Garden Club of Virginia 2014 Year in Review

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Dear Members and Friends,

J oin me in celebrating the Garden Club of Virginias greatachievements during 2013-2014.

Highlights during the past 12 months include the GCVs signature

event, Historic Garden Week, and the 55th Conservation Forum on

Climate Change in Virginia, Learning to Adapt. We continued the

restoration work on the gardens at the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in

Richmond and are participants in The Mountaintop Project:

Revealing Jeffersons Monticello with the restoration andpreservation of Mulberry Row and Jeffersons Historic Kitchen

Road. The restoration of the original Jeffersonian landscape at

Poplar Forest in Bedford County has neared completion.

For our 2020 Centennial Project the GCV began a partnership with

Virginia State Parks to support new interactive exhibits in the state

parks visitor centers. They will be designed to tell the story of

the natural world and the cultural history of each state park.

The year culminated with Horticulture Field Day at Pharsalia inNelson County. Outstanding workshops, knowledgeable speakers

and fascinating demonstrations provided an extraordinary day.

It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the Garden Club of

Virginia. Incoming President Jeanette Cadwallender and I thank you

for your devoted service and loyal support as the GCV continues to

make a difference in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

With my sincere appreciation,

Ann Gordon EvansPresident 201214

Since 1920 the

Garden Club of Virginia

has been dedicated tothe enhancement of the

commonwealth through

environmental conservation,

horticultural education and

historic landscape restoration.

We accomplish this work,in part, by operating the largest

and oldest statewide house

and garden tour in the nation,

Historic Garden Week.

Thirty-three hundred members

from 47 garden clubsacross the state work

to make our gifts to Virginia

communities possible.

Celebrating and preserving

the natural beauty of our

commonwealth are atthe heart of all we do.

PhotocourtesyofRogerFoley

I marvel at yourdedication, passionand the manyaccomplishmentsof your clubs in theareas of beautification,conservation, education,

horticulture andrestoration.


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Executive Director

Bessie Bocock Carter, Hetty Harrison, Isabella

deLacy Gray, Annabel Josephs and Elizabeth

Cabell Dugdale are all names youll see in this

Year in Review, and will most likely recognize.

These are women who wanted to make a

difference and make friends. They joined

like-minded companions in a garden club.

Known for their vision and can-do attitudes,

they would distinguish themselves in conservation, preservation,

flower arranging or horticulture. All are important aspects of a

garden club and the Garden Club of Virginia. Each woman

mobilized and inspired others in their clubs or in GCV committees

and effectively multiplied her impact. They did not do it alone.

Treasurers Report

The Garden Club of Virginia operates on a fiscal year that began

on July 1, 2013 and ended June 30, 2014. The budget for this fiscal

year was presented by the Treasurer to the Board of Directors for a

vote and then to the membership at the 2013 May Annual Meeting.

Our income for the year of approximately $2 million exceededexpenses of nearly $1.2 million for a net income of $877,835,

which is used to support operations in the coming year.

The revenue

from Historic

Garden Week

is one of the

largest sources

of income eachyear for the GCV.

The related expenses

are netted out from this income,

and the remaining funds are used to support our restoration

projects around the commonwealth. The other primary sources

of income for funding the works of the GCV are membership

dues, donations and a five-percent draw from our investment

portfolio. While dues income has remained stable, the increase in

donations, sponsorships and investment income has enabled us tobalance our budget.

If that sounds familiar it is because the same thing is happening

right now. Year in Review brings this into focus so we see contem-

porary women carrying on the work of these named women.

Each year new names appear in Year in Review women doing

something to make a difference, mobilizing others, multiplying

their impact. Your club, the GCV and your community are made

richer because of you.

Lynn McCashin

Executive DirectorThe Garden Club of Virginia

The expenses for the GCV

include maintaining our

headquarters, management

salaries, insurance and the

cost of our yearly audit.To communicate with our

membership, we maintain our

website and publish the Journal

quarterly. Our budget includes contributions toward our annual

fall and spring meetings and three yearly flower shows. We budget

to break even on our schools and workshops.

Our assets of approximately $7.6 million include the Kent-Valentine

House property, our cash accounts and investment portfolio. Atthe end of June 2014, the GCV Endowment was valued at over

$4 million, which is more than half of GCVs total assets. Our

financial records are audited annually, and we received a clean

opinion. As a 501(c)(3) organization, our Federal Form 990 is filed

each year and is available for public review.

The Garden Club of Virginia is in a strong financial position for

our members to continue the work of our mission throughout the

Commonwealth of Virginia. Respectfully submitted,

Anne G. Baldwin, GCV Treasurer

6%Dues $132,960

4%0ther $82,369

9%Donations $183,835

GCV Income$2,054,027

41%Investment $844,534

40%Historic Garden Week $810,329

Development 2% $31,226

Programs11%$130,132

Kent Valentine House 6% $66,189

HistoricGarden Week 14%$159,286

GCV Expense$1,176,192

Management 28%$330,527

Restoration31%$367,054

Administration / Other 8% $91,778


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District1

District2

District3

District4

District5

District6

Serving the Commonwealth:

Club HighlightsGCVcelebrates its six districts andthe activities of its 47 member clubs.

Rivanna Garden Club

In their 90th year of GCV membership, Rivanna Garden

Club has surveyed, identified, and is now tagging trees the club

replaced after hurricane damage at the Miller School, site of

their 1987 Common Wealth Award winning project. As part of

their 2011 Common Wealth Award efforts, members continue

to safeguard the banks of the James Rivers Hatton Ferry, the

last hand-poled ferry in the U.S., with plantings to prevent soil

erosion. Thanks to Rivannas persistent stewardship andpractical horticultural knowledge, a species native to Albemarle,

hypericum kalmianum Gemo,St. Johns Wort, is among the

plantings now thriving there despite the challenges of periodic

submersion and invasive japanese hops. Rivanna has supported

Nature Camp in Vesuvius since 1956. It also maintains the

only Lilac Test Garden in the GCV with over 65 varieties

carefully transferred and nurtured between the gardens

of four members over eight decades.

