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WWW.GCVIRGINIA.ORG The Garden Club of Virginia

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“Gardening, reading about gardening, and writing about gardening are all

one,” said Elizabeth Lawrence. “No one can garden alone.” In this issue, you’ll

find many worthy garden companions. Mina Wood takes us on a tour of historic

gardens through the Hudson River Valley, and Susan Morten provides a delightful

look at trees through Nancy Hugo’s eyes. Jocelyn Sladen writes a cautionary tale

about our native woodlands, and we return with Jane White to The Homestead,

where there’s been more than one memorable GCV gathering. Just as Miss

Lawrence got her start as a writer in the Journal’s predecessor, Garden Gossip,

you, too, can share your garden stories in these pages.

Write to us at [email protected].

Journal Editorial Board2011-2012

Editor and Chairman: Jeanette McKittrick, Three Chopt Garden Club

ExOfficio MembersGCV President, Kimbrough Nash, The Warrenton Garden ClubGCV Corresponding Secretary, Nina Mustard, The Williamsburg Garden ClubGCV Photographer, Casey Rice, Harborfront Garden ClubJournal Business Chairman, Fleet Davis, The Garden Club of the Eastern ShoreJournal Advertising Chairman, Katya Spicuzza, Albemarle Garden Club, The Garden Club of the Northern NeckFormer Journal Editor, Jeanette Cadwallender, The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

MembersMason Beazley, The James River Garden Club, The Garden Club of the Northern NeckBetty Anne Garrett, The Garden Club of the Middle PeninsulaJulie Grover, The Blue Ridge Garden Club, The James River Garden ClubMary Ann Johnson, The Roanoke Valley Garden ClubSusan Morten, The Martinsville Garden Club

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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 issueApril 15 for the June issueJuly 15 for the September issueOctober 15 for the December issueEmail copy to the Editor and advertising to the Ad Chairman

President of the Garden Club of Virginia:Kimbrough Nash

Journal Editor:Jeanette McKittrick5111 Cary Street RoadRichmond, VA 23226Phone: (804) 288-2512Email: [email protected]

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ON THE COVER...

The Williamsburg Garden Club, host of the 2012 GCV Annual Meeting, has provided this beautiful rendering of the Governor’s Palace Gardens of Colonial Williamsburg, by Carlton Abbott and Richard Wiatt of Carlton Abbott and Partners Architects.

IN THIS ISSUE ...Finish Your Trillium, Deer ........................... 3

A Journey Through Time and the Hudson River Valley ............................................. 4

A Month of Daffodil Shows .......................... 6

Daffodil Notes ............................................... 7

Laying the Groundwork for a Fruitful Spring ..... 8

Slate of Officers ............................................. 9

78th Annual Daffodil Show ......................... 10

Thomas Jefferson Medal for Conservation .. 11

Seize the Opportunity ................................. 11

In Memorium: Nancy St. Clair Talley ........ 12

In Memoriam ............................................. 13

Ex Libris: Seeing Trees ................................ 14

An Interview with Nancy Hugo .................. 15

The Sound of Music Makes History ............ 17

Rose Notes ................................................... 19

In the Garden ..............................................20

Club Notes .................................................. 21

Follow the James .........................................22

Contributions .............................................. 24

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Finish Your Trillium, DeerBy Jocelyn Sladen

The Warrenton Garden Club

Spring in Virginia’s woodlands is showtime for native wildflowers. Bloodroot, spring beauty, and rue anemone are early finds along the trail, with trout lily and Virginia bluebells soon to delight us on the floodplain. Yellow lady’s slipper will

light up the forest floor under new leaves of tulip poplars. Jack-in-the-pulpit, mayapple and viburnum are in bloom. The new abundance pleases some other locals, too. For white-tailed deer, it means the salad bar is open. No spring tonic beats a spread of Dutchman’s breeches.

As a child, when wildflowers were more abundant and because I knew no better, I would take fists full of cutleaf toothwort to my mother on May Day. I would not do that now for many reasons. The toothwort is scarce, for one. Much else is missing in our woodlands. I look for the paired emerald leaves of showy orchis, but the deer have demolished so many plants that it is rare to come across them.

We humans had killed nearly all the white-tailed deer in the eastern part of this country by the early 1900s. Since the 1930s, game laws and restocking to benefit hunters have brought them back, but with unintended consequences. Deer thrive in today’s landscapes of mixed fields and forest edges, while woodlands are safer without all those mountain lions. According to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, there may be twice as many deer in Virginia today - nearly one million - as when Jamestown was settled.

Biologists tell us that deer are now changing the composition of trees, understory and ground flora in forested areas throughout the East. To the casual observer the woods still look green, but they are much altered. Moving in herds and browsing virtually without cease, deer have dramatically decreased the native forest floor plant cover. The losses have affected songbirds and other wildlife dependent on native vegetation. Inevitably, the abundance of wildflowers has been diminished. Unfortunately, alien invasive plants tend to be avoided by white-tailed deer.

Conservation biologists may yet find humane and science-based ways to control the overpopulations. Deer birth control methods have not so far proved workable on a scale that would make a lasting difference. Hunting may slow down the plant loss, but deer come back with a speed that amazes. Our Department of Game and Inland Fisheries does what it can to respond to many stakeholders in managing ecosystems; however, an agency funded primarily by hunting and fishing must view its role from a somewhat different perspective than those concerned with native plants. Meanwhile, as we struggle to defend our tulips, the losses continue beyond our gardens. Plant people, certainly gardeners, should take the lead in encouraging more research and action to solve the problem.❁


A Journey through Time and the Hudson River Valley

By Mina WoodThe Lynchburg Garden Club

Members of the Restoration Committee journeyed north last fall to explore Hudson River

architecture and landscapes from the early Federal period to the revival styles of the late 19th and 20th century. The landscapes represent changes in American tastes over a 200-year period, and are both a treasury of pioneering garden design and a representation of some of the most spectacular landscapes in the world. The Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck was home to the group led by William D. Rieley, landscape architect for the Garden Club of Virginia.

We began at Amy Goldman’s beautiful garden in Rhinebeck, where she has experimented with over a thousand varieties of tomatoes. Amy is active in the Seed Savers Exchange and inspired us with her enthusiasm and knowledge as she led us through all of the different methods of growing and preserving her beloved fruit.

