THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

Journal
VOL LX, NO. 2, JUNE 2015

The Garden Club of Virginia exists to

celebrate the beauty of the land, to conserve
the gifts of nature and to challenge future
generations to build on this heritage.

From The Editor

The idea of hidden treasures has an enduring appeal. An article in this issue
reminds us that some might be tucked away in our own closets, attics or basements.
The piece refers to snapshots, Kodachrome slides and the like that picture historic or
classic daffodil varieties whose seeds can no longer be found in catalogues or stores
and whose likenesses cannot be found on the American Daffodil Societys database.
Uncovered images would be treasure indeed to those engaged in garden restoration
or those simply trying to identify species in their own backyards. Other bounty in
these pages includes riches that can grow from the interrelation of humans, other
animals and plants. And we have the wealth of the waters all around us that feed
our watersheds, the value of which the drought-stricken in California know all too
well. Such things suggest true abundance.
Susan Morten
We look forward to receiving your articles. Write to us at journal@gcvirginia.org.
Submission guidelines may be found on the GCV website.

Journal Editorial Board

2015-2016
Editor and Chairman: Karla MacKimmie, The Warrenton Garden Club
ExOfficio Members
GCV President, Jeanette Cadwallender, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
GCV Corresponding Secretary, Linda Consolvo, The Nansemond River Garden Club
Journal Cover Editor, Jeanette McKittrick, Three Chopt Garden Club
GCV Photographer, Esther Carpi, The Hunting Creek Garden Club
GCV Communications Coordinator, Ann Heller
Journal Advertising Chairman, Anne Beals, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
Members
Betty Anne Garrett, The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula
Lyn Hutchens, The Huntington Garden Club
Aileen Laing, The Warrenton Garden Club
Susan Morten, The Martinsville Garden Club
Helen Pinckney, The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton

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The Garden Club of Virginia

Journal
The Garden Club of Virginia Journal
(USPS 574-520, ISSN 0431-0233) is
published four times a year for members
by the GCV, 12 East Franklin St.,
Richmond, VA 23219. Periodical postage
paid in Richmond, VA. Single issue price,
$5.00.
Copy and ad deadlines are:
January 15 for the March issue
April 15 for the June issue
July 15 for the September issue
October 15 for the December issue
Email copy to the Editor and advertising
to the Ad Chairman
President of the Garden Club of Virginia:
Jeanette Cadwallender
Journal Editor:
Karla MacKimmie
8505 Lees Ridge Road
Warrenton, VA 20186
Phone: (540) 341-3432
Email: journal@gcvirginia.org
Journal Advertising Chairman:
Anne Beals
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Vol. LX, No. 2
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Richmond, VA

ON THE COVER...
This vibrant Hydrangea macrophylla
was collected from a Richmond garden
and preserved by artist and James River
Garden Club member Anne Blackwell
Thompson. Harvesting blooms and foliage
from southern gardens, swamps and the
Atlantic Ocean, she creates striking
compositions, combining Old World skills
with a New World eye. You can see more of
her work at www.blackwellbotanicals.com.
IN THIS ISSUE ...
Massie Medal ....................................... 2
deLacy Gray Medal .............................. 3
Bessie Bocock Carter Award ................. 4
Club Notes ...........................................4
73rd Annual Lily Show ..........................5
Dot Montgomery Tribute .......................... 6
Martinsville Tribute ..............................7
Remembering Jean Printz .....................8
Horticulture Award of Merit .................9
Common Wealth Award ..................... 10
2014 Fellowships .................................12
Club Notes .......................................... 13
81st Annual Daffodil Show .................. 14
Daffodil Notes .................................... 17
Know Your Watershed ........................ 18
Cast Your Bread .................................. 19
Club Notes .........................................20
Annabel Josephs Award ...................... 21
Ex Libris .............................................23
Club Notes .........................................24
A Trip to India .................................... 25
Contributions ......................................26
OTHER REFERENCES...

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

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Massie Medal Awarded to Sally Guy Brown

by Katherine Knopf, GCV Awards Chairman
Roanoke Valley Garden Cub

he Massie Medal Award for Distinguished Achievement was presented to Sally

Guy Brown at the Annual Meeting in Norfolk on May 13, 2015.
As a member of the Garden Club of Alexandria, Sally Guy has served
many roles including president, first vice-president, awards chairman, corresponding
secretary and advisory board member. Sally Guy served as president of the Garden Club
of Virginia from 2006 until 2008 and continues to be involved in its work around the
commonwealth. She is a board member of Preservation Virginia, as well as a benefactor
and volunteer for Mount Vernon, Stratford Hall and Menokin Plantation.
As her club members stated well, Sally Guy brings a strong background in
leadership and remarkable awards in horticulture from her Garden Club of Alexandria
experience. Sally Guy served as president of our club and is a recipient of the Silver
Anniversary Achievement Cup, the GCV Horticulture Award of Merit, the Cup for
General Excellence in Horticulture and the Lindsey-Campbell Daffodil Bowl (year after
year). Sally Guy fits seamlessly into the purpose and performance of the Garden Club of
Virginia. She brings with her a dedication and enthusiasm for all things GCV.
Sally Guy received her Landscape Design degree from George Washington
University and was a natural choice to chair the Restoration Committee where her
insights and leadership enabled GCV projects to flourish. As Marty Moore stated
perfectly, Sally Guy is a natural resource of our commonwealth.

Tom and Sally Guy Brown (the Garden Club of Alexandria),

Garden Club of Virginia President Jeanette Cadwallender
(the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club) and GCV Awards
Chairman Katherine Knopf (Roanoke Valley Garden Club)

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deLacy Gray Award for Conservation

by Katherine Knopf, GCV Awards Chairman
Roanoke Valley Garden Club

olly Rowley received the 2015 deLacy Gray Award for Conservation at the
Annual Meeting in Norfolk, May 13, 2015. Polly was raised in a family of
conservationists; her grandfather was a forester and her father and uncles
promoted the preservation of trees and land. Polly founded the Middleburg
Horticulture Symposium when she was president of the Fauquier and Loudoun Garden
Club from 1990-1992. This biennial event is still held.
Of her many stellar accomplishments, one stands alone. Polly designed and
oversaw the installation of a learning landscape at The Hill School in Middleburg.
This nearly 300-acre learning laboratory offers hands-on experiences to students and
promotes the value of conservation. She chose the plant materials herself, sticking to
common native trees and plants that promote good use of soil and water and benefit
wildlife.
Polly received the Dudley Cup, a Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club award given
for outstanding service to the club and community, in 1987; the GCV Horticulture
Award of Merit in 1994; the Garden Club of American Zone VII Horticulture Award in
1996 and the GCA Zone VII Horticulture Arts Award in 2011. These awards, her quiet
knowledge and her beautiful gardens display her gardening-for-conservation expertise.
Polly represents the best of GCV conservation.

