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member Clubs of the Garden Club of VirGinia

Albemarle Garden Club The Garden Club of Alexandria The Ashland Garden Club The Augusta Garden Club The Blue Ridge Garden Club The Boxwood Garden Club The Brunswick Garden Club The Charlottesville Garden Club Chatham Garden Club The Garden Club of Danville Dolley Madison Garden Club The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore The Elizabeth River Garden Club The Garden Club of Fairfax Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club The Franklin Garden Club Gabriella Garden Club The Garden Study Club The Garden Club of Gloucester The Hampton Roads Garden Club Harborfront Garden Club Hillside Garden Club The Hunting Creek Garden Club The Huntington Garden Club The James River Garden Club Leesburg Garden Club The Little Garden Club of Winchester The Lynchburg Garden Club The Martinsville Garden Club The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula The Mill Mountain Garden Club The Nansemond River Garden Club The Garden Club of Norfolk The Garden Club of the Northern Neck The Petersburg Garden Club The Princess Anne Garden Club The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club Rivanna Garden Club Roanoke Valley Garden Club The Spotswood Garden Club Three Chopt Garden Club The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton The Virginia Beach Garden Club The Garden Club of Warren County The Warrenton Garden Club The Williamsburg Garden Club Winchester-Clarke Garden Club

Dear Members, I am proud of what you do and how well you do it. Since 1920, the Garden Club of Virginia has been making a positive impact throughout the Commonwealth. At Poplar Forest, Thomas Jeffersons retreat in Bedford County, the Garden Club of Virginia has begun reviving an important ornamental landscape, which was nearly lost to history. The restoration is based on the founding fathers own records and supported by evidence uncovered by Poplar Forests team of archaeologists. Further south, the Garden Club of Virginia will be renovating the grounds in front of the historic Henry County Courthouse. The improved green space will serve as the centerpiece of the larger downtown rehabilitation plan. This project is the outgrowth of a partnership between the GCV, the city of Martinsville, the Martinsville-Henry County Historical Society and a local foundation. This year we presented our second Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award to the Garden Club of Norfolk for its work in conjunction with the Hermitage Museum & Gardens. Together, they are designing and constructing a rain garden that will capture and treat storm water in the watershed of the Lafayette River. Meanwhile, the 2010 Common Wealth Award went to the Harborfront Garden Club, which plans to complete a courtyard garden at the St. Marys House for Disabled Kim Nash at Horticulture Field Day Children. This outdoor healing with Oatlands Osage Orange. space will provide the young patients with an introduction to local plants and butterflies. This year, as in previous years, good works speak for themselves. From South of the James to the Northern Piedmont, from the Chesapeake Bay to the Shenandoah Valley, our member clubs are united with a common vision. We have only to look at our recent accomplishments to agree that we are indeed living up to our mission. Reviewing your many achievements of this past year not only pleases me, it also energizes me. With our lofty goals and track record of successful projects, who knows what we will do in the year to come? I cant wait to see. Warmly,

Kimbrough K. Nash President

serVinG the Commonwealth 12 Club hiGhliGhts

inCreasinG tree Canopy CoVeraGe and storm water quality The James proVidinG sCholarships

The Garden Club of Middle Peninsula begins a new River, Three Chopt, Tuckahoe scholarship fund that supports and Boxwood Garden Clubs young students entering continue their collaboration environmental, horticultural with the City of or landscape Richmond and fields. GCMP 3North to improve also contributed storm water quality funding to provide and streetscape the services of enhancements science instructor along the 14th Elizabeth Carey Street corridor. to the Chesapeake This project was Bay Foundations the recipient of outdoor classroom GCVs first Bessie program, serving Bocock Carter Virginias teachers Edward and Anne Conservation from all grade Award in 2010, levels. Spencer in the garden which provided with two of their eleven start-up funding. grand-children, Bobbie &
Courtesy of the Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum, Inc.

Billy Stephenson. c. 1940.

restorinG the Garden salon of noted harlem renaissanCe writer, anne spenCer The Hillside Garden

CultiVatinG tomorrows hortiCulturists

Club continues Anne Spencers deep commitment to the garden that informed her poetry, inspiring Harlem Renaissance writers and early Civil Rights leaders. Awarded the 2009 Commonwealth Award, Hillside Garden Club reported on the next phase at the Board of Governors meeting in November. With funds raised from members and others, the Club began restoration of the arbor and pergola.

For 30 years, The Martinsville Garden Club has maintained the garden at the Blue Ridge Regional Library childrens wing, and their commitment to budding young environmentalists doesnt stop there. MGC conducted their workshop in a new state-of-theart greenhouse for horticulture students at Magna Vista High School to teach growing and arranging skills.

Martinsville members gather at the Annual Meeting in May.