Next was Montgomery Place in Barrytown (1804-l805), former home of Janet Livingston Montgomery, a magnificent federal mansion designed by Alexander Jackson Davis. The grounds reflect the influence of Andrew Jackson Downing, and enjoy gorgeous views of the Hudson River. We then toured Edgewater, Richard Jenrette’s house and grounds, and the former home of Gore Vidal. It is so named for its proximity and panoramic view of the Hudson River.

The second day began with Olana, home of noted Hudson River painter Frederick Church, where his Persian palace stands as one of his greatest works of art. The house and interior reflect Church’s extensive travels in Europe and the Middle East, and commands breathtaking views of the Hudson River Valley. Next was Locust Grove, former home of Samuel Morse, with grounds that feature a garden of giant dahlias and a landscape designed by Morse himself. Dinner that night was at the Culinary Institute of America, a huge brick edifice that houses the famous culinary school.

We were fascinated with Stonecrop in Cold Spring, home of Frank Cabot, founder of the Garden Conservancy. His lovely greenhouses and horticultural test gardens contained familiar plants but also tantalizing new ones. The afternoon was spent in

Millbrook at one of the highlights of the tour, Innisfree, the former home of Walter and Marion Beck. Landscape architect Lester Collins explored a Chinese garden design concept here based on paintings going back a thousand years, and devised the term “cup garden” to describe a feature surrounded by a bowl shape for better display.

Finally, we had an early morning tour of Kykuit, home of the Rockefellers. Perched on the rise from the banks of the Photos by William D. Rieley


lower Hudson River with magnificent views, this handsome ornate house stands in the midst of an elaborate Italian garden with both Old World classical statuary and major modern pieces. Our last stop, Union Church, left us breathless and in awe. Here we saw stained glass windows created by Matisse and Chagall, given by the Rockefellers in memory of their mother.

This is but a small piece of the history that is tucked away on the banks of the Hudson from Albany to the Bronx. The next trip would have to include West Point, Boscobel, the Vanderbilt Mansion, some of the Hyde Park properties, Manitoga, Wilderstein and more. For avid gardeners and history lovers, a drive to the Hudson River Valley will inspire you with its history and natural landscapes. ❁


A Month of Daffodil Shows

By Glenna GravesThe Spotswood Garden Club

April is a wonderful month for daffodil growers as our gardens are in full bloom. Our Mid-Atlantic region is one of the best areas in the country for growing all 13 divisions of daffodils, and across the state, there will be a show close to you

for your participation.A month of shows begins in March with our GCV Daffodil Show, hosted by The

Garden Club of Gloucester. This will also be the Middle Atlantic Regional Daffodil show, sanctioned by the American Daffodil Society, and will attract growers from all of the Mid-Atlantic states. The show is located at Ware Academy on John Clayton Memorial Highway, March 29 and 30.

On April 7 and 8, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden will host a show sponsored by the Virginia Daffodil Society, and on April 10, the Upperville Garden Club will host their show. Many of our GCV members travel also to the Washington Daffodil Society Show, which will be on April 14 and 15, held at Brookside Gardens, in Wheaton, Maryland.

A very special opportunity this year is the American Daffodil Society National Convention and Show, which will be held in Towson, Maryland, April 19 – 22. This show is spectacular, as hundreds of daffodils from all across the U.S. are entered in competition, and it offers a wonderful opportunity to see many new varieties as well as many historic varieties possibly never before seen locally.

Plan to attend at least one of these shows, bring your blooms along, and perhaps you may win the gold ribbon for the best in show! ❁


Daffodil NotesThe Times, They Are a-Changin’

By Lucy Rhame, GCV Daffodil ChairmanFauquier and Loudoun Garden Club, The Hunting Creek Garden Club

2012! Time is moving on and so is the Daffodil Committee.

As many of you may know, three years ago our specialty bulb supplier in Oregon downsized her business, and as a result, she informed the GCV that she would no longer be able to supply the club with daffodil bulbs. Since then, the committee has been procuring the GCV bulbs from Brent and Becky’s Bulbs in Gloucester. The website is www.brentandbeckysbulbs.com.

I am happy to report that many of you are ordering and growing. In fact, so much so, I have bagged over 10,000 bulbs for collections in each of the past three years. The logistics of such a massive undertaking have become overwhelming, so, starting this year, each club will be responsible for ordering its own GCV Daffodil Collections.

The committee still will choose the bulbs in the collection, and the 2012 collection can now be seen on the GCV website. From the GCV home page, click on flower shows, then daffodils, and select the link to 2012 GCV Daffodil Collection. The club daffodil chairman will take its club’s orders, sort and bag the bulbs when they arrive, and distribute them to the members. This can be done in the following ways:

1. If your club is a Section 501(c)3 non-profit organization, you can set up a Bloomin’ Bucks account, www.bloominbucks.com, with Brent and Becky’s Bulbs, and aggregate your club order. Your club will receive 10% back at the end of the year on the total monies spent. In fact, any bulbs ordered, whether from the spring or fall catalogs, can be applied to the aggregate for the club if specified.

2. If your club is not a Section 501(c)3 non-profit organization, you can still sign up for a Bloomin’ Bucks account and choose any qualifying charity to which you would like the money sent, such as the Garden Club of Virginia.

3. Your club can order from any supplier that you might choose. A list of retail bulb suppliers can be found on the American Daffodil Society website at www.daffodilusa.org.

At the fall Board of Governors meeting, each of your club presidents was given a CD produced by the American Daffodil Society on growing and showing daffodils. It is a very good source of information for garden club growers of daffodils, and I encourage anyone interested to request to view the CD. It is a resource you can use again and again, but that does not mean we are not still here to help you. Please contact me or any member of the committee should you have any questions.