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The Spotswood Garden Club

The Spotswood Garden Club furthered its community

contributions during its 90th year by completing a two-year

landscaping project at the Virginia Quilt Museum. The museum

stands across Main Street from an earlier club landscaping effort

at the Hardesty-Higgins House Visitor Center. Spotswoodcontinued refurbishing stone bases for two roadside bronze

statues of turkeys that welcome visitors. The club spearheaded

the statues creation nearly 60 years ago when Rockingham

County was reputedly the nations turkey capital. Spotswood

hosted the GCVs 2013 and 2014 Lily

Shows with the second year

themed Oh, Shenandoah

for the areas storied river,

valley and mountains.

The club also launched

its website.

The Garden Club of the Northern Neck

Environmental stewardship has become a hallmark of The

Garden Club of the Northern Neck. It shows on area restaurant

tables. Placemats explain the importance of protecting Cat Point

Creek. The GCVs 2012 Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award,

won by the club with the Northern Neck Land Conservancy, fund-

ed public education about Cat Points 46,800 acres, which support

a pristine tidal freshwater system and wildlife habitats. The club

awarded scholarships to two teachers for the Chesapeake Bay Foun-

dations graduate-level summer program about environmental threatsto the bay and also hosted a conservation forum focused on the bay.

Additional grants were made to Wild Life Refuge and Rehabilitation,

Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library, and Rices Tavern.

3Chatham Garden Club

Have clippers, will travel. Chatham Garden Club

members have grabbed gardening gear and headed out to work on

projects that include helping Rotarians give a local nursing home a

landscaping makeover. The club has found an effective way to fund

some projects and activities: an annual geranium sale that paints the

town red just in time for Historic Garden Week while raising roughly

$1,500. One beneficiary was a joint milestone preservation project:

renovation of the old Southern Railway train depot. For its part,

the club underwrote site preparation for landscaping. The nearlycentury-old depot was in Garden Day last year, and now houses the

Pittsylvania County Public Library History Center.

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Gabriella Garden Club

Gabriella Garden Club members dig their DIG site.

Since 2006 the club has supported landscaping and beautification

at Danville Interchange Garden No. 9, one of 15 garden sites along

streets and highways. The city maintains the gardens, each adopted

by a business or organization whose sponsorship is noted by a sign.

Gabriellas support translates to a $3,000 annual commitment;

plus, the club has given trees in memory of members. Gabriella has

also helped spruce up landscaping at a local boys and girls club.

Gabriella members call 2014 their Run for the Roses, as they

prepare to host the GCVs next two rose shows.

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Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club

The Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club said to have

hosted the first flower show in Virginia is entering its 100th year.

During the year members will meet in club founders homes:

Belvoir, site of the GCV 2014 Favretti Fellows studies; Oatlands,

a GCV restoration site; Oak Hill, President James Monroes home;

Foxcroft, a school for young women; and Stoke, the then-home ofMrs. Eleanor Truax Harris, the GCV daffodil test collection founder.

Fauquier-Loudoun is a GCV founding club and member of the

Garden Club of America. Fauquier-Loudouns recent work includes

finalizing submissions of two historic gardens, Little Oatlands and

Homewood, to the Smithsonian Archive of American Gardens.

Club achievements include saving and maintaining Historic Goose

Creek Bridge, a four-arch stone span

built during Thomas Jeffersons

presidency. The club hosts a

bi-annual symposium asits sole fundraiser.

The next one will

be in February 2015.

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The Nansemond River Garden Club

The Capitol became an elegant forum for Governor Terry

McAuliffes inauguration thanks to The Nansemond River Garden

Clubs arrangements. So says a resolution passed by Virginias General

Assembly. The year also found the club partnering with organizations

to help create two gardens. The first is a neighborhood vegetable

garden at the Salvation Armys new physical health and education

center. The second will be a flower garden at an historic house, nowhome to the Nansemond Suffolk Historical Society. Club members

continue to work on their Common Wealth Award-winning project,

a heritage garden at historic Cedar Hill Cemetery. The club operates

and supports the Ecology Camp it founded in 1981.

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District6

Serving the Commonwealth:

Club HighlightsGCVcelebrates its six districts andthe activities of its 47 member clubs.

The Blue Ridge Garden Club

The Blue Ridge Garden Club sells holiday wreaths each

year with the proceeds going to support charitable and civic

organizations, both in Rockbridge County and the Commonwealth,

including Roots and Shoots Intergenerational School Garden,

Rockbridge Area Conservation Council, Nature Camp, and

Scenic Virginia. Within the club, exhibits chairman, Ann Jones,

came up with an innovative idea to promote participation in club

flower-arranging exhibits and GCV flower shows. With the help of

mentors Elizabeth Boetsch, Barbara Goldsten, and Chris Howison,

Ann solicited members to sign up for flower-arranging teams.

Each month, team members meet with mentors to interpret the

schedule, share ideas, and work together on their arrangements.

Artistic assignments have ranged from Hoarding to A Visit

to the Hardware Store all contemporary. Participation

has increased dramatically and, in addition to having fun,

some longtime members have received their first blue ribbon.See one of Blue Ridges blue ribbon winners on page 21.

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2014 MassieMedal Award

Mary Ann JohnsonRoanoke ValleyGarden Club

Mary Ann Johnson, a member

of Roanoke Valley Garden

Club since 1977, was awarded

the 2014 Massie Medal for

Distinguished Achievement at

the Annual Meeting in Leesburg.

