GCV Year in Review 2010-2011

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Dear Members,

I am proud of what you do and how well you do it. Since 1920, the Garden Club of Virginia has been making a positive impact throughout the Commonwealth.

At Poplar Forest, Thomas Jefferson’s retreat in Bedford County, the Garden Club of Virginia has begun reviving an important ornamental landscape, which was nearly lost to history. The restoration is based on the founding father’s own records and supported by evidence uncovered by Poplar Forest’s team of archaeologists.

Further south, the Garden Club of Virginia will be renovating the grounds in front of the historic Henry County Courthouse. The improved green space will serve as the centerpiece of the larger downtown rehabilitation plan. This project is the outgrowth of a partnership between the GCV, the city of Martinsville, the Martinsville-Henry County Historical Society and a local foundation.

This year we presented our second Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award to the Garden Club of Norfolk for its work in conjunction with the Hermitage Museum & Gardens. Together, they are designing and constructing a rain garden that will capture and treat storm water in the watershed of the Lafayette River. Meanwhile, the 2010 Common Wealth Award went to the Harborfront Garden Club, which plans to complete a courtyard garden at the St. Mary’s House for Disabled Children. This outdoor healing space will provide the young

patients with an introduction to local plants and butterflies.

This year, as in previous years, good works speak for themselves. From South of the James to the Northern Piedmont, from the Chesapeake Bay to the Shenandoah Valley, our member clubs are united with a common vision. We have only to look at our recent accomplishments to agree that we are indeed living up to our mission.

Reviewing your many achievements of this past year not only pleases me, it also energizes me. With our lofty goals and track record of successful projects, who knows what we will do in the year to come? I can’t wait to see.

Warmly,

Kimbrough K. Nash President

member Clubs of the Garden Club of VirGiniaAlbemarle Garden ClubThe Garden Club of AlexandriaThe Ashland Garden ClubThe Augusta Garden ClubThe Blue Ridge Garden ClubThe Boxwood Garden ClubThe Brunswick Garden ClubThe Charlottesville Garden ClubChatham Garden ClubThe Garden Club of DanvilleDolley Madison Garden ClubThe Garden Club of the Eastern ShoreThe Elizabeth River Garden ClubThe Garden Club of FairfaxFauquier and Loudoun Garden ClubThe Franklin Garden ClubGabriella Garden ClubThe Garden Study ClubThe Garden Club of GloucesterThe Hampton Roads Garden ClubHarborfront Garden ClubHillside Garden ClubThe Hunting Creek Garden ClubThe Huntington Garden ClubThe James River Garden ClubLeesburg Garden ClubThe Little Garden Club of WinchesterThe Lynchburg Garden ClubThe Martinsville Garden ClubThe Garden Club of the Middle PeninsulaThe Mill Mountain Garden ClubThe Nansemond River Garden ClubThe Garden Club of NorfolkThe Garden Club of the Northern NeckThe Petersburg Garden ClubThe Princess Anne Garden ClubThe Rappahannock Valley Garden ClubRivanna Garden ClubRoanoke Valley Garden ClubThe Spotswood Garden ClubThree Chopt Garden ClubThe Tuckahoe Garden Club of WesthamptonThe Virginia Beach Garden ClubThe Garden Club of Warren CountyThe Warrenton Garden ClubThe Williamsburg Garden ClubWinchester-Clarke Garden Club

Kim Nash at Horticulture Field Day

with Oatland’s Osage Orange.

Dear Members,

I am proud of what you do and how well you do it. Since 1920, the Garden Club of Virginia has been making a positive impact throughout the Commonwealth.

At Poplar Forest, Thomas Jefferson’s retreat in Bedford County, the Garden Club of Virginia has begun reviving an important ornamental landscape, which was nearly lost to history. The restoration is based on the founding father’s own records and supported by evidence uncovered by Poplar Forest’s team of archaeologists.

Further south, the Garden Club of Virginia will be renovating the grounds in front of the historic Henry County Courthouse. The improved green space will serve as the centerpiece of the larger downtown rehabilitation plan. This project is the outgrowth of a partnership between the GCV, the city of Martinsville, the Martinsville-Henry County Historical Society and a local foundation.

This year we presented our second Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award to the Garden Club of Norfolk for its work in conjunction with the Hermitage Museum & Gardens. Together, they are designing and constructing a rain garden that will capture and treat storm water in the watershed of the Lafayette River. Meanwhile, the 2010 Common Wealth Award went to the Harborfront Garden Club, which plans to complete a courtyard garden at the St. Mary’s House for Disabled Children. This outdoor healing space will provide the young

patients with an introduction to local plants and butterflies.

This year, as in previous years, good works speak for themselves. From South of the James to the Northern Piedmont, from the Chesapeake Bay to the Shenandoah Valley, our member clubs are united with a common vision. We have only to look at our recent accomplishments to agree that we are indeed living up to our mission.

Reviewing your many achievements of this past year not only pleases me, it also energizes me. With our lofty goals and track record of successful projects, who knows what we will do in the year to come? I can’t wait to see.

Warmly,

Kimbrough K. Nash President

member Clubs of the Garden Club of VirGiniaAlbemarle Garden ClubThe Garden Club of AlexandriaThe Ashland Garden ClubThe Augusta Garden ClubThe Blue Ridge Garden ClubThe Boxwood Garden ClubThe Brunswick Garden ClubThe Charlottesville Garden ClubChatham Garden ClubThe Garden Club of DanvilleDolley Madison Garden ClubThe Garden Club of the Eastern ShoreThe Elizabeth River Garden ClubThe Garden Club of FairfaxFauquier and Loudoun Garden ClubThe Franklin Garden ClubGabriella Garden ClubThe Garden Study ClubThe Garden Club of GloucesterThe Hampton Roads Garden ClubHarborfront Garden ClubHillside Garden ClubThe Hunting Creek Garden ClubThe Huntington Garden ClubThe James River Garden ClubLeesburg Garden ClubThe Little Garden Club of WinchesterThe Lynchburg Garden ClubThe Martinsville Garden ClubThe Garden Club of the Middle PeninsulaThe Mill Mountain Garden ClubThe Nansemond River Garden ClubThe Garden Club of NorfolkThe Garden Club of the Northern NeckThe Petersburg Garden ClubThe Princess Anne Garden ClubThe Rappahannock Valley Garden ClubRivanna Garden ClubRoanoke Valley Garden ClubThe Spotswood Garden ClubThree Chopt Garden ClubThe Tuckahoe Garden Club of WesthamptonThe Virginia Beach Garden ClubThe Garden Club of Warren CountyThe Warrenton Garden ClubThe Williamsburg Garden ClubWinchester-Clarke Garden Club