The Gloucester Garden Club looks forward to seeing you at the GCV Daffodil Show, to be held in Gloucester on March 29, and 30, Thursday and Friday. The schedule is available on the GCV website. Additionally, Brent and Becky’s gardens will be open for you to tour. Happy growing. ❁


Laying the Groundwork for a Fruitful Spring

By Karen Cauthen Miller Director of Historic Garden Week and Editor of the Guidebook

The 2012 Historic Garden Week guidebook is awash with color. The cover, which features the Hermitage Museum and Gardens in Norfolk and 29 wa-tercolors by our own Beth Marchant, make this an especially elegant book. A

two-page full color spread of the map of Virginia with Garden Club of Virginia restora-tion sites highlighted appears in the first few pages. The guidebook is the longest, at 248 pages, in the history of the event. Tour descriptions feature 191 homes and gardens. Included in this year’s guidebook are 506 individual advertisers, representing a record $144,122 in income, almost $10,000 over the budget.

The fall and early winter were consumed with the layout and editing of the guide-book, and February and March were equally busy. Our new interim assistant London Ray and I worked on updating master distribution lists. As a result the state brochure was sent to over 600 new outlets and tour chairmen were integrated into the process, helping tremendously with shipment locations for the guidebook. Hostess ribbons, posters, DVDs of the Restoration Committee’s gorgeous new presentation, a new Historic Garden Week flower arrangement card and a serious education in road signs marked the winter months at HGW headquarters.

The marketing and media plan to support “America’s Largest Open House” has evolved and created strengthened partnerships and strategic alliances aimed at new audi-ences. Facebook and Twitter logos are included on the state brochure and in the guide-book, symbolizing our commitment to social media as a way to ensure the long-term viability of this venerable event. We have negotiated a Living Social promotion for the statewide pass, secured public radio in central and southwest Virginia (supporting 13 tours), and have been working with magazine editors to promote HGW. Since national coverage requires at least a year’s preparation, this effort is designed to benefit the 79th tour, but also to plant the seeds for coverage of the upcoming 80th anniversary.

HGW State Chairman Anne Cross and I attended district meetings, with Lynn McCashin, GCV Executive Director, joining us for many. The State Committee met at the end of January. These gatherings have been wonderful opportunities to meet on a more personal level, to discuss the exciting changes planned and to get input from each of the clubs. ❁

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.


PresidentAnn Gordon evans (Mrs. russell s., Jr.)

the Huntington Garden Club

First ViCe PresidentJeanette Cadwallender (Mrs. nicholas)the rappahannock Valley Garden Club

seCond ViCe Presidentnina Mustard (Mrs. John C., iii)the Williamsburg Garden Club

treAsurerAnne Baldwin (Mrs. robert F., Jr.)

the Garden Club of Alexandria

reCordinG seCretAryCharlotte Benjamin (Mrs. F. Charles)

the Garden Club of Fairfax

CorresPondinG seCretAryBetsy Worthington (Mrs. richard B.)

the Lynchburg Garden Club

DIRECtoRS-At-LARGE

district 1elizabeth Johnson (Mrs. samuel P., iii)

the Petersburg Garden Club

district 2Candy Carden (Mrs. William t.)

the Garden Club of the northern neck

district 4denise revercomb (Mrs. denise C.)

roanoke Valley Garden Club

The Board of Directors approved the following slate,

submitted by the Nominating Committee.A vote will be taken by the membership at the Annual Meeting.

Laying the Groundwork for a Fruitful Spring

By Karen Cauthen Miller Director of Historic Garden Week and Editor of the Guidebook

The 2012 Historic Garden Week guidebook is awash with color. The cover,

which features the Hermitage Museum and Gardens in Norfolk, and 29 wa-

tercolors by our own Beth Marchant, make this an especially elegant book. A

two-page full color spread of the map of Virginia with Garden Club of Virginia restora-

tion sites highlighted appears in the first few pages. The guidebook is the longest, at 248

pages, in the history of the event. Tour descriptions feature 191 homes and gardens.

Included in this year’s guidebook are 506 individual advertisers, representing a record

$144,122 in income, almost $10,000 over the budget.

The fall and early winter were consumed with the layout and editing of the guide-


The Garden Club of Virginia’s 78th Annual

Daffodil Show A judged show hosted by

The Garden Club of Gloucester and sanctioned by

The American Daffodil Society

Thursday, March 29 from 2 to 6 p.m. Friday, March 30 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m

Ware Academy

7936 John Clayton Memorial Highway Gloucester

Chairmen

Mrs. W. John Matheson, (804) 693-4813 Mrs. Edward H. Ould III, (804) 693- 3773

Horticulture and Artistic Arrangements

Registration: Mrs. David Meeker, (804) 693-4490

[email protected] or

www.gcvirginia.org


GCV President Kim Nash receives the award from the

Virginia Museum of Natural History

Thomas Jefferson Medal for ConservationGiven by the Virginia Museum of Natural History

By Karen JonesGCV Conservation and Beautification Committee Chairman

The Martinsville Garden Club

The Garden Club of Virginia gives some meaningful awards every year, but this year we were

pleasantly surprised to find ourselves receiving one. The Virginia Museum of Natural History Foundation chose to give its first Thomas Jefferson Medal for Conservation to the Garden Club of Virginia. This award is presented in recognition of significant conservation efforts in the state.

Having learned of the GCV and its efforts in conservation education when we held the 2009 Conservation Forum in the museum’s Grand Hall in Martinsville, scientists and members of their staff attended the forum and were favorably impressed. Several museum trustees attended the two subsequent forums held at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business in 2010 and at the University of Richmond Jepson Center in 2011.

The Virginia Museum of Natural History determined that the GCV is a worthy first recipient of this award, deserving recognition for its efforts to educate the public as well as its own members on important environmental issues.

It’s wonderful that the GCV gives awards to deserving individuals and organizations, but it’s also a delight to accept one! ❁

Seize the OpportunityBy Karen Jones

GCV Conservation and Beautification Committee ChairmanThe Martinsville Garden Club

Seize the opportunity to honor an organization, industry or individual who is not a GCV member by nominating them for the Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award for Conservation. The recipient must have rendered outstanding service in the

conservation and wise development of the natural resources of the Commonwealth of Virginia. We need heroes to inspire us, so look around in your community and find one.

Last year, the Alliance to Save the Mattaponi with its hard-fought success story was the deserving recipient. In 2009, the Lipton Tea Corporation dazzled us with their zero-landfill site achievement, meaning no company waste. They were both truly inspiring stories about individuals and corporations working for the greater good. Please share a similar local story with us. You will find the guidelines on the GCV website. The deadline is May 31. ❁


In Memoriam: Nancy St. Clair TalleyBy Margaret Bemiss

The James River Garden Club

Nancy St. Clair Talley, the

35th President of the Garden

Club of Virginia, died

on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011.

