THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

Journal
VOL LI, NO. 4, DECEMBER 2006
 S TATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP
The ownership, management and circulation of The Garden Club of Virginia's
Journal, published four times a year in Richmond, Virginia, is hereby stated in the first
issue published after the first of October 2006.
The name and address of the publisher is: The Garden Club of Virginia, Kent-
Valentine House, 12 East Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. The name and
address of the editor is: Peggy Federhart, PO Box 247, Ophelia, Virginia 22530. The
owner is The Garden Club of Virginia, Kent-Valentine House, 12 East Franklin Street,
Richmond, Virginia 23219. There are no bondholders, mortgages or security holders.
The purpose, function and non-profit status of this organization and the exempt sta-
tus for Federal Income Tax purposes have not changed during the preceding 12
months.
The total number of copies published nearest the filing date is 3450. The average
number of copies published in the preceding 12 months is 3438. There are no sales
through dealers, etc Paid subscriptions average 3282; the number nearest the filing
date is 3286. Other mailed copies average 10 copies. Free distribution averages 40
copies. The average number of copies not distributed for the preceding year is 106; the
number of copies not distributed of the publication nearest the filing dates is 116.
The Journal editor requests permission to mail The Garden Club of Virginia's
Journal at the phased postage rates presently authorized on form 3526 for USPS
#5764520.(ISSN 0431-0233). I certify that the statements made here are correct and
complete as listed in the Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation.

Peggy Federhart, Journal Editor

Post Office Box 247
Ophelia, Virginia 22530-0247

October 23, 2006

Journal Editorial Board

2006-2007
Editor and Chairman, Peggy Federhart, The Garden Club of the Northern Neck

ExOfficio Members
The GCV President, Sally Guy Brown, The Garden Club of Alexandria
The GCV Vice President & Chair of The GCV Communications Committee, Cabell West,
The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton
The GCV Director of Public Relations, Linda Consolvo, The Nansemond River Garden Club
Journal Chair, Gail Braxton, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
Journal Advertising Chair, Betsy Agelasto, The Virginia Beach Garden Club

Members
Mason Beazley, The James River Garden Club, The Garden Club of the Northern Neck
Fleet Davis, The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore
Betty Delk, The Nansemond River Garden Club
Ann Gordon Evans, The Huntington Garden Club
Marietta Gwathmey, Harborfront Garden Club
Sarah Pierson, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
Lynne Rabil, The Franklin Garden Club

WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA


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, $3.00.
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 Manager
Journal Editor and Chairman of the
Editorial Board:
Peggy Federhart (Mrs. John A.)
Post Office Box 247
Ophelia, VA 22530
Phone: (804) 453-3064
Email: peggyfed@earthlink.net
Journal Advertising Manager:
Betsy Agelasto (Mrs. Peter A. III)
Phone: (757) 428-1870
Email: Betsyagelasto@mindspring.com
President of The Garden Club of Virginia:
Sally Guy Brown (Mrs. Thomas C., Jr.)
Journal Committee Chairman:
Gail Braxton (Mrs. H. Harrison, Jr.)
Vol. LI, No. 4
Printed on recycled paper by
Carter Printing Company
Richmond, VA
DECEMBER 2006
ON THE COVER...
This issue is dedicated to The Rappahannock
Valley Garden Club, host of the The GCV
Daffodil Show in 2007.
IN THIS ISSUE...
Statement of Ownership . . . . . inside front cover
Speaker Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Let Your Fingers Do The Walking . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
When We Speak, Politicians Listen . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Books on Our Favorite Trees and Shrubs . . . . . 5
The Lucy Preston Beale Garden Presentation . . 6
Garden of Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Dugdale Award for Conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Common Wealth Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Who Is She . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Rare Botanical Prints at UVA Part 2 . . . . . . . . . 13
The Rose Show Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Daffodil Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Historic Garden Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Other Rose Show Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rose Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Daffodil Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lily Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Contemporary Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
To Seed or To Mulch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
GCV Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside back cover
OTHER REFERENCES...
Kent-Valentine House
Phone: (804) 643-4137 Fax: (804) 644-7778
Email: administrator@gcvirginia.org
Historic Garden Week Office
Phone: (804) 644-7776 Fax: (804) 644-7778
Email: gdnweek@verizon.net
www.VAGardenWeek.org
POSTMASTER send address changes to:
GCV Administrator
12 East Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23219
WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG 1
 2007 GCV Speakers Series
Monday, January 15, 2007
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
Richmond
Ken Druse, Speaker
www.kendruse.com
Nationally Known Garden Expert and Author
America's Best-Loved Gardner

The Natural Garden

The Natural Shade Garden
The Natural Habitat Garden
The Collector's Garden
Making More Plants: The Science, Art and Joy of Propagation
Ken Druse: The Passion for Gardening

(Ken Druse's books will be available for purchase and signing.

The LGBG Gift Shop will open at 9:00 a.m.)