Polly Rowley with daughter, Missy Janes

(Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club) and son, Mat Rowley

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The 2015 Bessie Bocock Carter Award

by Katherine Knopf, GCV Awards Chairman
Roanoke Valley Garden Club

he Mill Mountain Garden Club received the Bessie

Bocock Carter Award for its project, Scoop the Poop.
This campaign is an ongoing public awareness program
to educate the community about the effects of pet waste on our
waterways. When rain washes pet feces into our creeks and rivers,
the bacteria in this fecal matter makes the water unsafe for drinking and
swimming. The Mill Mountain Garden Club members had 500 magnets printed to
advertise their message, Scoop the Poop. These magnets will be given to dog owners
who sign a pledge promising to pick up their pets waste. The Mill Mountain Garden
Club is also working with Roanoke Parks and Recreation Department to place signage
and pet waste bag dispensers with compostable bags on the Greenway and in parks
around the Roanoke Valley. Congratulations to the Mill Mountain Garden Club for
initiating a true community conservation project.

ClubNotes

The Middleburg Horticultural Symposium

he 22nd Middleburg Horticultural

Symposium was held on a dreary
Saturday in February at The Hill
School in Middleburg. Proceeds from this
event benefit the continuing preservation of
the historic Goose Creek Bridge.
The speakers combined knowledge
and experience with beautiful photographs.
Stories were relayed in a way that kept us all
Phlox stolonifera or Creeping Phlox
laughing. Speakers included:
was one of many native plants for sale
William Cullina of the Coastal Maine
at the Middleburg Symposium.
Botanical Garden whose talk was entitled,
Sugar, Sex, and Poison: Shocking Plant Secrets Caught on Camera.

Photo Provided by: Missy Janes

by Peggy Rust
Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club

Helen Dillion of Dublin, Ireland, educated guests on Dig It Up and Throw It Away.
Jonathon Wright, Horticulturalist at Chanticleer in Wayne, Pennsylvania, shared
ideas for cool season container gardening.
Thomas Hobbs of Vancouver, Canada, discussed leaving an old garden and beginning
anew in Is Your Cake Baked? Mine Was: Starting Over from the Ground Up.
The theme of our 2015 Symposium was Creating an Inspired Garden and
Landscape. It could easily have been subtitled, If Laughter is the Best Medicine,
We Will Live Forever. Who knew professional gardeners could be so much fun?

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Tribute to Dot Montgomery

by Katty Mears, GCV Past President
Garden Club of the Eastern Shore

ne of Dot Montgomerys first duties in the

Garden Club of Virginia was to offer the opening
prayer at the Annual Meeting. When handed
the microphone, which had yet to be used that day, Dot
began in her melodious voice, Dear heavenly Father, dear
heavenly Father, can you hear me? Can you hear me? The
ladies in attendance convulsed with laughter.
Dorothy Louise Harris Montgomery was born
on May 30, 1924, in Spartanburg, S.C., a place that
remained dear to her; it is there that she is buried. She was
graduated from St. Marys School and Converse College.
She earned a graduate degree at Columbia University and
Dot Montgomery
remained in New York as an assistant fashion editor at
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McCalls magazine. After marriage, she and husband James B.
Montgomery moved to Martinsville where she spent her years until failing health led to
a move to Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge in Charlottesville. Dot and Jim
were devoted; ever supportive, he accompanied her throughout the state on her GCV
endeavors. While in Martinsville, the twosome raised two daughters. They gave staunch
support to Christ Episcopal Church where they aided efforts to beautify the churchs
interior and exterior. The Montgomerys also numbered among the founders of Carlisle
School.
Dot led the GCV from 1982 to 1984 with graciousness, charm, the carriage of a
lady and the undisputed hand of a steel magnolia. When she spoke, voice tinged with
its southern accent, she could mesmerize while commanding attention. Her command
of the English language and her mastery of vocabulary made it a pleasure to hear her or
to read her work.
While presiding, often in one of her ultra-suede suits that were then the rage, Dot
was instrumental in the creation of the GCV members handbook and Update, a spinoff of the Journal. She worked with the Conservation and Beautification Committee.
She was ecstatic to see her dream of planting 13 Welcome to Virginia signs at stateline entrances come true. In order to realize the dream, she and the GCV collaborated
with the Virginia Department of Transportation. In 2004, the GCV awarded Dot the
well-deserved Massie Medal for Distinguished Achievement. She received it surrounded
by her girls, members of the Martinsville Garden Club.
Dot Montgomery died on March 5, 2015. She stated in Follow The Green Arrow
what she would like written on her tombstone:

Not all good, not all bad,

Wife of Jim, mother of Lisa and Lou,
President of the GCV.
Thats plenty.

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Continuing Dot Montgomerys Legacy

by Karen Jones
The Martinsville Garden Club

ot Montgomery could inspire others in the Garden Club of Virginia.

