THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

Journal
VOL LX, NO. 4, DECEMBER 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

Generosity: The grounds generosity takes in our compost and grows beauty.
Look at this. Try and be more like the ground. Give back. Rumi
This is the season of giving and reflecting on our many blessings.
Our gratitude often spurs us to help others. The 2015 Common Wealth Award
winners (page 11) exemplify this sentiment. Congratulations and thank you
to the Charlottesville, Rivanna and Winchester-Clarke Garden Clubs
for their efforts in giving back to their communities.
Tell us how your club gives back. 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
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President of the Garden Club of Virginia:
Jeanette Cadwallender
Journal Editor:
Karla MacKimmie
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Phone: (540) 341-3432
Email: journal@gcvirginia.org
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ONTHECOVER...
Most call it amaryllis, but this showy
flower often forced to bloom indoors
in the darkest days of winter is actually
Hippeastrum, a genus in the family
Amaryllidaceae, native to Brazil. Marcia
Long of The Williamsburg Garden
Club rendered this beautiful painting in
watercolor.
IN THISISSUE ...
Tried and True ...................................... 2
Tradescant Window............................... 3
Calling All Pack Rats .............................4
First Day Hikes......................................5
Grandmothers Seeds .................................. 6
Greening Your KV House......................8
Graywater Rain Garden ........................9
Dugdale Award ................................... 10
Common Wealth Award....................... 11
77th Annual Rose Show........................12
Legislative Day .................................... 14
Historic Garden Week ......................... 15
Historic Henry County Courthouse...... 16
Lily Notes ............................................ 17
Horticulture Field Day ........................ 18
Ex Libris .............................................. 19
Club Notes ......................................... 20
Daffodil Notes .................................... 21
Contributions...................................... 23
OTHERREFERENCES...

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

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Tried and True Restoration Shrubs and Trees

by Fleet Hurlbatt
The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore

ince 1998 the Garden Club of Virginia, with the advice of GCV Landscape
Architect William Rieley, has included a variety of plants in its restored gardens.
Many have become favorites based on their ability to withstand the variable
weather and soil conditions across the commonwealth; some are native trees and shrubs,
a few are not. GCV members may wish to use some of these tried and true plants in
their own gardens.
Evergreen shrubs uninteresting to deer are the many cultivars of both Buxus
sempervirens (boxwood) and Cephalotaxus harringtonia (Japanese plum yew). Boxwood
is used in the Pavilion gardens at the University of Virginia, the Mary Washington
House and the Moses Myers House, and plum yew is used at Centre Hill. Both shrubs
are slow growing, hardy to Zone 5 and prefer part shade in Virginias summer heat.
Shade loving Danae racemosa (poets laurel), which grows up to 3 feet tall and is hardy
to Zone 7, is planted at Historic St. Lukes Church, Moses Myers House and Historic
Portsmouth Courthouse. Boxwoods and poets laurel both need a little addition of lime
for optimum health. Poets laurel is loved by flower arrangers.
An understory tree that has been most successful is the native Cercis canadensis
(redbud). Planted at Christ Church, Lee Hall, and the Beale Garden at Hollins, redbud
blooms in both pinky-purple and white, satisfies requirements for both sun and shade,
and survives where Cornus florida (dogwood) will not.
Large landscape trees used in restorations include two native deciduous oaks,
Quercus alba (white oak) and Quercus phellos (willow oak). Pyramidal as young trees,
both oaks become rounded with spreading canopies in maturity. In the fall, willow oaks
are generally yellow with small acorns; white oaks are reddish-brown with large acorns.
Willow oaks are planted at Centre Hill, and white oaks are planted at Monticello and
Lee Hall.
Mr. Rieleys favorite, Celtis occidentalis (hackberry), is planted at Belle Grove and
the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library. Our native hackberry is more vase-shaped
than oaks, holds the soil with strong fibrous roots and attracts birds in winter with its
small reddish-purple fruits. When mature, hackberries resemble American elms in shape
and leaf. Ulmus americana Princeton (Princeton elm) is a cultivar of our native tree
planted at Maymont and Belmont. Averaging 80 feet tall and 55 feet wide, this tree is
considered to be best for resisting Dutch elm disease.
Members are encouraged to visit GCV restored gardens and use these planting
ideas in their own gardens.