9:30 am: Registration

10:30 am: Speaker
1:00 pm: Lunch
Cost: $45 per person
Registrar: Aileen Laing 540.937.4133 bunreefarm@aol.com

Registration deadline: January 5, 2007

Registration information at www.gcvirginia.org

Open to all GCV members and their guests

2 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

 Let Your Fingers Do the Walking
Through Your Register's “Yellow Pages”
By Meg Clement, GCV Parliamentarian and Editor of the Register
Three Chopt Garden Club

ave you ever wished that you had the phone number, address or the

H spouse's name of a particular Garden Club of Virginia member right by

your telephone or in your car? Or did you drive to Richmond for your first
visit to the Kent-Valentine House and didn't know where it was located or where to
park? If so, you can find this information and much more right at your fingertips. The
bright yellow 2006-2007 Register, which your club president made available to you
this fall, can provide you with these answers and other important information about
The Garden Club of Virginia and its activities.
This summer the Board of Directors of The Garden Club of Virginia voted to
include in the Register for the first time the complete name, phone number and
address of every Garden Club of Virginia member. It also voted to provide every mem-
ber with a copy of the Register. The GCV Bylaws, Standing Rules, a listing of all
flower show awards, restoration projects
and web pages which identify your local,
state and federal government representa-
tives are also included in the Register.
It can also be found under the
Publication side bar in the members'
section of The Garden Club
of Virginia web page,
www.gcvirginia.org.
The complete Register is
printed biennially. The Board
of Directors hopes that you
will enjoy using The Garden
Club of Virginia 2006-2007
Register and that it will
serve as a valuable source
of information for all of
our members.

DECEMBER 2006 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG 3

 When We Speak, Politicians Listen
By Marsha Merrell, GCV Conservation and Beautification Chairman
The James River Garden Club

n January 22, 2007, during annual GCV Legislative Day, members will

O gather in Richmond for an update about conservation and beautification

issues coming before the General Assembly. That is the day we can all
become lobbyists.
Why is lobbying such an important role for The GCV? First and foremost, it is
a right and privilege to communicate with our elected officials. Second, The GCV
has achieved significant impact when it takes a position on legislation that affects
our goals.
The GCV has a history of making informed decisions that bring about positive
results on environmental issues. Before we can place our imprimatur on a bill, the
Conservation and Beautification Committee works diligently to educate itself and
then makes a recommendation to the Board of Directors. When The GCV decides
to speak, politicians listen. Environmental groups and legislators often court us
for support. Taking on such a leadership role has resulted in the preservation of
some of the most historic and scenic places in Virginia. Laws significantly affect-
ing recycling and billboards are also important legislative victories for The GCV.
Please consider registering for this valuable Legislative Day activity on The
GCV Website or by obtaining a registration form from the conservation chairman
of your club. Members interested in becoming involved should read either in the
Register or on our Website the white paper called "Lobbying Versus Political
Activity." This is a guide for our members who choose to lobby. As a 501(c)(3)
we may not engage in political (electoral) activity. We may lobby or try to per-
suade the members of a legislature to enact legislation favorable to our cause or to
defeat or repeal legislation unfavorable to our cause. It is about policy, not party.
Our lobbying effort does not end on The GCV Legislative Day. The GCV
Conservation Committee and club conservation chairmen work very hard to keep
us informed as bills move through the House of Delegates and Senate. A club's
legislative alert team receives updates and must respond to changes in status
quickly via email or phone. Because an amendment to legislation may cause a
change in the position taken by The GCV, bills are monitored and shepherded
through the entire process.
The work can be fast and furious during January and February, but our system
has worked beautifully for years and is a model for other organizations. You will
find it is far more rewarding than just pulling a lever and waiting for the next
election.

4 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

 Ex Libris:
Books on Our Favorite Trees and Shrubs
By Mary Lloyd Lay, Kent-Valentine Librarian
The Garden Club of the Northern Neck

ogwood, magnolia, holly and boxwood are four traditional plants with which

D we Southerners can most identify. Dogwood, our state flower, heralds spring
and Historic Garden Week in Virginia. Magnolia, holly and boxwood deco-
rate our houses during the holidays, and boxwood is considered an indispensable treas-
ure at historic homes.
Each of these plants has many varied cultivars that are easily grown in our cli-
mate, and our library has an excellent book on each of them. My favorite is Dogwoods,
the first comprehensive study of the genus, by Paul Cappiello and Don Shadow. The
authors consider dogwoods among the superstars of the garden and accompany their
text with stunning photographs. They devote this very readable book entirely to the
gardening use of the genus with an all out effort not to get mired down in taxonomy.
Their descriptions at times remind one of Michael Dirr's no-holes-barred assessment
of plants. They describe Cornus florida 'First Lady' as one to grow "if one is in the
market for a screamer in the landscape."
Magnolias by Jim Gardiner is full of mouthwatering selections of deciduous
magnolias. There is the yellow variety and the very dark pink as well as the most com-
mon pink variety, M. soulaniana. If space permits, he suggests planting M. macro-
phylla, a big leaf magnolia whose leaves can be four feet long with undersides of a
metallic silvery glow; it makes quite a statement. The Magnolia is one of the most
ancient and diverse plants. Two things to remember: some magnolias do not bloom
young and early bloomers in Virginia are likely to get zapped by frost.
Hollies by the well-known plantsman Fred C. Galle is the most definitive book
on the genus Ilex. We tend to over-
look the variation in the genus and our
gardens suffer. With plenty of sun
there is no end to the possibilities.
The many varieties of the decidious
Ilex verticillata yell for attention while
the yellow-berried Ilex verticillata
'Winter Gold' is a real aristocrat.
Last but not least is Boxwood by
Lynn Batdorf. This book only whets
the appetite for a visit to the state
arboretum at Boyce, home of the
Boxwood Society.
Even a brief reading of the
introductions in these books will give
one a better appreciation of plants
often taken for granted. Stop by and
check one out soon.