Certainly, members of her own Martinsville Garden Club felt her influence
profoundly. It began with something as fundamental as the way she treated
others. When introducing people at GCV functions, for instance, she remembered
every persons name, their husbands and children, and details about their lives.
She had a profound effect through her commitment to our natural world,
made evident through her work as chairman of the GCVs Conservation and
Beautification Committee. Dedication to conservation continued into her
presidency of the GCV. She mentored members with grace and wisdom, and showed
them how they could make a difference. She helped these women grow. They learned
how to take action that could have an impact on future generations.
Members of the Martinsville Garden Club find it appropriate to honor her
legacy with a gift to the GCVs Conservation Fund, which supports the new
Conservation and Environmental Studies Fellowship.
In the presentation of the 2004 Massie Medal for Distinguished Achievement,
Dot was acknowledged as an avid advocate for environmental issues. We would
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Past Perfect: Remembering Jean Printz

by Ellen G. Godwin, GCV Past President
The Nansemond River Garden Club

very organization needs a Jean Printz, 31st President of

the Garden Club of Virginia. She came to the presidency
with extraordinary preparation acquired during 12 years
of service on the Board of Directors. Through all of those years,
she was a meticulous and unflagging advocate for perfection and
detail. And so it was in the beginning, and now at the end, her
achievements speak the loudest.
During her presidency, the Common Wealth Award Fund
doubled and Ecology Camp became a reality. New handbooks
emerged for the Annual and Board of Governors meetings. Two
restorations were completed, and two new ones were begun.
Once, during her 20,000 miles of travels, she went to speak to
Jean Printz
the Tidewater clubs at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk when a
1918 2014
bomb threat and evacuation occurred. She was prepared, though;
she had escaped from Cuba minutes before Castro shut it down in 1958. She had gone
there to visit her uncle, Walter Schuyler, for a few months and stayed 14 years. Her
relatives warned, For heavens sake, dont ask Jean to visit you.
Wherever she was, be it Cuba or the commonwealth, Jean served her community
in leadership positions. She drove an ambulance during WWII in Washington, D.C.
She served on numerous boards; their number included the Daughters of the American
Revolution, Virginia National Bank, the Miller School of Albemarle, Martha Jefferson
Hospital and Martha Jefferson House, the University of Virginia Health Services
Foundation and the Charlottesville-Albemarle Community Foundation. Her service
also drew recognition as signified by awards. Among them was the GCVs Massie Medal
for Distinguished Achievement.
Her 96 years, which ended Dec. 1, 2014, were filled with meaningful activity,
especially checking for mistakes and typos. As GCV Parliamentarian, she published
the only known correct Register (now called the Directory). Current President Jeanette
Cadwallender, once Recording Secretary, recalls receiving requests from Jean for copies
of the minutes of our Annual and Board of Governors meetings. Even from her nursing
home bed, Jean was still checking up on us.
She astonished us all with her accounting skills, her computer savvy and her
photographic memory, and terrified us with her ban on lobbying, her standards of
excellence and her driving.
Jean was old school in a rapidly changing world, and she insisted, as does our
President Jeanette, that we give special emphasis to the precepts set forth by our GCV
founders.
Jean embraced us all with hospitality at her home, Wilton, in Albemarle County.
Wilton was enhanced with every known variety of lilac, and it was here she boldly drove
her tractor with both her Boston bull terrier and her companion from Cuba, Ruby, in
hot pursuit.
Those of us who knew Jean Printz bear the marks of her grace, her kindness and
her ability to bring out the best in everybody, provided you did it correctly.

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2015 Garden Club of Virginia

Horticulture Award of Merit
by Dianne Spence, GCV Horticulture Committee
The Williamsburg Garden Club and The Garden Club of Gloucester

he Garden Club of Virginia Horticulture Award of Merit was established

in 1960 to recognize individual members of local clubs who have achieved
significant accomplishments in horticulture, both personally and in their
communities. In May, three outstanding recipients were announced at the Annual
Meeting in Norfolk.
Maggie Sue Creamer, The Elizabeth River Garden Club
Maggie Sue is a Tree Steward who shares her expertise with her community by
promoting the importance of healthy trees in our lives. She is qualified to identify trees,
to consult on tree selection, to demonstrate proper tree planting and to guide in the
removal of invasive plants that threaten trees. Her home on the Elizabeth River has been
named a River Star Home for her use of sound environmental practices. For 20 years,
Maggie Sue and her family have maintained a flower and vegetable garden using these
practices. She regularly helps at horticulture information booths at home and garden
shows and has given talks on preserving cut flowers.
Betsy Eggleston, The Spotswood Garden Club
Betsy is a true gardener at heart. She incorporates her horticulture knowledge
and artistic design abilities to create beautiful, manageable landscapes and gardens.
After growing Garden Club of Virginia daffodil collections and attending shows, she
became interested in the judging process and completed the three-year American
Daffodil Society course to become a judge. She has built raised daffodil beds for better
drainage and larger blooms which later became vegetable gardens. Betsy has been a
facilitator and instructor for lifelong living programs at James Madison University
where she has taught gardening and landscaping. During the fall session, she taught
classes on container gardening for decks and patios and on small gardening projects
for grandchildren and people living in small apartments. Betsys artistic ability along
with her love of gardening, her desire for experimentation and the unexpected always
provides beautiful and interesting results.
Louise LaBarca, The Garden Club of Warren County
Through Louises organizational skills, the Beautification of Front Royal was
founded for the purpose of raising awareness of the importance of planting trees,
shrubs and flowers throughout town. As a result, over $200,000 has been raised, more
than 700 trees have been planted and hanging baskets of flowers adorn the streets of
her community. In founding the beautification committee, Louise involved her own
club members as well as members of three other county garden clubs. She instructed
members on the selection and care of plantings to become familiar with the towns
horticulture. She is an active Tree Steward and founding member of the local chapter of
the Urban Forest Council. Louises enthusiasm is contagious.

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Common Wealth Award Nominations

by Katherine Knopf, GCV Awards Chairman
Roanoke Valley Garden Club

he Common Wealth Award Committee is excited to announce two finalists

for the 2015 Common Wealth Award: The Blue Ridge Juvenile Detention
Center, proposed by the Charlottesville and the Rivanna garden clubs and
the Discovery Museum Green Roof Top, proposed by Winchester-Clarke Garden
Club. There will be a first-place and a second-place award given this year. The firstplace proposal will win $10,000 and the second-place winner will receive $4,000. The
winners will be announced at the Board of Governors meeting this October.
Remarkably, both projects chosen as our 2015 finalists educate children about
gardening. In both gardens, one in a juvenile detention home and one on a museum
rooftop, children will raise vegetables and herbs and learn about nutrition. They will see
the cycle of starting plants from seed, observe their change and growth, and learn about
watering and maintaining gardens. It is outstanding that the Garden Club of Virginia
gives time, talent and treasure to educate so many.
The projects selected exemplify the criteria for the award in the areas of
conservation, beautification, horticulture, preservation and education. Both projects
will enrich the Commonwealth of Virginia by teaching the skills of gardening to future
generations. Please discuss these projects in your clubs and plan to vote on them in
your September meetings.

