THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA

Journal
VOL LI, NO. 2, JUNE 2006
 The Garden Club of Virginia
Officers and Directors
2006-2008
President: Sally Guy Brown
The Garden Club of Alexandria
Sguy2021@aol.com

1st Vice-President: Cabell West

The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton
Desda346@aol.com

2nd Vice-President: Kim Nash

The Warrenton Garden Club
granville@infi.net

Treasurer: Diane Spence

The Williamsburg Garden Club
Dsspence@widowmaker.com

Recording Secretary: Ann Gordon Evans

The Huntington Garden Club
agevans@cox.net

Corresponding Secretary: Mary Bruce Glaize

The Little Garden Club of Winchester
pglaize@shentel.net

Directors-At-Large
2005-2007
Nan Freed Mary Nelson Thompson
The Garden Club of Danville Franklin Garden Club
cfreed@gamewood.net Maryne147@hotmail.com

Suzanne Wright
The Petersburg Garden Club
wrightca@erols.com

2006-2008
Anne Cross Grace Rice
The Ashland Garden Club The Augusta Garden Club
epinewood@aol.com grice@ntelos.ne

Catherine Whitham
Three Chopt Garden Club
cwhitham@comcast.net

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The Garden Club of Virginia
Journal
The Garden Club of Virginia Journal
(USPS 574-520) is published four times
a year for members by The GCV, 12 East
Franklin St., Richmond, VA 23219.
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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. 2
Printed on recycled paper by
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Richmond, VA
JUNE 2006
ON THE COVER...
The cover is dedicated to The Garden Study
Club, host of The GCV Lily Show. Member
Ginger Gardner painted an original watercolor
to use for their lily show logo. Also, see the
March issue, where it is superimposed on the
Lily Show Schedule.
IN THIS ISSUE...
Strategic Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Restoration Fellowships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Massie Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
DeLacy Gray Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Commonwealth Award Nominations . . . . . . . . . 6
Horticulture Award Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Lily Grande Dame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Education Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
50 Years Ago in the Journal .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Daffodil Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Daffodil Show Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
You Reap What You Sow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Roses on the Rappahannock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
The Little Garden Club Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Gabriella at the Crossroads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Legislative Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Lily Show 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Library Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Generous Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Tribute to Dorothy Kellam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Contibutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
OTHER REFERENCES...
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Email: administrator@gcvirginia.org
Historic Garden Week Office
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www.VAGardenWeek.org
POSTMASTER send address changes to:
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 Final Steps Completed
By Catherine Whitham, Strategic Planning Committee
Three Chopt Garden Club

elebration! After eleven months and twenty one meetings, the Strategic

C Planning Committee submitted to the Board of The Garden Club of Virginia

an official plan of five and two year goals to be accomplished by the year
2011. The committee mailed a copy of the report given at the Annual Meeting,
“Planting Perennials - a report on Strategic Planning”, to each member in early May
and posted the complete questionnaire on the website.
Over the last year, we have kept you apprised of progress on the report. The last
major gathering was a two-day retreat in March at which time the committee reviewed
and refined information gathered from the survey and regional focus groups. Working
in pairs, committee members tackled each of the six major issues that had consistently
risen to the forefront:
 Historic Garden Week and Restoration
 Conservation and Beautification
 Education and Flower Shows
 Communications
 Finances
 Infrastructure
At the retreat we refined The GCV's mission and set goals. These five and two year
goals will provide the framework for future GCV activities.
As our new GCV President, Sally Guy Brown, noted in the report, "I think our
#1 identified value of 'friendship and camaraderie' will serve us well in the upcoming
years, as we band together to make our club an even more impressive organization.
Clearly, we all owe a debt of gratitude to Deedy Bumgardner and the Strategic
Planning Committee for helping us take this giant step into the twenty-first century."
The Strategic Planning Committee is grateful for members' participation in all
phases of the planning process.

Strategic Planning Committee:

Mary Hart Darden, Chaiman, Sally Guy Brown, Deedy Bumgardner, Meg Clement, Ellen
Harrison, Karen Jamison, Lisa Mountcastle, Cabell West, Janice Whitehead and Catherine
Whitham

Flowersence
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

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 Two Fellowships Awarded for Summer 2006
By Gale Roberts, GCV Restoration Committee
The Williamsburg Garden Club

he Restoration Committee announced at the Annual Meeting the selection of

T two outstanding applicants for the prestigious Favretti and The Garden Club
of Virginia fellowships awarded annually by The GCV.
Joshua Meyer, the recipient of The Rudy J. Favretti Fellowship, is pursuing a BS in
landscape architecture at Temple University/Ambler in Philadelphia. Mr. Meyer will
document the garden at Tuckahoe Plantation in Richmond. Thomas Jefferson's boy-
hood home is a National Historic Landmark and has the most complete plantation
layout surviving from the eighteenth century. Residents Mr. and Mrs. Addison B.
Thompson open the home for Historic Garden Week every year.
The 2006 The Garden Club of Virginia Fellowship recipient is Zachary Scott Rutz
who will soon complete his MLA from the University of California at Berkeley. Mr.
Rutz is researching the once spectacular garden designed in 1924 by Ellen Biddle
Shipman at Chatham Manor overlooking the Rappahanock River in Fredericksburg.
This 1721 Georgian house tells a rich history through both the Revolutionary and
Civil War eras. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Walt
Whitman and Clara Barton spent time at Chatham; Robert E. Lee met and courted
Mary Custis there. It is now owned by the National Park Service.
Ellen Biddle Shipman, hailed as "the dean of American women landscape archi-
tects," designed over six-hundred and fifty gardens nationwide between 1914 and
1946. She designed at least nine Virginia gardens, some of which are documented at
Cornell University. The Chatham Manor garden may be the only surviving Virginia
design by Shipman.
The fellows do research under the watchful eye of The GCV
landscape architect, William D. Riley. All GCV members take
credit for the success of the fellowship program since it is fund-
ed by proceeds from Historic Garden Week. The year 2006
marks the tenth summer of the Favretti Fellowship and is the
second year of The GCV Fellowship. Fourteen landscape architec-
ture students have benefited from summer fellowships and
enriched Virginia's garden history archives. The Favretti Fellow
documents historic gardens privately owned and The GCV Fellow
researches publicly held gardens. All drawings and documents
produced by the Fellows are housed at The Virginia Historical
Society, The University of Virginia, Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation and the Virginia Department of
Historic Resources.
Ellen Biddle Shipman said: "Gardening
opens a wider door than any other arts - all
mankind can walk through, rich or poor,
high or low, talented and untalented. It has
no distinctions, all are welcome."