DECEMBER 2006 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG 5

 The Lucy Preston Beale Garden Presentation
By Lucy R. Ellett
Mill Mountain Garden club

inker Mountain is a very distinctive shape in the bowl of mountains sur-

T rounding the Roanoke Valley. Hollins University is located at the foot of this
lovely mountain. On Wednesday, October 17, delegates to the Board of
Governors’ meeting, together with Hollins University friends, gathered there for the
presentation of the Lucy Preston
Beale Memorial Garden. Sally
Guy Brown, The GCV President,
welcomed the assemblage and told
about the long involvement of The
Garden Club of Virginia in the
restoration of historic gardens.
William D. Rieley, Landscape
Architect for The Garden Club of
Virginia, gave a brief history of the
Mary Lou Seilheimer, The GCV Restoration Committee
Chair, Presenting the Restoration of the Beale Garden to
garden and explained its impor-
Hollins University tance in the life of the college. He
noted that Lucy Preston Beale attended Hollins during the Civil War and following
her college days continued to take an active interest in Hollins for the next fifty years.
After her death, her daughter, Lucy Beale Huffman, decided to honor her memory
with the gift of a garden to the college. The landscape architect for the project was
Roanoke architect A. A. Farnham, who planned a lovely serene setting with a creek
flowing through the center. Correspondence between Mr. Farnham and others
involved in the project as well as the original plant list, a sketch of his plan and a few
pictures of the original garden
were helpful in this restoration.
Construction of the college
chapel in the late 1950s covered a
portion of the original garden and
this necessitated changes in the
design. To re-establish the circular
path, two bridges now cross the
creek instead of one. In order to
connect the chapel terrace visually
to the garden, large boxwoods New Bridge for the Beale Garden
along the edge of the terrace were

6 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

 replaced with small flowering trees.
A pleasing set of stone steps leads
visitors into the garden. Native
trees and shrubs are used in the
revised plan rather than many of the
exotic species specified by Mr.
Farnham. The treatment of the
streambed includes lining the banks
with larger stones and planting with
ferns, iris and daylilies to enhance
the stream and to make it an impor- The Restored Beale Garden-Plantings along the meandering creek
tant element in the garden.
Mary Lou Seilheimer, Chairman of the Restoration Committee, discussed the
restoration process and the involvement of the Restoration Committee. She then
made the formal presentation of the gift of the garden to Hollins University. Nancy
Oliver Gray, President of Hollins University, accepted the gift of the garden and
expressed her appreciation to The Garden Club of Virginia. She noted that the Beale
Garden will be used for many special events such as receptions, weddings and outdoor
meetings and will add to the aesthetic appeal of the campus for generations to come.
After the ceremony guests enjoyed a reception and tour of the garden.

The Beale Garden 1930-Used with permission of Hollins University

DECEMBER 2006 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG 7

 Garden of Member (YOUR NAME HERE)
By Esther Carpi, GCV Online Committee
The Hunting Creek Garden Club

here is a new monthly feature online called Garden of the Month. Each month

T we will post two pages of photos of gardens of The GCV members. Go to the
GCV Website at www.gcvirginia.org and click on "Members Only." Enter the
password and you will see a photo of the featured member and a link to photos of her
garden.
This is our way of sharing with as many as possible the amazing talent and dedication
of members statewide. We want to share gardens of all kinds: large, small, country, city,
patio, mountainside and seaside. We would love to feature your garden. It is easy to
submit photos for us to review and post.
If you have digital photos of your garden, send them via e-mail as individual attach-
ments. If you have prints, send them by regular mail. We will scan the prints and
return them to you. If you have no photos but would like to share your garden, call us
and we will come take photos. If you know of a member who has a wonderful garden to
share, send us her name and we will contact her. As a club you might consider designat-
ing someone who is talented with a digital camera to take pictures of your own mem-
bers' gardens and submit them to us. Include a photo of the member gardener and a lit-
tle bio regarding club activities. We will edit the photos, design the layout, draft a bit of
text and e-mail the layout back to you for review and possibly some plant identification.
Additionally we will be making hardcopies of the web pages and compiling them into a
portfolio to be kept in the Kent-Valentine House Library. Look for the portfolio this
spring.
So what are you waiting for? Go get your camera and take some pictures.
Remember winter gardens are beautiful too. Don't have a garden? Send us a photo
of your window box. Also send us a photo this year of your door or gate decorated for
Christmas with fresh greens. We will use the photo next year in our December article.

Send all photos and inquiries to Esther Carpi

202 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 548-3850 esthercarpi@comcast.net

Flowersense
with Lee Snyder
A floral design series for all enthusiasts.
1 THE BASICS
2 STUFF & GO
Call 757-627-3185 or 3 FUN, FRUIT & FLOWERS
e-mail lee@flwrguru.com 4 HOLIDAY DESIGN
www.flwrguru.com Available as a BOXED SET or individual DVD’s.

A portion of the proceeds go to The Garden Club of Virginia

8 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

 The Garden Club of Gloucester
presents

the 57th Annual

Daffodil Show
(an ADS accredited show)

Let’s Dance
Page Middle School
Rt. 17, 2.5 miles south of
Gloucester Courthouse
Gloucester, VA
2:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Saturday, April 7, 2007 (1 day only)
Contact:
Kathy Klein 804-693-5629, KLEINRKR@aol.com
Sarah Hylton 804-642-3786, sphylton@wmconnect.com
Sue Zima 804-642-5270, sueannz@aol.com