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Tradescant Window

nspired by a December 2012 Journal article written by Heidi James of the

Lynchburg Garden Club, members of the Fauquier and Loudoun, and Warrenton
Garden Clubs visited the Tradescant Window in the Museum of the History of
Science, Oxford, England.
In 1926, Mrs. Fairfax Harrison,
a member of both clubs, was
instrumental in raising the funds
from GCV members for the window
honoring John Tradescant the
Younger (1608-1662), gardener to
King Charles I. Tradescant made
numerous trips to Virginia to
collect plants, including Virginia
spiderwort, named Tradescantia
virginiana. Note that a wreath of the Rab Thompson (FLGC), Mary Lou Seilheimer (WGC),
Mimi Abel-Smith (FLGC), Jeannie Perin (FLGC),
plant surrounds the Tradescant coat
Ingrid Lindsay (WGC), Kim Nash (WGC)
of arms.
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Calling All Pack Rats

by Joanna Catron
The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

n preparation for the 100th anniversary of the Garden Club of Virginia in 2020,
a Centennial Committee has been formed to organize celebratory activities. Out
of that commission, a subcommittee is working in partnership with the Virginia
Historical Society to organize an exhibition showcasing GCVs longtime commitment
to the Virginia landscape.
The Exhibit Committee requests the assistance of member clubs and individual
members to identify documents, objects and artifacts of significance that might help
tell the GCV story in an informative and entertaining manner. Consideration should
be given only to items that pertain directly to a GCV or local club project, effort or
significant event, pertinent human-interest story, testimonial of accomplishments,
etc. Items can include correspondence, photographs, film and video, oral histories,
publication/media materials, and memorabilia of all kinds. Some examples already
identified:
The GCV presidents gavel fashioned from a tree planted by George Washington in
Fredericksburg;
The needlepoint rug at the KentValentine House displaying handworked club logos; and
A 1920s era Save the Dogwood
poster printed by the GCV.
Scour your memory, and if need be,
the memories you have tucked away in
that dusty old attic trunk. Ask yourself
what might be an intriguing object or
memorable quote. All members could
query one another for ideas. This can
take time, so begin the search as soon as
possible to help provide the staff at the
VHS with a solid working list by mid2016.
Please submit your suggestions by
email, including a brief description and/
or digital scan, to Exhibit Chairman
Joanna Catron at jcatron@umw.edu

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First Day Hikes are part of a

nationwide initiative led by Americas
State Parks to get people outdoors
while enjoying the beauty of a state
park.Visit your state park website for
details on First Day Hikes near you.
There are more than 160 miles of
Virginia State Parks systems 626 miles
of trails reserved for hiking.
Join friends, families and peopleall
across America on a First Day Hike
in your state park. Find your park.