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 Massie Medal Award
for Distinguished Achievement
By Sarah Bass, GCV Massie Medal Committee Chairman
The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club

he winner of the 2006 Massie Medal Award for Distinguished Achievement

T was presented to Bessie Bocock Carter at the Annual Meeting on May 10,
2006, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Bessie has served on numerous committees
and held most major offices in her own member club,
The James River Garden Club and is an honorary member of The Albemarle
Garden Club.
Her Garden Club of Virginia involvement started with her concern for and interest
in conservation issues. She was appointed the chairman of the Conservation
Committee and at the same time was active in the Piedmont Environmental Council.
Her involvement went beyond the Commonwealth of Virginia when she chaired the
Land Use and Preservation Committee and the National Affairs and Legislative
Committee for The Garden Club of America. Because of her passion for conserva-
tion, she was awarded the deLacy Gray Award for Conservation in 1991.
Her activities in The GCV continued -- chairing several other committees, being
elected second Vice President and then President in 1998 to 2000. But she did not
stop there. After her term as President she chaired the Long Range Planning
Committee and later became the chairman of the Restoration Committee. She reor-
ganized the Restoration Slide Show and took it on tour around the state to member
clubs and other civic organizations. Her witty dialog made her famous throughout the
state.
In her warm, friendly way she has promoted her interest in gardening, shared her
talents in flower arranging and amazed us all with her energy and generosity of spirit.
She has opened her home numerous times for Historic Garden Week, member club
meetings and GCV functions.
The Massie Medal was presented to the "Weed Queen" on her birthday.

Bessie Carter, recipient of the Massie Medal for Distinguished Achievement

with Sara Bass Chairman of the Massie Medal Committee and Deedy
Bumgardner, The GCV President.

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 The 2006 deLacy Gray Memorial Medal
for Conservation
By Jocelyn Connors, GCV Conservation Chairman
The Lynchburg Garden Club

t the 2006 Annual Meeting, the deLacy Gray Medal for Conservation was awarded

A to Rossie Fisher. She and her family share a deeply rooted passion for the environ-
ment. As a child in Manakin-Sabot, she developed a love and care for the land from
her mother, Mary Ross Scott Reid. Long before many people learned about recycling and
water conservation, her household put it to practice. Conservation was always second nature
to the family.
Twelve years ago Rossie and her husband Sandy completely eliminated the use of pesti-
cides, hormones and commercial fertilizers on their farm. They worked hard to have it
named a"Certified Organic Farm" in the Commonwealth of Virginia, also meeting federal
standards. Organically produced beef, hens and eggs are their main cash crops. Rossie over-
sees the hens, preparing and feeding them a potent mix of organic corn, chickpeas, soybeans
and flax seed to produce enriched omega three eggs. The hens are kept in portable coops
which are moved over the many acres of Brookview, allowing them to eat bugs, worms and
fresh grass, at the same time creating well fertilized grazing pastures.
Brookview also has the largest composting operation in Virginia. The leaves from
Henrico County's fall collection are composted there and used as the fertilizer for the crops.
Brookview Farm is open to individuals and groups to demonstrate organic farming prac-
tices. The Fishers have held workshops for Public Television's "Virginia Home Grown"
series, The GCV's 2005 Conservation Workshop, and many other civic and agricultural
groups.
Rossie is a member of The Center for Rural Culture, an organization which encourages
local farmers, artisans and other small business people to create profitable and sustainable
enterprises that enhance and preserve Goochland County's rural nature. This includes pro-
ducing organically grown foods for local
markets.
Rossie has served as president of the The
James River Garden Club, been extremely
active on several GCV committees and a
past Zone VII representative and director
for The Garden Club of America. Her
positions of leadership have afforded her a
platform to be a very articulate spokesper-
son and ambassador for conservation. Her
work in the field of organic farming and
her sharing of that knowledge makes her a
very deserving recipient of the deLacy Gray
Rossie Fisher, recipient of the 2006 deLacy
Memorial Medal for Conservation.
Gray Memorial Medal for Conservation

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 Common Wealth Award Nominations
By Melba Trenary, GCV Common Wealth Award Chairman
The Garden Club of Warren County

ongratulations to the 2006 finalists for the Common Wealth Award:

C Albemarle Garden Club and The Nansemond River Garden Club.

As a member of your club you will vote for a winner of this award. Your
club president will bring your vote to The GCV Board of Governors' Meeting in
October. If there is a tie in the vote, your president will cast the deciding vote.
Both 2006 Common Wealth Award finalists were runners-up last year. Projects
other than the first place winner may be resubmitted.
The Common Wealth Award Trust Fund has grown to $7150 to be awarded at the
October Board of Governors' Meeting. Monies awarded to member clubs that are not
spent on the winning project within two years of the receipt of the grant shall be returned
to The Garden Club of Virginia's Common Wealth Award Trust Account Fund.

The Heritage Garden

A Phase of the Cedar Hill Project
A Jamestown 2007 Legacy Project
The Nansemond River Garden Club

The Heritage Garden is part of the larger Cedar Hill Project, the rejuvenation and
beautification of Cedar Hill Cemetery, the only greenspace in our historic district.
This project is how our garden club chose to be a part of Suffolk's major downtown
revitalization effort. To date we have invested $10,000 of our treasury in hiring an
architectural historian, landscaping the main entrance of the cemetery, replacing cedar
trees felled by Hurricane Isabel, and creating a scatter garden for human ashes. Interest
in the old cemetery has been raised by our activities there and by our sending speakers
with a Power Point program to local groups.
The Heritage Garden with its berried/fragrant plants, accessible to the physically
and sight impaired, faces the river and hotel/convention center, providing an ideal
location to highlight the history of Suffolk during Colonial and Civil War periods. It
has been named a Legacy Project for America's 400th Anniversary, and its implemen-
tation is a city-wide effort with many contributions and grants being given to NRGC.
With the receipt of the prestigious Common Wealth Award, the addition of historic
signage (including Braille) and fragrant plants would complete the garden.