She has distinguished herself in

GCV roles as a member of the

Restoration Committee and a former long-time member of GCVs

Journal Editorial Board, and with organizations such as the BlueRidge Land Conservancy and Preservation Foundation. A gifted

writer and former Book Editor for the Roanoke Times, Mary Ann

has devoted her life and talents to promoting the restoration and

conservation of Virginias natural resources.

2013 Common Wealth Award

Community projects of The Princess Anne

Garden Club and The Rappahannock Valley

Garden Club won 2013s Common

Wealth Award presented in Danville at the

Board of Governors meeting. The award

provided funds toward Rappahannock

Valleys beautification of Chatham Manor

Garden and Princess Annes Trail Exhibits

and plantings at First Landing State Park.

The Common Wealth Award has funded49 GCV member club community projects

since its establishment and distributed

over $200,000 to a wide variety of projects

benefitting gardens in hospitals, historic sites,

and federal and state parks.

Above:Mary AnnJohnson, 2014 MassieMedal Recipient,with husband, Jim.

Below:CommonWealth AwardChairman, KatherineKnopf (center,Roanoke Valley GC)with Tricia McDaniel

(left, President, TheRappahannock ValleyGC) and ElizabethReed (President,The Princess Anne GC).

GCV Awards

Nestled amidst magnolia in the Monroe Ward district of downtownRichmond stands the Kent-Valentine House, the antebellum residence

that is the bustling statewide headquarters of the Garden Club of

Virginia. Kent-Valentine visitors numbered over 1,600 this year as it

was the site of the Presidents Luncheon, 59 GCV committee meetings,

6 workshops, 9 member club meetings and the venue for over 500 guests

attending private events.

Recognized as a splendid example of Greek Revival architecture, the

house with its soaring columns, 14-foot ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling

windows was nearly razed in 1971 before GCV launched the areas first

adaptive-use restoration. Its easement granted by the Valentine familyin 1972 was the first Virginia accepted in the city of Richmond.

Eighteenth-century furnishings grace the interiors, and are all gifts from

GCV members and friends.

TheKent- Valentine

HouseOur HistoricHeadquarters

The Kent-Valentine House is availablefor club meetings and private events.

The first floor accommodates 120 guests for

standup receptions or parties and can seat 60.

The third floor is perfect for meetings andworkshops, with a capacity of 75. To reserve

space, contact the Garden Club of Virginia at

(804)643-4137 or email [email protected].


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The 55th Conservation Forum

The Conservation Forum is open to GCV members and the

public. Our Forum this year was held at Montalto at Monticello.

The subject was Climate Change in Virginia: Learning to Adapt.

A packed house listened as four speakers explained the whys of a

changing climate and presented useful information to employ in

our attempts to adapt. We enjoyed a glorious day atop the small

mountain, and after lunching together outdoors participated in

tours of Mr. Jeffersons garden, his house, and Mulberry Row, a

current GCV restoration project.

ConservationThe Garden Club of Virginia has directed

public attention to conservation issues of

statewide relevance for over 94 years.

In 2014, GCV supported the preservation

of the viewshed along the historic Lower

James River and a continued moratorium

on uranium mining in Virginia. GCV also

supported legislative positions related to

clean water, recurrent flooding and plastic

bag fees. Established in 1921 as GCVsfirst standing committee, Conservation

and Beautification provides educational

opportunities annually through the

Workshop, the Forum and Legislative Day.

Above: Forum participants on a tour of Thomas

Jeffersons Vegetable Garden led by PeggyCornett, Monticellos curator of plants.

Center Right: Keynote speaker, Robert Talley,President, Talley & Associates, delivered

A Global Overview of Climate Changedrawing from the latest Intergovernmental Panelon Climate Change report. With temperatureincrease already likely, a dramatic reduction ingreenhouse gas emissions is necessary (50% by2050) to avoid worst impacts.At the same time, worldpopulation will rise by 33%and global energy demandwill rise 100% by 2050.

Below:Forum Co-Chairmen,Anne Irving (center-left)TheHunting Creek GC and TuckieWestfall (center-right)The GCof Alexandria with GCV 1st VP,Jeanette Cadwallender (left)and Conservation Chairman,Anne Beals (right)both ofThe Rappahannock Valley GC.

GCV gratefully recognizes its partnership withBay Disposal & Recycling, sponsor to the 2013& 2014 Conservation Forums.


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Conservation Workshop

In perfect alignment of purpose, Conservation

joined with the Horticulture Committee this

year to produce a remarkable workshop at

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Natives vs

Invaders. Root for the Natives!For more see

Conservation and Horticulture Workshop, p14.Legislative Day

Legislative Day participants met with fellow members of the

Virginia Conservation Network to study legislative issues selected

by the GCV Board for discussion. Small group meetings provided

in-depth discussion and focused on effective ways to connect

with state legislators. Secretary of Natural Resources Molly Ward

attended this session and met with GCV members.

The Elizabeth CabellDugdale Award

The Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale

Award for Meritorious Achieve-ment in Conservation is named

for Mrs. Arthur A. Dugdale of

The Ashland Garden Club who

originated the Conservation Forum

55 years ago. It is presented to

an organization, industry or an

individual who is not a GCV

member for outstanding work in

conservation. This years award

went to Corbin Harwood for her

untiring attention to the subject of

uranium mining in Virginia.

Bessie Bocock Carter Conservation Award

The family of past GCV President Bessie Carter

instituted this generous monetary award for

the implementation of a conservation project

that serves as a catalyst for collaborative

community action. Presented annually, it

recognizes natural resource conservation or

environmental protection within the

Commonwealth. This years award winner was

Albemarle Garden Clubfor their Bog Garden

plan, which will be constructed at the

Booker T. Washington Park in Charlottesville

and used for community education.

de Lacy Gray Memorial Medal for Conservation

The de Lacy Gray Medal was awarded

to Betsy Rawls Agelasto of The Virginia

Beach Garden Club for her exceptional

dedication to conservation in the common-

wealth. She has made outstanding efforts

to further knowledge of Virginias natural

resources and to encourage their wise use.