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Grandmothers Seeds

by Laura Anne Brooks, GCV Horticulture Committee

The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula

raveling from eastern North

Carolina in 1823, my great-great
grandmother traded 100 acres
near the Dismal Swamp for 600 acres in
the Blue Pasture of Middle Tennessee.
With her precious family, she took her best
cow, horses, an Indian wedding-ring quilt,
an iron kettle and her flower seed. The
kettle would serve as a watering can for
the prolific annuals. Her pioneer children
would become custodians of the quilt and
the birthing kettle, and become cattlemen, farmers, seamstresses, merchants, teachers,
theologians and seed savers. By the early 20th century, her 14 grandchildren had settled
across the country. They planted the same annuals from Tennessee to Oregon, from
Alabama to Michigan, from Georgia back to the Carolinas. Their gardens bloomed in
patchwork delight.
One of the 14 was my own grandmother, a retired schoolteacher who settled in
Essex County, Virginia. She sent envelopes of flower seed in her weekly correspondence
to her siblings, offering sweet peas, petunias and cleome. In return, from Fayetteville
came Tennessee nasturtium and from Tullahoma, love-in-a-mist (Nigella). The bright
four oclocks that bordered a city block in Lewisburg were sent in Marys note cards,
and from Jane in Michigan came the hardy bronze marigolds. From the twin sister
in California came hard-to-germinate hibiscus. From Georgia came cosmos, from
Alabama, in tiny waxed paper flaps, came viola seed. Brown-eyed Susans were sent to
my dark-eyed mother, and my dad teasingly received sweet William, his own name.
To ease my grandmothers dark winter days without her kinfolk, she filled sunny
window sills with trays of petunia and cleome, while planning the wedding-ring beds to
be planted around tree trunks in our Virginia yard, come spring.
Recently, a cousin placed in my hand shriveled black seed she had found on the
tips of fuchsia bloom stems growing on the Essex farm. I became the custodian of
Mirabilis jalapa (four oclocks) like the ones that had grown along the old Nashville
Pike. Having fallen heir to the teakettle, the quilt and now the seed, I turned my King
William, Virginia, garden into a harlequin array of letter-seed from summers of long
ago: cleome, cosmos, hollyhock, larkspur, marigold, nasturtium, Nigella, petunia,
Rudbeckia, sweet peas, sweet William, verbena and, in lucky years, hibiscus. As my
six-year-old granddaughter harvests seed-balls from the ends of four oclocks, I marvel
at Augusts patchwork in tangerine, fuchsia, cream, gold, bronze, carmine, magenta,
indigo and mauvean Indian wedding-ring of Grandmothers bloom into yet another
century.

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Greening Your Kent-Valentine House

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

or the past few months, a task force

of the Garden Club of Virginias
Conservation and Beautification
Committee has been investigating the
environmental condition of the KentValentine House. The goal of the analysis
has been to comprehend better how our
old house is faring functionally, to see what
might be done to minimize its carbon
footprint, to keep the building in good
physical health and to save on operating
costs.
Photo Provided by: Jay Paul
Recent changes include the new
exceptionally energy-efficient kitchen. The task force looked for good ways to introduce
daily conservation practices by using green caterers and separating boxes from food
waste, shredding and recycling office paper, using water pitchers instead of bottled
water, returning ink cartridges from printers and copiers, and using energy-efficient
light bulbs in all but our chandeliers.
It has been noted that a historic house
is the ultimate in recycling.
To evaluate the building itself,
Richmond Region Energy Alliance
brought in Bain Waring Home
Energy Remodeling. They studied our
home from top to bottom, and their
assessments range from something as
simple as weather stripping around the
doors to more ambitious alterations such
as solar collectors on the roof.
These conclusions will help the
Kent-Valentine House Committee in
its management of the house, and the
Development Committee and the Board
of Directors in their planning. Through
wise management, we all hope to extend
the life of this special house well into
the future.

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Graywater Rain Garden for Native Plants

by Ginny Costenbader
The Princess Anne Garden Club

he Brock Environmental Center is a flagship demonstration site for

environmental restoration and serves as the regional headquarters for the
Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Elevated just 14 feet above sea level at the
junction of the Linkhorn and Chesapeake Bays in Virginia Beach, it is a prototype
for coping with climate change in this area which is prone to severe flooding. With its
solar panels, wind turbines, geothermal wells, rain cisterns, waterless toilets and natural
landscaping, it is an international model for energy and water efficiency. The center
meets the strictest standards of the Living Building Code and has been designated
LEED Platinum. It sets a new bar for sustainable development. Currently, just four
such living structures exist in the world.
In January 2015, the Princess Anne Garden Club committed $75,000 over five
years to support the Graywater Rain Garden and Cistern at the Brock Center. This
represents the largest financial award in the history of the PAGC. Club members have
agreed to work hard at our fundraising projects in order to meet this obligation. We are
committed to working with the CBF and Lynnhaven River Now, our local grassroots
environmental organization housed in the Brock Center, to help to restore and protect
waterways and wetlands here and throughout the commonwealth.
The graywater garden containing all native plants reuses the Brock Centers
captured sink and shower water for irrigation. Reusing water instead of dumping it
into the sewage system saves energy; graywater irrigation replaces water that otherwise
would have been treated to drinking water quality. The graywater garden has a popup emitter to release water for absorption by native plants and eliminates run off and
pollution into adjacent rivers and estuaries, including Pleasure House Creek, Crab
Creek, the Lynnhaven River and the Chesapeake Bay. Efficient water use protects
a scarce natural resource. Despite diminishing underground aquifer levels and land
subsidence, graywater recycling is a nascent practice on the East Coast. The graywater
garden signs explain the Brock Centers commitment to be a net-zero water and netzero run-off facility.
In addition to our monetary commitment, the PAGC has some members serving
as docents at the Brock Center. The Brock Center welcomed tour participants during
Historic Garden Week in 2015 and will be a venue for the GCV Board of Governors
meeting in Virginia Beach in 2016.
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The 2015 Dugdale Award