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 Morea: A Living Botanical Classroom
Albemarle Garden Club

n the grounds of the University of Virginia, Morea is a botanical garden that

O represents almost two centuries of horticulture and conservation. In 1834

Professor John Emmet, a professor of botany and close friend of Thomas
Jefferson's, created Morea's garden for the use of professors and students.
Since 1962 the Albemarle Garden Club has worked to protect the garden, and to
encourage its appreciation. Meade Palmer, the well known twentieth century landscape
architect and professor, referred to Morea's botanical garden as his "living classroom."
In recent years, with assistance from Landscape Architecture students at the University,
the garden club developed a partial garden plan and added an interpretive sign. Over
eighty-five varieties of plants, some original to Professor Emmet's time, have been cata-
logued, including the famous Kentucky Coffee Tree. It is said that Morea trees, notably
the Osage Oranges, originate from seeds brought back from the Lewis and Clark expedi-
tion. Our planting replaces original or early plantings where possible and introduces
new plants to show what grows well in our area.
This award will permit us to restore the northeast border to create a screen that would
include the planting of twenty to thirty trees and shrubs with an emphasis on red berries
for display. One or two benches for visitors and faculty would also be added.

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 2006 GCV Horticulture Award of Merit
By Mary Eades, GCV Horticulture Committee
Rivanna Garden Club

Amaryllis Childress: Roanoke Valley Garden Club

Ama is a member of The GCV Horticulture Committee. She shares her love of horti-
culture through lectures and demonstrations at many Roanoke-Salem area garden
clubs, exhibits, plant societies and Explore Park's Spring Festival. She and her husband,
Paul, have generously opened their home and garden for Historic Garden Week, for
the regional meeting of the National Day Lily Society and for Horticulture Field Day
in May 2006.

C.J. Carter: The Garden Club of Northern Neck

C.J., a member of The GCV Horticulture Committee, is an enthusiastic and generous
gardener. She shares information freely, has opened her beautiful garden for local gar-
den tours and was featured in Better Homes and Gardens: Perennials in spring 2005.
She exhibits winning horticulture specimens regularly at club meetings and presented a
program on making hypertufa planters for herbs. C.J. is one of four founders of "Just
Gardens," an educational tour held annually on the Northern Neck, attracting more
than 1000 visitors.

Nancy Gresham: The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton

Nancy, a tireless promoter of good horticultural practices in her garden club and in the
Richmond community as well, has encouraged club members to create Backyard
Habitat Sites, providing information on plants that attract and feed wildlife. Always
mindful of sharing her knowledge, she created a superb handout outlining shrubs and
perennials that are good choices for Historic Garden Week blooms. In an effort to help
document gardens in Richmond, Nancy has become an accomplished plant photogra-
pher.

Janice Whitehead: The Spotswood Garden Club

Janice, Horticulture chairman for her club and former member of The GCV
Horticulture Committee, has been a driving force for many projects in her club, at
James Madison University Arboretum and for the Greener Harrisonburg Society. She
eagerly shares her knowledge with other garden clubs, youth groups and high school
science/horticulture projects. Janice continually attends horticulture symposia through-
out the Commonwealth and regularly shares daffodils, lilies and roses for The GCV
flower shows. Her lovely garden has been featured in Southern Living.

Nancy Brubaker: Franklin Garden Club

Nancy has been deeply involved in conservation as well as restoration and horticulture,
particularly since Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Nancy was the driving force behind the
establishment of a pocket park in downtown Franklin after the devastating floodwaters
ravaged the area. She serves the city on the beautification committee and continues to
be involved in landscaping parking lots, trimming trees and planting flowers in parks
and at entrances to the city.

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 Kathy Welsh: The Garden Club of Fairfax
Kathy, currently vice president of the Washington Daffodil Society, is an ADS judge
and an accredited daffodil instructor. Since 1996 she has judged on opening day at the
Philadelphia Flower Show. Kathy tirelessly shares her knowledge and passion for daf-
fodils with others, running lectures and workshops for those interested in learning
about daffodils and also by regularly contributing to the ADS publication, The
Daffodil Journal and to the Washington Daffodil Society's quarterly newsletter. She
currently serves on the The GCV Daffodil Committee.

Ellie Daley: Leesburg Garden Club

Ellie's great love is native plants and she generously shares her knowledge with others.
She continues to learn by attending seminars and by taking courses at the USDA grad-
uate school. Because of her love of the environment, for twenty years, Ellie has been in
charge of the Lincoln Spring cleanup, part of "Keep Loudon Beautiful." She also
works with middle and elementary school teachers to find students to attend Nature
Camp at Vesuvius in an effort to promote love for and awareness of the environment
among the young.

Carolyn W. Jones: The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore

Carolyn, Chairman of the GCV Flower Show Committee, is an enthusiastic gardener,
an accomplished flower arranger and an accredited artistic judge for The GCV. She
opened her garden for a Horticulture Field Day Workshop and has conducted many
other workshops. Carolyn and her husband supervised the planting of hundreds of
Loblolly Pines and hardwoods as a buffer around agricultural fields along the road to
Bayford, preventing erosion and adding beauty to the landscape.

Mary Howard: Rivanna Garden Club

Mary, chairman of the Conservation Committee for Rivanna, is also a certified judge
for The GCV (Lilies). She is an enthusiastic plant "sharer." Mary generously opened
her garden twice for Historic Garden Week and this spring for the Piedmont
Horticulture Society's "Through the Garden Gate." As a Master Gardener, Mary has
donated many hours of service to the community.

Judy Stegal McNeer: The Boxwood Garden Club

Judy, who enthusiastically shares gardening tips and expertise, serves as lily chairman
for her club. She has mentored three children at an elementary school and opened
their eyes to nature and the wonder of growing things. One child, especially, blos-
somed under her tutelage, taking five blue ribbons and the Best in Show Cup at the
Daffodil Show at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Judy won many blue ribbons at The
GCV Daffodil Show in Norfolk.