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n District 5 n District 6

GoinG Green with earthsaVers

CurbinG the #1 sourCe of new pollution in urban waterways The Garden

The WinchesterClarke Garden Club developed a key club program two years ago that continues their resolve to reduce consumption and environmental impact. Adopting one conservation issue each month, members embrace practices such as eliminating use of plastic water bottles and substituting compost for fertilizer. By simply using canvas totes, the Club conserved in one years time 6,400 petroleum-laden plastic bags.

Club of Norfolk is partnering with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and The National Wildlife Federation to promote a swimmable, fishable Lafayette River by 2014. Their rain garden construction at the Hermitage Museum will capture and treat storm water along one of the most urbanized waterways in the country. For this work, Norfolk received GCVs 2011 Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award.

Development (in purple) threatens the Elizabeth and Lafayette Rivers.

Courtesy of geology.com

tendinG the Center of the uniVerse The Ashland

resurreCtinG the miGhty Chestnut The Mill Mountain

Garden Club is enhancing and maintaining DeJarnette Park in downtown Ashland as a natural habitat area with both wetlands and dry areas for public enjoyment and recreation. Ashland continues to operate its popular childrens program Roots and Shoots.
preserVinG riparian barriers and CruCial waterways The Augusta

Garden Club has completed its first planting of native serviceberry trees along a Lewis Creek tributary. This indigenous riparian barrier supports a waterway that ultimately supplies the Chesapeake Bay. Additional trees are being propagated for a similar site in Staunton, complementing efforts of Augustas larger waterways project.
promotinG sustainability: do one thinG The

Garden Club, in partnership with the American Chestnut Foundation and the city of Roanoke, has begun planting hybrid chestnut trees in an effort to replace those decimated by the blight that claimed four billion chestnuts in a generations time. This new grove, in addition to the wildflower garden the club has maintained since 1971, is just a portion of their master plan for the mountain.
CreatinG a nature oasis for Children

Rappahannock Valley Garden Club kicked off their Do One Thing (DOT) initiative challenging members and the community to incorporate a simple conservation practice into their daily lives. RVGC members have helped schools and area organizations begin their own programs, which is part of a national grassroots movement inspired by Mindy Pennybackers book Do One Green Thing. Visit Rappahannocks Facebook page for DOT ideas!

Celebrating their 100th year, The Warrenton Garden Club hosted its 28th summer Nature Camp for children ages 9 to 12 years. Opening in the summer of 1983, in partnership with the Piedmont Environmental Council, this program encourages ecological exploration and outdoor summertime fun. Staying connected with the children is one way this centennial club stays young.

Children participate in a Nature Camp demonstration.

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n District 5 n District 6

proteCtinG the blaCkwater and nottoway riVers The

Franklin Garden Club participated in Clean Rivers Day, a community effort to clean the watershed area for the Blackwater and Nottoway Rivers that surround and run through Franklin members enjoying Horticulture the City of Franklin. FGC Field Day. has established a partnership and new chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists, a group of volunteer educators, scientists, citizens and stewards helping Virginia conserve and manage natural resources and public lands.

in addition to devoting countless hours organizing Historic Garden Week area tours, every GCV club serves the state and their communities through individual club programs. The Garden Club of Virginia recognizes each of its 47 member clubs and the vital work they accomplish year-round!

Historic Garden Week

T
he establishment of Historic Garden Week goes back to 1927, when a flower show raised an impressive $7,000 to save a number of Thomas Jeffersons original trees on the lawn at Monticello. Two years later, the first tour was organized and 78 years after that, Virginia Living magazine named it the Preppiest Event in Virginia. The distinguishing feature that binds all 47 member clubs together, HGW is now a week-long event and the largest and most venerable house and garden tour in the country. Proceeds from this statewide event further the mission of the Garden Club, including the restoration and preservation of 43 public gardens and properties throughout Virginia.

Agecroft Hall, one of the luncheon sites for Richmonds tours.

Members of The Williamsburg Garden Club greeted fellow gardeners from the Garden Club of Bermuda during their visit to Historic Garden Week in Virginia on April 19.

Eyre Halls magnificent landscape includes the oldest gardens under continuous maintenance in Virginia and is a perennial highlight of the Historic Garden Week tour on the Eastern Shore.

Boxwood members, Hutch Livingston and Judy Kidd, help prepare a home for visitors.

A showing of the Warrenton Foxhounds is an annual feature of Historic Garden Week.

upCominG The 79th Historic Garden Week in Virginia is scheduled for April 2128, 2012. House and garden tours cover three horticultural areas and attract visitors from across the country.