Kim Nash at Horticulture Field Day

with Oatland’s Osage Orange.

serVinG the Commonwealth 12 Club hiGhliGhts

n District 1n District 2

GCV distriCts

Martinsville members gather at

the Annual Meeting in May.

Development (in

purple) threatens

the Elizabeth and

Lafayette Rivers. Cou

inCreasinG tree Canopy CoVeraGe and storm water quality The James River, Three Chopt, Tuckahoe and Boxwood Garden Clubs continue their collaboration with the City of Richmond and 3North to improve storm water quality and streetscape enhancements along the 14th Street corridor. This project was the recipient of GCV’s first Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award in 2010, which provided start-up funding.

restorinG the Garden salon of noted harlem renaissanCe writer, anne spenCer The Hillside Garden Club continues Anne Spencer’s deep commitment to the garden that informed her poetry, inspiring Harlem Renaissance writers and early Civil Rights leaders. Awarded the 2009 Commonwealth Award, Hillside Garden Club reported on the next phase at the Board of Governors meeting in November. With funds raised from members and others, the Club began restoration of the arbor and pergola.

proVidinG sCholarships The Garden Club of Middle Peninsula begins a new scholarship fund that supports young students entering environmental, horticultural

or landscape fields. GCMP also contributed funding to provide the services of science instructor Elizabeth Carey to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s outdoor classroom program, serving Virginia’s teachers from all grade levels.

CultiVatinG tomorrow’s hortiCulturists For 30 years, The

Martinsville Garden Club has maintained the garden at the Blue Ridge Regional Library children’s wing, and their commitment to budding young environmentalists doesn’t stop there. MGC conducted their workshop in a new state-of-the-art greenhouse for horticulture students at Magna Vista High School to teach growing and arranging skills.

GoinG Green with earthsaVers The Winchester-Clarke Garden Club developed

a key club program two years ago that continues their resolve to reduce consumption and environmental impact. Adopting one conservation issue each month, members embrace practices such as eliminating use of plastic water bottles and substituting compost for fertilizer. By simply using canvas totes, the Club conserved in one year’s time 6,400 petroleum-laden plastic bags.

CurbinG the #1 sourCe of new pollution in urban waterways The Garden Club of Norfolk is partnering with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and The National Wildlife Federation to promote a swimmable, fishable Lafayette River by 2014. Their rain garden construction at the Hermitage Museum will capture and treat storm water along one of the most urbanized waterways in the country. For this work, Norfolk received GCV’s 2011 Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award.

Edward and Anne

Spencer in the garden

with two of their eleven

grand-children, Bobbie &

Billy Stephenson. c. 1940.

serVinG the Commonwealth 12 Club hiGhliGhts

GCV distriCts

Martinsville members gather at

the Annual Meeting in May.

Development (in

purple) threatens

the Elizabeth and

Lafayette Rivers. Cou

inCreasinG tree Canopy CoVeraGe and storm water quality The James River, Three Chopt, Tuckahoe and Boxwood Garden Clubs continue their collaboration with the City of Richmond and 3North to improve storm water quality and streetscape enhancements along the 14th Street corridor. This project was the recipient of GCV’s first Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award in 2010, which provided start-up funding.

restorinG the Garden salon of noted harlem renaissanCe writer, anne spenCer The Hillside Garden Club continues Anne Spencer’s deep commitment to the garden that informed her poetry, inspiring Harlem Renaissance writers and early Civil Rights leaders. Awarded the 2009 Commonwealth Award, Hillside Garden Club reported on the next phase at the Board of Governors meeting in November. With funds raised from members and others, the Club began restoration of the arbor and pergola.

proVidinG sCholarships The Garden Club of Middle Peninsula begins a new scholarship fund that supports young students entering environmental, horticultural

or landscape fields. GCMP also contributed funding to provide the services of science instructor Elizabeth Carey to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s outdoor classroom program, serving Virginia’s teachers from all grade levels.

CultiVatinG tomorrow’s hortiCulturists For 30 years, The

Martinsville Garden Club has maintained the garden at the Blue Ridge Regional Library children’s wing, and their commitment to budding young environmentalists doesn’t stop there. MGC conducted their workshop in a new state-of-the-art greenhouse for horticulture students at Magna Vista High School to teach growing and arranging skills.

GoinG Green with earthsaVers The Winchester-Clarke Garden Club developed

a key club program two years ago that continues their resolve to reduce consumption and environmental impact. Adopting one conservation issue each month, members embrace practices such as eliminating use of plastic water bottles and substituting compost for fertilizer. By simply using canvas totes, the Club conserved in one year’s time 6,400 petroleum-laden plastic bags.

CurbinG the #1 sourCe of new pollution in urban waterways The Garden Club of Norfolk is partnering with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and The National Wildlife Federation to promote a swimmable, fishable Lafayette River by 2014. Their rain garden construction at the Hermitage Museum will capture and treat storm water along one of the most urbanized waterways in the country. For this work, Norfolk received GCV’s 2011 Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award.

Edward and Anne

Spencer in the garden

with two of their eleven

grand-children, Bobbie &

Billy Stephenson. c. 1940.

proteCtinG the blaCkwater and nottoway riVers The Franklin Garden Club participated in Clean Rivers Day, a community effort to clean the watershed area for the Blackwater and Nottoway Rivers that surround and run through the City of Franklin. FGC has established a partnership and new chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists, a group of volunteer educators, scientists, citizens and stewards helping Virginia conserve and manage natural resources and public lands.