DECEMBER 2006 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG 9

 The Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale
Award for Conservation
By Marsha Merrell, GCV Conservation and Beautification Chairman
The James River Garden Club

iranda Bryant Strutton

M (Randi) received the

Dugdale Award for
Conservation on November 9th at
the 48th Annual Conservation
Forum at Stratford Hall. The
Elizabeth River Garden Club in the
City of Portsmouth nominated her for
her work in creating and preserving the
Hoffler Creek Wildlife Preserve.
In a recent interview, Randi cited
Dugdale Award Winner Randi Sutton the nomadic life of her Navy family
as having helped her experience the
grandeur of America's vast and diverse landscapes and peoples. This created a deep appre-
ciation for the beauty and mysteries of the natural world. In the interview she said, "That
appreciation helped to shape my philosophy of life and my resolve to protect the environ-
ment, conserve natural resources and preserve our natural heritage for future generations."
By taking a leadership role and using her superb organizational and communications skills,
she was able to establish the Hoffler Creek Wildlife Preserve in 1977. This beautiful sub-
urban wilderness was saved from being an area of refuge.
The Preserve is owned by the City of Portsmouth and managed by the Hoffler Creek
Wildlife Foundation. Randi is the Executive Director of the Foundation. Interactive edu-
cational programs and field trips (K-12) are offered for students across the Hampton Roads
area to explore the Chesapeake Bay. The four distinct habitats in the 142 acre wilderness
make this an outstanding living laboratory. Helping children make connections to their
environment is an important mission of the Foundation. She organizes bird walks,
volunteer workdays, Earth Day programs and many other educational and recre-
ational programs.
This Preserve is affiliated with the National Park Service's Chesapeake Bay Gateway
Network and is an attraction on the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Birding
and Wildlife Trail. Randi persuaded The Elizabeth River Garden Club to help build the
Education Pavilion. The club is also in the process of erecting a demonstration bird garden
as a part of landscaping for the new Science Center that will be constructed in the near
future. Randi was instrumental in including the Hoffler Creek Wildlife Preserve on the
2006 GCV Historic Garden Week Tour.
Randi Strutton has indeed rendered outstanding service in the conservation and wise
development of our natural resources and certainly exemplifies the spirit of the
Dugdale Award.

10 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

 The Garden Club of Virginia
Common Wealth Award
By Nancy F. Lowry, Common Wealth Award Chairman
Rivanna Garden Club

his year's Common Wealth Award winner is The Nansemond River Garden

T Club for The Cedar Hill Project - The Heritage Garden Phase. The club
received a check for $4,150.00 at the Board of Governors' meeting banquet
on Wednesday, October 18, 2006. To date, the Nansemond River Garden Club has
made an investment of $10,000 to hire an architectural historian, landscape the main
entrance of the cemetery, replace cedar trees felled by Hurricane Isabel and create a
scatter garden for ashes. The award funds will be used to add historic signage (includ-
ing Braille) and plants to complete the garden.
Albemarle Garden Club received $3,000.00 as runner-up for Morea: A Living
Botanical Classroom. The award will be used to restore the northeast border of the
garden to create a screen. The planting will be a combination of evergreen and decid-
uous, with an emphasis on red berries for display. The club will place two or three
benches for visitors and The University of Virginia faculty to use in the garden.

Editor's Note: For more information on the projects, read the award nominations
that appeared in the June 2006 issue of Journal.

Pictured below are both winners with

Nancy Lowery, Common Wealth Award
Chairman

Common Wealth Award winner Pat House

Common Wealth Award winner Julie Stamm

DECEMBER 2006 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG 11

 Who Is She?
By Betty M. Michelson
The Princess Anne Garden Club

he does not wear a black robe and she does not have a gavel, but she is sensitive,

S knowledgeable and has integrity. She is a judge. What kind of judge is she? You
guessed it; she is a Garden Club of Virginia Artistic Arranging Judge.
The Garden Club of Virginia Artistic Judges are highly respected throughout the
Commonwealth and beyond. They are often asked to judge for Federated Garden Clubs
as well as for independent garden clubs. Some GCV judges are also qualified Garden Club
of America judges.
After successfully completing an extensive training course, exams and student judging,
the GCV judges are invited to judge shows. The invitation is a privilege as well as a great
responsibility, and The GCV judges take it very seriously.
A judge gains more knowledge and insight into flower arranging with each show she
judges. When invited to judge, she must become thoroughly familiar with the show's
schedule and all other rules governing the show in order to make informed and intelligent
choices in each class.
In The GCV shows, a point scoring system is used to determine winners. Design (prin-
ciples and elements) is worth 42 points; Conformance to the Schedule, 20 points;
Distinction, 16 points; Artistic Concept (over-all organization of the design) 12 points and
Expression (interpretation of the class by the exhibitor) 10 points. An arrangement must
score 90 points or above in order to win a blue ribbon; 85-89 points, a red; 75-84 points, a
yellow and 65-74 points for a white Honorable Mention. Only one blue, one red and one
yellow are awarded in each class. The number of white ribbons is unlimited and at the dis-
cretion of the judges.
Awards include the Quad Blue for the best Inter Club arrangement and the Tri-color for
the best arrangement by an individual. Also receiving special merit are the best arrange-
ment by a novice, someone who has not won a blue ribbon in a GCV show, and the most
creative arrangement. It is not necessary for the most creative arrangement to have received
a ribbon in order to be recognized.
The GCV judges travel throughout Virginia. They have wonderful opportunities to
visit different areas of The Commonwealth, see old friends, make new friends, take part in
fabulous shows and just have fun being with fellow garden club members. There may
even be time to shop a little or a lot.
If judging sounds interesting, contact me at (757) 428-1063 or a member of the Flower
Shows Committee. We will be glad to help you get started on a new adventure. Keep
bringing those beautiful arrangements to The GCV flower shows. Remember the next
one is the Daffodil Show, April 4-5, 2007, in Fredericksburg.