Her funeral was a standing-room only

celebration of the remarkable life of a

remarkable lady.

What you saw with Nancy was not

always what you got. What you saw was

a cool, small, elegant, erect, smiling, soft-

spoken, Southern lady who always looked

fresh out of the proverbial bandbox. What

you got was a diminutive powerhouse

with a formidable intellect and a steely

determination. You also got, if you were fortunate enough to know her well, a warm,

engaging, entertaining and staunchly supportive friend.

It may be a hackneyed phrase, but Nancy was indeed a woman for all seasons:

wife, mother, grandmother, writer, historian, executive, counselor, environmentalist,

homemaker, gardener, cook – she could, and did, do it all.

And Emily Dickinson said it all:

“That such have died enables us

The tranquiller to die;

That such have lived, certificate

For immortality.”


Florence Adams

Irma Frances Hall Ayers

Mary McCullough Rawls Cooke Berkeley

Jimmie Ann Boykin

Nancy Dickerson Bridgforth

June Wall Camper

Dorothy Towles Rowe “Towlesey” Castles

Eugenia Range Diller

Kathey Farmar

Patricia Gage

Judith Burnett Halsey

Sarah Winston Townsend Harrison

Gay Hathaway

Jane Gamble Heyward

Marian Tonkin Hillard

Mary Knox Hubard

Elizabeth Kelly Kearfott

Catherine “Kacky” MacGregor

Anne Merritt Martin

Joan Coyne Martin

Elizabeth Overton McAlpine

Anne Kane McGuire

Lucy Wood Morris

Margo McPherson Nevins

Jean Elizabeth Parker

Edith “Sissy” Prillaman

Katherine Read

Betsy Barton Scott Savage

Katherine “Kitty” Spindle

Dorothy Northcutt Kearns Hodgson Stiffler

Nancy St. Clair Talley

Margaret Flythe “Peggy” Teague

Cecile Mears Turner

Suzanne Savedge Wescoat

Jeanne Gibson Woody

In Memoriam2011

In Memoriam lists the names of Garden Club of Virginia members who have died within the past year, compiled by the Journal

from names submitted by club presidents.


As trees bud and bloom for spring, we can learn from a treasure trove of information how to experience “the real joy of tree-watching” from garden guru Nancy Ross Hugo’s new book, Seeing Trees: Discover the Extraordinary Secrets

of Everyday Trees. Nancy, known to many in the Garden Club of Virginia for her work while a member of The Ashland Garden Club, collaborated with photographer Robert Llewellyn on the award-winning, rave-reviewed Timber Press book.

Nancy also became well known to gardeners in Virginia and beyond as a garden columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Virginia Wildlife, as a contributor to publications such as Horticulture, and as the author of two earlier acclaimed books: Earth Works: Reading for Backyard Gardeners and Remarkable Trees of Virginia. She also has managed education at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens and is a sought-after speaker. She divides her time between Ashland and Howardsville, where she and her husband have an outdoor education and retreat center called Flower Camp.

In Seeing Trees, Nancy illuminates largely unnoticed yet easily observable traits that, if attended to, can reveal remarkable features and events in the life cycles of ordinary trees. The book invites readers to watch trees with the same care birdwatchers devote to birds, and to record observations. The novice is introduced to tree parts: leaves, flowers, cones, buds, fruit, leaf scars, bark and twigs. The goal: the ability to see trees.

Bob Llewellen’s photography shows with vibrant and breathtaking beauty what is there to be seen. His pictures have the feel of illustrated art, worthy of framing. A two-page spread, for instance, shows in extreme close-up the pea-like flowers of an eastern redbud, considered “perfect” because they have both male and female parts. Even “helicopters” that dangle from red maple twigs become a work of art.

Ex Libris

By Molly H. Sammler, GCV Library Committee, The Petersburg Garden Club

— Continued on p. 16

Review of Seeing Trees: Discover the Extraordinary Secrets of Everyday Trees

Flowers of eastern redbud, Cercis canadensisPhoto Credit: Robert Llewellyn


Seeing Nancy Hugo Seeing Trees:An Interview with the Author

By Susan MortenThe Martinsville Garden Club

A three-hour road trip taken three decades ago in search of a tulip poplar launched Nancy Ross Hugo on a lifelong journey. The former member of The Ashland Garden Club reached a milestone with publication of Seeing Trees: Discover the

Extraordinary Secrets of Everyday Trees. The book, with her words and Robert Llewellyn’s photographs, came out in the fall to critical acclaim and the National Outdoor Book Award.

Not that Nancy envisioned Seeing Trees three decades ago. Yet she had always had an affinity for trees, one that would eventually lead her to see trees as living, breathing organisms. She recalls reading books as a girl and being enchanted by animating descriptions of trees and forests, such as “the murmuring pines and hemlocks.” At age 10, she won $10 in a Keep Virginia Green poster contest for her drawing of trees.

As an adult, Nancy developed an interest in the Big Tree Program, the effort to protect and to celebrate some of our most majestic and iconic trees. She decided to play hooky one day from her teaching job to go see the Bedford tulip poplar, then the biggest of its kind in the country. Some 155 miles later, she had to hunt for the tree, which, in those days, was in the woods. Today, it stands inside a chain-link fence in a subdivision. “Being in its presence was thrilling. It was a peak experience, and I was hooked,” Nancy told the Journal. In Seeing Trees, she credits it as “the tree that launched my career as a tree chaser … .”

She went home to Ashland and wrote about it for American Forests. She began writing about trees, gardens and the natural world. She would later also manage education programs at a botanical garden, lecture, and run her own outdoor education and retreat center. Her work demanded increasing amounts of time away from home, which led to her reluctant resignation from the garden club. She wrote columns and articles for local, state and national publications. And she wrote books.

Her first was Earth Works: Reading for Backyard Gardeners, a selection of her columns from the Richmond Times-Dispatch. For her second, Remarkable Trees of Virginia, she worked with Dr. Jeffrey Kirwan and Bob Llewellyn. Bob’s photographs have been widely featured. One of his books won five national awards, while another was selected as an official diplomatic gift of the White House and State Department.