GCV distriCts

Children participate in a Nature

Camp demonstration.

in addition to devoting countless hours

organizing Historic Garden Week area tours,

every GCV club serves the state and their

communities through individual club programs.

The Garden Club of Virginia recognizes each

of its 47 member clubs and the vital work they

accomplish year-round!

Franklin members enjoying Horticulture

Field Day.

tendinG the “Center of the uniVerse” The Ashland Garden Club is enhancing and maintaining DeJarnette Park in downtown Ashland as a natural habitat area with both wetlands and dry areas for public enjoyment and recreation. Ashland continues to operate its popular children’s program Roots and Shoots.

preserVinG riparian barriers and CruCial waterways The Augusta Garden Club has completed its first planting of native serviceberry trees along a Lewis Creek tributary. This indigenous riparian barrier supports a waterway that ultimately supplies the Chesapeake Bay. Additional trees are being propagated for a similar site in Staunton, complementing efforts of Augusta’s larger waterways project.

promotinG sustainability: do one thinG The

Rappahannock Valley Garden

Club kicked off their Do One Thing (DOT)

initiative challenging

members and the community to incorporate a simple conservation practice into their daily lives. RVGC members have helped schools and area organizations begin their own programs, which is part of a national grassroots movement inspired by Mindy Pennybacker’s book Do One Green Thing. Visit Rappahannock’s Facebook page for DOT ideas!

resurreCtinG the miGhty Chestnut The Mill Mountain Garden Club, in partnership with the American Chestnut Foundation and the city of

Roanoke, has begun planting hybrid chestnut trees in an effort to replace those

decimated by the blight that claimed four billion chestnuts in a generation’s time. This new grove, in addition to the wildflower garden the club has maintained since 1971, is just a portion of their master plan for the mountain.

CreatinG a nature oasis for Children Celebrating their 100th year, The Warrenton Garden Club hosted its 28th summer Nature Camp for children ages 9 to 12 years. Opening in the summer of 1983, in partnership with the Piedmont Environmental Council, this program encourages ecological exploration and outdoor summertime fun. Staying connected with the children is one way this centennial club stays young.

proteCtinG the blaCkwater and nottoway riVers The Franklin Garden Club participated in Clean Rivers Day, a community effort to clean the watershed area for the Blackwater and Nottoway Rivers that surround and run through the City of Franklin. FGC has established a partnership and new chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists, a group of volunteer educators, scientists, citizens and stewards helping Virginia conserve and manage natural resources and public lands.

GCV distriCts

Children participate in a Nature

Camp demonstration.

in addition to devoting countless hours

organizing Historic Garden Week area tours,

every GCV club serves the state and their

communities through individual club programs.

The Garden Club of Virginia recognizes each

of its 47 member clubs and the vital work they

accomplish year-round!

Franklin members enjoying Horticulture

Field Day.

tendinG the “Center of the uniVerse” The Ashland Garden Club is enhancing and maintaining DeJarnette Park in downtown Ashland as a natural habitat area with both wetlands and dry areas for public enjoyment and recreation. Ashland continues to operate its popular children’s program Roots and Shoots.

preserVinG riparian barriers and CruCial waterways The Augusta Garden Club has completed its first planting of native serviceberry trees along a Lewis Creek tributary. This indigenous riparian barrier supports a waterway that ultimately supplies the Chesapeake Bay. Additional trees are being propagated for a similar site in Staunton, complementing efforts of Augusta’s larger waterways project.

promotinG sustainability: do one thinG The

Rappahannock Valley Garden

Club kicked off their Do One Thing (DOT)

initiative challenging

members and the community to incorporate a simple conservation practice into their daily lives. RVGC members have helped schools and area organizations begin their own programs, which is part of a national grassroots movement inspired by Mindy Pennybacker’s book Do One Green Thing. Visit Rappahannock’s Facebook page for DOT ideas!

resurreCtinG the miGhty Chestnut The Mill Mountain Garden Club, in partnership with the American Chestnut Foundation and the city of

Roanoke, has begun planting hybrid chestnut trees in an effort to replace those

decimated by the blight that claimed four billion chestnuts in a generation’s time. This new grove, in addition to the wildflower garden the club has maintained since 1971, is just a portion of their master plan for the mountain.

CreatinG a nature oasis for Children Celebrating their 100th year, The Warrenton Garden Club hosted its 28th summer Nature Camp for children ages 9 to 12 years. Opening in the summer of 1983, in partnership with the Piedmont Environmental Council, this program encourages ecological exploration and outdoor summertime fun. Staying connected with the children is one way this centennial club stays young.

Historic Garden Week

upCominG The 79th Historic Garden Week in

Virginia is scheduled for April 21–28, 2012. House

and garden tours cover three horticultural areas and

attract visitors from across the country.

Members of The Williamsburg Garden Club greeted fellow

gardeners from the Garden Club of Bermuda during their visit to

Historic Garden Week in Virginia on April 19.

Agecroft Hall, one of the

luncheon sites for Richmond’s

tours.

Eyre Hall’s magnificent

landscape includes the oldest

gardens under continuous

maintenance in Virginia and

is a perennial highlight of the

Historic Garden Week tour on

the Eastern Shore.

A showing of the Warrenton Foxhounds is an

annual feature of Historic Garden Week.

Boxwood members,

Hutch Livingston

and Judy Kidd, help

prepare a home

for visitors.

The establishment of Historic Garden Week goes back to 1927, when a

flower show raised an impressive $7,000 to save a number of Thomas Jefferson’s original trees on the lawn at Monticello. Two years later, the first tour was organized and 78 years after that, Virginia Living magazine named it the “Preppiest Event in Virginia.” The distinguishing feature that binds all 47 member clubs together, HGW is now a week-long event and the largest and most venerable house and garden tour in the country. Proceeds from this statewide event further the mission of the Garden Club, including the restoration and preservation of 43 public gardens and properties throughout Virginia.