She was recognized for her long-standing

involvement with the Conservation

Committee and GCVs Legislative Day.Betsys mother, Ann Peace Rawls, of The

Franklin Garden Club, was posthumously

awarded the de Lacy Gray Medal in 1988.

Dugdale Award winner,

Corbin Harwood with Anne Beals.Corbin lives in Washington, DC,and is a Director of the GardenClub of America,

Kim Cory (far right),President of AlbemarleGC, with (from left)Carol Carter(Albemarle GC), AnneBeals, ConservationChairman, and RobertCarter at the AnnualMeeting in Leesburg.

Betsy Agelasto, recipientof the de Lacy GrayMedal, at the AnnualMeeting with her family:(from left) Rendy Adams,Parker Agelasto,Katherine Blackburn,Peter Agelasto III, Betsy,Sara Agelasto, PeterAgelasto IV, and TrishaRawls (Harborfront GC).

Members of the GCV Conservation and Beautification Committee:(from left)Mary Ann Gibbons (Fauquier & Loudoun GC), SarahBridenhagen (Albemarle GC), Tuckie Westfall (The GC of Alexandria),

Elizabeth Christeller (The GC of Middle Peninsula), Anne Beals, Chairman(The Rappahannock Valley GC), Wendy Vaughn (The Princess Anne GC),Celie Harris (Winchester-Clarke GC), Whitney Feldmann (The MillMountain GC), Anne Irving (The Hunting Creek GC), and Leesie Leake(Three Chopt GC).


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Annual Meeting Horticulture ExhibitMay 13-15, 2014

Leesburg Garden Club

For this exhibition, The Birds and the

Bees, clubs were asked to research the use

of pollinators in the garden based

on the March Journal article,

If You Dont Do Anything Else,

Plant Milkweed. Exhibiting clubs

collected a display of plants that

attract birds, bees, butterflies,

moths, or other animals that aid

in the transfer of pollen leading to

fertilization and its benefits.

Horticulture Field Day

Sixteen speakers and hands-on

activities covered topics such

as peonies, layered gardening

techniques, bats, propagation,

cooking with herbs and urban

chicken keeping

at Foxie Morgans

historic home,

Pharsalia, in

Nelson County.

Foxie is a member

of The Lynchburg

Garden Club.

Experts enticed

members with herb and cutting

garden tours. A Farm-to-Table

luncheon served on the grounds

offered a busy days respite

with magnificent views of themountains and apple orchards.

Horticulture

The Horticulture Committee

provided a seamless year

of themed educational

opportunities beginning

with Lets Go Native,

Septembers Journal

article dealing with the

role of invasive plants on

the ecosystem, and ending

with a full-day program

in May at Pharsalia.

Conservation and Horticulture WorkshopSeptember 23, 2013

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Two GCV committees joined forces at Lewis Ginter

Botanical Garden for the first combined Conservation

and Horticulture Workshop to explore native

alternatives to invasive exotics. The program

featured Kevin Heffernan, stewardship biologist,

and Cole Burrell, author and expert on the use

of native plants for blending nature and culture

through artistic design. If you missed this

program, visit www.gcvirginia.org/horticulture for

informative materials from these speakers.

Board of Governors MeetingHorticulture ExhibitOctober 15-17, 2013

The Garden Club of Danville

The Board of Governors exhibit playfully

featured Ugly Plants in Ugly Containers!

Club horticulture chairmen were asked to

display an invasive plant in an unsightly

container and to provide solutions to

control the plant. The Petersburg Garden

Club captured the dubious honor of

ugliest plant in the ugliest container with

their winning specimen, Gomphocarpus

physocarpa. Dont miss these and otherdelightfully hideous horticulture entries on

www.flickr.com/photos/gcvirginia in the

2013 Invasive Plant Exhibits album.

The Petersburg GardenClubs winning entryof the Ugly (Invasive)Plant in an UglyContainer contest.

Tyra FreedThe Hampton Roads Garden Club

Kris LloydHillside Garden Club

Wanda RussoThe Elizabeth River Garden Club

Dorothy TompkinsAlbemarle Garden Club

Judy WineThe Spotswood Garden Club

Mary Queitzsch ZocchiDolley Madison Garden Club

Workshop presenters:(above)Liz Engle and Kevin Heffernan, StewardshipBiologist, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation; and(below)Cole Burrell, Landscape Architect, Naturalist, Author and Educator.

Above:Pharsalia

Center:Farm-to-Table lavender

scones.

Below:SusanViemeister talksabout layeredgardening.

2014 Horticulture Awards of Merit

Given since 1960, the Horticulture Award of Merit is presentedto individual GCV members whose passion for horticulture

has contributed significantly to their clubs and communities.

Six members were honored at the Annual Meeting in Leesburg.


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For eight days every spring visitorsare welcomed to nearly 250 of

Virginias most picturesque

gardens and private homes

showcased in 31 tours during

Americas Largest Open

House. Proceeds fund the

restoration and preservationof

the states significant historicpublic gardens. Nearly 41

restoration projects statewide

currently benefit from Historic

Garden Week tours, including Green

Spring Gardens, Belmont and the UVA

Pavillion Gardens.For more, see Restoration, p 22.

The Garden Club of Virginia

gratefully acknowledges Bartlett Tree Expertsgenerous sponsorship of Historic Garden

Week 2014 and thanks the Anne Spencer

House and Garden Museum in

Lynchburg. The garden

of Anne Spencer, noted

Harlem Renaissance

poet and equal rights activist, was featured

on the cover of HGWs newly redesigned

240-page guidebook and is a GCV

Common Wealth Award winning project ofthe Hillside Garden Club.