The Blue Ridge Juvenile Detention Center

Submitted by
The Charlottesville and Rivanna Garden Clubs

he Charlottesville and Rivanna garden clubs are joining forces to create a

beautiful garden in a desolate and isolated spot. The location is behind a prison
fence topped by razor wire on the site of the Blue Ridge Juvenile Detention in
Albemarle County. Rivanna member Sally Nelson has been a visitor to this facility for
many years, and it was at her insistence that the two clubs visited last October.
The BRJD serves approximately 300 residents per year ranging in age from 10
to 17. Residents come from several counties in central Virginia and their length of
stay varies. This 40-bed facility provides educational, mental and medical services
and is part of the Charlottesville City School System and the Virginia Department of
Corrections. It currently has a small garden with two greenhouses and nine raised beds.
The counselor in charge is an accomplished gardener and is eager to expand the garden
to teach the residents building and small business skills.
The clubs plan is to enlarge this garden from its current size of less than 0.4 acres
to 1.5 acres. Heirloom vegetables, fruit trees, berries, native trees and shrubs grown
organically will be offered for sale. We will need support from the entire gardening
community to make this garden flourish. In addition to raising funds, we will be
helping with the design and management of the project, including reaching out to
businesses and fellow gardeners to help create a beautiful garden to inspire and engage
the young people living there.

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The Discovery Museum

Green Rooftop
Submitted by
Winchester-Clarke Garden Club

n concert with the mission of

the Garden Club of Virginia, the
Discovery Museum offers a green
rooftop project that celebrates the beauty
of the land, conserves the gifts of nature
and challenges future generations to build
on this heritage. Through preserving and
adding to the existing rooftop gardens
with its accompanying educational and
conservation activities at the museum, over
55,000 visitors each year will benefit by
the Garden Club of Virginias support. The
Discovery Museums project is three-fold:
1) Preservation
A permanent garden bed flourishing
on the Discovery Museums green
roof is sponsored by the WinchesterClarke Garden Club. Three-hundred
square feet of plantings support the
museums mission to inspire learning
via cultivars that are safe (non-toxic),
durable, attractive, and to the extent
possible, multi-seasonal; native species
are favored. In addition to maintaining
these beds, two additional veggie
boats are needed to supplement four
galvanized teaching tubs used for pizza
gardens, root crops, herbs and more.
2) Education
Inspiring a love of gardening will occur
through a weekly series of classes offered
five months of the year for two years.
Children and families relish the rooftop
gardening that highlights vegetables and
nutrition, pollinators, horticulture and
preservation of native species.
3) Conservation
An appreciation of the finite quality of
natural resources will occur through
water and weather instruction. A
rain barrel accompanied by weather
measurements will show environmental
conditions that affect horticulture. These
tools will be instrumental in educational
signage and programs that promote
conservation.

JUNE 2015

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2014 Fellowships Research on View

by Mary Ann Johnson, GCV Fellowship Committee Chairman
Roanoke Valley Garden Club

esults of the work by the 2014 Garden

Club of Virginia Research Fellows are now
available online through the Fellowships
link on the GCV website.
James Carroll, the William D. Rieley Fellow
and an MLA candidate at the City College of
New York, was assigned the George Washington
Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria.
Originally a home site, it became the location of
Fort Ellsworth in 1861. A faint footprint of the
timber and earth fort can be discerned today. In
the early 20th century, the Alexandria-Washington
Masonic Lodge built a memorial to George
The Alexandria-Washington
Masonic Lodge
Washington on the site. Washington, a Mason,
served as Charter Master of the Lodge at the same time he served as President of the
United States. The Olmsted Brothers firm was intimately involved in the master plan,
designing a winding drive and an elaborate series of terraced walks, steps and retaining walls.
Cheryl Miller, the Rudy J. Favretti Fellow, earned a Certificate of Landscape
Design from Harvard Architectural College as well as a Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics
and Cell Biology from the University of Chicago. She is currently enrolled in the
Masters Program in Historic Preservation at The Boston Architectural College. Her
research site was Belvoir Farms Estate in The Plains. Originally part of an 8,000-acre
grant to Reverend Alexander Scott, 343 acres were purchased in 1906 by Fairfax
Harrison, a Southern Railway president and Northern Virginia historian. The Harrisons
added to the tenant house on the property, which was built by Richard Rixey as early as
1792, and made it their residence. They renamed the estate Belvoir, after the home of
Harrisons ancestor, William Fairfax.
Mrs. Harrison was a major force in the early years of the Garden Club of Virginia
and the Garden Club of America. While she was intimately involved in the design
of her elaborate garden, she engaged the Philadelphia landscape architecture firm of
Oglesby Paul. Paul designed the Montpelier garden for the DuPonts as well as many
other estate gardens. Belvoir, now 760 acres, has been under the current owners
care since 1976. Most of the plants have been lost, but the surviving walls, pergolas,
teahouse, monopteros, steps, bed outlines
and landform provide the historic context
of the gardens. The current plantings are
well maintained and offer a lovely glimpse
into the earlier landscape.
The written histories, documentation
and drawings of two significant and
unique historic Virginia properties have
been preserved and recorded through
the work of the 2014 Garden Club of
Virginia Fellows.
Aerial view of Belvoir Farms Estate

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THE
BIZARRE
BAZAAR
presents...
The areas most popular show,
The Bizarre Bazaar is a unique
shopping experience. Gather your
friends and make a day of it!