Historic Garden Week

upCominG The 79th Historic Garden Week in

Virginia is scheduled for April 21–28, 2012. House

and garden tours cover three horticultural areas and

attract visitors from across the country.

Members of The Williamsburg Garden Club greeted fellow

gardeners from the Garden Club of Bermuda during their visit to

Historic Garden Week in Virginia on April 19.

Agecroft Hall, one of the

luncheon sites for Richmond’s

tours.

Eyre Hall’s magnificent

landscape includes the oldest

gardens under continuous

maintenance in Virginia and

is a perennial highlight of the

Historic Garden Week tour on

the Eastern Shore.

A showing of the Warrenton Foxhounds is an

annual feature of Historic Garden Week.

Boxwood members,

Hutch Livingston

and Judy Kidd, help

prepare a home

for visitors.

The establishment of Historic Garden Week goes back to 1927, when a

flower show raised an impressive $7,000 to save a number of Thomas Jefferson’s original trees on the lawn at Monticello. Two years later, the first tour was organized and 78 years after that, Virginia Living magazine named it the “Preppiest Event in Virginia.” The distinguishing feature that binds all 47 member clubs together, HGW is now a week-long event and the largest and most venerable house and garden tour in the country. Proceeds from this statewide event further the mission of the Garden Club, including the restoration and preservation of 43 public gardens and properties throughout Virginia.

GCV has successfully completed

restoration of the Walter McCormack

design for the front façade and bowl

area at John Handley High School.

restoration projeCtsAdam Thoroughgood House*Bacon’s CastleBelle GroveBelmontBruton Parish ChurchBurwell-Morgan MillCentre Hill MansionChrist Church - Lancaster CountyDanville Museum of Fine Arts and HistoryExecutive Mansion Capitol SquareFincastle Presbyterian ChurchGrace Arents GardenGunston Hall*Historic Portsmouth CourthouseHistoric Smithfield*Historic St. Luke’s ChurchHollins UniversityKenmoreKent-Valentine HouseKer PlaceLee HallMary Washington HouseMary Washington MonumentMaymontMonticelloMontpelierMoses Myers HouseMount VernonOatlandsPoint-of-HonorPrestwould Plantation*Rolfe-Warren House, Smith’s Fort PlantationScotchtown*St. John’s MewsState Arboretum of Virginia, Blandy Experimental FarmStratford HallSweet Briar CollegeUniversity of VirginiaWashington and Lee UniversityWiltonWoodlawnWoodrow Wilson Presidential LibraryYeardley House*

*Landscapes restored previously but not currently under contract

For 84 years, tour proceeds from Historic Garden Week in Virginia have

sustained the organization and successfully funded 43 major landscape restorations throughout the state. GCV’s Restoration Committee directs these efforts, provides ongoing maintenance assistance to the properties and workshops for their horticulturists, and funds two professional research fellowships.

reCipient of the rudy j. faVretti fellowshipAshley AllisFor summer research at Old Western State Hospital in Staunton

reCipient of the william d. rieley fellowshipEmily PetersonFor summer research at Springsbury Farm in Clarke County Virginia

Deedy Bumgardner, GCV

Restoration Chair, dedicates the

completed restoration at John

Handley High in Winchester.

In Bedford County, members are using

recent archaeological findings to re-create

the unique landscape Thomas Jefferson

planned and planted himself at his retreat,

Poplar Forest.

far left: William D. Rieley with 2011 Research

Fellows.

on’s

Restoration

GCV has successfully completed

restoration of the Walter McCormack

design for the front façade and bowl

area at John Handley High School.

restoration projeCtsAdam Thoroughgood House*Bacon’s CastleBelle GroveBelmontBruton Parish ChurchBurwell-Morgan MillCentre Hill MansionChrist Church - Lancaster CountyDanville Museum of Fine Arts and HistoryExecutive Mansion Capitol SquareFincastle Presbyterian ChurchGrace Arents GardenGunston Hall*Historic Portsmouth CourthouseHistoric Smithfield*Historic St. Luke’s ChurchHollins UniversityKenmoreKent-Valentine HouseKer PlaceLee HallMary Washington HouseMary Washington MonumentMaymontMonticelloMontpelierMoses Myers HouseMount VernonOatlandsPoint-of-HonorPrestwould Plantation*Rolfe-Warren House, Smith’s Fort PlantationScotchtown*St. John’s MewsState Arboretum of Virginia, Blandy Experimental FarmStratford HallSweet Briar CollegeUniversity of VirginiaWashington and Lee UniversityWiltonWoodlawnWoodrow Wilson Presidential LibraryYeardley House*

*Landscapes restored previously but not currently under contract

For 84 years, tour proceeds from Historic Garden Week in Virginia have

sustained the organization and successfully funded 43 major landscape restorations throughout the state. GCV’s Restoration Committee directs these efforts, provides ongoing maintenance assistance to the properties and workshops for their horticulturists, and funds two professional research fellowships.

reCipient of the rudy j. faVretti fellowshipAshley AllisFor summer research at Old Western State Hospital in Staunton

reCipient of the william d. rieley fellowshipEmily PetersonFor summer research at Springsbury Farm in Clarke County Virginia

Deedy Bumgardner, GCV

Restoration Chair, dedicates the

completed restoration at John

Handley High in Winchester.

In Bedford County, members are using

recent archaeological findings to re-create

the unique landscape Thomas Jefferson

planned and planted himself at his retreat,

Poplar Forest.

far left: William D. Rieley with 2011 Research

Fellows.

on’s

Restoration

A successful day at the General Assembly.

Marsha Merrell, past Finance Chair; Karen Jones,

Conservation and Beautification Chair; and Katya

Spicuzza, Journal Committee.

the bessie boCoCk Carter ConserVation awardThe Garden Club of NorfolkFor their work with the Hermitage Museum in Norfolk to construct a rain garden, thus reducing runoff into the Elizabeth River

upCominG Uranium: What Should Virginia Do?