Jane Cowles

or 84 years, tour proceeds from Historic Garden Week in Virginia have sustained the organization and successfully funded 43 major landscape restorations throughout the state. GCVs Restoration Committee directs these efforts, provides ongoing maintenance assistance to the properties and workshops for their horticulturists, and funds two professional research fellowships.
Deedy Bumgardner, GCV

Restoration
Restoration Chair, dedicates the completed restoration at John Handley High in Winchester.

reCipient of the rudy j. faVretti fellowship

Ashley Allis For summer research at Old Western State Hospital in Staunton

reCipient of the william d. rieley fellowship

Emily Peterson For summer research at Springsbury Farm in Clarke County Virginia

restoration projeCts
Adam Thoroughgood House* Bacons Castle Belle Grove Belmont Bruton Parish Church Burwell-Morgan Mill Centre Hill Mansion Christ Church - Lancaster County Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History Executive Mansion Capitol Square Fincastle Presbyterian Church Grace Arents Garden Gunston Hall* Historic Portsmouth Courthouse Historic Smithfield* Historic St. Lukes Church Hollins University Kenmore Kent-Valentine House Ker Place Lee Hall Mary Washington House Mary Washington Monument Maymont Monticello Montpelier Moses Myers House Mount Vernon Oatlands Point-of-Honor Prestwould Plantation* Rolfe-Warren House, Smiths Fort Plantation Scotchtown* St. Johns Mews State Arboretum of Virginia, Blandy Experimental Farm Stratford Hall Sweet Briar College University of Virginia Washington and Lee University Wilton Woodlawn Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Yeardley House* *Landscapes restored previously but not currently under contract

GCV has successfully completed restoration of the Walter McCormack design for the front faade and bowl area at John Handley High School.

In Bedford County, members are using recent archaeological findings to re-create the unique landscape Thomas Jefferson planned and planted himself at his retreat, Poplar Forest. far left: William D. Rieley with 2011 Research Fellows.

Courtesy of Thomas Jeffersons Poplar Forest, Diane Johnson, Artist.

Conservation
C
onservation and Beautification was GCVs first standing committee in 1920. The Garden Club of Virginia continues to focus attention on todays legislative and educational issues relating to the environmental wellbeing of Virgina. An annual forum provides timely discussion from informed panels and the opportunity to meet with leading conservationists. Also yearly, members visit the Virginia General Assembly to engage representatives at the Capital. The GCVs 53rd Annual Conservation Forum, held at the College of William & Mary, addressed critical issues concerning the Atlantic Ocean, related waterways and coastal areas. Keynote speaker, Dr. Sandra White, spoke about efforts to balance competing ocean uses to preserve ocean health. Attendees moved to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in Gloucester Point for a field trip led by marine biologists and oceanographers.

A successful day at the General Assembly. Marsha Merrell, past Finance Chair; Karen Jones, Conservation and Beautification Chair; and Katya Spicuzza, Journal Committee.

the bessie boCoCk Carter ConserVation award

The Garden Club of Norfolk For their work with the Hermitage Museum in Norfolk to construct a rain garden, thus reducing runoff into the Elizabeth River

Pam Combs, President, The Garden Club of Norfolk, and Karen Jones with Emma Ramsey and Page Carter.

the de laCy Gray ConserVation medal

Sallie Sebrell The Nansemond River Garden Club For her lifelong commitment to promoting environmental responsibility
Sallie Sebrell, Conservation Committee member and DeLacy Gray recipient

the duGdale award for meritorious aChieVement in ConserVation

Lipton Tea, Inc., Suffolk For its vision as a zero landfill company

Karen Jones presents Plant Manager Ted Narozny with this years Dugdale award.

upCominG Uranium: What Should Virginia Do? The 54th Annual Conservation Forum convenes November 3, 2011, at the University of Richmond.

nationally renowned flower shows GCV hosts three annual flower shows, Lily, Rose and Daffodil. Open to the public, they offer the opportunity to submit horticulture specimens and arrangements and to cultivate improved growing and exhibiting techniques. Daffodil Show, April 2011, hosted by Hillside Garden Club

Gathering at the Judges Dinner: Nancy Avery, Joyce Moorman, Bill Pannill, GCV honorary member, at the Daffodil Show June Hambrick, Rachel Hollis, Mary Jac Meadows, and Betty Michelson.

Rose Show, October 2010, hosted by the Harborfront Garden Club

Kim Nash presents Connie DeBordenave, the Garden Club of Northern Neck, with multiple awards including Presidents of Member Clubs Cup, Best Climber and Best Floribunda.

Lea Shuba, Horticulture Chair; Mary Nelson Thompson, Past Lily Chair; and Lucy Rhame, Daffodil Chair, gather at the Judges Dinner.

Lily Show, June, 2011, hosted by the Garden Club of Fairfax

Mary Lou Johnson and Mo Stiner of Harborfront Garden Club with their Class 51B: Federal Arrangement, which won Blue and Quad Blue in June.

Education
T
Ron Morgan led the GCV Flower Arranging School in September to a packed house.

he Garden Club of Virginia has a long tradition of providing education to members and the public in areas relating to horticulture, propagation and floral design. Horticultural interests are celebrated through a number of initiatives workshops, yearly exhibits and field days.

Winner of the Inter-Club Artistic Award, The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton scored the most points for inter-club arrangements in this years three shows. Martha Moore, Tuckahoe President; Kim Nash, GCV President; and Peyton Wells.