The 40th
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Forty Years of
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December 3-6, 2015

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The 24th
Spring
Market

Club Notes

Cornus florida Flourishes Again

by Dianne Pfizenmayer
The Augusta Garden Club

he Augusta Garden Club is

endeavoring to restore the
dogwood, Virginias state tree, to
the heart of the Valley. In a joint venture
with the City of Staunton, the club will
plant more than fifty Cornus florida
specimens in Gypsy Hill Park. Using
a club grant of $3,000 over two years,
27 trees were planted last year (22 with
club funds). This project earned the city
national recognition from the Arbor Day
Foundation as a 2014 Tree City USA.
Thirty two will be planted this year, 22
with funding from the club.
Co-Chairmen Kathy Moore
and Karen Santos of the clubs Civic
and Community Projects committee
have worked diligently with Matthew
Sensabaugh, City of Staunton
Horticulturist, to select cultivars suitable
to the mid-valley. Among these are
Appalachian Spring (white flowers,
particularly resistant to dogwood
anthracnose), Cherokee Brave (dark
pink flowers), Cherokee Princess (large
white flowers, very resistant to spot
anthracnose), Cloud 9 (white flowers,
very hardy), Karens Appalachian Blush
(white flowers with a dusting of pink) and
Jeans Appalachian Snow (white flowers,
a new introduction with good fall color).
An excellent, comprehensive
source for information on dogwoods,
Dogwoods for American Gardens, may
be downloaded from the University of
Tennessee. Dirrs Encyclopedia of Trees and
Shrubs is another excellent source.

April 1-3, 2016

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JUNE 2015

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Winchester on Parade
March 31 - April 1, 2015

The 81st Annual

Sponsored by the Little G

Artistic Awards

InterClub Class 247A

Creative Botanic Design: Blue
The Garden Club of Gloucester

InterClub Class 247B

Illuninary Design: Blue
The Ashland Garden Club
(Quad Blue)

InterClub Class 247C

Traditional Mass Design: Blue
The Rappahannock Valley
Garden Club

InterClub Class 247D

Dutch-Flemish Design: Blue
The Hampton Roads
Garden Club

Individual Class 248

Panel Design: Blue
Lois Spencer, The Garden
Club of the Northern Neck

Individual Class 248

Panel Design: Sandra Sadler
Baylor Award (Most Creative Arrangement in Show)
Matilda Bradshaw, The Mill
Mountain Garden Club

Photos by Catherine Patton and Esther Carpi

For more photos and a complete list of winners,
Grateful appreciation extended to Mary Wynn and Charles McDaniel

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Daffodil Show

Garden Club of Winchester

Individual Class 249

Miniature Design: TriColor
The Decca Gilmer Frackelton Award,
The Flower Show Chairmans Cup
Missy Rakes, Roanoke Valley
Garden Club

Number of Hort Exhibitors:

72
Number of Hort Stems:
940
Number of Hort Entries:
441
Number of Interclub Artistic Arrangements: 46
Number of Individual Artistic Arrangements: 18

Individual Class 250

Horizontal Line
(Novice Class): Blue
Carolyn Loritsch, The Garden
Club of the Northern Neck

Individual Class 251

Late Victorian Design: Blue
Diane Kelly, The Little
Garden Club of Winchester

Horticulture Awards

Member Clubs
Award (best bloom
in show)
Magic Lantern
Dianne Spence,
The Williamsburg
Garden Club,
The Garden Club
of Gloucester

The Jacqueline Byrd

Shank Memorial
Trophy
(Best GCV member
miniature exhibit)
n. fernandesii
Dianne Spence,
The Williamsburg
Garden Club,
The Garden Club
of Gloucester

Eleanor Truax Harris

Cup
(24 blooms, eight
varieties, 3 stems each,
from at least four
divisions of daffodils)
Lucy Wilson,
The Martinsville
Garden Club

Lucy Wilson,
Martinsville
Garden Club,
winner of The Elizabeth
Clopton Brown Member
Sweepstakes Trophy
with
Jeanette Cadwallender,
President of the GCV

go to www.gcvirginia.org and see Flower Shows

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

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DaffodilNotes

Do You Have a Daffodil Treasure in Your Closet?

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

hen I took the position of Garden Club of Virginia Daffodil Committee

Chairman, prior Chairman Lucy Rhame gave me lots of good advice.
She also gave me many plastic crates full of old records, reports and
miscellaneous objects. Going through this bounty, I found a small red metal box of
Kodachrome slides. Some were from 1966, but most were marked 1953. There is no
clue as to the photographer; indeed, many photographers may be responsible because
there is a variety of handwriting on the slides.
I call this a treasure because the images were of historic and classic daffodils, many
of which had no photos available in the American Daffodil Societys database, DaffSeek.
DaffSeek has been called perhaps the most complete database of any plant cultivated;
although it has information about 23,600 varieties of daffodils, many older ones lack
illustrations.
The GCV slide collection added more than three dozen previously unavailable
images. The slides pictured were chiefly flowers from past GCV test collections with
colorful names such as Aladdins Lamp, Chastity, Glitter, Mangosteen and Osage.
What is the value of a photo of a daffodil that no one sells these days? Compulsive
list makers, like me, enjoy just the idea of a more complete database, and those of us
with older gardens seek each spring to
identify blooms as they appear. A more
THE
complete DaffSeek improves our chance
for a correct identification, especially if
LAURIE HOLLADAY
the database has been enriched with prior
lamp repair
SHOP
GCV selections. Hybridizers researching
rewiring
the pedigrees of varieties are helped by
custom lamps
illustrations of older crosses. In restoration
extensive
lampshade
work, it is helpful to know what would
collection
have been planted in prior decades.
fine furniture
and gifts
Do you have a similar treasure in
a closet or box in the attic? I have heard
from one excellent gardener, I threw all
of that out when we moved. Dont miss a
chance to preserve daffodil images. If you
have old slides or prints, labeled with the
variety name, I would love to hear from
you.
If you would like to see the GCV
collection, go to www.daffseek.org; click
on expanded menu, then enter Garden
123 South Main Street Gordonsville, Va
Club of Virginia under photographer
Phone: 540.832.0552
Monday thru Friday, 10-5:30
and submit query. You will see a list of 45
Saturday, 10-5 Sunday, 11-3
daffodil entries to peruse.
LaurieHolladayInteriors.com