Top of this page, Left to Right: 1. Mt. Hope on the Eastern Shore. 2. Sharon Stiles,left, with hostesses on The Ashland Garden Clubs Western Hanover tour.3. A wreath of succulents welcomes tour visitors. 4. Petersburg Garden Clubmembers, from left, Dixie Lackey, Joan Pollard, Jackie Lane, and Alice Martin,GCV Historic Garden Week Chairman. 5. This private garden and pavilion onRichmonds Westover Road tour was once statewide headquarters to the BoyScouts of America. 6.Volunteers, from left, Julie Dudley and Sharon Pierce inAlbemarle County with Albemarle Garden Club members Cindy Schutt and

Prince Morrow.7.

A special spring bouquet on the Martinsville tour, arrangedin GCVs Annabel Josephs Inter Club Artistic Award trophy.

Opposite page: 8. Internationally-acclaimed garden photographer Roger Foleyphotographed Anne Spencers garden at The Anne Spencer House & GardenMuseum in Lynchburg for Historic Garden Weeks guidebook cover. 9. A gardenpath at The Anne Spencer House & Garden Museum. 10. An interior of

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Flower Arranging SchoolOctober 25, 2013;

University Of Richmond

Standing room only has become

the norm for Flower Arranging

School, and this year was no

exception. In late October themembership was treated to a

fast-paced demonstration as Jane

Godshalk, AIFD, brought us her Bouquets in Motion show. An

instructor at Longwood Gardens, she engaged a receptive crowd with

a compelling combination of screen images and live demonstration,

during which she interpreted GCV flower arranging styles.

Flower Shows

Flower Arranging School Co-Chairmen(from left)Casey Rice (HarborfrontGC) and Annie Vanderwarker (Dolley Madison GC) with featuredguest speaker Jane Godshalk, Bettie Guthrie, Flower Shows Chairman(The Petersburg GC) and Peyton Wells (The Tuckahoe GC of Westhampton).

Left:Jane Godshalks creation using roses, baby cabbages, kale, lily grass,and plain and variegated aspidistra leaves. Right: Close-up of JanesCreative Mass design using orchid spray, purple carnations and anthurium.

Rose ShowOctober 2-3, 2013

The Boxwood Garden Club

Celebrating the Quintessential Rose,

The Boxwood Garden Club hosted the

75th Annual Rose Show at Lewis Ginter

Botanical Garden. The Martinsville Garden

Clubs stunning Art Nouveau arrangement

interpreting roses cosmetic properties

earned the Quad Blue, and June Hambrick, Leesburg Garden Club,

won the Tricolor with her French Empire design. Joyce Moormon, the

Lynchburg Garden Club, Kathy Watson, the Tuckahoe Garden Club

of Westhampton, and Sherry Lefell, the Spotswood Garden Club, all

shone in the ARS Court of Honor and GCV Sweepstakes.

Top:June Hambrick (President, Leesburg GC)finishing her French Empire arrangement forthe show. Above Left:Rose Show Co-Chairmen,

Ann Sanders and Molly Hood (The BoxwoodGC). Above Right:Ann Gordon Evans, GCVPresident, with Bill Blevins, Pamela Powers andSandra Friend. Left:The Martinsville GardenClubs winning Quad Blue Inter Club ArtNouveau Arrangement. Below Left:FrankieSmith (right)and Sandy Martin (left,both ofThe Martinsville GC) receive the ElizabethGwathmey Jeffress Bowl on behalf of their club.Below Right: Individual Miniature Arrangementby Susan Carney (Winchester-Clarke GC.)

Annabel Josephs Inter Club Artistic Award

The Annabel Josephs Inter Club Artistic Award, a perpetual trophygiven annually to the member club accumulating the greatest

number of points in the Artistic Inter Club Class was divided

among four clubs for the first time. Sharing the trophy this year areThe Garden Club of Danville, Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club,

The Garden Club of Gloucester and Rivanna Garden Club.


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Lily ShowJune 18-19, 2014

The Spotswood

Garden Club

An homage to the Shenandoah, a waterfall arrangement by

The James River Garden Club, won the Quad Blue. Lilies can be

difficult to grow and arrange, but in the hands of our members,you would never suspect. Meredith Lauter, The Garden Club of

Norfolk, earned the tricolor for her floor design. The multi-talented

Katherine Beale, Harborfront Garden Club, won too many trophies

to carry home, and The Garden Club

of the Northern Neck won for their

spectacular club collection.

Daffodil ShowJune 1-2, 2014

The Little Garden Club of Winchester

Childrens literature was the inspiration for

the show schedule in Winchester, and The

Rappahannock Valley Garden Club won the

Quad Blue for their Stabile Design By theShores of Silver Lake. Matilda Bradshaw,

The Mill Mountain Garden Club, won the

Tricolor and Most Creative awards for a

construction design, The Little Prince.

Katherine Beale, Harborfront Garden Club,

won Best Bloom in Show, Sonar 2Y-YYR;

and the best club collection came from

Roanoke Valley GC.

Top:Daffodil Co-Chairmen, Diane Kelly andSuzy Oliver (The Little GC of Winchester).

Above: The Courtyard Garden participantsfrom John Handley High School (from left)Laura Sabatino, Tracy Peterson, BettieGuthrie (GCV Flower Shows Chairman),Leslie Aguilar, Katerin Delcid, and KansasHoobler will be raising daffodils at theirschool, a combined project with The LittleGarden Club of Winchester. Left Top: JoyceRice accepts the Daffodil Chairmans Cupfor Roanoke Valley GCs winning daffodiltest collection. Left Bottom:Ginger Wallachaccepts the Blue Ribbon Interclub Awardfor Fauquier & Loudoun GCs Creative Massarrangement. Below Left: Ella Schnoor,discussing her arrangement in the JuniorArtistic Division with Matilda Bradshaw(The Mill Mountain GC), winner of the mostcreative arrangement in the Daffodil Show.Below Right:Ella Schnoors winning entry.

