Chair (The Rappahannock Valley GC), Wendy Vaughn (The Princess Anne GC), Whitney Feldmann (The Mill Mountain GC), and Anne Irving (The Hunting Creek GC) Ann Gordon Evans, GCV President (The Huntington Garden Club)

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Itching for Spring

Sherry Leel GCV Rose Committee Chairman The Spotswood Garden Club re you itching to get out into the garden? I know I am. Every day that the weather cooperates, I go out looking for any new growth from bulbs and even rose buds. Roses are one of my favorite owers, and I would like to encourage you to think about growing more hybrid teas, grandioras, oribundas and miniature roses. If you plant them close to one another or all in the same bed, caring for them becomes easier. Yes, you do need to spray, but there are new sprays that are kinder to the environment. And, if you use one of the new sprayers, you do not have to do anything except point the wand. To add to ideas you might glean from catalogs, the following 10 roses are good for cutting; their blooms will last a long time, once cut and brought inside: Veterans Honor Neptune St. Patrick Oktoberfest A Touch of Class Elizabeth Taylor Sugar Moon Brides Dream Tropicana Moonstone It would be wonderful to see more members exhibit at the Rose Show, scheduled for Oct. 1 and 2, with the Gabriella Garden Club as hosts. Happy gardening.

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In Memoriam 2013
Lo Aldhizer Kathryn Clark Bassett Mavis Jane Pistorius Bayles Jane Humphrey Beale Edie Bell Lile Bell Barbara W. Bringman Elizabeth Brown Anne Stanley Chatham Mary Coggin Montrue Collins Garnett Copeland Eileen Boush Davis Katherine Davis Janet Dennis Ann Scott Douthat Kathy Dunton Barbara Dyer Jo Fraser Anne Dowding Groth Jett Carter Groves Mary Kathryn Haley Fraunces McCurley Hardy Virginia Nurney Harlow Marie Harper Agnes Harrison Rachel Hollis Diane James LaVerne Keyser Leezie Laughlin Ann Mason Emily Ann Mason Lois Mengel Ann Miller Katherine Byrd Miller Lucy Neal Margaret Faulconer Nelms Molly Nicholl Cindy Barkham Peak Frances Buckley Pratt Lou Preston Emma Jane Pope Ramsey Martha Lee Romaine Carolyn Jones Rosser Anne Rixey Run Martha Godwin Saunders Malvina Savage Jan Saxman Frances Shelton Sally Birdsong Smith Sue Smith Linda Llewellyn Stickley Pauline Trimpi Harriet van Houten Evelyn Cox Washington Janet Whitehouse Virginia Wiseman

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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Free & Easy Programs About Historic Virginia Gardens

By Kitty Lee Wae, GCV Restoration Committee The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club eeling the stress of providing programs for your club for the whole year? Limited budget? Let a member of the Restoration Committee provide you with a free and educational program. Currently, there are four PowerPoint programs available and more coming. Restorations of the Garden Club of Virginia contains beautiful images of the restorations done by the Garden Club since Kenmore in the 1920s. You will be amazed and proud of these projects funded from our Historic Garden Week revenue. Your club will have a renewed interest in historic gardens, and it will energize them for the next Historic Garden Week. This PowerPoint can also be used during Historic Garden Week to ll a at screen in one of the featured homes with continually rotating images of restored gardens. The Garden Club of Virginia and Thomas Jeersons Poplar Forest illustrates cutting- edge technology and historic research used to reveal a true picture of this historic landscape. The story is like a good mystery book that cant be put down as each clue leads to another. There will be connections to Europe, the White House and old letters from neighbors. What did Jeerson mean when he referred to clumps and built mounds? All will feel honored and excited to be part of this ongoing research and restoration project. The GCV Fellowships provides an overview of the interesting work done by the Fellows since 1996. Ever wonder what a long forgotten historic garden looked like it its prime? The GCV fellows document their work with measured drawings, research of old papers, letters and pictures. Their nal report is added to the comprehensive THE record of Virginias important historic gardens and landscapes. Your members LAURIE HOLLADAY will be inspired and awed to learn more lamp repair SHOP about Virginias history from these rewiring landscape studies. custom lamps The Hudson Valley Trip features extensive gardens and estates of the rich and lampshade famous in New York State. A Restoration collection Committee member who visited the fine furniture gardens will give a rsthand report on and gifts the particulars of each garden. They include Olana, the amazing estate of painter Frederick Church, Kykuit, the Rockefellers Estate, Samuel F. B. Morses Locust Grove and several others. Your club will learn about the surprising connections these gardens have with many gardens in Virginia. Schedule your program to enjoy a beautiful fall tour through these lovely gardens anytime of the year. Interested? To learn more or book 123 South Main Street Gordonsville, Va Phone: 540.832.0552 a date, contact Sally Guy Brown at Monday thru Friday, 10-5:30 sguy2021@comcast.net or any Restoration Saturday, 10-5 Sunday, 11-3 Committee member to bring one of these LaurieHolladayInteriors.com programs to your club.