Allison Freeze Major: The Little Garden Club of Winchester

Allison's passion is gardening, and includes reading, discovering and sharing books
about gardening. Her specific expertise is in the propagation, care, rescue and growing
of orchids, vegetables and, at times, roses. She has served on The GCV Horticulture
Committee and as her club's Horticulture Chair several times. She shares her horticul-
tural and landscape knowledge with anyone interested and will share plants, her green-
house and her books at any time or place.

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 Lily Grande Dame
By Mary Nelson Thompson, GCV Lily Co-Chairman
Franklin Garden Club

fter twenty years of

A dedicated service as
Chairman of the Lily
Committee, Genie Diller
has announced her retire-
ment. Her term has been
marked with great distinc-
tion. Many members of
The Garden Club of
Virginia have benefited
from her gracious help in
learning about lily horticul-
ture, artistic flower arrang-
ing and show presentation.
Her outstanding achieve-
ments in the "lily world" have been noted far and wide. In the year 2003 The
American Lily Society awarded Genie Diller its most prestigious award.
The Garden Club of Virginia has been fortunate to have the dedication of not only
Genie but also her husband David. Together they have presented programs and classes
on lily horticulture, coordinated lily shows, organized horticulture and artistic judging
schools and entered state, national and international shows. Many of their entries were
first place winners. Through these wonderful ambassadors, The Garden Club of
Virginia has gained a reputation for excellence. For many years, The North American
Lily Society has awarded "The Garden Club of Virginia Award" for the best design in
its annual show.
The Spottswood Garden Club is honoring
Genie and David with a perpetual trophy in their
names to be awarded to the best artistic arrange-
ment, other than Inter Club, at the annual GCV
Lily Show. In the picture, Genie is wearing the
lovely medallion presented to her by the National
American Lily Society. Though retirement is the
proclamation, we hope that Genie and David will
continue their great work for The Garden Club of
Virginia. Their leadership, wisdom, and dedication
cannot be replaced.

2006 Lily Collection: Due to the recent

flooding in the Northwest, our supplier,
B. and D. Lilies, is late in filling our
order. Club lily chairmen will receive the
notification as soon as possible.

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 Education Boxes for Norfolk Botanical Gardens
By Sara I. Greer
The Garden Club of Norfolk

he Garden Club of Norfolk, inspired by the work of Mary Bruce Glaize, donat-

T ed two EnviroScapeWetlands Models to the Norfolk Botanical Gardens'

Education Department. These models will be the basis for a new outreach pro-
gram designed to educate local children on the basic functions and values of inland
and coastal wetlands, the human factors and activities negatively affecting these areas,
and finally the importance of protecting and restoring our own Chesapeake Bay.
NBG has estimated that over forty-seven hundred children annually can enjoy the
program with a total of thirty trained teachers from public and private schools, field
trips to the gardens, summer camps, teacher workshops and home schooling.
Teachers, from both private and public schools, have already approached NBG
requesting help in teaching the wetlands/watershed since it is one of the important
fourth grade SOLs. Currently NBG offers a field trip and boat tour of Lake
Whitehurst for the 'Lakes Alive and Water Everywhere' program that has been seen by
some eight hundred students. Trained garden educators will use these portable models
in schools and reach many underserved students who are unable to come to the gar-
dens on field trips. These visual and interactive models can enhance and complement
the garden's current programs and become a valuable aid to teachers in science, geolo-
gy and history.
The donation of the boxes has made it possible for Norfolk Botanical Gardens to
offer a new outreach program, "A Chesa-peake into Watersheds." Along with other
classroom concepts, garden teachers will use the models to demonstrate the sources of
pollution. Cocoa, drink mixes and food coloring will be used to trace the travels of
water to show students the enormity of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and how pollu-
tion from as distant as New York can impact the health of the waters here in Hampton
Roads.
Norfolk Botanical Gardens thanked The Garden Club of Norfolk and kicked off
the new pollution prevention program February 23rd in Rose Garden Hall. Club
members, garden
teachers, educators
from other area
museums and fourth
graders from Trinity
Lutheran School and
The Williams School
in Norfolk learned
how the Watershed
Boxes work and why
they are such effec-
tive tools in ecologi-
cal education. Mary
Bruce Glaize, an
environmental educa-
tor who has used the
models for years,
gave the demonstra-
tion and answered
Learning Boxes: Students, fascinated with the learning boxes, huddle
questions.
around Mary Bruce as she explores the delights of tidal reaches.

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 Daffodil Show 2006
By Glenna Graves, GCV Daffodil Chairman
The Spotswood Garden Club

he Daffodil Show was held April 5 - 6, 2006, at the University of Mary

T Washington Jepson Alumni Executive center in Fredericksburg and was spon-

sored by The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club. The Center was filled with
beautiful blooms and artistic arrangements. There were 2,267 horticulture stems, 106
exhibitors and 897 exhibits. There were also 75 artistic exhibits and 74 exhibitors.
Thanks to the determination and diligence of the co-chairmen of the show, there were
new slipcovers for each of the 24 risers. This not only made the show look more spectac-
ular, but it also saved a lot of preparation time. Those holding the daffodil show in the
next few years will appreciate the efforts that were made for the 2006 show.
This year The GCV Daffodil Committee extended the number of years from which
clubs could choose for their horticulture collection. Previously it had been from a six-
year period but now it can be selected from the previous ten years. That certainly
offered many more bloom opportunities and produced seventeen club entries. It is
most important when planting the test collection to make nametags and a map of loca-
tions. Please check the website for the 'test' collection index. The list starts with 1992
and goes through 2006; the more recent years have pictures of the individual blooms.
This list will be a great help to your club's daffodil chairman when she is asking for
blooms for the collection.

Congratulations are in store for Mrs. Elizabeth Brown of The Garden

Club of Gloucester. She again won the Horticultural Sweepstakes for
the most blue ribbons of the show and Kathy Welsh of The Garden
Club of Fairfax was the Sweepstakes Runner-up. The blue ribbon win-
ner for the club collection was The Hunting Creek Garden Club and
Claudia Lawton of The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton won
the Patricia Mann Crenshaw Award, given to one who had never won a
blue ribbon in the daffodil show before. Thank all of you who were
there and supported the show. We look forward to seeing even more of
you next year - April 4 -5, 2007!