12 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

 Rare Botanical Prints
at The University of Virginia: Part 2
By Holly Maillet
The Charlottesville Garden Club

invite you to explore more treasures in the Albert and Shirley Small Special

I Collections Library at the University of Virginia. Among the collection's rare

books and manuscripts are important botanical prints to delight anyone curious
about early exploration and discovery of plants in America.
Mark Catesby's work is a case in point. Catesby was an English botanist and natu-
ralist who came to America in 1712 and again in 1722 to study the flora and fauna of
the new world. Funded by wealthy patrons in England and in the colonies, he com-
piled notes and drawings of hundreds of plant and animal species that he encountered
in his 12 years here. His travels took him throughout Virginia and the Carolinas, and
south to the Bahamas.
When Catesby returned to England, he spent the next 20 years producing an illus-
trated text of his findings. Because of the prohibitive cost of engraving, he decided to
study with printmaker Joseph Goupy, who taught him how to etch his own plates. In
1732 Catesby finally published The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the
Bahama Islands, a two volume set with 200 hand-colored plates with an appendix of
twenty more plates published in 1747. It was one of the most expensive publications
of its day. Each illustration boldly depicts a plant species paired with a bird or animal
one would expect to find in the same habitat. The carefully researched text and the
dramatic illustrations stimulated the mania for American plants in British gardens in
the 18th century.
The volumes increasingly became an important reference for naturalists and gar-
deners on both sides of the Atlantic. Catesby greatly influenced the character of
Colonial American gardens, and his study of environmental relationships was original
and remained relevant up until the American Revolution. His contribution to the
study of natural history is great. The design of the book, with its plant and animal
pairings, served as a model for the work of successive generations of American natu-
ralists, such as Audubon.
Two more editions of this work were later printed, and The University of Virginia
owns a copy of all three. Thomas Jefferson, who also owned all three editions, pre-
ferred the second edition because of the more vivid coloring of the plates. Come see
for yourself which edition you prefer!
The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library is open for use by the
general public and is located adjacent to Alderman Library on Central Grounds of
UVa. It is normally open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information or to check hours,
call (434) 243-1776 or visit the library's Website at: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small.

SDECEMBER 2006 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG 13

 A The 68th Annual
2006 W
ROSE
SHOW
“River Reflections”
Sponsored by The Garden Club
of the Middle Pennisula
Photos by Linda Consolvo

Class 40 Interclub Artistic Classes

A. The Rappahannock River B

Creative line
The Warrenton Garden Club

B. The York River

Creative line mass
Winchester-Clarke Garden Club

Queen of Show
‘Let Freedom Ring’
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Jones

Other W
Please Turn to P

For a complete list of Rose Show Winners, go

14 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

Winners C

Number of Exhibitors: 138

Number of Stems In Horticulture: 351
Number of Arrangements: 71

Placement and Text by Fleet Davis

C. The Pamunkey River

Free form
D The Garden Club of Gloucester
Quad Blue

D. The Mattaponi River

Underwater
Roanoke Valley Garden Club

Best Arrangement in Show

Class 43, small arrangement
Ceci Brown, The Garden Club of Gloucester
Blue and Tricolor

Winners
Pages 18 and 19

to www.gcvirginia.org and access Flower Shows

DECEMBER 2006 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG 15

 The Garden Club of Virginia
Presents
The 73rd Annual Daffodil Show
Sponsored by
The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

2:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 5, 2007

9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Entry acceptance: Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 3:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 7:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

Jepson Alumni Executive Center

University of Mary Washington
1119 Hanover Street
Fredericksburg
For complete schedule and registration, see www.gcvirginia.org
Sanctioned by the American Daffodil Society

16 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

 Flowers for Historic Garden Week
By Mary Nelson Thompson
The Franklin Garden Club

all and early winter are the ideal times for the landscaper to add plants that can

F be incorporated in our Historic Garden Week arrangements. Bulbs should be

planted according to the bloom schedule that will occur at the time of your
tour. Naturally, the Tidewater area members would want to plant late blooming
bulbs. Consult the horticulturist at your local nursery or garden center for advice on
choosing plants for your landscape.
Recently introduced dwarf varieties of old favorite plants may make adding new
plants more feasible for those members with limited space. Keep in mind that greens
can add great textural interest, as well as contrast in color, form, and lines. An "all
green" arrangement can be the most elegant of all!
Last year I had great success with left over bulbs purchased from the clearance
table. In late winter, I planted them in pots left in a sunny spot. I had pots of
blooms to transport or pick in April. Camellias and herbs came in handy to use in
arrangements.
As you do your holiday shopping, think of bulbs and plants for the gift that keeps
on giving. Be on the lookout for containers that require few flowers and can be used
in multiple settings. Check your bookstores or The GCV Library (catalog on The
GCV Website) for the many great books on floral design.
Lastly, encourage community and city beautification projects. Often cities have
monies available, but need an impetus to get the job started. Selective pruning (with
permission) can yield benefits for your HGW arrangements. We reap double rewards
by planning, planting and beautifying our surroundings. This will help to make our
state more lovely and enticing to guests while reducing our floral budgets.

Historic Garden Week 2006 - Update

By Suzanne Munson
Executive Director, Historic Garden Week

ollowing the deadline for the September Journal, The GCV Clubs reported

F additional income for the 2006 Historic Garden Week tours. The new total for
2006 ticket sales is $722,370. The revised figure for club expense deductions
from tour income is $119,176, more than $6,000 lower than deductions from the
previous year. This improvement is due mostly to the excellent cooperation of clubs
regarding monitoring flower expenses. Such savings, of course, mean there will be
more funding for the Restoration Committee and other important GCV programs.
Congratulations everyone on a job well done.