It was Bob’s questions to Nancy as they explored Virginia to see remarkable trees that led to Seeing Trees. He began taking pictures of often-unnoticed, individual tree parts, just

— Continued on p. 16

Photo Credit: Robert Llewellyn

Fruit of sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua


Happy Birthday to You!

C elebrating your club’s silver, golden, diamond or platinum jubilee this year? As fresh and smart as they are, it’s hard to believe that we have centenarians in our midst! The

very definition of the phrase, “aging gracefully,” these grandes dames have lots to celebrate. If your club has a big birthday coming up, please let the Journal know. We’ll be publishing a list of all clubs celebrating their 25th, 50th, 75th and 100th birthdays in the September issue, as well as those celebrating any decade 60 years and up. Please drop a note to [email protected] no later than July 15 if you’re having a big birthday in 2012.

Happy Birthday to You!

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To illustrate the extraordinary in the ordinary, the book profiles 10 familiar species: American beech, American sycamore, black walnut, eastern red cedar, ginkgo, red maple, southern magnolia, tulip poplar, white oak and white pine. Cleverly crafted profiles flow like stories, helping one to see, to appreciate, to know better the trees just outside the door.

“Just by virtue of being in a tree’s presence, one develops an overall impression of the tree that is more than the sum of its parts ... like friends or family members whose recognizable features and behaviors have blended into one unmistakable, and beloved, presence,” Nancy writes.

Seeing trees “requires you to collect yourself and to train your attention on something capable of perpetuating wonder.” Nancy’s narrative and Bob’s photography beckon us “into the woods, into the backyards, and even the waste places, where you can encounter the incredible organisms that are trees.” ❁

The Kent-Valentine House Library Committee is pleased to have acquired an autographed copy of this book.

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because they interested him and sparked his curiosity about what he was seeing. If Nancy didn’t know the answer, she would ask a botanist or knowledgeable source. In Seeing Trees, Nancy and Bob examine trees, not on the massive remarkable-tree scale, but on the scale of the tree’s constituent parts: leaves, flowers, fruits and the like.

Bob began using software created for microscopes to marry multiple images of a single part of a tree. The result: an image so up-close, so detailed, that it feels intimate. Bob’s images beg explanation. Nancy’s words illuminate what we’re seeing, such as pollen being released from the anthers of a male red maple (Acer rubrum). Her descriptions invite wonder and awe about the way life works.

The sum of Nancy and Bob’s elemental approach is that Seeing Trees opens a whole new world, one that has been, all along, right there in our own backyards. Hence, the critics’ accolades. “I’m thrilled if (the praise) draws more attention to trees,” Nancy said. “Trees need advocates.” ❁


The Sound of Music Makes HistoryBy Jane White

Hillside Garden Club

There are many delights as one begins to age. Among them are the memories of good times and of wonderful, old-fashioned Broadway show tunes we all know and love. Imagine putting all that together into a performance with the story

line being the history of the Garden Club of Virginia and the intervening show tunes sung by a romantic duo of professional voices.

That is what happened thirty-three years ago in 1979 in Lynchburg for the annual joint meeting of the Lynchburg and Hillside Garden Clubs, and again in Martinsville for the Annual Meeting of the Garden Club of Virginia. An original script and CD of the Lynchburg performance has recently been discovered and copied. It was presented at the January board meeting of the Garden Club of Virginia to be deposited in the library of the Kent-Valentine House.

This was pure entertainment. The leading lady was Mary Morris Booth, a mezzo-soprano and past president of Hillside Garden Club. The leading man was Dr. Richard Parke, former Broadway tenor who was professor of music at Randolph Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg. Pianist was Dr. Allen Huszte, professor of music at Sweet Briar College.

The storyteller, historian and moderator of the one-hour performance was Mary Morris’s husband, Lea Booth, long-time executive director of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, whose wit as a raconteur was known far and wide. Having researched Follow the Green Arrow, The History of the Garden Club of Virginia, 1920 – 1970, by Mrs. James Bland Martin, Lea regaled the crowds with tale after tale of the early years of garden club ladies as they struggled to rid the state of billboards, establish Garden Day as an annual event and win the respect of politicians and the press.

One noteworthy event occurred after World War II when, according to legend, in 1945 the garden club ladies adopted the little French town of Ver Sur Mer where hundreds of Virginia soldiers were buried. This story was followed by the song ”You’ll Never Walk Alone.”

Mary Morris, a widow, now lives at Westminster Canterbury where she still enjoys sing-alongs and looks as young, slender and glamorous as she did on stage just a few years ago. ❁

Mary Morris Booth and Richard Parke on stage at The Homestead.

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Rose NotesThe ‘Chestnut Rose’ at Poplar Forest

By Joyce Moorman, GCV Rose CommitteeThe Lynchburg Garden Club

Did Mr. Jefferson plant roses at his Bedford County retreat? It is believed that he did.

There are references to planting roses in several sources, including his Planting Memorandum for Poplar Forest. In an entry for November 1816, Mr. Jefferson indicates, “planted large roses of difft. kinds in the oval bed in the N.front. Dwarf roses in the N.E. oval.”

It may never be known if the ‘Chestnut Rose,’ a heritage rose which grows abundantly in the center of the boxwood turnaround at the north entrance to the house, was there in Jefferson’s day, however. It was introduced in England around 1824, making it questionable that it would have been imported to Virginia and planted prior to Mr. Jefferson’s death in 1826.

Grandson Francis Eppes inherited Poplar Forest after Mr. Jefferson’s death and sold it in 1828 to the Cobbs family. In 1840 Emily Cobbs married Edward Hutter. The rose likely was added to Mr. Jefferson’s central oval rose bed by the Cobbs/Hutter families. It was growing in its current location when the non-profit Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest acquired the property in 1984.