by Katherine Knopf, Award Chairman
Roanoke Valley Garden Club

ashington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute were awarded
the Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award for Conservation at the 2015
Conservation Forum this November in Lynchburg. These two leading
Virginia institutions of higher education have demonstrated a commitment to
conservation and energy responsibility. Both schools developed plans and principles to
guide decisions as they strive to provide the best campus facilities in the 21st century.
VMIs most noticeable project is its stewardship of the Chessie Nature Trail,
a seven mile Rail-to-Trail project along the Maury River. The VMI Foundation
assumed ownership of the trail from the Nature Conservancy and the Rockbridge
Area Conservation Council in order to keep the trail open and well maintained. VMI
developed a master plan for the long term preservation of the Chessie Trail which will
include interpretive markers so that users will learn about the history, geology, flower,
and fauna of the trail. VMI has an Office of Sustainability and a Committee of Energy
Conservation and Sustainability that oversee recycling and energy conservation plans
for all VMI facilities. For many years, VMI has hosted the Environment Virginia
Conference, which brings together industry, government and the community to discuss
issues and options.
Washington & Lee has created an Office of Sustainability Initiatives and Education
and is making remarkable progress toward energy efficiency and conservation. Most
prominent is W&Ls installation of solar panels on both the law school and parking
garage. This was the largest solar installation in Virginia when it was installed in 2012.
Some of W&Ls recent accomplishments include a Campus Garden, a Composting
Program, a Sustainability Development House, Energy Audits, a Recycling Program, a
Green Offices Initiative, numerous campus activities that offer engagement with student
groups, and its University Sustainability Committee.
The Garden Club of Virginia honors VMI and W&L in their commitment to
conservation and energy responsibility. Their efforts illustrate what can be accomplished
by institutions that care for the environment.

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Common Wealth Award 2015

Presidents Rachel Watson, the Charlottesville Garden Club,

and Phyllis Ripper, Rivanna Garden Club,
accept the $10,000 Common Wealth Award check
for their project, the Blue Ridge Detention Center Gardens

Jean Gilpin, Winchester-Clarke Garden Club,

accepts a $4,000 Common Wealth Award check
for the Discovery Museum Green Roof Top
from Katherine Knopf, GCV Awards Chairman

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The 77th Annual

Hosted by The
Small Design Blue
Janie Vaughan
Hillside Garden Club
The Virginia Brown Guild Perpetual Award
for Best Arrangement by an Individual
and The Georgia S. Vance Award for
The Most Creative Arrangement in a GCV Rose Show

Gab

Artistic Awards

Inter Club Class 40-A

Inter Club Class 40-B
Italian Renaissance
Federal Design
Blue Ribbon
Blue Ribbon
Mill Mountain Garden Club
The Elizabeth River
The Elizabeth Gwathmey
Garden Club
Jeffress Bowl
for Best Inter Club Arrangement
Quad Blue

Inter Club Class 40-D

Mid Victorian Design
Blue
The Princess Anne
Garden Club

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Inter Club Class 40-C

Late Georgian Design
Blue Ribbon
Hunting Creek
Garden Club

Individual Artistic Class 43

Horizontal Line Design
Bev Earman
Spotswood Garden Club
The Elizabeth Bradley Kincheloe
Stull Award for
Best Artistic Arrangement
by a Novice

For more photos and a complete list of winners,

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

briella Garden Club

Number of Horticulture Exhibitors: 4 clubs; 23 individuals

Number of Horticulture Exhibits: 94
Number of Artistic Exhibitors: 46 clubs; 18 individuals
Number of Arrangements: 69