The 54th Annual Conservation Forum convenes

November 3, 2011, at the University of Richmond.

Pam Combs, President, The Garden Club

of Norfolk, and Karen Jones with Emma

Ramsey and Page Carter.

Sallie Sebrell, Conservation

Committee member and

DeLacy Gray recipient

Conservation and Beautification was GCV’s first standing committee in 1920. The Garden Club of Virginia continues

to focus attention on today’s legislative and educational issues relating to the environmental wellbeing of Virgina. An annual forum provides

timely discussion from informed panels and the opportunity to meet with leading

conservationists. Also yearly, members visit the Virginia General Assembly to engage representatives at the Capital.

The GCV’s 53rd Annual Conservation Forum, held at the College of William & Mary, addressed critical issues concerning the Atlantic Ocean, related waterways and coastal areas. Keynote speaker, Dr. Sandra White, spoke about efforts to balance competing ocean uses to preserve ocean health. Attendees moved to the Virginia Institute of Marine

Science in Gloucester Point for a field trip led by marine biologists and oceanographers.

Karen Jones presents Plant

Manager Ted Narozny with this

year’s Dugdale award.

the de laCy Gray ConserVation medalSallie Sebrell The Nansemond River Garden ClubFor her lifelong commitment to promoting environmental responsibility

the duGdale award for meritorious aChieVement in ConserVationLipton Tea, Inc., SuffolkFor its vision as a zero landfill company

Conservation

A successful day at the General Assembly.

Marsha Merrell, past Finance Chair; Karen Jones,

Conservation and Beautification Chair; and Katya

Spicuzza, Journal Committee.

the bessie boCoCk Carter ConserVation awardThe Garden Club of NorfolkFor their work with the Hermitage Museum in Norfolk to construct a rain garden, thus reducing runoff into the Elizabeth River

upCominG Uranium: What Should Virginia Do?

The 54th Annual Conservation Forum convenes

November 3, 2011, at the University of Richmond.

Pam Combs, President, The Garden Club

of Norfolk, and Karen Jones with Emma

Ramsey and Page Carter.

Sallie Sebrell, Conservation

Committee member and

DeLacy Gray recipient

Conservation and Beautification was GCV’s first standing committee in 1920. The Garden Club of Virginia continues

to focus attention on today’s legislative and educational issues relating to the environmental wellbeing of Virgina. An annual forum provides

timely discussion from informed panels and the opportunity to meet with leading

conservationists. Also yearly, members visit the Virginia General Assembly to engage representatives at the Capital.

The GCV’s 53rd Annual Conservation Forum, held at the College of William & Mary, addressed critical issues concerning the Atlantic Ocean, related waterways and coastal areas. Keynote speaker, Dr. Sandra White, spoke about efforts to balance competing ocean uses to preserve ocean health. Attendees moved to the Virginia Institute of Marine

Science in Gloucester Point for a field trip led by marine biologists and oceanographers.

Karen Jones presents Plant

Manager Ted Narozny with this

year’s Dugdale award.

the de laCy Gray ConserVation medalSallie Sebrell The Nansemond River Garden ClubFor her lifelong commitment to promoting environmental responsibility

the duGdale award for meritorious aChieVement in ConserVationLipton Tea, Inc., SuffolkFor its vision as a zero landfill company

Conservation

upCominG Symposium 2012, Take

the Leap to Timeless Trends, is February

27–29, 2012, at the Homestead in Hot

Springs, Virginia. Renowned London-

based floral designer to the royals,

Mathew Dickinson, will give arranging

demonstrations. GCV gratefully

acknowledges our Symposium platinum

sponsor, Union First Market Bank.

T he Garden Club of Virginia has a long tradition of providing

education to members and the public in areas relating to horticulture, propagation and floral design.

Horticultural interests are celebrated through a number of initiatives — workshops, yearly exhibits and field days.

Rose Show, October 2010, hosted by the Harborfront Garden Club

Winner of the Inter-Club Artistic

Award, The Tuckahoe Garden

Club of Westhampton scored

the most points for inter-club

arrangements in this year’s three

shows. Martha Moore, Tuckahoe

President; Kim Nash, GCV

President; and Peyton Wells.

Daffodil Show, April 2011, hosted by Hillside Garden Club

Lily Show, June, 2011, hosted by the Garden Club of Fairfax

Bill Pannill, GCV honorary member,

at the Daffodil Show

Lea Shuba, Horticulture Chair; Mary

Nelson Thompson, Past Lily Chair; and

Lucy Rhame, Daffodil Chair, gather at the

Judges Dinner.

Kim Nash presents Connie

DeBordenave, the Garden

Club of Northern Neck, with

multiple awards including

Presidents of Member Clubs

Cup, Best Climber and

Best Floribunda.

Ron Morgan led the GCV

Flower Arranging School in

September to a packed house.

Helen Murphy, past

GCV President,

preparing for the 2011

Lily Show.

Gathering at the Judges Dinner:

Nancy Avery, Joyce Moorman,

June Hambrick, Rachel Hollis,

Mary Jac Meadows, and Betty

Michelson.

nationally renowned flower shows GCV hosts three annual flower shows, Lily, Rose and Daffodil. Open to the public, they offer the opportunity to submit horticulture specimens and arrangements and to cultivate improved growing and exhibiting techniques.

Mary Lou Johnson and

Mo Stiner of Harborfront

Garden Club with their Class

51B: Federal Arrangement,

which won Blue and Quad

Blue in June.

Education

upCominG Symposium 2012, Take

the Leap to Timeless Trends, is February

27–29, 2012, at the Homestead in Hot

Springs, Virginia. Renowned London-

based floral designer to the royals,

Mathew Dickinson, will give arranging

demonstrations. GCV gratefully

acknowledges our Symposium platinum

sponsor, Union First Market Bank.

T he Garden Club of Virginia has a long tradition of providing

education to members and the public in areas relating to horticulture, propagation and floral design.

Horticultural interests are celebrated through a number of initiatives — workshops, yearly exhibits and field days.