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 A.
Women of
Fredericksburg
Sponsored by
The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
Fredericksburg
Best Interclub Arrangements
Artistic Class 194
A. Mary Washington: A late Colonial arrangement
The Garden Club of Norfolk

B. Elizabeth Monroe: A Federal arrangement

B. The Williamsburg Garden Club

C. Clara Barton: An Early Victorian arrangement

The Garden Club of Alexandria

D. Corine Melchers: A Dutch/Flemish arrangement

The Hillside Garden Club
Quad Blue Winner

C. D.

A special thank-you
to Mary Wynn and
Charles McDaniel
and Hilldrup
Transfer for their
Photos by Grace Rice

continued support of
The GCV Flower
Shows.

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 ▲
Best Bloom in Show
William Pannill
Martinsville

▲
Best Vase of Three Stems of
One Standard Cultivar
William Pannill
Martinsville
▲

Best Arrangement by an Individual

Joyce Moorman, The Brunswick Garden Club

Best Novice and Most Creative

▲ Theresa Iverson, Dolley Madison Garden Club

Horticultural Sweepstakes
Elizabeth Brown
The Garden Club of Gloucester

Horticultural Sweepstakes
Runner up
Kathy Welsh
▲

The Garden Club of Fairfax Inter Club Collection-Blue

The Hunting Creek Garden Club

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 You Reap What You Sow
By Dr. Susan Morris
The Martinsville Garden Club

ou reap what you sow" should

Y
"
encourage members of The Garden
Club of Virginia to promote garden-
ing throughout the state. We attend meet-
ings and workshops extolling the virtues of
planting perennials and annuals to brighten
our landscapes. We become masters of
planting styles and techniques. We take joy
from our results; but we often forget that
the future of gardening in Virginia could be
residing with us. We forget to promote the
pleasures found in horticultural pursuits
with our children, the next generation.
My husband and I have, since their early
childhood, included our children in our
horticultural pursuits. We encouraged our
children to select their own plants from the
nurseries. The children's eyes rarely fell on
the mundane but sought out seedlings of
the heirloom variety, unusual vegetables,
herbs, exotic bulbs and perennials. The chil-
dren delighted in their small gardening
tools and were always glad to help with the
digging and planting. Little hands planted
radish seeds in mounds. Peas and beans
often serpentined in the best Hogarth man-
ner down the garden rows. Chocolate mint,
peppermint, apple mint and pineapple mint
grew in profusion. Daffodils, irises, lilies
and roses were plopped in a riotous manner
pleasing to their young eyes
Our children are older now; but the love
of gardening, of growing plants, of pursuing
unique horticultural specimens is still thriv-
ing. I encourage you to garden with your
children. Have patience with their planting
styles. You will reap what you sow, the
fruition of a love of gardening with the next
generation. And most of all, remember that
radishes do grow well in a mound.

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 Roses on the Rappahannock: River Reflections
By Lexi Byers
The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula

his October The Garden Club of Virginia will present the 68th Annual Rose

T Show, hosted by The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula. Founded in 1996
our club is the youngest club in The GCV but our counties of Essex, King
and Queen, King William and Middlesex have long played important roles in our
Commonwealth's history. The Middle Peninsula is rich in natural resources; our towns
and harbors have been centers of industry and recreation through the centuries. The
backbone of the area is formed by its rivers: the Rappahannock, Pamunky, Mattaponi
and York. In honor of our rich heritage, the theme is River Reflections. The Garden
Club of the Middle Peninsula extends a warm invitation to participate in our show
and visit our serene and lovely locale.
The 68th GCV Rose Show will be held on October 4 and 5, 2006, at Christchurch
School in the Charlton Performing Arts Center. The lovely campus of Christchurch
School, a member of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia's Church Schools, overlooks
the Rappahannock River and serves as a verdant backdrop to the many lovely speci-
men roses and artistic arrangements that will be seen at the show. Appropriately, the
campus adjoins that of Christ Church Parish where The GCV restored the churchyard
wall, walks and plantings in 1942.
The Christchurch School campus provides plenty of free parking and is close to the
shops, restaurants, and inns of historic Urbanna, Irvington and Deltaville. The
Comfort Inn, Gloucester (804-695-1900), has set aside a block of rooms at a special
rate for Rose Show participants and visitors. As rooms are limited, please call early
and refer to The GCV Group Rate. The entire horticulture and artistic schedule, regis-
tration, as well as directions, area lodging options and other information are posted on
The GCV website, see Flower Shows.
The Rose Show will feature
many beautiful horticultural
specimens from Hybrid Teas to
Old Roses to the new
"Earthkind" Roses. There will
be four Interclub artistic classes
and four open artistic classes.
Co-chairmen are Mrs. Tyler
Bland III and Mrs. John Esten
Byers. Registration is on The
GCV website; Mrs. Edward P.
von Walter is registration chair-
man and may be contacted at
804-443-6751 for registration
information.

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 Big Day forBy Martha
Little Garden Club
Parthemos
The Little Garden Club of Winchester