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Know Your Watershed Address

by Anne Beals, Conservation and Beautification Committee
The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

n early January, I found myself in Vermont about 10 miles from the southern
border of Quebec where I was privileged to observe a big lake in the process
of freezing over. A couple of days at 20 below zero and liquid water becomes
something people and moose! can walk upon. A very deep glacial lake, it occupies
what can only be called a miniature continental divide: any water that drains from the
south end goes into the Connecticut River system and travels through much of New
England; the water that leaves from the north end of the lake goes to the St. Lawrence
system, joining many other sources on its way to the Great Lakes. Countless creeks
and waterfalls feed it from the surrounding mountains. The water is clear and clean
and supports huge populations of trees, wildflowers and crops, as well as birds, fish and
mammals large and small, including humans.
In which watershed do you live? We should all be aware of our watershed address.
We should know where the runoff from our streets, farms and yards ends up, and what
route it takes. Most of us in the Garden Club of Virginia live in the Chesapeake Bay
watershed, which contains the Potomac, Rappahannock, York and James rivers and
Eastern Shore drainages. Others live in the South Atlantic region, which contains the
Chowan and Roanoke rivers. Dont jump to conclusions; just because you live near a
particular river, dont assume it is yours. Our farm in Spotsylvania is less than 10 miles
as the crow flies from the Rappahannock, yet it is in the York system.
For more watershed information, visit VASWCD.org. Our local Soil and Water
Conservation Districts are a wealth of information. The Department of Game and
Inland Fisheries website, DGIF.virginia.gov, also contains watershed maps under the
Education heading to satisfy your curiosity.
Knowing where the water we use ends up helps support efforts to keep our larger
environment clean and healthy. No matter where you reside, be aware that the watershed
in which you live supports your life and the lives of generations that follow.

The Editorial Board welcomes submissions and reserves the right to edit them.

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Cast Your Bread on the Waters

by Ellen Dyer Davis
Gabriella Garden Club

o teach us to be generous, my mother

reminded us frequently to Cast your
bread on the waters and it will surely come
back to you.
At the rear of my home, facing my garden, I
have a wonderful Florida room. I enjoy this room
year round and especially derive pleasure from
feeding the birds outside. I once won a birdfeeder
from my garden club for having the most feeders
at my home. (Actually, I tied with Lois Mengel.)
Last summer, I noticed a small tomato plant
growing under my gardenia bush, although I have
never planted one. More plants appeared and were soon
taking over one of my borders. I began harvesting a lot
of grape tomatoes.
My family, friends and I were really enjoying this
gift but wondering from where it came. One of my sons
suggested that the birds had dropped the seeds. I could
hear Mother say, Cast your bread
The plants returned the next summer, again
providing many tomatoes. What a perfect barter system!

Congratulations!
Dianne Spence,
the Williamsburg Garden Club
and the Garden Club of Gloucester,
winner of the American Daffodil
Society Gold Ribbon for
Pax Romana 1W-P and the
White Ribbon for Best Vase
of Three for Magic Lantern
1Y-O at the ADS National Show
in Williamsburg.

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ClubNotes

Protecting Natural Bridge

by Ann Murchison
The Blue Ridge Garden Club

ecently, Jennifer Bell, Director of Operations,

Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund, Inc.,
spoke to the Blue Ridge Garden Club on the
status of Natural Bridge. Saving the Natural Bridge
property from being subdivided and lost to the public
has been the result of a successful collaboration.
Conservation and civic organizations have been
working to ensure that Natural Bridge and its acreage
will be preserved. Those involved include the Blue
Ridge Garden Club, former Natural Bridge owner
Angelo Puglisi, agent Woltz and Associates, Inc.,
buyer Tom Clarke of Kissito, Inc., and the VCLF,
as well as national, state and local governmental
agencies and elected officials. It is expected that
Natural Bridge will be transferred to the Department
of Conservation and Recreation as a State Park in
2016. Natural Bridge will join the other 12 parks in the Partnership for Parks campaign,
co-sponsored by the Virginia Association for Parks, Virginia State Parks and the Garden
Club of Virginia.
The VCLF was honored with the 2015 Governors Environmental Excellence
Award gold medal. Bell revealed plans to raise funds for an interpretive display of
Thomas Jeffersons cabin, a NOAA sphere depicting effects of climate change, and
a Native American longhouse. June kicks off the Natural Bridge Kids Club, which
features daily activities for visitors.

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SAVE THE DATE!

Joint Horticulture and Conservation Workshop
Edible Landscaping for Wildlife and Humans

Monday, Sept. 28, 2015

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

1800 Lakeside Dr., Richmond, VA 23228
Registration & Continental Breakfast 9 a.m.
Program 9:45 a.m.-1 p.m.
Open to Club Presidents, GCV Board Members,
Club Horticulture & Conservation Chairmen or Representatives
Dont miss this opportunity to hear from great speakers
on the latest in edible landscaping for all of us.

An invitation...

GCV Second Vice President

Anne Geddy Cross
and GCV Historian
Janet Rosser
of the Ashland Garden Club,
recipient of the Annabel Josephs
Inter Club Artistic Award

JUNE 2015

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Open Daily 9:30am- 5:30pm
Sun 1-5pm
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See Whats Growin On - Summer 2015!

Call now to plan a visit to Stranges for this season.