Rose Show, October 2010, hosted by the Harborfront Garden Club

Winner of the Inter-Club Artistic

Award, The Tuckahoe Garden

Club of Westhampton scored

the most points for inter-club

arrangements in this year’s three

shows. Martha Moore, Tuckahoe

President; Kim Nash, GCV

President; and Peyton Wells.

Daffodil Show, April 2011, hosted by Hillside Garden Club

Lily Show, June, 2011, hosted by the Garden Club of Fairfax

Bill Pannill, GCV honorary member,

at the Daffodil Show

Lea Shuba, Horticulture Chair; Mary

Nelson Thompson, Past Lily Chair; and

Lucy Rhame, Daffodil Chair, gather at the

Judges Dinner.

Kim Nash presents Connie

DeBordenave, the Garden

Club of Northern Neck, with

multiple awards including

Presidents of Member Clubs

Cup, Best Climber and

Best Floribunda.

Ron Morgan led the GCV

Flower Arranging School in

September to a packed house.

Helen Murphy, past

GCV President,

preparing for the 2011

Lily Show.

Gathering at the Judges Dinner:

Nancy Avery, Joyce Moorman,

June Hambrick, Rachel Hollis,

Mary Jac Meadows, and Betty

Michelson.

nationally renowned flower shows GCV hosts three annual flower shows, Lily, Rose and Daffodil. Open to the public, they offer the opportunity to submit horticulture specimens and arrangements and to cultivate improved growing and exhibiting techniques.

Mary Lou Johnson and

Mo Stiner of Harborfront

Garden Club with their Class

51B: Federal Arrangement,

which won Blue and Quad

Blue in June.

Education

reCipients of hortiCulture award of meritFor significant personal and public achievements in horticulture

Marie Bundy, The Garden Club of Norfolk

Margaret Ford, The James River Garden Club

Nan Freed, The Garden Club of Danville

Susan Gentry, The Virginia Beach Garden Club

Minouche Robinson, The Williamsburg Garden Club

Betty Steele, The Petersburg Garden Club

Cam Williams, The Garden Club of Gloucester

Mary Wick, Three Chopt Garden Club

The Kent-Valentine House

was built by wholesale importer, Horace Kent, in 1845. Standing in downtown Richmond, it serves today as the geographical hub and statewide headquarters of the Garden Club of Virginia. In 1970, the home was facing its demise when the GCV launched an adaptive-use restoration. Its easement, granted to GCV by the Valentine family in 1972, was the first accepted by the state on a City of Richmond landmark. Now this 18-room antebellum manse is a Virginia Historic Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places.

Gather in this historiC home

The Kent-Valentine House is open Monday through Thursday, 9 – 4 p.m., and open to the public for tours and rental. The first floor accommodates 120 guests for stand-up reception. The spacious third floor conference room holds 100.Contact Ann Heller for more information at 804-643-4137 or email communications@

gcvirginia.org.

Jeanette McKittrick, Three Chopt President; Meg Clement, GCV

Second Vice President; and Meg Clinard greet Three Chopt

members for a special club meeting at the Kent-Valentine House.

Meeting space is reserved year-round for member clubs, at

no cost.

At May’s Annual Meeting, member clubs recommended

alternative plantings to replace non-native species. Roanoke

Valley Garden Club suggests planting Baptisia and not Coreopsis.

hortiCultural field dayA sold-out Horticulture Field Day in Loudoun and Fauquier Counties attracted 160 members from across the state.

The Williamsburg Garden Club members gather at Oak Hill for

Horticulture Field Day: Ann Milliman, Becky Howard, Misti Spong,

Terry Buntrock, Minouche Robinson, Cathy Clarke, Barbara

Cummings, and Carolyn Lodzieski.

At Highland Spring

Farm, Kim Nash,

Fleet Davis, Dianne

Spence, and Nina

Mustard.

reCipients of hortiCulture award of meritFor significant personal and public achievements in horticulture

Marie Bundy, The Garden Club of Norfolk

Margaret Ford, The James River Garden Club

Nan Freed, The Garden Club of Danville

Susan Gentry, The Virginia Beach Garden Club

Minouche Robinson, The Williamsburg Garden Club

Betty Steele, The Petersburg Garden Club

Cam Williams, The Garden Club of Gloucester

Mary Wick, Three Chopt Garden Club

was built by wholesale importer, Horace Kent, in 1845. Standing in downtown Richmond, it serves today as the geographical hub and statewide headquarters of the Garden Club of Virginia. In 1970, the home was facing its demise when the GCV launched an adaptive-use restoration. Its easement, granted to GCV by the Valentine family in 1972, was the first accepted by the state on a City of Richmond landmark. Now this 18-room antebellum manse is a Virginia Historic Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places.

Gather in this historiC home

The Kent-Valentine House is open Monday through Thursday, 9 – 4 p.m., and open to the public for tours and rental. The first floor accommodates 120 guests for stand-up reception. The spacious third floor conference room holds 100.Contact Ann Heller for more information at 804-643-4137 or email communications@

gcvirginia.org.

Jeanette McKittrick, Three Chopt President; Meg Clement, GCV

Second Vice President; and Meg Clinard greet Three Chopt

members for a special club meeting at the Kent-Valentine House.

Meeting space is reserved year-round for member clubs, at

no cost.

At May’s Annual Meeting, member clubs recommended

alternative plantings to replace non-native species. Roanoke

Valley Garden Club suggests planting Baptisia and not Coreopsis.

hortiCultural field dayA sold-out Horticulture Field Day in Loudoun and Fauquier Counties attracted 160 members from across the state.

The Williamsburg Garden Club members gather at Oak Hill for

Horticulture Field Day: Ann Milliman, Becky Howard, Misti Spong,

Terry Buntrock, Minouche Robinson, Cathy Clarke, Barbara

Cummings, and Carolyn Lodzieski.

At Highland Spring

Farm, Kim Nash,

Fleet Davis, Dianne

Spence, and Nina

Mustard.