Photos by Esther Carpi

Horticulture Awards

Queen of Show
Let Freedom Ring
Lyman and Carolyn Johnson

Best Modern Shrub

Gentle Hermoine
Gail Babnew
Dolley Madison Garden Club

Dowager Queen Award

Souvenir de la Malmaison
Miniature Queen of Show
Carol Strange
Joy
The Garden Club of Danville
Bernice Walker
The Yancie Donegan Casey
Dolley Madison Garden Club
Trophy for
members Clubs Award
Best Old Garden Rose

GCV President Jeanette

Cadwallender with
Bernice Walker, Dolley
Madison Garden Club,
Winner of the Bernice
Walker Perpetual Trophy
for The Hi-Lo Challenge

Best Floribunda One Bloom per Stem

Easy Does It
Karen Wachtmeister
The Warrenton Garden Club
Winner of the Dr. and Mrs.
James R. Hundley Perpetual
Trophy for Horticulture
GCV Member Sweepstakes

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Your voice really does make a difference.

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Monday, January 25, 2016

We will begin at 8 a.m. with a breakfast Q & A,
then head over to the General Assembly building at 9 a.m.
Support our mission to conserve Virginias natural resources,
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House & Garden Tours Offered Statewide

April 23 30, 2016

Tour proceeds fund the restoration & preservation

of Virginias historic gardens landscapes
and state parks.

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For a complete listing of tours and to purchase tickets please visit

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Historic Henry County Courthouse

GCV President Jeanette Cadwallender,

Past GCV President and Chairman
of the Restoration Committee Kim Nash,
Virginia King of the Martinsville-Henry
County Historical Society and Mary Ann
Johnson, Roanoke Valley Garden Club

Martinsville Mayor Danny Turner

proclaiming Oct. 15, 2015,
Garden Club of Virginia Day
in Martinsville-Henry County.

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Lily Notes
In the Chips

by Jim McKenney
Past President of Potomac Lily Society

hose of you who have access to the leavings of large herbivorous quadrupeds
probably know from experience what a difference such stuff can make in the
culture of lilies. It can be dangerous, but used correctly can work wonders.

Most of us dont have access to that stuff, but there is a growing body of anecdotal
evidence that a readily available substitute might work just as well: wood chips.
The chips can be used to advantage in several ways. For one, they can be tilled into
the ground when new beds are prepared. This will give the permanent roots, the ones
that form on the underside of the bulb, an easily penetrated medium. After the bulbs
are planted into the tilled medium, cover the area with several more inches of the wood
chips to provide the medium in which the plants annual roots, the roots that form at
the base of the stem, will thrive.
Are all wood chips equally effective? I dont know. The ones I have been using
are probably conifer chips derived from recycled Christmas trees, but some might be
derived from roadside tree trimming of various species. Also, they are in varying stages
of decomposition. Im running a garden here, not an agricultural experimental station.
I am also experimenting with another way to plant lilies, a way that is definitely
kinder to our backs and, from what my early results suggest, very agreeable to the lilies.
Place the bulbs on the surface of the existing soil and then heap at least six inches of
wood chips over them. If the lilies are in rows, leave enough space between the rows to
till. That will help with weed control.
If you are not wholly sold on this idea now, why not give it a try with a few new
plantings? Dig a hole about the size of a bushel basket, fill it with wood chips, put a
bulb or two in about halfway down and heap more chips over the site. First year results
will be average, but by the third year you should have lilies to give the rest of us real
competition at the shows.

Editors Note: Mr. McKenney is a member of the North American Lily Society
and an experienced lily judge who has consistently helped conduct GCV Lily Shows.
He shares his deep knowledge of horticulture through articles in NALS,
other publications and on his blog, My Virtual Maryland Garden.