Clockwise: Meredith Lauter(The GC of Norfolk) won Tricolorwith her floor design.

Trudy Melvin and Catharine Gilliam(The Blue Ridge GC) with theirclubs blue ribbon arrangement.

Noni Baruch accepts the PastPresidents trophy for James RiverGCs Quad Blue. Her arrangingpartner was Lisa Kunz.

James River GCs Quad Bluewaterfall arrangement.

Lucy Wilson (The Martinsville GC)accepts the Blanche Rohrer DavisMemorial Bowl for a single-stemspecimen, Lilium longiflorum.

The Martinsville GCs blue ribbonwaterfall of lilies.


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RestorationGCVs restoration projects dot the map of Virginia with

recent projects located in each of GCVs six state districts.

Members have underwritten nearly 50 major restorations

by operating Historic Garden Week, now hosting 30,000tour visitors every April. The best part of the story is that

net event proceeds are invested in restoring and maintaining

important public sites in Virginia communities.

Monticello, Charlottesville

This summer, the Garden Club of Virginia broke

ground on a well-researched and coordinated

effort with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation to

reconstruct the lanes as designed by Jefferson on

the mountaintop at Monticello. With the GCVsrecreation of Mulberry Row and the Kitchen

Road, visitors will soon be able to walk along the

paths familiar to Jefferson in and around the busy

service areas of the house and plantation.

Poe Museum,Richmond

Ground was broken on the Enchanted Garden at the Poe Museum.

Repairs to the old brick paving and the reworking of a ramp make

the garden accessible while retaining the patina associated with this

1930s garden. Planting of the garden is scheduled for fall 2014.

Poplar Forest,Lynchburg

Last year GCV celebrated the return of Jeffersons double row of

trees connecting the house and the mound at Poplar Forest. This year

GCV celebrated the re-planting of the clumps Jefferson designedfor the front of the house. This unusual planting feature was in

fashion in Europe during Jeffersons lifetime, and American

contemporaries Alexander Hamilton and George Washington also

planted clumps at their respective homes. Those at Poplar Forest are

the first to be recreated in a federal period garden. Plans are in place

for restoration of the carriage turnaround in front of the house.

Historic Henry County Courthouse,Martinsville

The GCV completed Phase I of the work at the Historic Henry

County Courthouse in 2012. This spring the City of Martinsvillecompleted Phase II. The result of this cooperative effort is a

beautiful and dignified forecourt to the Courthouse that enhances

the building and provides a pedestrian-friendly arrival area and

improved traffic circulation.


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Garden Club of Virginia Restoration Projects

PoplarForest

81

81

81

64

64

64

64

95

95

95

66

17

17

13

58

460

460

460

220

58

58

1729

29

29

85

Staunton

Lynchburg

Charlottesville

Fredericksburg

Leesburg

Millwood

Richmond

Petersburg

Stratford

Surry

Roanoke

Martinsville

Alexandria

Current GCV Projects

Past GCV Projects

Winchester

Danville

Williamsburg

Norfolk

Lexington Monticello

Henry CountyCourthouse

Poe Museum

Scotchtown, Beaverdam*Smiths Fort Plantation, Surry

St. Johns Mews, Richmond

State Arboretum of Virginia,Blandy Experimental Farm, Boyce

Stratford Hall, Stratford

Sweet Briar College,Amherst

University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Washington and Lee University, Lexington

Wilton, Richmond

Woodlawn,Alexandria *Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library,Staunton

Yeardley House,Jamestown * * No Longer Under Contract

Adam Thoroughgood House,Virginia Beach *Bacons Castle, Surry

Belle Grove, MiddletownBelmont, Fredericksburg

Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg

Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood

Centre Hill Mansion, Petersburg

Christ ChurchLancaster, Irvington

Danville Museum ofFine Arts and History, Danville

Executive MansionCapitol Square, Richmond

Fincastle Presbyterian Church, Fincastle

Grace Arents Garden, Richmond

Green Spring Gardens,Alexandria

Gunston Hall, Mason Neck*Historic Henry CountyCourthouse, Martinsville Historic PortsmouthCourthouse, Portsmouth

Historic Smithfeld, Blacksburg *Historic St. Lukes Church, Smithfeld

Hollins University, Roanoke

John Handley High School, Winchester

Kenmore, Fredericksburg

Kent-Valentine House, Richmond

Ker Place, Onancock

Lee Hall, Newport News

Mary Washington House,Fredericksburg

Mary Washington Monument,Fredericksburg

Maymont, Richmond

Monticello, Charlottesville Montpelier, Montpelier Station

Moses Myers House, NorfolkMount Vernon, Mount Vernon

Oatlands, Leesburg

Poe Museum, Richmond Point of Honor, Lynchburg

Poplar Forest, Lynchburg Prestwould Plantation,Clarksville *

Research Fellowships Since 1996 the Garden Clubof Virginia has sponsored post-graduate students to come from all

over the country to document public and private gardens across

the Old Dominion through research and field work. To date 23

important properties have been chronicled by these scholars.

To learn more about GCVs research, visit www.gcvfellowship.org

for a comprehensive library of reports and site plans.

The William D. Rieley Fellow,

James Carroll, a Masters ofLandscape Architecture candidate

at the City College of New York,

is documenting the grounds of

the George Washington Masonic

National Memorial, the most

prominent structure in Alexandria

as it overlooks the seaport fromatop Shuters Hill at the head of

King Street.