DECEMBER 2006 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG 17

 OTHER 2
SHOW W
Photos by Linda Consolvo

King of Show, ‘Signature’

Emily Barbee, Garden Club of Gloucester

Right: Best Novice Arrangement

Class 42, Piankatank River
Pot-et-fleurs
Peyton Wells, The Tuckahoe Garden
Club of Westhampton

Best Member Club Collection

Suzanne LaPrade
Garden Club of the
Northern Neck

Grateful Appreciation to Mary Wynn and Charles McDaniel

18 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

 006 ROSE
WINNERS
Placement and Text by Fleet Davis

Princess of Show, ‘Dublin’

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jones

Left: Most Creative Arangement

Class 41, Dragon Run
Moribana Style Ikebana
Matilda Bradshaw
Mill Mountain Garden Club

Rose Chairman’s Display

Pat Taylor
The Boxwood Club

and Hildrup Transfer for Support of The GCV Flower Shows

DECEMBER 2006 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG 19

 RoseNotes
Growing Good Roses
By Pat Taylor, GCV Rose Chairman
The Boxwood Garden Club

he Garden Club of Virginia’s 68th Rose Show, adeptly hosted by The Garden

T Club of the Middle Peninsula, was a huge success. A myriad of gorgeous

blooms graced both the horticultural exhibition tables and the arrangements.
Those in attendance left the show with a "wish list" of rose varieties to plant in their
gardens.
Now is the perfect time to address the requirements that will enable you to grow
good roses for personal enjoyment and for entering in next year's Rose Show. Plan
which roses you will add to your garden by checking the recommended varieties on the
Rose Page of The GCV Website. Then thoughtfully consider the results of this year's
efforts in your rose garden.
Sometimes even highly rated rose varieties, which are planted in good soil and
receive at least six hours of sun each day, fail to thrive. If watering sufficiently, fertiliz-
ing properly and spraying preventatively for black spot netted you mediocre, spindly
rose bushes with disappointing blooms, you need to check your soil's pH. This proce-
dure is an extremely important aspect of growing good roses as an incorrect pH level
will lock a fertilizer's nutrients in the soil and render them unavailable to the plant.
Roses prefer a pH around 6.5 (a range between 6.2-6.8). Since pH is measured on a
scale ranging from 1-14, the middle number on the scale, 7.0, represents a neutral pH.
A slightly acidic reading of 6.5 is ideal for roses. Soils in Virginia tend to be naturally
acidic. Also, virtually everything we do to pamper our roses (adding organics to the
soil, fertilizing and spraying) causes the soil to become even more acidic. Therefore, it
is usually necessary to add ground limestone, an alkaline substance, to raise the soil's
pH. Late fall and early winter are the ideal times to address this task as it takes several
months after adding limestone for the pH to begin to rise.
There are several ways to check your pH. Scoop soil from several locations in your
garden, take it to your local nursery or feed store and procure a "soil box." Ship the
box to Virginia Tech. In several weeks you will receive a soil analysis that includes the
pH reading, as well as a breakdown of nutrient contents. This process should be per-
formed every few years. In the interim, a pH meter (the 'Kelway HB-2 Professional
pH Tester' from Rosemania.com) gives an accurate reading of pH levels. For a large gar-
den or for immediate results, this apparatus is well worth the investment.
Once your soil has attained the correct pH, your roses will be ready to "take off" in
the spring.

20 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

 Daffodil Notes
The Dirt on Daffodils
By Glenna Graves, GCV Daffodil Chair
The Spotswood Garden Club

The GCV Daffodil Committee offers a collection of sturdy and beautiful daffodils each
year called the Tried and True Collection. These bulbs have substance and good strong
foliage and bloom color categorized by these three characteristics: 1) a good Constitution -
freedom from disease, strong foliage and good increase; 2) Impact - good color, texture
and poise showing above the foliage; and 3) Resistance to Weather - durability, variability,
and resistant to sunburn.
Each year we try to provide bulbs in various divisions, colors and seasons of bloom that
could be entered in a show and perhaps win a blue ribbon. We provide three bulbs of each
variety to give you a good show that first year. With two or three years of multiplication,
you will have a wonderful landscape display.
As members of the American Daffodil Society or The Daffodil Society of England, you
receive journals that are filled with good information on culture of the daffodil, new bulbs
that have just been introduced, diseases that can attack your bulbs and treatment sugges-
tions as well as recommendations of sturdy cultivars. The Royal Horticultural Society with
test gardens at Wisely, United Kingdom, is another good resource for daffodil gardeners.
The Society tests cultivars from the United States, Holland and the United Kingom for a
two-year period and gives the winner the Award of Garden Merit. The AGM has very
strict criteria and is aimed at promoting those cultivars that the Society recommends for the
general gardener. The top ten AGM daffodils, in alphabetical order, are: Bravoure 1 W-Y;
Broomhill 2 W-W; February Gold 6 Y-Y; Gold Convention 2 Y-Y; Jetfire 6Y-O; Quail 7
Y-Y; Rapture 6 Y-Y; Rijnveld's Early Sensation 1 Y-Y; Salome 2 W-PPY; Tete-a-Tete 12 Y-Y.