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A New Look for the Guidebook

By Alice Martin, Historic Garden Week Chairman 2014-2015 The Petersburg Garden Club y the time this March Journal reaches your home, you may well have the 2014 Historic Garden Week in Virginia guidebook in hand. I do hope so. Our admirable HGW sta has been working overtime to give us a guidebook that will be easier to use, more pleasant to read, and more helpful in planning multiple tours. I love its new look! Our 2014 book is a bit taller, with easy-to-recognize icons to let us know the necessary information without repetitive instructions for each tour. In addition, there are several improvements to our previous format. Of course, the cover photograph of the Anne Spencer Garden in Lynchburg makes the guidebook special right from the beginning. But, as we look inside, we discover a very useful change in the form of color-coordinated pages for the various regions of Virginia. This will be most helpful in arranging itineraries, especially for our out-ofstate visitors. Another notable addition is a section about the Garden Club of Virginia, its mission, and the role of Historic Garden Week as a vital part of that mission. Then comes a section that many of you have been requesting for years, an eight page spread of HGW ower arrangements. The photos are taken from the past three years, and they are spectacular. This is the perfect way to show o the talents of the ladies belonging to the 47 member clubs. As you reach the end of the guidebook, there is another wonderful surprise a pull-out map to make our planning and touring even simpler. Kudos to Karen Miller and London Ray, our HGW sta, for working with our Guidebook designer and publisher to give us this great new format. Certainly, this is a guidebook that will inspire us all to take multiple tours, and that is exactly what I want to encourage you to do. Getting ready for your own clubs tour is a lot of work, to be sure. Gathering owers, arranging owers, selling tickets, serving as hostesses, baking cookies, and preparing box lunches, yes, it is, indeed, a lot of work. You certainly deserve a treat, and the best treat you can give yourself is to enjoy another clubs tour. There will always be some detail, dcor, or special design feature that will delight and inspire you. Give yourself this special gift. I promise, you will be glad you did. Ill look forward to seeing you on the tours.

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The Nansemond River Garden Club By Sandy Hart and Linda Consolvo n November, we approached the members of Nansemond River about decorating the Capitol for the Virginia inaugural festivities on January 11-12, 2014. After a moments silence, there was a whole-hearted yes. Fifteen snippers and clippers descended upon the Capitol. With assignments made, types of arrangements and containers distributed, ower orders doled out, greens and branches cut from our gardens, we donned aprons with the Nansemond Rivers logo and tackled the work. Thursdays work group completed the bones of the arrangements and visited with our districts representative, S. Chris Jones, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. At days end, which included delays for a suspicious package and a re alarm, we ignored our aching backs and NR snippers and clippers tired feet and had a fun evening. with Representative Chris Jones Fridays eight-hour workday included placing our arrangements at the reception desk and the statue of Washington, in the old Senate Chamber and the Jeerson Room. An arrangement was made for the green room where President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were to rest. Our members enjoyed meeting the Governor-elect and receiving his thanks and praise. A highlight was television coverage of the passing of the Governors mansion key in the Old Senate Chamber in front of one of our arrangements. Everyone was thrilled with our creations and the long-term plan is to have GCV involved in future events at the State Capitol.