Helen Murphy, past GCV President, preparing for the 2011 Lily Show.

upCominG Symposium 2012, Take the Leap to Timeless Trends, is February 2729, 2012, at the Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia. Renowned Londonbased floral designer to the royals, Mathew Dickinson, will give arranging demonstrations. GCV gratefully acknowledges our Symposium platinum sponsor, Union First Market Bank.

hortiCultural field day A sold-out Horticulture Field Day in Loudoun and Fauquier Counties attracted 160 members from across the state.

At Highland Spring Farm, Kim Nash, Fleet Davis, Dianne Spence, and Nina Mustard.

The Williamsburg Garden Club members gather at Oak Hill for Horticulture Field Day: Ann Milliman, Becky Howard, Misti Spong, Terry Buntrock, Minouche Robinson, Cathy Clarke, Barbara Cummings, and Carolyn Lodzieski.

At Mays Annual Meeting, member clubs recommended alternative plantings to replace non-native species. Roanoke Valley Garden Club suggests planting Baptisia and not Coreopsis.

reCipients of hortiCulture award of merit For significant personal and public achievements in horticulture Marie Bundy, The Garden Club of Norfolk Margaret Ford, The James River Garden Club Nan Freed, The Garden Club of Danville Susan Gentry, The Virginia Beach Garden Club Minouche Robinson, The Williamsburg Garden Club Betty Steele, The Petersburg Garden Club Cam Williams, The Garden Club of Gloucester Mary Wick, Three Chopt Garden Club

The Kent-Valentine House

T

he KentValentine House was built by wholesale importer, Horace Kent, in 1845. Standing in downtown Richmond, it serves today as the geographical hub and statewide headquarters of the Garden Club of Virginia. In 1970, the home was facing its demise when the GCV launched an adaptive-use restoration. Its easement, granted to GCV by the Valentine family in 1972, was the first accepted by the state on a City of Richmond landmark. Now this 18-room antebellum manse is a Virginia Historic Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places. Gather in this historiC home

The Kent-Valentine House is open Monday through Thursday, 9 4 p.m., and open to the public for tours and rental. The first floor accommodates 120 guests for stand-up reception. The spacious third floor conference room holds 100. Contact Ann Heller for more information at 804-643-4137 or email communications @ gcvirginia.org.
Jeanette McKittrick, Three Chopt President; Meg Clement, GCV Second Vice President; and Meg Clinard greet Three Chopt members for a special club meeting at the Kent-Valentine House. Meeting space is reserved year-round for member clubs, at no cost.

Awards
Common wealth award Harborfront Garden Club Established in 1979, this award provides grant money to support and promote the projects of GCV member clubs. The award funds the completion of the butterfly and sensory garden at St. Marys Home for Disabled Children. Young patients can observe and learn about plants and butterflies in the courtyard garden.

Harborfront Garden Clubs President Widget Williams and Casey Rice celebrate Harborfronts award at the Board of Governors meeting in October.

The Garden Club of Virginia recognizes Nina Mustard, of The Williamsburg Garden Club, for her invaluable contributions to the organization.

massie medal for distinGuished aChieVement The oldest and most prestigious award, first given in 1928 by Susanne Williams Massie during her presidency, was awarded to Nina Mustard, The Williamsburg Garden Club. A member since 2000, Nina is the master behind the expansion of the organizations website and the creator of its donor management system called Green Gifts. The diligence with which she implemented her programs unified member clubs and provided a valuable connection with the larger community.

JULY 1, 2010 JUNE 30, 2011

Honor Roll of Donors

T
he Garden Club of Virginia is honored to acknowledge the generosity of our members and friends.
Middleburg Bank Quarles Petroleum, Inc. SunTrust Bank Union First Market Bank Virginia Eye Institute

Corporate Contributors
Blue Ridge Landscape & Design Dykeman & Company ExxonMobil* Genworth Foundation* Grelen Nursery
*matchingsupport

member Club donors

Albemarle Garden Club The Garden Club of Alexandria The Ashland Garden Club The Blue Ridge Garden Club The Boxwood Garden Club The Brunswick Garden Club The Garden Club of Danville Dolley Madison Garden Club The Garden Club of Eastern Shore The Elizabeth River Garden Club The Garden Club of Fairfax Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club The Franklin Garden Club Gabriella Garden Club The Garden Study Club The Garden Club of Gloucester The Hampton Roads Garden Club Harborfront Garden Club Hillside Garden Club The Hunting Creek Garden Club The Huntington Garden Club Union First Market Bank C. K. Williams Foundation Helen Clay Frick Foundation Oakwood Foundation Middleburg Bank Grelen Nursery Virginia Eye Institute The M. F. Moorman Family Foundation The James River Garden Club Leesburg Garden Club The Lynchburg Garden Club The Martinsville Garden Club The Garden Club of Middle Peninsula The Mill Mountain Garden Club The Nansemond River Garden Club The Garden Club of Norfolk The Garden Club of the Northern Neck The Petersburg Garden Club The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club Rivanna Garden Club Roanoke Valley Garden Club Three Chopt Garden Club The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton The Virginia Beach Garden Club The Garden Club of Warren County The Warrenton Garden Club The Williamsburg Garden Club Winchester-Clarke Garden Club Cabell Goolsby West