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Ex Libris

by Joan Pollard and Virginia Cherry, GCV Library Committee

The Petersburg Garden Club

nce a garden has been created or has become established,

the gardener can choose man-made objects for the
finishing touches. But which one or ones? The Bartlett
Book of Garden Elements: A Practical Compendium of Inspired
Designs for the Working Gardener (David R. Godine, Publisher,
2014) offers 20 chapters devoted to garden features of virtually
every description: alles, arbors, beehives and birdhouses,
bollards, boot scrapers, bridges, drains, fences, fountains,
furniture, gates, gazebos, lighting, paving, pergolas, planters,
porches, reflecting pools and ponds, sculptures and statuary, stairs,
sundials, swimming pools, topiary and walls.
Rose Love Bartlett and her late husband, Michael Valentine Bartlett, filled 259
pages with information, design insights and more than 1,000 photographs from 30
years of travel to more than 20 countries. He designed gardens for schools, churches,
commercial projects, private homes, and the French, Moroccan and Finnish embassies
in the United States. His work was featured in publications from Architectural Digest
to W. Together, Bartlett and his wife conducted lectures based on her research and
organization. During 28 years of working together, she fleshed out the bones of his
garden design with flower, herb and edible
plantings. She also served on the board
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Club Notes

Teamwork Pays Off

by Tata Kellam
The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore

he Garden Club of the Eastern

Shore won a yellow ribbon at
the Rose Show hosted by the
Gabriella Garden Club in Danville. This
yellow ribbon has a story behind it.
The Eastern Shores entry honored
William Shakespeare; the design was an
arrangement of the 16th century that
paid homage to Romeo and Juliet. Our
club arrangers were new or almost new
members who had never competed in
a flower show: Paula Cameron, Laurie
Klingel, and Jenny Barker.
Virginia Savage gave Paula all of
her flower arranging books. Anne Nock
loaned a flower container that once
belonged to Nannie Mears, our first club
president who arranged her roses in this
vase for years. Paula, Laurie and Jenny
met with our pros, Ellen Lusk and
Claiborne Dickinson, and the arrangement
evolved.
The arrangement arrived at my
house, and the next morning we went to
Danville. With only one rose that needed
to be replaced, our arrangement was
placed on the pedestal. A bit of misting,
a little water, and off we went to let the
judges decide on the winners. We won the
yellow ribbon, and we were excited for our
new members to be winners for our club.
This was truly a sharing time.
Teamwork and events like this make club
members want to come back for more. To
all who participated in making the Rose
Show such a
success:
Way to go!

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DaffodilNotes

Come to Daffodil School

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

ow is a good time to make plans for daffodil enjoyment and education next
spring. Enjoyment includes attending and entering the Garden Club of
Virginia Daffodil Show. The Huntington Garden Club will host the 82nd

Garden Club of Virginia Daffodil Show at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in
Hampton, Virginia. Entries may be placed beginning the afternoon of March 29, 2016.
The show opens to the public and the awards are announced on the afternoon of March
30. The show continues the next morning.
Never entered a daffodil show before? No problem. We make it easy. Pick your
best and freshest flowers and bring them to the horticulture workroom. It certainly
helps if you know the names of your daffodils, but even if you do not, help is available.
If you are a novice, come early on March 29. Starting at noon, members of the Daffodil
Committee will be on hand to help. Entries may be placed beginning at 2 p.m.
There are special classes for Small Growers, those who grow fewer than 50 varieties.
This year a new feature for Small Growers will be classes for miniatures. This is good
news for those with limited room to plant. Most people will have room for a few
miniatures such as Tte-a-Tte or Hawera, both of which are readily available and easy
to grow, even in pots.
There will be a special opportunity to learn more about daffodils this spring, also.
The GCV Daffodil Committee will be hosting an American Daffodil Society Judging
School I at the show site on Tuesday, March 29. Qualifying as an accredited
ADS judge involves attendance at a series of three schools and student
judging. If you have ever considered becoming a horticulture judge, this
school is the first step. Current judges may attend as a
refresher. However, this program is not just for future
judges. Consider it Daffodils 101, a chance to learn
about growing, classifying, and exhibiting daffodils from
some of the most expert teachers. This will be useful to
all club daffodil chairs and anyone interested in learning
more about these beloved flowers.
Watch the GCV website for enrollment or contact
me at hickmanderm@aol.com for questions or registration
information.

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Supporting local organizations makes our community a

better place to live. Were more than bankers were
neighbors you can bank on.

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CONTRIBUTIONS

Report Period From 07/01/2015 Through 09/30/2015

Annual Fund

Provides essential ongoing support necessary to maintain GCV operations.