The ‘Chestnut Rose,’ Rosa roxburghii, originated in China and also is known as the ‘Burr Rose’ because of its bristly globular hips, reminiscent of chestnut burrs. It also is known as ‘Chinquapin Rose’ and ‘Moss Rose.’ The beautiful double blooms have a nice spring flush. Unusual for a species rose, lesser repeat-flowering occurs throughout the rest of the season. It opens out almost flat, with a muddled collection of petals at the center. The color is a deep pink with lilac tints at the center. The bark exfoliates as it matures and the leaves are comprised of many individual leaflets. Its growth habit is informal, and, if adding it to your garden, you would want to consider using it among other plants.

After the rose has established itself, it is considered to be practically indestructible and disease resistant. The ‘Chestnut Rose’ remains in many old southern gardens with plants reportedly over a century old and still thriving.

In the Garden Club of Virginia Rose Show, the ‘Chestnut Rose’ could be entered in several classes of Old Garden Roses. There will be plants for sale that have been propagated from the Poplar Forest ‘Chestnut Rose’ on Historic Garden Day in Lynchburg, April 24, 2012.

We hope you will want to add a unique and unusual rose to your garden. ❁

The ‘Chestnut Rose’ of Poplar Forest


In The GardenBy Julie MacKinlay

The Virginia Beach Garden Club

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No more,These days to the soil I bendTo tuck and smooth, bathe and tend.

For sure,Still giveI care to groom and praise,But now for the plants I raiseTo live.

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Club NotesThe Tuckahoe Garden Club of

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The Tuckahoe Garden Club’s Nancy Purcell has a green thumb, as clearly

shown by the geraniums on her balcony at Westminster Canterbury. The two plants were still bearing 100 blooms in mid-December. She brought them from her former home on Tiber Road, where she lived for over 60 years.

Nancy also had a talent for growing dazzling dahlias, many of which went home with club members. Her bountiful vegetable garden, in which she spent untold hours, later became a garden co-op, shared by neighbors and friends. She joined The Tuckahoe Garden Club in 1955 and served as its president from 1964 to 1965, providing inspiration with her love of and gift for gardening. ❁

— Mary Horton


Follow the JamesBy Lea Shuba, GCV Horticulture Chairman

Hunting Creek Garden Club

This year, the GCV Horticulture Committee brings you a Horticulture Field Day featuring fabulous gardens in the middle of a city and its suburbs. This will be a contrast to last year’s tour, but an equal measure of enjoyment and

inspiration. The event will take place in Richmond on May 23 and 24.Our tour will loosely follow the James River, as it makes its way from Goochland

County and the far West End toward Windsor Farms. Beginning from the west, Tuckahoe Plantation is featured, home to Sue Thompson of the Tuckahoe Garden Club. Tuckahoe is a National Historic Landmark and Thomas Jefferson’s boyhood home. The gardens and grounds have retained only a few remnants of the early landscape but the owners have attempted to reflect the historic landscape traditions in today’s gardens. Many old peonies, a memorial garden designed by Charles Gillette, and an old “Ghost Walk” boxwood allée are important elements of the gardens today. The Gillette garden, active greenhouses and vegetables tended by Charles and Anne Reed at Redesdale, also on the National Register of Historic Places, will be available to tour. Mrs. Reed is a member of the Boxwood Garden Club. Finally, Carol Price of Three Chopt Garden Club will open her charming English country style garden, featuring roses, peonies and perennials leading to a tree-lined meadow.

A little closer to town, Susan and Edwin Estes will open the gates of their relatively new but artistically designed garden. It was a blank slate when purchased twelve years ago, and now features terraced gardens, herbs, and woodland walks showcasing rare plants.

The city tour will spotlight both private and public gardens. Situated on a hill overlooking the James, Maymont is an early suburban garden built in the late 19th century. The GCV Restoration Committee has stepped in twice to repair and restore the beauty of the original gardens. The Rose, Italian, and Japanese gardens are particularly fine. Peggy Valentine of the James River Garden Club has agreed to share her lovely garden. She is a true horticulturist with beautiful beds of perennials and roses. She worries that her garden is not perfect, a concern voiced by all true hands-on gardeners. Other gardens nearby that will be open belong to non-garden club members Lissy and Stewart Bryan, and Anne and Roger Boeve. The Bryan’s garden is comprised of many stunning garden rooms, and the Boeve’s retains its original Gillette design. Both showcase the results of skilled labor and a love of gardening. Those able to attend this year’s tour will be the lucky recipients of this shared garden wisdom, as well as the opportunity to enjoy group dining and plant shopping. ❁


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Event SupportDonor The Robert & Bessie Carter Foundation .......... 54th Annual GCV Conservation ForumGrelen Nursery ................................................................................... Symposium 2012

Annual FundProvides essential ongoing support necessary to maintain GCV operations.

Oakwood Foundation SunTrust Bank The Elizabeth River Garden

Club Leesburg Garden Club Dana Adams Pearl R. Adamson Betsy Rawls Agelasto Suzanne Aiello Kathryn S. Allen Elizabeth Lamar Allen Jackie Anderson Rebecca W. Atkinson Anne Avery Gail Babnew Marguerite O. Bacon Mari Ann Banks Pam Barber Turner Barringer Mrs. John C. Barrow Jill P. Beach Ann W. Beasley Joanne Beck Nancy G. Beebe Mrs. Taylor Benson Garland L. Bigley JoAnn Bilbrey Mary H. Bivens Anne T. Bland Elizabeth Lamar Boetsch Mrs. Kae N. Bolling Hylah and McGuire Boyd Matilda and John Bradshaw Jody Dennis Branch Gail Braxton Lynda H. Briggs Stephie Broadwater Frances Bailey Brooke Lynn B. Brooke

Catherine Brooks Jessie Broskie Mary Lou B. Brown Sally Guy Brown Susan Upshur Brown Jody W. Bundy Mrs. L. David Butler, Jr. Ann B. Bynum Maricia “Rish” Capps Catherine C. Capps Liz Carden Andrew and Liz Carter Helen S. Carter Judy Cathey Helen V. Catlett Cean Cawthorn Sherrie and Gordon Chappell Melanie F. Christian Catherine H. Claiborne Eva Clarke Kathryn N. Clary Beth R. Cleveland Lee Stuart Cochran Kristen Coffield Louisa Hunt Coker Dr. Elizabeth Compton Linda Consolvo Jinx Constine Rachel Cottrell Mrs. Tom Coulbourn Margery Couper Jane E. Covington Barbara B. Cox Cecile A. Cox Kara O’Brien Cox Teckla Hilbert Cox Berenice D. Craigie Susan L. Craun Pat Creech