reGenCy terraCe $10,000 and aboVe

alpine Garden $5,000 9,999

Anonymous Betsy Rawls Agelasto Estate of Ellen Wallinger Rueger Charlotte S. Benjamin Sally Guy Brown Lee Stuart Cochran

presidents parterre $1,000 4,999

presidents parterre, Continued

Mary Hart Darden Ann Gordon Evans Jean W. Lane Catherine Madden Mary Wynn McDaniel Katherine T. Mears Di Cook Family Foundation Hubard Family Trusts Mrs. Richard A. Carrington III Lynn Gas Mary Bruce H. Glaize Mrs. Peter Dun Grover Joyce Cline Jaeger Barbara B. Luton Julie W. MacKinlay Nina W. Mustard Blue Ridge Landscape & Design, Inc KVA Foundation Anne Baldwin H. Furlong Baldwin Ann W. Beasley Margaret Phillips Bice Elizabeth Lamar Boetsch Missy Buckingham Deedy Bumgardner Jeanette Cadwallender Elisabeth Carter Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne III Mary Ann B. Clark Meg Clement Candace Carter Crosby Mrs. Joshua Darden Fleet Davis Carolyn Farouki Lou Flowers Florence Bryan Fowlkes Jean E. R. Gilpin Beatrice Busch-von Gontard Cynthia D. Hall Owens & Minor Friends Quarles Petroleum, Inc. Farrar Timberlake Foundation The Junior Virginia Beach Garden Club GCV Horticulture Committee GCV Massie Medal Committee Anonymous Catherine G. Adams Dana H. Adams Linda B. Arnold Anne K. Avery

Helen Turner Murphy Kimbrough K. Nash Kathryn M. Quarles Lucinda Smith Seale Mr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Smith, Jr Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Tayloe II Emma Read Oppenhimer Mrs. William G. Pannill Mrs. Theodore W. Price Lucy S. Rhame Mr. and Mrs. W. Randolph Robins Mary Gray Shockey Lea Carter Shuba Dianne Nea Spence Catherine C. Whitham Page Young Mrs. Richard F. Hall, Jr Celie Harris Cessie Howell Lucy Huff Karen Jamison Leila Jones Frances M. Lindsay Mrs. Gregory May Deane Ferguson Mills Martha F. Moore Mrs. C. D. L. Perkins Marianne W. Prentiss Patricia T. Sauer Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Seilheimer, Jr Bonnie B. Shelor Cynthia S. Shook Doris W. Smith George Stuckey Mary Nelson Thompson Susan C. Thompson Kathryn Q. Wafle Mrs. Clifton A. Woodrum III

boxwood maze $500 999

healinG Garden $250 499

annual border $100 249

Mrs. James A. Bacon Dorothy Glaize Ballard Turner J. Barringer Joanne M. Bartlett Margaret Page Bemiss Shirley Bevans JoAnn Bilbrey Mrs. Frank Nash Bilisoly Nancy F. Bowles Daisy J. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. John P. Bradshaw, Jr

Jody Branch Gail G. Braxton Lynda H. Briggs Mrs. George M. Brooke, Jr Bliss S. Brown Dorothy C. Browning Martha Ware Bryan Jody Walton Bundy Ann Bynum Elizabeth R. Cabell Betty Mitchell Carden Frances Carden Kim Carey Suzanne Carmichael Judy Carraway Susan Carrington Betsy and John Casteen Mrs. C. L. Christian III Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr Kirkland T. Clarkson Kathryn Holcomb Clary Jane H. Cooper Kim Cory Jane Covington Mrs. Theodore J. Craddock Ann K. Crenshaw Lisa Cresson Anne Geddy Cross Linda B. Custis Nancy V. Daniel Laura Dansby Nancy A. Dempsey Mary L. Denny Claiborne M. Dickinson Lis Doley Margaret B. Douglas Peggy S. Duvall Frances H. Ellis Clarkie Eppes Terry Evans Rudy and Joy Favretti Sarah G. Finney Anne G. Foster Melinda Frierson Mrs. David W. Garland Mrs. Muscoe R. H. Garnett, Jr Mary Ann Gibbons Mrs. William V. Giles, Jr Frances Giles Ellen G. Godwin Glenna Graves Freddie Gray Mrs. James C. Greene Margaret Grills Anjela Guarriello Greta I. Gustavson Mrs. Harry G. Hager, Jr