Common wealth awardHarborfront Garden ClubEstablished in 1979, this award provides grant money to support and promote the projects of GCV member clubs. The award funds the completion of the butterfly and sensory garden at St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children. Young patients can observe and learn about plants and butterflies in the courtyard garden.

Awards Honor Roll of DonorsThe Garden Club of Virginia is honored to acknowledge the

generosity of our members and friends.

Corporate ContributorsBlue Ridge Landscape & Design Middleburg Bank Dykeman & Company Quarles Petroleum, Inc.ExxonMobil* SunTrust BankGenworth Foundation* Union First Market BankGrelen Nursery Virginia Eye Institute* matching support

reGenCy terraCe • $10,000 and aboVeUnion First Market Bank Cabell Goolsby WestC. K. Williams Foundation

alpine Garden • $5,000 – 9,999Helen Clay Frick Foundation AnonymousOakwood Foundation Betsy Rawls Agelasto

president’s parterre • $1,000 – 4,999Middleburg BankGrelen NurseryVirginia Eye Institute The M. F. Moorman Family Foundation

JULY 1, 2010 – JUNE 30, 2011

member Club donorsAlbemarle Garden ClubThe Garden Club of AlexandriaThe Ashland Garden ClubThe Blue Ridge Garden ClubThe Boxwood Garden ClubThe Brunswick Garden ClubThe Garden Club of DanvilleDolley Madison Garden ClubThe Garden Club of Eastern ShoreThe Elizabeth River Garden ClubThe Garden Club of FairfaxFauquier and Loudoun Garden ClubThe Franklin Garden ClubGabriella Garden ClubThe Garden Study ClubThe Garden Club of GloucesterThe Hampton Roads Garden ClubHarborfront Garden ClubHillside Garden ClubThe Hunting Creek Garden ClubThe Huntington Garden Club

The James River Garden ClubLeesburg Garden ClubThe Lynchburg Garden ClubThe Martinsville Garden ClubThe Garden Club of Middle PeninsulaThe Mill Mountain Garden ClubThe Nansemond River Garden ClubThe Garden Club of NorfolkThe Garden Club of the Northern NeckThe Petersburg Garden ClubThe Rappahannock Valley Garden ClubRivanna Garden ClubRoanoke Valley Garden ClubThree Chopt Garden ClubThe Tuckahoe Garden Club of WesthamptonThe Virginia Beach Garden ClubThe Garden Club of Warren CountyThe Warrenton Garden ClubThe Williamsburg Garden ClubWinchester-Clarke Garden Club

Harborfront Garden Club’s

President Widget Williams

and Casey Rice celebrate

Harborfront’s award at the Board

of Governors meeting in October.

The Garden Club of Virginia

recognizes Nina Mustard, of The

Williamsburg Garden Club, for

her invaluable contributions to

the organization.

massie medal for distinGuished aChieVementThe oldest and most prestigious award, first given in 1928 by Susanne Williams Massie during her presidency, was awarded to Nina Mustard, The Williamsburg Garden Club. A member since 2000, Nina is the master behind the expansion of the organization’s website and the creator of its donor management system called Green Gifts. The diligence with which she implemented her programs unified member clubs and provided a valuable connection with the larger community. Estate of Ellen Wallinger Rueger

Charlotte S. BenjaminSally Guy BrownLee Stuart Cochran

Common wealth awardHarborfront Garden ClubEstablished in 1979, this award provides grant money to support and promote the projects of GCV member clubs. The award funds the completion of the butterfly and sensory garden at St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children. Young patients can observe and learn about plants and butterflies in the courtyard garden.

Awards Honor Roll of DonorsThe Garden Club of Virginia is honored to acknowledge the

generosity of our members and friends.

Corporate ContributorsBlue Ridge Landscape & Design Middleburg Bank Dykeman & Company Quarles Petroleum, Inc.ExxonMobil* SunTrust BankGenworth Foundation* Union First Market BankGrelen Nursery Virginia Eye Institute* matching support

reGenCy terraCe • $10,000 and aboVeUnion First Market Bank Cabell Goolsby WestC. K. Williams Foundation

alpine Garden • $5,000 – 9,999Helen Clay Frick Foundation AnonymousOakwood Foundation Betsy Rawls Agelasto

president’s parterre • $1,000 – 4,999Middleburg BankGrelen NurseryVirginia Eye Institute The M. F. Moorman Family Foundation

JULY 1, 2010 – JUNE 30, 2011

member Club donorsAlbemarle Garden ClubThe Garden Club of AlexandriaThe Ashland Garden ClubThe Blue Ridge Garden ClubThe Boxwood Garden ClubThe Brunswick Garden ClubThe Garden Club of DanvilleDolley Madison Garden ClubThe Garden Club of Eastern ShoreThe Elizabeth River Garden ClubThe Garden Club of FairfaxFauquier and Loudoun Garden ClubThe Franklin Garden ClubGabriella Garden ClubThe Garden Study ClubThe Garden Club of GloucesterThe Hampton Roads Garden ClubHarborfront Garden ClubHillside Garden ClubThe Hunting Creek Garden ClubThe Huntington Garden Club

The James River Garden ClubLeesburg Garden ClubThe Lynchburg Garden ClubThe Martinsville Garden ClubThe Garden Club of Middle PeninsulaThe Mill Mountain Garden ClubThe Nansemond River Garden ClubThe Garden Club of NorfolkThe Garden Club of the Northern NeckThe Petersburg Garden ClubThe Rappahannock Valley Garden ClubRivanna Garden ClubRoanoke Valley Garden ClubThree Chopt Garden ClubThe Tuckahoe Garden Club of WesthamptonThe Virginia Beach Garden ClubThe Garden Club of Warren CountyThe Warrenton Garden ClubThe Williamsburg Garden ClubWinchester-Clarke Garden Club

Harborfront Garden Club’s

President Widget Williams

and Casey Rice celebrate

Harborfront’s award at the Board

of Governors meeting in October.