Club Notes

Join Us in Conservation

hose of you who were fortunate enough to attend the 2013 Conservation Forum last November, Adapting to Climate Change in Virginia, at Montalto at Monticello, certainly enjoyed a valuable day. One of the best parts of the day was presenting the Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award to Corbin Harwood, Director of the Garden Cub of America, who has been instrumental in keeping the myriad details of uranium mining in Virginia foremost in our consciousness. The deadline for nominations for the Dugdale Award, presented to a person or organization that is not a member of the GCV, is June 1. There are a lot of extremely deserving entities in the Commonwealth, so please prepare to nominate one from your community. Our 2014 Forum will be on the subject of trees and will be held on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk. Plan to be there to witness the presentation of the Dugdale Award to your favorite nominee and to participate in this years forum.
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If YouDontDo Anything Else, PlantMilkweed

ByMegFrench, The Virginia Beach Garden Club NancyDickerson, The PrincessAnneGarden Club GCVHorticultureCommittee ardens depend on bees, wasps, flies, butterflies,moths and beetles for pollination. Creating apollinatorlandscape or apollinatorpocket is something every member of the GCV can do ... in backyards, on decks,patios and porches. We can overwhelm you with all thedosanddontsof soundpollinator-friendly gardens, but if we all start with just one small step, we can make a huge difference forpollinators, particularly the monarch butterfly. Plantmilkweed. There are 14 species ofmilkweed(Asclepias spp.) that are native to Virginia. Milkweedsare vital for the survival of monarch butteries, their only host plant for reproduction. Milkweed also provide qualitynectarfor otherpollinatinginsects and hummingbirds. Milkweedpopulations are rapidly being lost due to urban sprawl and commercial farming.Milkweedwas once found commonly in pastures, meadows, woodland edges,farmlandsand roadsides.Now, whole habitats that include the presence of milkweedare disappearing due to spraying and mowing. As we look toward our future as good steward landowners, we need to see our own yards as opportunities for replacing what is being and has been lost. Thegardenersdefinition of a weed is any plant that is growing where wedont want it to grow. We need to removemilkweedfrom our weed list and add it to our desired garden plant list. To findmilkweedplants for your garden check native plant society sales, butterfly society plant sales, and native plant nurseries. A good sourceiswww.mailordernatives. com.Another easy way is to collect and plantmilkweedseeds from established plants or buy them from seedcatalogs. The most commonly found milkweedsfor purchase are common milkweed, butterfly weed, and swamp milkweed. Two nice swamp milkweed cultivarsare Cinderella (pink) and Ice Ballet (white). According toDougTallamy in his bookBringing Nature Home,Now, for the first time in its history, gardening has taken on a role that transcends the needs of the gardener.Like it or not, gardeners have become important players in the management of ournationswildlife.It is now within the power of individual gardeners to do something that we all dream of doing:to make a dierence.

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By Aline Day Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club

Club Notes

lub program chairmen, if you are searching for a two-part program which will educate, inspire and entertain, I enthusiastically recommend Poplar Forest. First, Kim Nash, Restoration Committee member, came to our club for a slide presentation on Thomas Jeersons country retreat. Kims talk covers the history of the estate, gives insights into Jeersons design skills and tastes, explains the archaeological research being done to authenticate the garden restoration, and describes the work being done to bring Jeersons garden to life. Next, Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club members traveled to Poplar Forest, located near Lynchburg. Gena Morris, Visitor Experience & Volunteer Manager, organized a wonderful day for us beginning with an informative and entertaining tour of the grounds by Jack Gary, Director of Archaeology and Landscapes. Delicious box lunches were waiting for us in the conference room. After lunch we toured the house, guided by a docent whose historical knowledge and respect for Jeersons design and engineering acumen made the tour An invitation. . . fascinating. As clubs across the state gear up for another successful Historic Garden Week, it is inspiring to focus on specic projects that benet from all of our volunteer hours. The funds we invest in Poplar Forest are being put to such important work.