Mrs. John Halpin Susan Foster Hamill Liz Hamilton Jil Harris Dorothy R. Hendrickson Joyce Hendrickson Elizabeth Herbert Janet G. Hickman Sandra Hodge Sally Hodgkin Mary Sherwood Holt Mrs. Charles R. Hooff, Jr. Mary McMillan Horton Mac Houfek Patricia Hubard Beverly K. Hudson Mrs. Robert K. Huffman Mrs. W. E. Hunt, Jr Mrs. Charles K. Hutchens III Heidi F. James Sheila Jamison-Schwartz Missy Janes Michelle Jennings Anne Jennings Mary Ann Johnson Cecelia R. Johnson Karen Jones Alice M. Julias Mrs. Lucius J. Kellam III Caramine Kellam Jane W. Kerewich Judy Kidd Mary T. Kincheloe Beverley G. King Ann Kington Mrs. Mary Lois Knight Janet Knopf Natalie DuBose Langley Donna P. Lawhon Joni Albert Lawler Betty H. Lesko Ingrid Hinckley Lindsay Amy S. Little Georgia Hardy Luck Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Lyons, Jr Katie Mann Martha F. Manson Louise E. Martin Anne M. Mason Mildred M. Mason Emily Ann Mason Judith L. Mazzucchelli Lynn McCashin Mary Rennie McDaniel Brenda McGehee Jeanette F. McKittrick Nancy W. McWane

annual border, Continued

Barbara B. Merchant Marsha Merrell Betty Murden Michelson Margaret H. Milam Ann Milliman Tina Minter Mrs. L. Franklin Moore, Jr Sue Ann Morgan Susan S. Mullin Lucy Neal Mrs. Robert W. Newton Suzanne S. Obenshain Rebecca H. OBrian Mercer W. OHara Jamie A. Old Patty Olivieri Susan W. Pannill Elizabeth J. Parrish Sarah Belle E. Parrott Mary Parsley Doris P. Peery Helen R. Pinckney Joan B. Pollard Mary Pollock DeLane W. Porter Sarah Porter Mrs. Douglas E. Quarles III Mrs. Harry E. Ramsey, Jr Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Reed, Jr Mrs. F. Turner Reuter Grace P. Rhinesmith Joyce C. Rice Linda Richards Kay Justice Ridinger Susan F. Robertson Minouche Robinson Susan H. Roszel Whitley V. Rotgin Mary S. Rueger Helen J. Ryan Mrs. Charles Sackett Ann Humphrey Sanders Ellen and Whitney Saunders Gail L. Savage Eleanor Rosalie Savage Jane Schaubach Betty G. Schutte

Laura Daughtry Smart Mrs. W. Ware Smith, Jr Catherine B. Smith Lynda Sorrentino Lois P. Spencer Molly Spencer Hollis S. Stauber Carol Wells Stevenson Ms. Page D. Styles Mrs. Norman E. Tadlock Mrs. E. Armistead Talman Anne R. Tankard Tonya Tankard Sue C. Taylor Pat Taylor Christina Teague Judith Boyd Terjen Mrs. W. McIlwaine Thompson, Jr Mary Henley Thompson Sherilyn I. Titus Louise L. Toms Maria Tufts Janet Brady Tutton Sheryl P. Twining Margaret West Valentine Karen Weir Wachtmeister Betty Byrne Ware Anne Warlick Milly Wassum Linda B. Westfall Carole A. White Janet C. Whitehead Ann Whitham Largen Sandra B. Whittle Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wick III Dootsie Wilbur Widget Williams Macon Frischkorn Willingham The Wilson Family Mary Ann Wine Libby Wolf Mina Wood Nancy Coleman Wood Mary Denny Wray Suzanne Wright Mary Catherine Zullo

knot Garden $0 99
Dykeman & Company Chamber of Commerce of Front Royal & Warren County SunTrust Bank Reston Garden Club Anonymous Carolyn S. Abbitt Sue Abercrombie Suzanne Aiello Victoria Alexander Kathryn S. Allen Mrs. Edward A. Ames IV Becky Austin Margaret Ayscue

Holly T. Bailey Lee Baker Joan M. Baker Sheila E. Baker Barbara Bandyke Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Banks III Mrs. A. Bruner Barksdale Marilyn C. Barrow Sara Battin Mavis J. Bayles Anne M. Beals Joanne G. Beck Nancy G. Beebe Barbara M. Best Vici Boguess Mrs. W. Chan Bolling Leslie M. Booth Mrs. Carolyn B. Bottger Peggy Bowditch Judith H. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. McGuire Boyd Holland Braden Elizabeth W. Bradford Suzanne Bresee Charlie and Nicoll Brinley Mrs. Steven Brooks Susie Brown Cherry Brown Randy Brown Mary Louise Brown Betty S. Brown Randy Brown Ruth Barr Bugas Sandy Burroughs Susie Burtch Dianne Butler Mrs. Ernest P. Buxton III Mrs. T. Lee Byrd Lynne Caldwell Imogene Birdsong Calvert Cathy Capps Mrs. Christopher Carey Mrs. Peter O. Carey Helen S. Carter Mrs. Hill Carter, Jr Claire Cassada Mrs. W. J. Catlett, Jr Cean Cawthorn Nancy G. Chamlee Susan Chatfield-Taylor Jane D. Cheadle Jane Sherwin Chesson Joyce C. Childress Mrs. Nancy Hubbard Clark Eva Clarke Mrs. Richard S. Cole Linda L. Consolvo