The Garden Club of Virginia

recognizes Nina Mustard, of The

Williamsburg Garden Club, for

her invaluable contributions to

the organization.

massie medal for distinGuished aChieVementThe oldest and most prestigious award, first given in 1928 by Susanne Williams Massie during her presidency, was awarded to Nina Mustard, The Williamsburg Garden Club. A member since 2000, Nina is the master behind the expansion of the organization’s website and the creator of its donor management system called Green Gifts. The diligence with which she implemented her programs unified member clubs and provided a valuable connection with the larger community. Estate of Ellen Wallinger Rueger

Charlotte S. BenjaminSally Guy BrownLee Stuart Cochran

annual border • $100 – 249Owens & Minor FriendsQuarles Petroleum, Inc.Farrar Timberlake FoundationThe Junior Virginia Beach Garden ClubGCV Horticulture CommitteeGCV Massie Medal CommitteeAnonymous Catherine G. AdamsDana H. AdamsLinda B. ArnoldAnne K. Avery

healinG Garden • $250 – 499Blue Ridge Landscape & Design, IncKVA FoundationAnne BaldwinH. Furlong BaldwinAnn W. BeasleyMargaret Phillips BiceElizabeth Lamar BoetschMissy BuckinghamDeedy BumgardnerJeanette CadwallenderElisabeth CarterMrs. Herbert A. Claiborne IIIMary Ann B. ClarkMeg ClementCandace Carter CrosbyMrs. Joshua DardenFleet DavisCarolyn FaroukiLou FlowersFlorence Bryan FowlkesJean E. R. GilpinBeatrice Busch-von GontardCynthia D. Hall

Mrs. Richard F. Hall, JrCelie HarrisCessie HowellLucy HuffKaren JamisonLeila JonesFrances M. LindsayMrs. Gregory MayDeane Ferguson MillsMartha F. MooreMrs. C. D. L. PerkinsMarianne W. PrentissPatricia T. SauerMr. and Mrs. Charles H. Seilheimer, JrBonnie B. ShelorCynthia S. ShookDoris W. SmithGeorge StuckeyMary Nelson ThompsonSusan C. ThompsonKathryn Q. WafleMrs. Clifton A. Woodrum III

Mrs. James A. BaconDorothy Glaize BallardTurner J. BarringerJoanne M. BartlettMargaret Page BemissShirley BevansJoAnn BilbreyMrs. Frank Nash BilisolyNancy F. BowlesDaisy J. BoydMr. and Mrs. John P. Bradshaw, Jr

Mrs. John HalpinSusan Foster HamillLiz HamiltonJil HarrisDorothy R. HendricksonJoyce HendricksonElizabeth HerbertJanet G. HickmanSandra HodgeSally HodgkinMary Sherwood HoltMrs. Charles R. Hooff, Jr.Mary McMillan HortonMac HoufekPatricia HubardBeverly K. HudsonMrs. Robert K. HuffmanMrs. W. E. Hunt, JrMrs. Charles K. Hutchens IIIHeidi F. JamesSheila Jamison-SchwartzMissy JanesMichelle JenningsAnne JenningsMary Ann JohnsonCecelia R. JohnsonKaren JonesAlice M. JuliasMrs. Lucius J. Kellam IIICaramine KellamJane W. KerewichJudy KiddMary T. KincheloeBeverley G. KingAnn KingtonMrs. Mary Lois KnightJanet KnopfNatalie DuBose LangleyDonna P. LawhonJoni Albert LawlerBetty H. LeskoIngrid Hinckley LindsayAmy S. LittleGeorgia Hardy LuckMr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Lyons, JrKatie MannMartha F. MansonLouise E. MartinAnne M. MasonMildred M. MasonEmily Ann MasonJudith L. MazzucchelliLynn McCashinMary Rennie McDanielBrenda McGeheeJeanette F. McKittrickNancy W. McWane

Emma Read OppenhimerMrs. William G. PannillMrs. Theodore W. PriceLucy S. RhameMr. and Mrs. W. Randolph RobinsMary Gray ShockeyLea Carter ShubaDianne Nea SpenceCatherine C. WhithamPage Young

boxwood maze • $500 – 999Di Cook Family Foundation Hubard Family TrustsMrs. Richard A. Carrington IIILynn GasMary Bruce H. GlaizeMrs. Peter Dun GroverJoyce Cline JaegerBarbara B. LutonJulie W. MacKinlayNina W. Mustard

president’s parterre, ContinuedHelen Turner MurphyKimbrough K. NashKathryn M. QuarlesLucinda Smith SealeMr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Smith, JrMr. and Mrs. Edward D. Tayloe II

Mary Hart DardenAnn Gordon EvansJean W. LaneCatherine MaddenMary Wynn McDanielKatherine T. Mears

Jody BranchGail G. BraxtonLynda H. BriggsMrs. George M. Brooke, JrBliss S. BrownDorothy C. BrowningMartha Ware BryanJody Walton BundyAnn BynumElizabeth R. CabellBetty Mitchell CardenFrances CardenKim CareySuzanne CarmichaelJudy CarrawaySusan CarringtonBetsy and John CasteenMrs. C. L. Christian IIIMrs. Herbert A. Claiborne, JrKirkland T. ClarksonKathryn Holcomb ClaryJane H. CooperKim CoryJane CovingtonMrs. Theodore J. CraddockAnn K. CrenshawLisa CressonAnne Geddy CrossLinda B. CustisNancy V. DanielLaura DansbyNancy A. DempseyMary L. DennyClaiborne M. DickinsonLis DoleyMargaret B. DouglasPeggy S. DuvallFrances H. EllisClarkie EppesTerry EvansRudy and Joy FavrettiSarah G. FinneyAnne G. FosterMelinda FriersonMrs. David W. GarlandMrs. Muscoe R. H. Garnett, JrMary Ann GibbonsMrs. William V. Giles, JrFrances GilesEllen G. GodwinGlenna GravesFreddie GrayMrs. James C. GreeneMargaret GrillsAnjela GuarrielloGreta I. GustavsonMrs. Harry G. Hager, Jr