Cathy Creekmore Ann Kiley Crenshaw Anne Geddy Cross Linda B. Custis Mrs. Clifford A. Cutchins Kristin B. Dabney Virginia Puller Dabney Jackie D’Alton Ruth G. Daniels Elizabeth Darden Mary Hart Darden Coralee B. Davis Margaret C. Davis Joan Dawson Eeda Dennis Mary L. Denny Syd Dickenson Claiborne Dickinson Lit Dodd Ashli Douglas Patricia M. Dunnington Nell G. Holt Sue Eley Frances H. Ellis Clarkie Eppes Mrs. Steven E. Epstein Moonie Etherington Donna Eure Ann Gordon Evans Patricia Falcon Rebecca P. Fass Dana S. Faulconer Mrs. Jayne Y. Feminella Mrs. Lolli Fensterer Dee Ferguson Muschi Fisher Rossie Fisher Jane Ford Mrs. Merritt W. Foster

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Florence Bryan Fowlkes Patricia P. Fox Rosemary D. Francis Mrs. James S. Frantz Kay C. Freeman Melinda Frierson Charlotte Frischkorn Paige Frith Cameron Q. Furber Pamela W. Gale Kitsie Garland Chrissy Garner Lynn F. Gas Diane Ginsberg Sally Gladden Dorothy H. Glaize Mrs. Kirsti Goodwin Elizabeth Gordon Pamela C. Gottschalk Letitia M. Grant Freddie Gray Mrs. James C. Greene Mary Ann Griffith Margaret J. Grills Julie G. Grover Virginia B. Guild Melissa Gullquist Lucy Gunn Greta I. Gustavson Bettie H. Guthrie Perry S. Guy Pamela L. Gwathmey Margaret C. Hager Susan C. Hall Deborah Hamilton Patricia Hammond Courtenay P. Hansen Gail L. Harris Jil W. Harris Virginia J. Harris Polly Harrison Ada S. Harvey Karen Hedelt Sarah Hellewell Dorothy R. Hendricksen Jane Sale Henley Elizabeth T. Herbert Janet G. Hickman, M. D. Mary C. Hinterman Sandra K. Hodge

Sally Hodgkin Mrs. Frederick A. Hodnett, Jr. Susan Joy Holland Rachel Hollis Mrs. Charles R. Hooff III Elizabeth Dunn Hooff Ann Mari Horkan Lynn E. Hornsby Mary Horton Mac Houfek Chris Howison Bunny Hubard Beverly K. Hudson Pamela Hudson Lucy Huff Charlotte D. Hundley Mrs. William E. Hunt, Jr. Ruth Ellen Hurley Anne Hurt Diane K. Hynes Jane Ishon Kate Jacob Heidi F. James Karen A. Jamison Missy Janes Anne M. Jennings Michelle Jennings Mary Ann Johnson Jean F. Johnson Leila Jones Lucy K. Jones Lou Jordan Alice M. Julias Roberta A. Kellam Sarah W. Kellam Lois M. Keller Mrs. Robert J. Keller III Mrs. R. Calvin Keyser Judy Kidd Patricia Rodman King Beverley G. King Ann A. Kington JoAnne H. Kinnamon Betty F. Kipps Joyce Klingensmith Lynn Korff Mary-Mac Laing Susan G. Landin Meg Laughon Joni Albert Lawler

Rosalie F. Leigh Betty H. Lesko Ginny Lewis Gladys S. Lewis Sara Ann Lindsey Marianne Littel Amy Sandidge Little Kristine D. Lloyd Nancy F. Lowry Mary Lunger Barbara Luton Mrs. Thomas J. Lyons, Jr. Mrs. Charles G. Mackall, Jr. Catherine P. Madden Jane Maddux Becca & Bernie Mahon Mrs. Michael S. Malbon Katie Mann Tammy V. Mason Anne Mason Francine Brown Mathews Lucinda May Madeline Hutcheson Mayhood Kathy McCahill Rennie McDaniel Tricia McDaniel Laura Quinn McDermott Brenda McGehee Alice Reed McGuire Jeanette Felton McKittrick Maureen G. McKnight Ann Harvey McMurray Mary Jac Meadows Katherine T. Mears Gwen S. Meredith Rexanne Metzger Betty M. Michelson Elisabeth F. Miles Mary Susan Millar Tina Minter Camilla H. Moffatt Sue Ann Morgan Margaret C. Moring Katherine M. Morris Nancy E. Morris Susan Morten Jill B. Mountcastle Mrs. W. Tayloe Murphy Merrick T. Murray Kimbrough K. Nash


Kaye R. Nazarian Lucy S. Neal Margaret Neale Elizabeth Miller Neff Mrs. Bruce Nelson Tommi T. Nevin Lois M. Nichols Mrs. John A. Nolde, Jr. Suzanne S. Obenshain Rebecca H. O’Brian Nancy S. Orme Anne T. Overman Frances Padden Anne Parker Dana C. Parker Sandy Parks Mary Parsley Mrs. Blaise Pasztory Catharine Patton Carter C. Paxton Doris P. Peery Mrs. C. D. L. Perkins Mary Page Pettyjohn Nancy J. Philpott Helen R. Pinckney DelLaneW. Porter Charlotte Porterfield Mrs. Lucy G. Powell Marianne Prentiss Lauren S. Prince Kathryn M. Quarles Mary Lyall Ramsey Katherine Rose Rawls Ann Reamy Elizabeth B. Reed Rachael Remuzzi Harriet T. Reynolds Linda D. Reynolds Casey Rice Linda Richards Mary Scully Riley Michael N. Robertson Susan F. Robertson Peggy Robins Mr. and Mrs. W. Randolph

Robins Mrs. Robert W. Robinson, Jr. Diane D. Romano Mrs. J. Thomas Rosch Patricia G. Rosenberg

Sue W. Rosser Susan H. Roszel Blair Johnson Rumney Peggy Rust Susan T. Ryan Mary Kay Ryan Molly H. Sammler, esq. Eleanor Savage Gail L. Savage Virginia C. Savage Jan Saxman Katherine S. Schulz Betty G. Schutte Inge and Ranjit Sen Jean A. Shivel Anita L. Shull Elizabeth Sibold Lourene T. Silvey Jocelyn Sladen Kaye D. Smith Ashlin Smith Nan Leigh Smith Kathryn V. Sparrow Marianne Spellman Brooke Spencer Ellie Spencer Lois Spencer Katya Spicuzza Mary Lew Sponski Anne “Oz” Dechert Staley Mr. and Mrs. John A.