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By Margrete Stevens The Warrenton Garden Club

Club Notes

he Warrenton Garden Clubs annual conservation meeting on November 14 was devoted to Conservation, Advocacy and Volunteerism. Co-chairs Lili Alexander and Margrete Stevens brought together representatives of leading

advocacy organizations in the region and individuals who, through their volunteer eorts, have made important contributions to their community. The rst panel included Heather Richards and Dan Holmes, both from the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC), who focused on conservation easements and transportation. Emily Francis (Virginia League of Conservation Voters) dealt with the continued pressure to lift the ban on uranium mining. The second panel included Oya Simpson, Community Volunteer, who described how she had led an initiative to obtain National Wildlife Federation certication as a Community Wildlife Habitat for her Loudoun County subdivision. Gem Bingol (PEC) spoke about her work on the Spout Run watershed restoration project in Clarke County. Karen Hunsberger (PEC) described the work of the Fauquier Education Farm in Warrenton and her eorts to promote local produce. Finally, Anne Beals (GCV Conservation and Beautication Chairman) gave an overview of the Garden Club of Virginias conservation initiatives. A coee break provided members and guests the opportunity to engage with the speakers about the topics of the day.

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

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Club Notes
Albemarle Garden Club By Mary W. Pollock his past October, our club began joyous celebrations for our 100th birthday. We remember the spirit of a 1913 mission statement which declared that members should have a love of owers and the possession of a garden that shows evidence of interest and labor. We are a founding member of the Garden Club of Virginia and also are a member of the Garden Club of America. Celebrating a centennial brings enormous benets. We remember our raison detre as we revisit archives, seeking the secrets of early members whose bravery, intellect, and diligence nurtured us. We seek to emulate their accomplishments in gardening, horticulture, conservation, and historical preservation, while Albemarle Garden Club members review the archives at the University of Virginias eschewing roadside billboards and saving Special Collections Library. and preserving our environment. We commend our present-day intrepid leaders who guide us through this special year and who champion the cherished articles of faith. Celebrating the past will help us ourish for the next 100 years. We will celebrate with many events. A meeting at the birthplace of our founders, an in-club ower show, a display featuring past members and archival treasures, and an environmental negotiation program are a few of the events we will enjoy. The culminating activity will be a centennial gala celebration dinner held at a local hotel ballroom. We look forward to our second 100 years and remember Francis Bacon who said, Gardening is the purest of human pleasures.

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On The Road to Silver

By Mary Q. Zocchi Dolley Madison Garden Club

he horticulture section of the GCV lily show can be daunting when determining which section and class to enter. Many entries could be entered for silver trophies yet are not. The GCV Lily Committee members try to catch these before they go out to the oor and encourage the grower to reconsider. Here are things to keep in mind both before the show, when selecting your lilies to cut and when you are in the workroom grooming your lilies: 1. Read the Lily Show Schedule carefully. Section A is for GCV members only. 2. Are you a novice? If so, there are two sections you can enter: Section A, Class 5 the Blue Ridge Garden Club Cup, and Section J, Class 44. 3. Do you have three lily stems all from the same division with dierent orientations? Is one lily upfacing, another outfacing and a third pendant? If so, look at Section H, Class 41 for the Eugenia and David Diller Lily Orientation Bowl. 4. Do you have three of a kind (sounds like poker), three stems of the same species, variety or cultivar? If so, enter them in Section A, Class 6 for the Virginia Ewers Queitzsch Memorial Bowl. 5. How about potted lilies? The North American Lily Society Award is available for Section E, Classes 36 and 37, and there are very few entries in these sections. For lily growers who are feeling a little advanced in their aim for silver, try these sections and classes: 1. Do you have six registered named hybrid lily varieties, all blue ribbon quality? If so, enter Section A, Class 1 for the Eleanor Truax Harris Cup. 2. Are you growing lilies from seed, scale or bulbils? Enter your lily in Section A, Class 2 for the Violet Niles Walker Memorial Trophy. 3. Have you hybridized a yet unnamed lily? Then you are eligible for the Gertrude Cody Minter Memorial Award, Section G, Class 39. There are many chances to win silver, such as having the best single stem species or best Oriental in the show, having the most buds and blooms on a stem, winning the most blue ribbons, and so on. Again read the show schedule and plan accordingly. When you become one of the lucky silver trophy winners, you have the choice to take the trophy home for a year or not. If you take a perpetual trophy home, you sign for it and return it to the Kent-Valentine House before the next show. The annual awards are usually Jeerson cups, which you may keep. Its March the show is right around the corner. Hope to see you in the winners circle.