ver thought of taking your club on a field trip to the Kent-Valentine House? The

E ladies in The Little Garden Club of Winchester would give that idea a big thumbs
up!
On March 15 The LGC chartered a bus and made the two-and-a-half hour trip. What
a wonderful way to have time to chat with friends while travaling to our capital. Tricia
Glass was bus hostess and when we embarked at 8:30 a.m., she delighted us each with a
snack box, tied with green ribbon and filled with mini-muffins, ham biscuits and other
tasty treats. President Susie Gerometta conducted club business and it was our most
relaxed meeting ever!
Upon arrival in downtown Richmond, our bus parked on First Street and we entered
the beautiful Kent-Valentine House. Catherine Whitham of Three Chopt Garden Club
gave us a brief history of the house and noted the lovely furnishings gifted to The Garden
Club of Virginia. We
felt a sense of wonder
as we contemplated
how the building had
been saved from
destruction, becoming
an impetus for further
restoration in the area.
We were invited to
ramble all over the
headquarters. Our
attention was drawn to
a framed needlepoint
of The GCV seal
hanging in the front
hallway and done by
our own Dolly Glaize
in the 1960's. As we Little Garden Club Trip. Three generations of members: Maggie
Glaize (Mary Bruce's daughter and Dolly's granddaughter), Mary
gazed at the large, Bruce and Dolly Glaize in front of The GCV seat that Dolly created.
wall-hung needlepoint
rug, a compilation of seals contributed by each member club, we were proud to see our
own little square.
Boxed lunches from Sally Belle's arrived and we enjoyed chicken salad, deviled eggs, and
a luscious little cake as we sat in the Gothic drawing room. Several former members and
three of our daughters joined us for lunch, making the event even more special. We
capped it all off with the obligatory picture of the group on the front steps. Something for
our scrapbook!
After a spontaneous shopping trip at Libbie and Grove, we got back on the bus and
relaxed en route to Winchester with more snacks and beverages, this time adding white
wine and Bloody Marys. One group played bridge in the rear of the bus. Chatting, musi-
cal chairs and afternoon naps occupied the rest of us, and we made it home by half past
four.
Now we all smile when we remember our day together on the Ides of March. It was a
big treat for our not-so-little club.

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 Beauty at the Crossroads
By Caroline Neal
Gabriella Garden Club

long-neglected traffic triangle in Danville is about to become a garden spot

A with the aid of the Gabriella Garden Club. It is a plot of ground on Route
29 defined by access and exit lanes for the Piedmont Mall area. This Danville
Interchange Garden is known as "DIG Number Nine." The Public Works
Department will furnish the gardeners, many of whom are learning a productive new
skill on the job.
The Gabriellas voted unanimously and enthusiastically for a five-year sponsorship at
$3,000 per year and for input in the selection and the layout of the plant material. A
sign with the name of the club will identify this beautification endeavor. This is the
first time a local organization rather than a corporation has assumed sponsorship of an
interchange garden. Perhaps it is the first of many and will serve as a model for like-
minded organizations even beyond Danville!

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 The Garden Club of Virginia
Welcomes You
to
The 64th Annual Lily Show
MY FAIR LILY
Sponsored by The Garden Study Club
Assisted by The North American Lily Society

Wednesday, June 21, 2006, 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 22, 2006, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Piedmont Arts Association

215 Starling Avenue  Martinsville, Virginia

Prizes will be awarded at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21, 2006

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 The Legislative Impact
of The Garden Club of Virginia
By Jocelyn Connors, GCV Conservation Chairman
The Lynchburg Garden Club

s a state-wide organization that values conservation and beautification as one of its

A most important missions, The Garden Club of Virginia has an outstanding record of
taking the initiative, through education and activism, to preserve, restore and protect
our rich and beautiful environment. Historically we have worked with conviction and zeal to
ensure those ends. We are well known and respected by members of the Virginia General
Assembly and the administrators of our state government. Numerous environmental advocacy
groups call upon us to support their causes because they know that The GCV is an ally that
can bring about effective change. Many of our members have served on boards and advisory
committees of major environmental organizations and have been founding members of some
of the finest.
How does the process work? The chairman of The GCV Conservation Committee serves
on the Board of The GCV. Fifteen committee members, each serving a three-year term with
five members rotating on and off each year, serve under her. In addition to planning and
implementing three annual events: a fall workshop, the Conservation Forum and Legislative
Day, these members serve as decision makers, considering all requests from environmental
organizations such as the Virginia Conservation Network or Scenic Virginia. They approve
action and forward the recommendation to The GCV Board of Directors for their approval.
This committee also receives nominations for the Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award and the
deLacy Gray Medal and selects the winners each year.
Once specific action, such as support for environmental legislation or permission to write
editorials or letters on behalf of The GCV, is approved, the committee works to inform all the
member clubs through contact with the club conservation chairmen. Frequently, we ask that
individual members contact their legislators, the Governor or the Secretary of Natural
Resources by writing, e-mailing or telephoning them in support or in opposition to pending
legislation. This becomes particularly intense when the General Assembly is in session,
because that is precisely when lawmakers need to hear from us. With a membership over
three thousand, we do make a difference!
The legislative process is a challenge to monitor. Therefore, The GCV Conservation
Committee depends heavily on the research and expertise of other organizations to keep us
informed daily during the current General Assembly session. Our member club conservation
chairmen help us disseminate information to our membership at large. Keeping the lines of
communication open is essential! An informed and active membership is invaluable to our
mission as stated in the Charter of The Garden Club of Virginia, "to encourage conservation
of our natural resources." Our opinions count!!

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 In The Garden with the Experts
Au gust 25-27, 2006

Join us for a weekend filled with fascinating seminars and

demonstrations given by speakers in the field of horticulture
and landscape design, including Andre Viette,
well-known horticulturist and author.

Starting at $420* per person

Two-N ight P ackage In clud es:

Luxurious Accommodations

Breakfast & Dinner Daily

Book Signing, Seminars and Demonstrations

Garden Luncheon

10% Off Purchases in the Cottage Gardener Shop

Nightly Movies, Use of Indoor & Outdoor Pools

Fitness Center, Hiking and Biking Trails

80 0.83 8.1 76 6 ww w.th eh om es tea d.c om

*Based on two persons per room. Some restrictions apply. Subject to availability.
Rate does not include resort service fees or taxes.