Stalfort II Julie K. Stamm Elizabeth S. Steele Elaine Stephenson Susan Stinson Betty Fulk Strider Jane Owen Stringer Mary Hamilton Stuart Gina Sullivan Betty Sundin Nancy McAllister Sutcliffe Suzanne Swain Patricia A. Tackitt Mrs. Lilburn T. Talley Mrs. John E. Tankard, Jr. Suzanne S. Taylor Lucha Taylor Mrs. Hubert S. Taylor, Jr. Judith Boyd Terjen

Suzanne F. Thomas Lauren Thompson Mary Henley Thompson Mary G. Thompson Patsy L. Thompson Scottie Thomson Dianne Thorn Blanche H. Toms Kay Trakas Marcia B. Turner Janet B. Tutton Sheryl P. Twining Mrs. Charles F. Urquhart III Cassie Van Derslice Wendy C. Vaughn Jessica Bemis Ward Polly Watson Kathy Watson Joan Wehner Mary Beth Wells Mrs. Linda C. Wenger Mrs. Donald Westfall Carole A. White Jane B. White Debi Whittle Mary Ratrie Wick Alice R. Wilkerson Mrs. Forrest E. Williams Kate Williams Kay P. Williams Mrs. Vann Williams Widget Williams Victoria Willis Lucy Wilson Susan M. Wilson Susan Winn Margaret Douglas Wise Virginia Wiseman Libby Wolf Mina Wood Lauren Elliott Woolcott Betsy Worthington Mary Denny Wray Betty W. Wright Ann L. Wright Susan S. Wynne Mrs. Richard W. Young Mary Q. Zocchi Colleen B. Zoller Kate Zullo


Donor In Honor of The Augusta Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimbrough K. Nash The Little Garden Club of Winchester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimbrough K. Nash The Garden Club of Norfolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimbrough K. Nash The Virginia Beach Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimbrough K. Nash Winchester-Clarke Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimbrough K. Nash Sally Guy Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deedy Bumgardner Grace Rice Candace Carter Crosby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimbrough K. Nash Mina Wood Marge Dillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barney Sackett Elizabeth Galloway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimbrough K. Nash Tibby Gardner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana and Hill Carter Frances and Don Giles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimbrough K. Nash Anna Baldwin May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Baldwin Betty M. Michelson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deedy Bumgardner Katherine GronesGall Mac Houfek Julie W. MacKinlay Josephine J. Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betsy Parrish Jeanne H. Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeLane Porter Susan S. Mullin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mina Wood Caroline Hooff Norman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown Jamie A. Old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans Judy B. Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mina Wood Joyce P. Richter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carole White Virginia Voght Rocen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy Brown Mary Hodge Topping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Gordon Evans Jack Wescoat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suzanne Wescoat

Donor In Memory of The Hampton Roads Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margo Nevins Leslie S. Ariail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John H. Ariail, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bessie Bocock Carter Mrs. Herbert Claiborne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bessie Bocock Carter Cyndi Fletcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June Camper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Martin Roanoke Valley Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Martin Mrs. Robert L. Galloway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Katherine Farmar Mary Bruce Glaize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugenia Diller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Betty Jo Manuel Judy B. Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugenia Diller Suzanne V. K. Tankard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suzanne Savedge Wescoat Chamie Valentine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Mary Z. Zeugner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah W. T. Harrison


Garden Club of Virginia EndowmentSupports the ongoing preservation of the historic Kent-Valentine House, headquarters of the Garden Club of Virginia and Historic Garden Week.

Donor Mrs. James C. Godwin Betsy B. WorthingtonDonor In Honor of The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucy Rhame Sally Guy Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Candace Carter Crosby Mina Wood Deedy Bumgardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mina Wood Fleet G. Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mina Wood Betty F. Kipps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugenia Diller Marty and Temple Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Guy and Tom Brown Ann Wentworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emma Read Oppenhimer Suzanne Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mina Wood

Donor In Memory ofThe Ashland Garden Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lois Wickham The Hunting Creek Garden Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franny Dawson The Spotswood Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugenia Diller Elizabeth Yancey Sue Diller Balliew and Glen Balliew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugenia Diller Roger and Pam Boles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugenia Diller Ike and Julie Broaddus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolyn Thompson Broaddus Sally Guy Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugenia Diller Catherine C. Capps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugenia Diller Candace Carter Crosby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gay Hathaway Anne McGuire Fleet G. Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugenia Diller Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hopkins, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley

GCV Conservation FundSupports GCV clubs in local and statewide conservation projects.

Donor In Honor of Jane Webster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robin Ingram

Donor In Memory of Lynn Broaddus and Marc Gorelick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolyn Thompson Broaddus Celie Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley George Lewis and Ann Lewis McDaniel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugenia Diller Betty Byrne Ware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley

Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award FundDonorThe James River Garden Club


Patricia A. Kellam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily S. Alexander Katherine T. Mears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugenia Diller Kimbrough K. Nash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugenia Diller Anne G. Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jimmie Ann A. Boykin Betty Byrne Ware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Cabell Goolsby West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley Martha D. Whipple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Clair Talley

Gift-in-KindDonor Chez Foushee Hilldrup Companies Virginia Living WCVE, Richmond WVTF, Roanoke Katherine Darden Beale Sharon Carter Beth Marchant

RestorationSupports GCV Restoration projects across the Commonwealth.

Donor In Honor of Gabriella Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fleet G. Davis Bellevue Forest Garden Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charlotte Benjamin Fleet G. Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Bemiss Willie McDaniel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Wynn McDaniel Judy Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Bemiss Susan C. Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The GCV Restoration Committee

Donor In Memory ofMrs. Charles C. Freed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nancy St. Clair Talley

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