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ExLibris
A Review of Passalong Plants
By Molly H. Sammler, GCV Library Committee The Petersburg Garden Club

ike the Southern tradition it endorses, Steve Bender and Felder Rushings Passalong Plants should become a tradition on your side table, as it will continually bring a smile to your face and remind you of fond gardening memories. Allen Lacy, in the books foreword, describes it as a hoot and holler. Pardon me, its a worthy and eminently enjoyable contribution to American horticulture literature. In this age of new and improved, the book reminds us of the many priceless qualities of heirloom plants from their fragrance, viability, and character to their sentimental value as we remember their prior owners, who passed them along. Passalongs are plants that have survived in gardens for decades by being handed from one person to another. Bender and Rushing describe a common theme, ... to a gardener all other gardeners are friends. A true gardener would rather shake a hornets nest then deny an interested party the joy of a beautiful plant. Animated with lively and irreverent script, this book is lled with glorious photographs taken by the authors. Pictures from the shoe garden in the opening pages, delicate close-ups of strawberry geraniums, and a chapter entitled, Well, I think its pretty, which explores ne yard art, are all enchanting. The authors describe 117 passalong plants, giving particulars on hardiness, size, uses in the garden, and horticultural requirements. Their presentation is educational, informal and, more times than not, humorous. For example, the description of the Physostegia spp., commonly known as obedient plant, made me laugh as I thought of how many times I had tried to tame it in my own ower bed. Entitled Not as Tame, as the Name, the plants description goes on to say it is ... not a plant for the nice-guy gardener. The last chapter of the book concentrates on how to swap plants. The authors explain the best method of sharing plants with other gardeners and organizing your own plant swap, from quality control and labeling to a fair method of swapping. The book concentrates primarily on southern passalongs, as both authors live in the South. Steve Bender is a senior writer for Southern Living and a contributor to several books on southern gardening. Felder Rushing is a seventh-generation Mississippi gardener, an author and columnist, and host of radio and television gardening programs. The authors have also included sources for the passalongs, if you have not had the good fortune to have them already in your garden. The book concludes with an old southern adage that if you thank someone for a plant it will not grow. The authors advice the best way to say thank you for a plant is to pass a piece along to someone else. The Editorial Board welcomes submissions and reserves the right to edit them.

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Report Period From 10/1/13 Through 12/31/13

CONTRIBUTIONS
Annual Fund
Donor Mrs. John H. Cheatham III Anne Chewning Melanie Christian Elizabeth P. Clark Kay Clary Beth Cleveland Catherine B. Clexton Jinx Constine Carpie Coulbourn Mrs. James P. Cox III Teckla H. Cox Berenice D. Craigie Cathy Creekmore Ann K. Crenshaw Kim Cross Anne Geddy Cross Mrs. William H. Dabney Penny Dart Coralee B. Davis Margaret C. Davis Eeda Dennis Martha Pollard Easton Mrs. Franklin S. Edmonds, Jr. Bracken Erwin Moonie Etherington Tabb Farinholt Mr. and Mrs. Mazen Farouki Laurel Fensterer Marianna Fitz-Hugh Mary Carter Frackelton Mr. and Mrs John Moncure Fritsche Connie Fulton Liz Galloway Chrissy Garner Diane Ginsberg Mary Bruce H. Glaize Liz S. Gogon Kay B. Goldberg Preston Lee Gomer Mrs. G. Royden Goodson III Glenna Graves Mrs. James C. Greene