We have space to accomodate groups of all sizes,

certified horticulturists on hand to share expertise,
and a beautifully expansive greenhouse & nursery to tour.
Visit Us Online at

www.Stranges.com
(804)360-2800
12111 W. Broad St.
3313 Mechanicsville Tpk
(804)321-2200
Hours: Mon-Sat Sam - 6pm; Sunday 1Oam - 5pm
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Ex Libris

by Joan Pollard and Virginia Cherry, GCV Library Committee

The Petersburg Garden Club

affodils in American Gardens, 1733-1940 by Sara L. Van Beck

is a new addition to the Garden Club of Virginia library.
The book was published February 2015 by the University of
South Carolina Press. Daffodils were first identified around 1550; since then, more
than 28,000 daffodils have been documented and included in the Royal Horticulture
Society of Englands collection. Daffodils were originally considered wildflowers and
spread throughout the Mediterranean, European mountain ranges and along the coastal
areas. Van Beck, historian and horticulturist, examined gardening by era: European
beginnings, Colonial, Federal, Antebellum and Victorian periods. Also, the author
writes of the importation of flowering bulbs to Colonial America. The book includes
nearly 200 color and black-and-white botanical illustrations.
From 1733 to 1860, daffodils were planted by Virginians in front of hedges
and surrounding vegetable gardens. With the rise of the Industrial Revolution and
movement of people to the western
United States, flower gardening came
into its own as a leisure pastime.
During the Civil War, the South halted
flower gardening due to lack of labor;
Westover Plantation turned its flower
gardens into vegetable gardens, which
were later replanted.
An interesting chapter explores
daffodils in cemeteries. The rural
cemetery movement began in the early
1800s and lasted into the early 20th
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century. Daffodils were prevalent.
The last chapter includes case
studies of surviving gardens and how
old daffodils have survived erratic and
Hilldrup and the McDaniel
unpredictable changes over time.
family proudly support
Van Beck surveyed historic
the mission of the
properties in 11 states including
Virginia. She is an officer of the
Garden Club of Virginia.
American Daffodil Society, a museum
curator with the National Park Service,
(800) 476-6683
and a former president of the Georgia
www.hilldrup.com
Daffodil Society.

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ClubNotes

A Hike With Jeanette

by Beth Sibbick
The Martinsville Garden Club

eanette Cadwallender, President of the Garden Club of Virginia, attended the

joint meeting of the Martinsville Garden Club and the Garden Study Club on
January 28th. Knowing that part of her message would be about the exciting new
Partnership for Parks, the two clubs scheduled a hike with Jeanette at Fairystone,
our own local State Park. On that cold day with a brisk wind, we put on plenty of
warm clothes, gloves and hats, and off we went to the park where we were given an
informational tour. We gained a new perspective on our own park as well as other parks
around the state. We had great fun and are excited about this new partnership.

Save the Date!

GCV Flower Arranging School

Featuring:
former White House Floral Designer Laura Dowling

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Country Club of Virginia, Richmond

9-9:45 a.m. Check-in and complimentary continental breakfast
Program begins at 10 a.m.
Online registration opens July 1 for Garden Club of Virginia members.
Cost is $50 per person and includes a box lunch.
Hotel Accommodations
Hampton Inn and Suites, 5406 Glenside Drive, Richmond, VA 23228

1-804-756-1777

Mention GCV Flower Arranging School to receive our group rate.

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India: Mughal Gardens and More

By Catriona Tudor Erler, GCV Travel Committee Chairman,

Albemarle Garden Club

highlight of the GCV trip to India

next February will be dinner at the
Sankotra Haveli. A haveli is a private
mansion. It was granted to the Sankotra
family by the Maharaja Raja Bishan Singh
in 1668. This haveli has been the official
residence of the Sankotra family for the past
eight generations and they maintain close
ties to the current ruler, Raj Rajendra Shri
Maharajandirj Sir Sawai Padmanabh Singhji
350-year-old Sankotra Haveli
Bahadur, the 12th Maharaja of Jaipur. The
was a gift from the Maharaja of Jaipur
350-year-old house has 20 to 25 rooms in
in 1668 and has been in the family
for eight generations.
four wings. It is home to the family patriarch,
his four sons, their wives and children. As is the custom, the marriages were arranged.
Youll have the opportunity to ask questions of our hosts and to enjoy the fascinating
photographs of the maharaja and his family.
This 14-day trip to various gardens in five cities in northern India will cost $6,995
without airfare. Mark your calendars for February 19March 5, 2016. Find complete
details online at gcvirginia.org.

The Gardeners Workshop

Cut Flower Farm

Online Garden Shop
Group Programs

JUNE 2015

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CONTRIBUTIONS

Report Period From 1/1/15 Through 3/31/15

Annual Fund
Oakwood Foundation
Albemarle Garden Club
Leesburg Garden Club
The Mill Mountain Garden
Club
The Garden Club
of the Northern Neck
The Princess Anne Garden
Club
Rivanna Garden Club
The Tuckahoe Garden Club
of Westhampton
Betsy Rawls Agelasto
Suzanne Aiello
Mary K. Almond
Betty M. Angell
Becky Austin
Anne Avery
Margaret Ann Ayers
Gail Babnew
Sheila Eddy Baker
Mary Catherine Baldridge
Becky Balzer
Angela Barksdale
Mary Lou Barrit
Kim Bary
Garland Bigley
Betty Blackburn
Frances I. Boninti
Cheryl Bradbury
Catherine Brooks
Laura Y. Brown
Missy Buckingham
Joanne Callis
Nancy N. Campbell
Keys Camper
Martha S. Carden
Gwendolyn Carter
Meg Carter
Ruth Groves Chaney
Virginia R. Cherry
Susan Churchill
Meg Clement
Alison A. Conte

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Donor
Di Cook
Linda Crocker
Kim Cross
Ginna Cutchin
Jackie H. DAlton
Nancy Daniel
Mrs. Robert Davies
JoAnne Davis
Chrissy Douthat
Kathryn Draper
Kelly Ellis
Marsha Ellison
Donna Ernest
Trista Farrell
Jayne Feminella
Sarah B. Findley
Dana M. Flanders
Cyndi Fletcher
Tyra Freed
Patricia Garner
Susan T. Garrett
Martha Garst
Catherine M. Gillespie
Brenda and Larry Gilman
Patricia Goodson
Pamela Gottschalk
Adelaide M. Grattan
Jo Grayson
Miriam L. Green
Bittsy Hall
Colleen Hamlin
Michelle Hamner
Elizabeth Hargrove
Ada Harvey
Florence F. Hawkins
Karen Hedelt
Ann Higgins
Mary Foley Hinterman
Beverly Hudson
Joan Hunter
Lyn Hutchens
Paula Z. Irons
Missy Janes
Jean J. Johnson