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 Book Notes
By Mary Lloyd Lay, Kent-Valentine Librarian
The Garden Club of the Northern Neck

he other day I pulled out my flower arranging books to look up something for

T an arrangement I was doing for a club meeting. While browsing I realized that
I made some of my best choices of this genre of books after seeing them at the
Kent-Valentine House library.
An example is the perfectly beautiful book recently published for the Garden Club
of America, The Fine Art of Flower Arranging. It is a real feast for the eyes. In the first
section are distinctive period arrangements. Following that, the arrangements go in all
different directions with ideas for flower shows, museum designs and some arrange-
ments enhanced by outdoor settings. The section on color is particularly interesting.
The text is clear and it has a helpful bibliography and resource list. It is without a
doubt the most comprehensive book on arranging that has come out in years.
While reading it I noticed mention of an out of print book by Margaret Fairbanks
Marcus, Period Flower Arrangements, "The first and still the definitive resource on peri-
od arrangements." This book alone is worth a trip to the library. The splendid arrange-
ments and fine accompanying text leave an indelible impression of the period they rep-
resent. Not since its printing in 1952 have we had anything like it on the subject.
Another very good book, this one published in England, is The Complete Guide to
Flower and Foliage by Iris Webb. In this one, the information on period arrangements
is very helpful.
Creative Flower Arranging by Betty Belcher is another winner that every flower
arranger should know. For principles and elements of design there is no other so easy
to follow. Many of the modern design arrangements take their inspiration from
Japanese Ikebana. There are some especially good ideas about how to work with a few
flowers. These four books are chock-a-block full of ideas for vases and plant material.
For getting the juices flowing, there is one book that I feel every club member would
enjoy, Elegance in Flowers by Vicki L.
Ingham. Many of these exuberant
and spectacular arrangements done
by some very talented Birmingham
ladies would fit the houses that are
open for Historic Garden Week.
There are more than fifty books
on flower arranging at the library;
you can find the titles on the
library's web page. Spend a
morning studying at the Kent-
Valentine Library or check these
books out.

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 The Kent-Valentine House:
Recipient of Two Generous Gifts
By Meg Clement, Kent-Valentine House Committee Chairman
Three Chopt Garden Club

ince the 1971 purchase of the Kent-Valentine House, our members have very

S generously contributed to its furnishings and upkeep. These thoughtful gifts

make our headquarters special and reflect not only the generosity of these bene-
factors but also the spirit of The Garden Club of Virginia.
That spirit was recently demonstrated once again when Mrs. F. Turner Reuter, a
member of Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club, donated a lovely handstitched wool
needlepoint rug to the Kent-Valentine House. Made in 1975 by Jane Nichols of
Middleburg, this 6'x 6' rug is woven in the tent stitch. The design was created by the
Women's Home Industries of England and is composed of 16 canvas squares each rep-
resenting a different variety of the Rhododendron flower. To preserve the rug, it will be
hung in the stairway of the third floor.
Mrs. John H. Cook III, The Garden Club of Virginia's Flower Shows Chairman
and a member of both Leesburg Garden Club and Fauquier and Loudoun Garden
Club, recognized a need to display properly our
many trophies in one location at the house.
With her contribution and the guidance
of one of our honorary members, Dudley
Brown, we have purchased a lovely light-
ed glass front cabinet for the
third floor.
A special thank you goes to
Nancy Reuter and Di Cook for
their support and interest in our
headquarters. We continue
to benefit from the many
acts of generosity of our
members. Please visit the
Kent-Valentine House and
enjoy these wonderful
additions.

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 Member Club Events Listings
By Twig Murray, GCV Online Committee
The Garden Club of Alexandria

lant a seed on The GCV website and grow attendance at your special events.

P GCV clubs now have an opportunity to expand their reach to invite all web
visitors to participate in special events such as flower shows, forums and speak-
ers. Right there on the homepage, you'll notice a new option called Member Club
Events in the vertical navigation bars. Clicking on this bar opens a page detailing
upcoming GCV events with links to further information. If your event is open to the
public, consider posting it on the website to spread the word. The information also
appears in the Members Only section.
Events will be accepted ninety days prior to the event date. The webmaster adds
items every week, so check the site frequently. Contact The GCV webmaster, Nina
Mustard, by emailing her at nmustard@cox.net or calling 757-229-0703. Fear not if
you are not a computer whiz. Nina is user friendly. She will discuss your potential
listing and tell you what information you need to provide.
The Member Club Events listing is a great way to promote your special events - and
it doesn't cost you a penny.

Member Club Events

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 Tribute to Dorothy Douglass Kellam
By Lee S. Cochran
Past President, The GCV
The Augusta Garden Club

orothy Douglass Kellam, widow of Lucius J. Kellam, died in January after a

D long illness. She was the twenty-fifth President of The Garden Club of
Virginia, serving from 1968 to 1970. However, her valuable service spanned
many years before and after her presidency.
Dot lived on the Eastern Shore at Belle Haven, a handsome home that she opened
for Historic Garden Week every other year for more than twenty years. That one fact
shows the extent of her devotion and dedication to our organization. Her daughter
Douglass Patterson tells how all members of the family were involved in HGW regard-
less of age. Douglas has twin red-heads, who at the age of eight or nine were recruited
to help with traffic. One was placed at the gate to tell guests where to park and the
other met the cars at the parking area. Most guests ,who did not know there were
twins, were stunned at the apparent speed of one red-headed boy.
Dot was not only an officer of The GCV but also a member of many committees.
However, her true love was restoration. She served on the Restoration Committee for
many years and, as Chairman, oversaw such projects as the kitchen garden at
Woodlawn Plantation, the landscaping for the Burwell Morgan Mill and the landscap-
ing for the new headquarters at the Kent-Valentine House. She was also Chairman
when all previously restored gardens were refurbished for the 1976 Bicentennial activi-
ties.
Dot was a major player in the negotiations that led to the purchase of the Kent-
Valentine House; she continued her interest there and her financial support all her life.
She was instrumental in securing the famous collection of Catesby prints that now
adorn the third floor meeting rooms.
Dot's interests in addition to her garden club were her church, the Eastern Shore
Historical Society and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. She supported these organiza-
tions with personal participation and long-term financial assistance.
She was given many awards. To name three, she received the Emily Smith Medallion
from her alma mater, Mary Baldwin College, for "dedication to civic and community
concerns and for appreciation of beauty and her efforts to preserve Virginia heritage."
She was elected a member-at-large of The Garden Club of America and later served as

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 chairman of that illustrious group. In 1990 she was awarded The GCV's highest
award, the Massie Medal, for "a lifetime of dedicated service to The GCV."
None of these facts paints the complete picture of this remarkable lady. She was
extremely smart. She had a regal presence and great sense of style. Her home was the
center for family gatherings for her children, Lucius and Douglass, their children,
grandchildren and scores of friends from far and near. The warmth and hospitality of
Dot and her distinguished husband, Luke, were legendary.
Dot was buried in the ancient family graveyard next to Luke. Marietta Gwathmey,
who attended the service, wrote, "it was a beautiful day, standing in a century old fam-
ily graveyard among the magnolias with clouds scudding by and a slight breeze blow-
ing. We sang ‘Holy, Holy, Holy,’ ‘Amazing Grace’ and ‘How Great Thou Art,’ and they
seemed wonderfully chosen for the occasion and the setting. As we stood there in the
soft sunshine, a bald eagle started circling in the adjacent field. Another eagle joined
her and they circled together for the duration of the service. I couldn't help but think
there were Dot and Lucius, reunited and full of joy."
The Garden Club of Virginia has lost a great lady and for many of us a great friend.
Dot Kellam will live on in our hearts and in the many contributions she so willingly
made to our Commonwealth.