The Hampton Roads Garden Club The Huntington Garden Club The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club GCV Long Range Planning Committee Brent and Beckys Bulbs Catherine G. Adams Dana Adams Kathryn Allen Polly Anderson Kathryn Angus Susan Armeld Nancy W. Avery Joan Baker Dottie Glaize Ballard Rebecca Balzer Angela Barksdale Mary Elizabeth Barnes Turner Barringer Isabel Bates Sara H. Beedie Molly Hubard Bilisoly Anne T. Bland Kae N. Bolling Carolyn Bottger Elizabeth Bradford Matilda H. Bradshaw Burgess Burn Bradshaw Jody Branch Gail Braxton Catherine Brooks Jessie Broskie Mary Louise B. Brown Linda Penn Wheat Bryan Missy Buckingham Deedy Bumgardner Jody Bundy Elaine Burden Lisa Caperton Mrs. Peter O. Carey Cean Cawthorn

Melissa M. Gullquist Suzanne LaPrade Haaland Cynthia D. Hall Sally L. Harris Anne Harrison Harris Celie Harris Mrs. Sandy Hart Lynn E. Hornsby Mary Horton Lucy G. Hu Mrs. Brain P. Hutchens Lyn Hutchens Diane K. Hynes Kate Scott Jacob Heidi F. James Dr. and Mrs. T. M. Jamison Anne M. Jennings Michelle W. Jennings Robin S. Johnson Mary Ann Johnson Natalee Johnsrud Jonzennie Mewborne Jones Tara Inloes Joseph Lois M. Keller Ellen Kelso Judy Kidd Beverley King Sharon W. Knowles Meg S. Laughon Mrs. Carlton Lee Mrs. Alan J. LePeter Gladys Lewis Ingrid Hinckley Lindsay Calder Loth Ellen Lusk Boyd MacIver Mary L. Mackall Mrs. Ross D. MacKenzie Catherine Madden Jane H. Maddux Rebecca M. Mahon Dollie McGrath Marshall Anne M. Mason

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Lynn McCashin Rennie McDaniel Ann Harvey McMurray Mary Jac Meadows Gay Hanna Merrill Mrs. Josephine J. Miller Tina Minter Joan B. Montgomery Martha F. Moore Sue Ann Morgan Margaret C. Moring Kimbrough K. Nash Caroline Hughes Neal Sally Nelson Lindsay C. Nolting Helen Nunley Suzanne S. Obenshain Mrs. John J. OKeefe III Susan B. Overton Barbara M. Pace Kathleen O. Pearson Melinda Gordon Perkins Mrs. Chiswell D. L. Perkins Sallie Philips Helen R. Pinckney Mary W. Pollock Liz Price

Patricia W. Proctor Carolyn Quinn Katherine Rose Rawls Elizabeth B. Reed Mrs. Charles L. Reed, Jr. Mary Scully Riley Mr. Edward G. Foss and Ms. Jennifer Rinehart Mr. and Mrs. W. Randolph Robins Goree D. Robins Michaela Robinson Mr. Josiah P. Rowe III Tricia Russell Helen J. Ryan Connie Saelle Molly H. Sammler, Esq. Sallie Schmidt Virginia Shelor Jo Silvers Jocelyn Sladen Mrs. Melvin M. Spence Erin Stansbury Lynda Gomez Strickler Jane Owen Stringer Mrs. John E. Tankard, Jr Mary Glen Taylor