Cecilia R. Johnson
Elizabeth B. Johnson
Leila Jones
Beverley G. King
Dixie Lackey
Ann B. Lawson
Susan W. Leachman
Ellen Lee
Catherine S. Leitch
Patty Lemon
Angie Link
Marcia Long
Lyde Longaker
Patricia Lynch
Joan N. Lyons
Ann Martin
Judith L. Mazzucchelli
Emily McCahill
Mary Wynn McDaniel
Sheryl McNally
Josephine J. Miller
Lynn P. Morris
Karen Moss
Susan Mote
Jill Mountcastle
Elizabeth Ellmore Neale
Kathleen Nevill
Phyllis Norbo
Mrs. Donald R. Ober
Kay Outten
Sandy Parks
Martha Parrott
Nita and Jack Parry
Julie Wyatt Patterson
Nancy Peake
Elizabeth Perkins
Pat Perkins
Nancy J. Philpott
Missy Rakes
Venetia R. Redd
Phyllis O. Ripper
Goree Robins
Janet Rosser
Susan H. Roszel

The Garden Club of Virginia

Pat Rowland
Molly H. Sammler
Barbara W. Sanders
Linda Sargent
Mr. and Mrs. Toy D.
Savage III
Dale Sayer
Betty G. Schutte
Sara P. Seward
Cynthia S. Shook
Marion Simpson
Mrs. Cameron C. Sipe
Betsy G. Sisson
Barbara Smith
Lucinda D. Smith
Melissa Smith

Nancy H. Spilman
Mary Lew Sponski
Elizabeth S. Steele
Elaine Stephenson
Belinda and Craig Stevens
Katie Stevens
Betty F. Strider
Catherine Taylor
Nicole Terrill
Katharine M. Terrill
Carolyn Thacker
Zan Thomas
Patsy Thompson
Lauren Thompson
Mary Nelson G. Thompson
Margaret Shackelford Toms

Donor
Gabriella Garden Club . . . . . .
Diane J. Bassett . . . . . . . . . .
Linda Consolvo . . . . . . . . .
Magen Cywink . . . . . . . . . .
John Tayloe and Catherine Emery
Mary T. Kincheloe . . . . . . . .
Rexanne D. Metzger . . . . . . .

Marcia B. Turner
Kay Tyler
Elizaeth K. Umstott
Annie Vanderwarker
Lacey P. Varner
Susan B. Wagner
Mary Beth Wells
Cabell West
Susan Wight
Mrs. W. Lee Wilhelm III
Polly Williams
Libby Singleton Wolf
Margaret Wood
Mary Denny Wray
Katherine C. Wray
Suzanne Wright

In Honor of
Jeanette Cadwallender
. . . . . . Sue Rosser
Jeanette Cadwallender
Jeanette Cadwallender
Polly Montague Tayloe
. . William J. Blevins
. . . . . . . Jean Bell
Lisa Odom
Katherine Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheryl Bradbury
Grace A. Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Reed
Patricia T. Sauer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preston Gomer
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In Memory of
.Mrs. Alfred Kilham
. Grace Rhinesmith
. . .Gayle Urquhart
Elizabeth Thompson
. . . . Hillie Muller
Mary Jean Printz
Margaret Eckford Smith
. . . . . . . Jane Dressler
. . . . . . .Nancy Reuter
. . . Elizabeth Thompson
.Elizabeth Clopton Brown
. . . . . Sara Ann Lindsey
Grace Rhinesmith
. . . . Grace Rhinesmith
. . . . Grace Rhinesmith
.Elizabeth Clopton Brown
. . . . . .Gayle Urquhart
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Marianna Fitz-Hugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. William A. Pusey

Martha Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace Rhinesmith
Anne Glubiak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace Rhinesmith
Kay B. Goldberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gayle Urquhart
Patrick and Mary Jane Lemon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Inez Boyle Lemon
Anne B. Barker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gayle Urquhart
Gail F. Pruden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gayle Urquhart
Penelope Saffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace Rhinesmith
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace Rhinesmith
Jane G. Shaubach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gayle Urquhart
Dianne N. Spence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace Rhinesmith
Mrs. Kearfott M. Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Clopton Brown
Kathryn Wafle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Thompson
Patricia W. Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gayle Urquhart

Common Wealth Award Fund

Donor
In Memory of
Linda Consolvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz

Garden Club of Virginia Endowment

Donor
The Garden Study Club
The Princess Anne Garden Club
The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton
Judy B. Perry
Donor
In Honor of
The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura Lea Shuba
Jeanette Rowe Cadwallender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Buntrock

Misti Spong
Helen Turner Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Candy Carden
Donor
In Memory of
Albemarle Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dot Montgomery
Leesburg Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Hunt

Joan Williams
Dorothy H. Bumgardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dot Montgomery
Jeanette Rowe Cadwallender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dot Montgomery
Catherine Capps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie Massie

Margieanne Suhling
Mary Hart Darden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz

Dot Montgomery
Ann Gordon Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz

Dot Montgomery
Nan C. Freed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Jean Printz
Elizabeth Galloway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie Massie
Helen Turner Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dot Montgomery
Cora Sue Spruill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace Rhinesmith

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The Garden Club of Virginia

Donor
Cabell West

GCV Conservation Fund

Donor
In Honor of
The Martinsville Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette Cadwallender
The Garden Club of the Northern Neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy Dickerson
Margaret French
Jean Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeLane Porter
Donor
In Memory of
Ellen G. Godwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dot Montgomery
Katherine Mears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dot Montgomery

Gifts-in-Kind
Donor
Hilldrup Moving and Storage

Restoration
Donor
In Honor of
Anne G. Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Candace Crosby
Kathryn Q. Wafle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Benjamin
Candace Crosby
Fleet Hurlbatt

The Garden Club of Virginia appreciates responsible advertising and reserves the right
to accept or reject submitted advertisements. Inclusion in the Journal is not to be
construed as an endorsement by the Garden Club of the advertised goods or services.

JUNE 2015

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The Garden Club of Virginia

73rd GCV Lily Show

Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club,
Middleburg

Deadline for September Journal

Article Submissions

June 17-18

July 15

Dates and events as posted on the GCV website

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

Dugdale Award Nominations Due

June 1

The Garden Club of Virginia

C alendar 2015

($67)5$1./,1675((75,&+021'9$

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