Donor
Dominion Foundation
Grace L. Battle
Ellen Beville
Mrs. W. Chan Bolling
Judith Boyd
Burgess Burn Bradshaw
Jeanette Rowe Cadwallender
Janet Campbell
Meg Clement
Catherine Clexton
Tanya Denckla Cobb
Claiborne M. Dickinson

Lucy R. Ellett
Mary C. Frediani
Martha Geiger
Jean Gilpin
Mrs. Fred Hodnett
Ellen Joyce
Gladys Lewis
Camilla H. Moffatt
Mercer W. OHara
Jamie A. Old
Mrs. E. Lee Pinney
Kathryn Quarles

Denise Revercomb
Mary Kay Ryan
Mrs. Charles B. Ryan
Doris Smith
Lizz Stanley
Jane Owen Stringer
Ms. Gina Sullivan
Louise L. Toms
Mrs. R. Carter Wellford IV
Susan and Alan Winn
Paige Wiseman
Page Young

Donor
In Honor of
Chatham Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joyce Moorman
Roanoke Valley Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Morris
Virginia R. Cherry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tori Brock
Margo Eppard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tricia Kincheloe
Marijane Harper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Garden Club of Fairfax
In Memory of
Donor
The Brunswick Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Alta Brown
The Hunting Creek Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jack Lamond
Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Old III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Morrison Reams
Betty Lou Pigg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Hodnett
Betsy Quarles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martha Embrey
Margaret Richardson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Morrison Reams
Jane G. Schaubach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Barbara Jane Cross
Susan Wight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olive Cadwallender

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Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award Fund

Donor
The Robert & Bessie Carter Foundation

Garden Club of Virginia Endowment

Supports the ongoing preservation of the historic Kent-Valentine House,
headquarters of the Garden Club of Virginia and Historic Garden Week.
Donor
Leesburg Garden Club
Donor
In Honor of
Nick and Jeanette Cadwallender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martha Embrey
Donor
In Memory of
Mr. and Mrs. C. Lynch Christian, III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Morrison Reams

Restoration
Supports GCV Restoration projects across the Commonwealth.
Donor
In Honor of
Chatham Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette Cadwallender
Anne G. Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette Cadwallender

Kathryn Wafle
Donor
In Memory of
The Garden Club of Fairfax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Paul Reber
Marianne Stryker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. John Robert Landolt

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.

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Statement of Ownership
The ownership, management and circulation of The Garden Club of Virginias
Journal, published four times a year in Richmond, Virginia, is hereby stated in the first
issue published after the first of October, 2015.
The name and address of the publisher is: The Garden Club of Virginia, KentValentine House, 12 East Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. The name and
address of the editor is: Karla MacKimmie, 8505 Lees Ridge Road, Warrenton, VA
20186. The owner is: The Garden Club of Virginia, Kent-Valentine House, 12 East
Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. There are no bond-holders, mortgages, or
security holders.
The purpose, function, and non-profit status of this organization and the exempt
status for Federal Income Tax purposes have not changed during the preceding 12
months.
The total number of copies published nearest the filing date is 3,400. The average
number of copies published in the preceding 12 months is 3,400. There are no sales
through dealers, etc. Paid subscriptions average 3,312; the number nearest the filing
date is 3,317. Other mailed copies average 0. Free distribution averages 35. The average
number of copies not distributed for the preceding year is 53. The average number of
copies not distributed nearest the filing date is 48.
The Journal Editor requests permission to mail The Garden Club of Virginias
Journal at the phased postal rates presently authorized on form 3526 for USPS #574520 (ISSN 0431-0233). I certify that the statements made here are correct and
complete as listed in the Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation.
Karla MacKimmie, Journal Editor
8505 Lees Ridge Road
Warrenton, VA 20186
October 1, 2015

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Submission deadline for the March

Journal

Legislative Day, Richmond

Deadline for nominations for the

Common Wealth Award, the Bessie
Bocock Carter Conservation Award
and the Horticulture Award of Merit

GCV 101, Hampton

82nd GCV Daffodil Show,

The Huntington Garden Club (Hampton)

January 15

January 25

March 1

March 30

March 31-31

Dates and events as posted on the GCV website

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

Deadline for nominations for the Massie

Medal and the de Lacy Gray Medal

December 1

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