Other Tried and True Daffodils are:

Division 1 Golden Rapture, Golden Vale, Goldfinger, Mount Hood, Silent
Valley, Little Beauty, Trumpet Warrior.
Division 2 Camelot, Gold Beach, Golden Aura, Saint Keverne, Carlton,
Bantam, Ceylon, Carib Gypsy, Pineapple Prince, Homestead, Ice
Follies, Misty Glen, High Society, Notre Dame, Salome, Bradbury
Rings, Triple Crown,
Division 3 Verona, Purbeck, Segovia
Division 4 Tahiti, Yellow Cheerfulness, White Lion
Division 5 Hawera, Lemon Drops, Ice Wings
Division 6 Peeping Toms, Itzim, Foundling, Mite
Division 7 Quail, Sweetness, Chitchat, Indian Maid Stratosphere, Pipit
Division 8 Highfield Beauty, Falconet, Hoopoe, Geranium, Avalanche
Division 9 Actaea, Cantibile
Division 11 Triginometry
Division 12 Jumblie, Tete-a Tete

DECEMBER 2006 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG 21

 Lily Notes
Grow and Show
By Mary Nelson Thompson, GCV Lily Chairman
The Franklin Garden Club

t the September 27th Lily Program and Workshop, 42 GCV members

A enjoyed a fabulous educational presentation, "Growing, Showing, and

Arranging Lilies,” given by Laura Anne Brooks of The Middle Peninsula
Garden Club. After lunch, The GCV Lily Committee, under the direction of Genie
and David Diller, helped us learn about classification, through beautiful slides and
"hands on" experience. All present agreed that this format was a great way to learn
about lilies.
We learned the fine points of lily planting. Prepping the soil with 1/3 topsoil, 1/3
sand and grit, and 1/3 organic matter in a raised bed will sustain the bulbs through
winter. Planting the bulbs in a sunny or dappled shade site with good air circulation
will encourage growth. Adding one tablespoon of low nitrogen fertilizer or Bulb Tone
mixed in the bottom of the hole when planting and a sprinkling of fertilizer over one
to two inches of mulch will feed the bulbs. Watering well after planting is important,
and you must water them every week to assure there will be enough moisture. The
raised bed should prevent soggy soil during rainy times. We were reminded to label the
bulbs when planting to make identification easier this summer. Labels may be made
from materials at home or purchased at garden centers.
After planting, the schedule for feeding your bulbs is simple. Fertilize when the
emerging plants are three to four inches, again at 12-13 inches, and top dress after
blooming. In areas that receive late frosts, young plants can be covered with a light
sprinkling of pine straw or leaves for protection. As plants mature, watch for insect
damage, which can be treated by various commercial products. Fungus can be treated
with Daconil.
In many gardens, deer, rabbits, moles and voles are a menace. Planting bulbs with
PerLite mix (sharp gravel) and balled up fishing line will help the vole problem. To
deter the voracious deer, the following methods have produced results for some of our
members: Bottex, pepper wax, dog hair, urine, Liquid Fence, powdered eggs mixed
with garlic with tall fencing all around. Chicken wire around tomato cages will keep
rabbits and chipmunks at bay.

22 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

 Contemporary Designs
By Judy Perry
The Elizabeth River Garden Club

he late 20th Century saw a dramatic increase in new and creative designs in

T the world of art. This spilled over into floral design as arrangers were captur-
ing the essence of abstract, pop and other new art forms and interpreting
them with flowers. The same boldness and experimentation knocked down traditional
boundaries to create exciting new floral designs. Arrangers were emboldened to stretch
their imaginations, throw out old rules and strive for pure design for design's sake.
The results of this revolution in the floral art world have been labeled
Contemporary Designs. We find new style names such as Phoenix Design, Creative
Line, New Convention Design, Parallel Design, Assemblage, Creative Botanical,
Illuminary, Abstract and Underwater Design.
The Garden Club of Virginia Flower Shows encourage our interest in
Contemporary Designs by always including them in the show schedules. With this in
mind, The Elizabeth River Garden Club has published a new book, Styles of Flower
Arranging - Contemporary Designs. It is a companion volume to the original Styles of
Flower Arranging - A Primer, and is filled with information on how to create the myri-
ad of contemporary designs that we see today. The book is $10.00 plus $1.50 ship-
ping. The first book continues to be available also for $10.00 plus shipping.
Inquire about reduced shipping costs of multiple books. Send requests to The
Elizabeth River Garden Club, Book Order, PO Box 7923, Portsmouth, Virginia 23707.

Assemblage Waterfall Design Creative Botanical

Editor's note: This book is a wonderful resource but not to be confused with The
GCV Flower Shows Handbook.

DECEMBER 2006 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG 23

24 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA
 SPECIAL
GROUP RATES!

Maymont … embracing the banks of

the James for more than a century in
celebration of gardens and elegance.
This February, come explore
A Great Tradition of gardening and
outdoor living in Virginia at the
Maymont Flower & Garden Show!