Kathryn A. Trakas Nancy H. Tucker Janet B. Tutton Kay Tyler Karen Wachtmeister Sarah U. Wade Marilyn T. Walker Jessica Bemis Ward Betty Byrne Ware Linda and Mark J. Wenger Janice Scott Whitehead Debi Whittle Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wick III Brooke C. Wick Dootsie Wilbur Widget Williams Barbara P. Willis Susan & Allan Winn Sally Witt Elizabeth Singleton Wolf Suzanne Worsham Betsy Worthington Alexandra Mayo Yarbrough Mrs. Richard W. Young Kate Zullo

In Honor of Donor Gabriella Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matilda Bradshaw Joyce Moorman The Garden Study Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Brad Draper Harborfront Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans Leesburg Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette Cadwallender The Garden Club of Norfolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans The Princess Anne Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans The Virginia Beach Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans Winchester-Clarke Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette Cadwallender Ann Gordon Evans Mary Dame Broad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans Dianne Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Martha Sherman Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sue Thompson Candace Carter Crosby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown Ann Gordon Evans Marge Dillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barney Sackett Clarkie Eppes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GCV Journal Committee Jean E. R. Gilpin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karmen Gustin Julie MacKinlay Julie Grover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans Mrs. William Maury Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martha F. Moore

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The M. F. Moorman Family Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans Susan S. Mullin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mina Wood Judy Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans Virginia Rocen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sally Guy Brown KVA Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mina Wood Jane Claytor Webster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robin Ingram Donor In Memory of The Garden Study Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Jett Carter Groves Ellen Rixey Barber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Rixey Run Louisa H. Coker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Beale Clarkie Eppes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mavis Bayles Lois Mengel Anne Rixey Run Elizabeth M. Garner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claire Horton Sally Birdsong Smith Sally Garland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Rixey Run Ellen G. Godwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martha Godwin Saunders Mr. and Mrs. John C. Harrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martha Godwin Saunders The M. F. Moorman Family Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Beale Mina and Robin Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moett Cochran Henley L. Guild Donor The James River Garden Club

Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award Fund Common Wealth Award Fund

Donor In Memory of Nancy T. Mastin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. R. Lee Mastin Donor Leesburg Garden Club

Garden Club of Virginia Endowment

In Honor of Donor The Garden Club of Danville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matilda Bradshaw The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans The Garden Club of Fairfax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judith Landolt-Korns Liz Galloway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mu Nolde Marty and Temple Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy and Tom Brown Ann Wentworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Oppenhimer Donor In Memory of The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randy Brown Gigi Birdsong Calvert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Birdsong Smith Carolyn B. Faison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Birdsong Smith Pearl Harrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Birdsong Smith Katty Mears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Rixey Run Mary Parsley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Birdsong Smith Virginia Savage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Malvina H. Savage Mrs. Toy D. Savage, Jr. (Rodie) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Birdsong Smith Mary G. Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Beale Susan B. Wight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Birdsong Smith

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Donor In Memory of Gabriella Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Robert G. Fraser Donor The Estate of Mavis Bayles Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Carey Nancy Gillespie Mrs. E. Sidney Vaughn III

GCV Conservation Fund Gifts-in-Kind

Donor In Honor of The Augusta Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sue Thompson Donor In Memory of The Princess Anne Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eileen Davis Beverley King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley L. Guild Emily Reeves Sloan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Birdsong Smith Shannon Wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sally Birdsong Smith Donor Bartlett Tree Experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Historic Garden Week 2014 Bay Disposal & Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Conservation Forum 2013

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THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRgINIA CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2014

Periodicals Postage Paid 574-520 At Richmond, Virginia And Additional Oces Forwarding Service Requested

March 1

Deadline for nominations for the Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award, Common Wealth Award, Horticulture Award of Merit

April 1 2

80th Annual GCV Daodil Show The Little Garden Club of Winchester

April 15

Deadline for June Journal Article Submission

April 26 May 3 Historic Garden Week in Virginia

May 14 15

Annual Meeting in Leesburg

May 21

Horticulture Field Day at Pharsalia in Nelson County

June 1

Deadline for Dugdale Award Nominations

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