Robert Albergotti Linda Goodrich

Captain and Mrs. James T. Alexander
Bay Beyond, Inc.
Mrs. Sally Guy Brown
Mr. and Mrs. William Butler
Mrs. Elisabeth Reed Carter
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Custis
Mr. and Mrs. C. Powell Davis
Mrs. George H. Flowers, Jr.
Ann W. Gill
Mr. and Mrs. Henley L. Guild
Carmine Kellam
Mrs. Richard B. Kellam
Kellam Energy, Inc.
Mrs. Benjamin W. Mears, Jr.
Mrs. Dorothy H. Montgomery
Mrs. C. Cotesworth Pinckney
Margaret S. Ray
Mrs. J. Thomas Savage
Toy D. Savage, Jr.
Edwin Shuffle, Jr.
Mrs. James A. Stuart
Mrs. Betty D. Vansant
Mrs. Thomas H. Willcox, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Young
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Blum
Mrs. Rudolph Bumgardner III
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Byrd
Mrs. George M. Cochran
Mrs. Austin T. Darden, Jr.
Mrs. Anne D. Duke
Elizabeth M. McCraw
Mrs. James C. Godwin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hopkins
E. Polk Kellam
Amine C. Kellam
Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. May
Betty Michelson
Mrs. W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William Pinkham
Dr. and Mrs. Willcox Ruffin, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. George J. Savage, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Scott
Susan Stinson
Mr. and Mrs. David Tankard
Mrs. William E. Walker II
Mr. and Mrs. John O. Wynne
Mr. and Mrs. R. Douglass Young

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 CONTRIBUTIONS
Balustrade Project
Gifts: Donor:
Charlotte S. Benjamin
Mary Lyle Preston
Johanna Rucker
Sally C. Wit
In Honor of: Donor:
Mrs. Rudolph Bumgardner III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Charlottesville Garden Club
In Memory of: Donor:
Mrs. Henry A. Converse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The James River Garden Club

Common Wealth Fund

In Honor of: Donor:
Mrs. Rudolph Bumgardner III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cora Sue Spruill
Mary Bruce Glaize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Ashland Garden Club
In Memory of: Donor:
Mrs. George B. Colonna, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Huntington Garden Club

GCV Fund
In Memory of: Donor:
Mrs. John Erich Decher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Warrenton Garden Club

Kent-Valentine Endowment
Gifts: Donor:
Anonymous
The Spotswood Garden Club
In Honor of: Donor:
Peggy Bowditch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Hart Darden
Mrs. Peter W. Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catherine Whitham
Mrs. Whittington W. Clement
Mrs. Rudolph Bumgardner III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Boxwood Garden Club
Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club
The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula
Mr. and Mrs. R. Lowndes Burke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Whittington W. Clement
Mrs. Gerald Cook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. J. Gordon Kincheloe
Lucy Ellett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Garden Study Club
The Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Rudolph Bumgardner III
Committee Chairmen
Committee Members
GCV Staff
GCV Members
Mrs. Hosea E. Wilson, Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Committee for Historic Garden Week 2006
Mrs. Benjamin Rawles III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Whittington W. Clement
Catherine Whitham
Will Rieley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rivanna Garden Club
Mrs. Charles E. Snyder III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Princess Anne Garden Club
Lee Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Redwood Garden Club
Rosemary Wallinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Hart Darden
Cabell West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Nelson Thompson
Mrs. Janice Whitehead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Spotswood Garden Club
Catherine Whitham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Little Garden Club of Winchester
Susan Wight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Virginia Beach Garden Club
In Memory of: Donor:
Mrs. Julie Arnold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leesburg Garden Club
Susan K. Barham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Anne D. Duke
Mrs. William W. Butzner, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth B. Tankard

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Mrs. Warren H. Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. and Mrs. J. Ridgeley Porter III
Mrs. James V. Debergh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garden Club of Warren County
Mrs. Albertis S. Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Brunswick Garden Club
Barbara Kent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mildred B. West
Carolyn S. Day Montague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hampton Roads Garden Club
Laura E. Kostel
Margaret Peple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attelia S. Blackard
Enid Hazel Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. and Mrs. O. Christian Bredrup
Ida Saunders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Ashland Garden Club
Kent-Valentine Library
In Honor of: Donor:
Allison Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Little Garden Club of Winchester

Chairmen of Committees
Admissions Lynne Beeler
Annual and Board of Governors Meetings Donna Clausen
Common Wealth Award Nancy Lowery
Conservation and Beautification Marsha Merrell
Development Karen Jamison
Finance Anne Baldwin
Flower Shows Charlotte Benjamin
Historian and Custodian of Records Sarah Bass
Historic Garden Week Mary Harvard Nolde
Horticulture Kay Van Allen
Investment Nancy Bowles
Journal Advertising Betsy Agelasto
Journal Gale Braxton
Journal Editor & Editorial Board Peggy Federhart
Kent-Valentine House Missy Buckingham
Massie Medal Jocelyn Connors
Nominations Mary Hart Darden
Online and Webmaster Nina Mustard
Parliamentarian & Editor of the Register Meg Clement
Personnel Dorothy Bumgardner
Public Relations Linda Consolvo
Restoration Mary Lou Seilheimer
Daffodil Chairman Glenna Graves
Lily Chairman Mary Nelson Thompson
Rose Chairman Pat Taylor
Speaker Series Betsy Worthington
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