• Lush Full-Scale Landscape Exhibits

• Great Garden Marketplace
• Expert & Entertaining Speakers
February 22-25, 2007
Greater Richmond Convention Center
Don’t miss popular Richmond, Virginia
speaker, author
and award-winning
Thur.-Sat. 9am-8pm / Sun. 9am-4pm
landscape designer Tickets: $14 / Half-Off After 5pm
JON CARLOFTIS Group Rates: $11 for 10-39 / $10 for 40 or more
800-332-3976 • 804-897-1774 www.MacEvents.com
18TH
ANNUAL

DECEMBER 2006 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG 25

 To Seed or To Mulch
By Geri Ridenhour
The Garden Study Club

s winter sets in and we look at our trees giving up their colorful leaves, we make

A plans for next year. We ponder whether it is better to scratch up the surface of the
ground under that large tree and disperse a premium grass seed or throw in the
trowel and do nothing. Well, before you cast a withering glance towards that magnificent
tree, let's sit down, have a cup of your favorite beverage, and talk about what can be done
to remedy those spots where the grass has all but given up.
Grass and trees can co-exist in the same yard, but it does take some extra consideration
on your part. For in the competition for survival, the root system of your grass will
inevitably lose against the many strong roots of a tree. Rather than fight this fact of nature,
let's plan a yard that works WITH nature's ways.
Think of a large mulch bed around your trees. Forget that little frill of mulch at the
base; do your tree's root system a favor and widen that mulch to the tree's drip line. In
that way, the tree roots are not competing with grass or other material for moisture and
your tree will be set off as the true specimen that it is.
Winter is the perfect time to stand back from your house and see where you can expand
your beds. Landscaping of other houses and commercial buildings can provide examples.
The idea of removing lawn and expanding mulch is gaining ground across the country as
baby boomers tire of the endless watering, fertilizing, and mowing and look for ways to
enjoy their weekends outdoors in a fashion that does not involve hours of yard work. This
concept also allows us to use less fertilizer and other unnatural yard products, some of
which inevitably find their way to our local streams. So think back to resorts and arboreta,
think back to visits to botanical gardens, and make plans to enlarge your mulched areas
and reduce the grass area of your lot. Your trees and the environment will thank you!

26 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

 CONTRIBUTIONS
Report Period From 7/1/06 Through 9/30/06
Common Wealth Fund
Gifts: Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred F. Ritter, Jr.

In Honor of: Donor:

Margo Eppard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Garden Club of Fairfax
Kathleen O. Frazier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Warrenton Garden Club
Margaret Kincheloe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Garden Club of Fairfax

Kent-Valentine Library
Gift: Donor:
Lee V. Snyder

Restoration
Gift: Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Josiah P. Rowe III

In Honor of: Donor:

William D. Rieley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winchester-Clarke Garden Club
Millicent W. West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lorraine Warren Strickler

The Garden Club of Virginia Endowment

Gifts: Donor:
Berenice D. Craigie
Hubard Family Trusts
Patricia R. King
Mrs. Frederic W. Scott

In Honor of: Donor:

Sally Guy Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton
Mrs. Herbert L. Aman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Garden Club of the Northern Neck
Mrs. Robert S. Brewbaker, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Franklin Garden Club
Deedy Bumgardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown
Judge and Mrs. Rudolph Bumgardner III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nan C. Freed
Mrs. Rudolph Bumgardner III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Spence
Mrs. Ashburn Cutchin III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Franklin Garden Club
Mrs. Charles C. Freed, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Spence
Nan Freed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deedy Bumgardner
Mrs. Leonard Hoerneman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Garden Club of the Northern Neck
Linda Holden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore
Dr. and Mrs. James Hundley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Garden Club of the Northern Neck
Mr. and Mrs. David Lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Garden Club of the Northern Neck
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. McDaniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deedy Bumgardner
Mary Hart Darden
Lucy R. Ellett
Kimbrough K. Nash
Mina W. Wood
Mrs. J. Frederick Moring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Garden Club of the Northern Neck
Mrs. W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Garden Club of the Northern Neck

DECEMBER 2006 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG 27

 Mrs. Albert C. Pollard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Garden Club of the Northern Neck
Mrs. William Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Garden Club of the Northern Neck
Susan M. Ramsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Garden Club of the Northern Neck
J. Randy Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. J. Gordon Kincheloe
Mrs. R. Gordon Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Garden Club of the Northern Neck
Page Sullenberger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deedy Bumgardner
Mrs. Lester Terhune, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Garden Club of the Northern Neck
Mrs. Harvey K. Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Spence
Mina Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deedy Bumgardner
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Wood III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nan C. Freed
Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Spence

In Memory of: Donor:

Marian Hornsby Bowditch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Hampton Roads Garden Club
Mrs. Evelyn Hardison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alice Koziol
Dorothy D. Kellam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Estate of Dorothy D. Kellam
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Wehner, Jr.
Mr. James Gordon Kincheloe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. W. H. Garner
Mrs. Bruce Thomson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Robert L. Galloway
Granville Gray Valentine, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Ruffin Tyler

The GCV Conservation Fund

Gift: Donor:
Berenice D. Craigie

In Honor of: Donor:

Mrs. Mills Godwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. and Mrs. Warren L. Romans
Marsha Merrell, GCV Conservation Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betty Byrne Ware

In Memory of: Donor:

Elinor Odell Saunders Felton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanette Felton McKittrick
Lilian Hinton Slaughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Upshur Brown

28 WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA CALENDAR
December 1, 2006 - May 31, 2007
December 1 Deadline: nominations for the deLacy Gray Memorial Medal
Deadline: nominations for the Massie Medal

January 15 Deadline: Journal submissions for March issue

January 15 Speaker Series

January 22 Legislative Field Day

March 1 Deadline: Common Wealth Award nominations

April 3-5 The GCV Daffodil Show - Fredericksburg

April 15 Deadline: Journal submissions for June issue

April 21-28 Historic Garden Week in Virginia

May 8-10 The GCV Annual Meeting

May 17 Horticulture Field Day - Charlottesville

May 31 Deadline: nominations for the Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award

for Conservation
The Garden Club of Virginia Journal Periodicals
(USPS 574-520) Postage Paid
12 East Franklin Street At Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia 23219 And Additional Offices