Jane M. Cowles Trevor S. Cox Barbara B. Cox Cecile A. Cox Nan L. Coxe Berenice D. Craigie Cathy Creekmore Elizabeth L. Crocker Mrs. Alan B. Croft LaVerne R. Crown Mrs. A. Ashburn Cutchin III Virginia Puller Dabney Ann Penn Dart Mr. and Mrs. Huntley Davenport Bobbye Davies Joanna Davies Coco Davis Pam DeBergh Eeda Dennis Peggy Dent Lori M. Dibernardo Sydnor L. Dickenson Nancy K. Dickerson Kathleen Dickinson Susan Dixon Lit Dodd Mrs. F. M. Downey, Jr Mrs. Ann Hayden Doyle Suzanne S. Duffey Martha P. Easton Jean Marie L. Edwards Heather H. Ellet Mrs. John Page Elliott Jennifer Miller Evans Madison Fairburn Patricia Falcon Androniki J. Fallis Ann Fauber Dana S. Faulconer Jayne Y. Feminella Mrs. Laurel E. Fensterer Dee Ferguson Mrs. Vance Field Dana M. Flanders John and Peggy Fletcher Beverly C. Flippo Mary C. Foley Mrs. C. Warren Forbush Lynn M. Ford Patricia Fox Mary Carter Frackelton Nan C. Freed Carroll G. Frohman Connie Walton Fulton Cameron Q. Furber Dr. and Mrs. John H. Furr Pamela W. Gale

knot Garden, Continued

Sally Garland Patricia H. Garner Martha Geiger Catherine M. Gillespie Brenda Gilman Diane Ginsberg Sarah B. Gladden Kathleen B. Glass Elizabeth S. Goffigon Susan Graves Miriam L. Green Mary Anne B. Griffin Mary Chester H. Griffith Melissa Gullquist Michelle H. Hamner Elizabeth B. Hardy Elizabeth Hargrove Lucy G. Harman Mary Lawrence Harrell Virginia J. Harris Christine G. Harris Sarah W. T. Harrison Ann Harry Katherine M. Harvard Ada Harvey Nellie E. Healy Karen W. Hedelt Carolyn Helfrich Ann M. Heller Sarah & Timothy Hellewell Margaret Dietz Henderson Achsah Henderson Susan Henderson Margaret Dietz Henderson Franca Higgins Josine Hitchcock Kathleen S. Hobson Mary K. Hoerneman Linda Holden Molly S. Hood Mrs. Charles R. Hooff III Lula Hopkins Shannon E. Howell Chris Howison Pamela M. Hudson Suzanne D. Huff Mrs. Gay C. Huffman Mary S. Humelsine Therese Iverson Dr. Sara N. James Alice J. Janney Abby Johnson Suzanne Johnson Robin S. Johnson Kelly Johnson Traci G. Jones

Patty Alexander Kellam Sarah L. Keller Jean M. Kelley Jude Slaughter Kelly Ellen Kelso Bernice M. Kenneweg Carolyn H. Kent Ruth Keyser Katharine B. Kingsley JoAnne H. Kinnamon Mrs. Paul H. Kipps Beverley P. Kirchmier Mrs. James L. Kitchin, Jr Diane Kline Joyce Klingensmith Alice E. Koziol Nancy S. Kyler Dr. Aileen Laing Susan G. Landin Sue C. Lang Meg Stovall Laughon Lucy Lee Cathy M. Lee Avra Leigh Lisa W. Lewis Kathi Lindquist Sara Ann Lindsey Patricia H. Linton Linda R. Livick Kristine Lloyd Lyde A. Longaker Calder Loth Ellen E. Lusk Linda F. Macdonald Karla S. MacKimmie Jane H. Maddux Linda L. Magovern Mrs. Rebecca Miller Mahon Karen Malo Ann S. Martin Elizabeth Lytle Maser Tammy Mason Mrs. Philip W. May Sue McClellan Tricia and Charles McDaniel Willie McDaniel Francis and Gloria McFall Mary E. McManus Mrs. David A. Melvin Gwendolyn S. Meredith Caroline Coles Merrick Mrs. Mark R. Merritt Lucille P. Midyette Elisabeth F. Miles Mr. and Mrs. J. Maurice Miller, Jr Karen Miller