The Rudy J. Favretti Fellow, Dr. Cheryl Miller, is documentingthe garden at Belvoir in Fauquier County, once the home of

Mrs. Fairfax Harrison, an early GCV Restoration Committee

Chairman. Dr. Miller is currently

enrolled in the Masters Program

in Historic Preservation at The

Boston Architectural College.The elaborate Belvoir site was the

creation of a skillful designer

who worked with the formidable

Hetty Harrison of Fauquier and

Loudoun Garden Club.


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4 Seasons Landscape, Inc.

Aesthetic SkinCare Center

Appomattox Insurance &Financial Services, Inc.

Blue Ridge Mortgage, LLC

Campbell Insurance

Crown Jewelers

Drs. Carlish, Silvers,Grogan and Howard

Jason E. Dodd, RealtorFoods of All Nations

Grassroots of Tidewater

High Tech Salon

Home Instead

Mary Beth Horton, ABR

LifeNet Health

Lynchburg Tire Corp

McLean Faulconer

Mitchell Wiggins& Co., LLP

Moore and Giles Inc.

Mosquito Squad

The New Leaf

Rippes

Savor the Olive, LLC

Calvert & SallySimmons Foundation

Smalls Restaurant& Catering Co.

Virginia Linen, Mat &Uniform Service, Inc.

Visionscapes LandDesign, Inc.

Walnut Hill Pharmacy

Wilbanks, Smith &Thomas AssetManagement, LLC

Wilkins + Co. Realtors

Younger Construction

The Blue RidgeGarden Club

The BoxwoodGarden Club *

Dolley MadisonGarden Club

The Elizabeth RiverGarden Club

Fauquier and LoudounGarden Club *

The Garden Study Club

The HuntingCreek Garden Club *

The MartinsvilleGarden Club

The Princess AnneGarden Club

Betsy Rawls Agelasto *

Sheila Eddy Baker *

Mrs. Bowlman T.Bowles, Jr. *

Missy Buckingham *

Deedy Bumgardner *

Jeanette Cadwallender *

Candy Carden

Mrs. Herbert A.Claiborne, Jr. *

Linda Linens Consolvo

Candace Carter Crosby *

Elizabeth D. Darden

Bracken R. ErwinMary Ross Reed Fisher *

Melinda Byrd Frierson *

Jean E. R. Gilpin *

Mrs. Henley L. Guild *

Bettie Guthrie *

Anne C. Hamlett

Celie Harris *

Dr. and Mrs.Ron Hendrickson *

Mary Horton *

Lucy G. Huff *

Fleet Davis Hurlbatt *

Joyce C. Jaeger *

Cecelia R. Johnson *

Leila H. Jones *

Lois M. Keller *

Ann A. Kington *

Susan Lankenau

Pattye H. Leggett

Mrs. Whitney D. Melton

Frankye McAdam

Nina Mustard *

Bobbi Oldham

Mrs. William L. Old III *

Mrs. Chiswell D. L.

Perkins *Helen R. Pinckney *

Denise Revercomb

Mrs. J. SargeantReynolds, Jr. *

Mr. Josiah P. Rowe III

Tricia Russell

Tricia Sauer *

Dianne Nea Spence *

Louise F. Tayloe *

Janice Scott Whitehead *

Catherine C. Whitham *

Susan B. Wight

Mina and Robin Wood *

Lauren E. Woolcott *

Page H. Young *

Honor Roll of DonorsJuly 1, 2013 June 30, 2014

The Garden Club of Virginia is honored to acknowledgethe generosity of our members and friends.* Perennials Three or More Years of Annual Fund Giving

Presidents Parterre$1,000-4,999

Boxwood Maze$500-999 continued

Healing Garden$250-499

Boxwood Maze:$500-999

Regency Terrace $10,000 and above

Bartlett Tree Experts The Robert & Bessie Carter Foundation

Hilldrup Moving & Storage

Stockwell-Frase Family Endowment Fund of theCommunity Foundation for Northern Virginia

Mrs. B. H. Grant *

Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. McDaniel *

Alpine Garden $5,000-9,999

Bay Disposal & Recycling

Oakwood Foundation

Investment Managementof Virginia

ACAC Fitness & Wellness Centers

Alexandria Visitors andConvention Bureau

Bank of the JamesDavenport and Company, LLC

Darrell & King, LLC

Cornerstone Bank

Florence Bryan Fowlkes Fundof The Community FoundationServing Richmond and CentralVirginia

Grelen Nursery, Inc.

HelioSage EnergyJefferson Real Estate Group

KITCO Fiber Optics

McEnearney AssociatesRealtors, Inc.

Parker Oil and Propane

PNC Bank

Shore Bank

Stevens & Company

The Supply Room Companies

Towne Bank

Virginia National Bank

Virginia Tent Rental

Ed Weber Contracting

The Williamsburg Landing

The Williamsburg Winery

Mr. and Mrs.Franklin S. Edmonds, Jr.

Ann Gordon Evans *

Helen Turner Murphy *Kimbrough K. Nash *

Mrs. J. Ridgely Porter III *

Kathryn M. Quarles *

Mr. and Mrs.W. Randolph Robins *

City of Portsmouth

Protogyrou & Rigney, P. L.