Elizabeth L. Mitchell Martha Jean Moore Maralyn D. Morency Louise A. Morton Bunny Murray Kaye Rollins Nazarian Barbara Schoeb Nelson Mrs. Alan Newman Ferrell Nexsen Linda W. Nicholas Anne B. Nock Evelyn H. Nock Merry Outlaw Anne T. Overman Susan Overton Ann C. Palmore Ellen S. Papetti Dana C. Parker Anne Parker Mrs. I. Christopher Parrish Kathleen O. Pearson Nancy J. Philpott Sarah H. Pierson Martha M. Pollard Mary Louisa Pollard Charlotte Porterfield Margaret D. Powell Lucy G. Powell Susan Neal Price Mrs. Alton B. Prillaman Lauren S. Prince Doris Pritchett Anne Pritchett Suzanne Prueher Jane M. Purrington Mrs. Michael C. Quinn Ann Reamy Venetia L. Raines Redd Elizabeth B. Reed Mary Reed Mollie Reinhart Judith H. Repass Linda D. Reynolds Jeanne Reynolds Grace Rice Mary Scully Riley Robin Rinaca Phyllis Ripper Michael N. Robertson Edith B. Robertson Susan Honig Rogers Barbara and Neal Rosenbaum Sue Rosser Janet F. Rosser Virginia C. Savage Malvina H. Savage Margaret Scott

Thelma Scott Meredith Scott Elizabeth Lee Scott Mrs. Prewitt S. Scripps Mrs. J. Brooks Semple Betsy Seybolt Mary Jane Shackelford Olivia Sharp Betty Shaw Jean Shivel Rosalie Short Mrs. Theodore G. Shuey, Jr Lourene T. Silvey Mrs. W. Wright Smith, Jr Dana Y. Smith Alice K. Smith Mary Lew Sponski Julie K. Stamm Pat Staples Myra Elise Stegall Sharon M. Stiles Susan Stinson Frances M. Stoneburner Mrs. James Stryker Anne Stuart Mary Hamilton Stuart Dorothy Page Sullenberger Gina Sullivan Patricia Tackitt Amy Tankard Suzanne Tankard Elizabeth B. Tankard Mrs. Robert D. Taylor III Jane Testerman Alexandra Thomas Mrs. C. J. Steuart Thomas III Rab Thompson Lauren D. Thompson Liz Thompson Mrs. A. Pembroke Thomson Audrey Tolcher The David Tooker Family Nancy H. Tucker Mrs. Robert F. Turner III Cassie Van Derslice Anne J. Vaughan Sarah U. Wade Ms. Wendy Walker Mary G. Walker Jessica Bemis Ward Patricia Warrender Kathy Watson Sue Forbes Watson Polly Watson Jane Webster Joan Wehner Mills Wehner

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Mrs. Beverley R. Wellford Peyton Wells Linda Wenger Ann S. Wentworth Shannnon Wescoat Sharon Whitt Debi Whittle Mary F. Wildman Alice Wilkerson Vann T. Williams Mrs. Fred R. Williams Jean Major Wilson

Eileen A. Wilson Susan S. Winn M. Douglas Wise Mrs. Virginia D. Wiseman Sonya R. Wodicka Libba Wolfe Margaret W. Wood Betsy Worthington Betty W. Wright Mrs. Edward B. Wright III Marion Zimmerman Lina Zvonar Tyler Potterfield Madeline Mayhood Maura Meinhardt

Gifts-in-kind
The Petersburg Garden Club Betsy Agelasto Susie Burtch Dr. Wilbur Monroe

a Common purpose and inValuable Camaraderie brinG GCV members toGether

Amy Browne, President of The Franklin Garden Club, and Joan Pollard, President of The Petersburg Garden Club.

Past GCV Presidents Mina Wood, The Lynchburg Garden Club; Mary Hart Darden, The Nansemond River Garden Club

The Garden Club of Virginia is a 501c3 tax-exempt organization. Year in Review is printed on recycled paper, and no member dues were used to produce this publication. All photos are courtesy of the GCV unless otherwise credited.

GCV board of direCtors

Kimbrough K. Nash, President The Warrenton Garden Club Ann Gordon Evans, First Vice President The Huntington Garden Club Meg Clement, Second Vice President Three Chopt Garden Club Anne Baldwin, Treasurer The Garden Club of Alexandria Jeanette Cadwallender, Recording Secretary The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club Nina Mustard, Corresponding Secretary The Williamsburg Garden Club Missy Buckingham, Director at Large The Boxwood Garden Club Linda Consolvo, Director at Large The Nansemond River Garden Club Jean Gilpin, Director at Large Winchester-Clarke Garden Club Donna Lawhon, Director at Large The Garden Study Club Catherine Madden, Director at Large The Lynchburg Garden Club Dianne Spence, Director at Large The Williamsburg Garden Club Elizabeth Michelson, Parliamentarian The Princess Anne Garden Club Karen Jones, Conservation Chair The Martinsvillle Garden Club Barbara Luton, Development Chair The Blue Ridge Garden Club Lynn Gas, Flower Shows Chair The Hunting Creek Garden Club Julie MacKinlay, Finance Chair The Virginia Beach Garden Club Anne Cross, Historic Garden Week Chair The Ashland Garden Club Lea Shuba, Horticulture Chair The Hunting Creek Garden Club Deedy Bumgardner, Restoration Chair The Augusta Garden Club Cabell Goolsby West, Immediate Past President The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton Lynn McCashin, Executive Director

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