Morgan Stanley

Terra Firma, LLC

Village Garden Center

Virginia Commonwealth Bank

City of Williamsburg

The Charlottesville Garden Club

The Garden Club of Fairfax *

Anne G. Baldwin *

Charlotte S. Benjamin *

Paula Rhodes Cameron

Kim Cory

Clarkie Eppes *

Mr. and Mrs. Edward M.Farley IV

Mr. and Mrs. Mazen Farouki

Diane Ginsberg *

Greta I. Gustavson *

Elizabeth T. Herbert *

Barbara Luton *

Mary L. Mackall *

Julie MacKinlay *

Catherine Madden *

Katherine Turner Mears *

Josephine J. Miller *

Martha F. Moore *

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H.Seilheimer, Jr. *

Susan C. Thompson *

Cabell Goolsby West *

Susan Wynne *

Altimeter Funeral Home

Bank of Clarke County

Bedford Avenue MeatsCentra Health

Gardens in a Flower Pot

The Globe

KVA Foundation *

Kitchen Designworks/ KDW Home

The Rennie and Richmond McDaniel

Fund of the CommunityFoundation of the RappahannockRiver Region *

The M. F. Moorman FamilyFoundation *

Palladium Partners, LLC

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Alexander Nicholson, Inc.

Arboristry Associates

Bakers Fine Jewelry& Gifts

The Brandt Foundation

Kelly Witt Design+ Decoration

Kenny Ball Antiques &

DecorationsCaspari

The Ceiling and Floor Shop

Cory Spencer Partners

Davenport Energy

H. N. Funkhouser &Company

Gardy Bloemers Merrill LynchWealth Management

Lemon Cabana

Madison Spencer Architects

The Market at GrelanMartin Roofing

Meredith GravelySchool of Dance

Patina Antiques

Pioneer Seed

Ragged Robin

Jos. T. Samuels, Inc.

Stifel Financial Corp

T & N Printing

Tourterelle Floral Design

Wisdom Oak WineryAlbemarle Garden Club *

The Garden Clubof Alexandria *

The Ashland Garden Club

The Augusta Garden Club

The Brunswick Garden Club

The Garden Clubof Danville *

The Garden Clubof the Eastern Shore

Gabriella Garden Club

Harborfront Garden ClubThe Huntington

Garden Club *

The James RiverGarden Club

Leesburg Garden Club *

The Garden Club ofthe Middle Peninsula

The Mill MountainGarden Club *

The Garden Clubof Norfolk *

The Garden Clubof the Northern Neck

Rivanna Garden Club *

Roanoke ValleyGarden Club *

Three Chopt Garden Club *

The Tuckahoe Garden Clubof Westhampton

The Virginia BeachGarden Club*

The Junior Virginia BeachGarden Club *

The WilliamsburgGarden Club

Mimi Abel Smith

Catherine G. Adams

Dana Adams *

Victoria Alexander *

Marguerite O. Bacon *

Bonnie Baker *

Dottie Glaize Ballard *

Rebecca Balzer

Ellen Rixey Barber

Lamar Barr

Sugie Battin *

Jill Beach *

Anne Beals *

Ann W. Beasley

Maureen L. Bendall

Margaret Bice *

Cheryl R. Bradbury

Matilda H. Bradshaw *

Jody Branch *

Gail Braxton *

Elizabeth M. Bredrup

Hannah Brewer

Dorothy C. Browning *Sally Guy Brown *

Jody Bundy *

Terry Emory Buntrock

Elaine Burden

Betsy Bickford Burnette *

Sandy Burroughs

Ann M. Bynum

Gigi Birdsong Calvert *

Katherine Campbell

Mrs. Kristine Carbone

Johanna CarringtonSandra S. Carrington *

Janice H. Carter

Kathleen M. Carter

Betsy Casteen

Joanna D. Catron

Cean Cawthorn *

Ruth Groves Chaney

Virginia Rose Cherry, Ph.D

Joyce C. Childress

Melanie Christian *

Catherine H. ClaiborneElizabeth P. Clark

Gail Clark

Mrs. Richard Moncure Clay

Meg Clement *

Catherine B. Clexton

Patsi Compton

Virginia Costenbader

Jane Cowles *

Martha P. Craddock

Berenice D. Craigie *

Mrs. Scot N. Creech

Ann K. Crenshaw *

Shelby CristAnne Geddy Cross *

Mrs. Mary New Dalton

Nancy V. Daniel

Mary Hart Darden *

Penny Dart

Coralee B. Davis

Mr. and Mrs.Randall E. Davis

Eeda Dennis *

Mary L. Denny *

Claiborne M. Dickinson *Marge Dillard

Lis S. Doley *

Mary T. Eades

Midge Eason

Mrs. Franklin S.Edmonds, Jr.

Jane Edwards

Moonie Etherington *

Donna Eure *

Carolyn B. Faison

Ida V. FarinholtSarah Finney *

Jacqueline Fiske

Marianna Fitz-Hugh

Cyndi Fletcher

Carol S. Fox

Kay C. Freeman

Paige D. Frith

Elizabeth M. Garner

Roberta T. Garnett

Susan Tucker Garrett

Lynn F. Gas *

Mary Bruce H. Glaize *

Mrs. James C. Godwin

Preston Lee Gomer

Martha J. Goodman

Mrs. G. RoydenGoodson III

Adelaide Grattan

Glenna Graves *

Freddie Gray

Mrs. James C. Greene *

Bonnie V. Griffith

Marge Grills *Julie G. Grover *

Melissa M. Gullquist *

Mr. and Mrs.James W. Gustin *

Mrs. John H. Guy IV

Cynthia D. Hall *

Elizabeth Hamilton *

Ann Hankins

Mrs. Sandy Hart

Ada S. Harvey *

Mary Whitley C. Haycox

Susan Henderson *

Pamela Wells HenifinLeslie Hervey

Janet G. Hickman *

Mrs. William Maury Hill

Sandra K. Hodge *

Barbara Holland *

Elizabeth M. Holsinger *

Molly Hood *

Mrs. Charles R. Hooff III *

Mrs. Robert L. Hopkins, Jr.

Helen H. Hopper

Lynn E. Hornsby *Mac Houfek *

Carol Turnbull Hughes

Lyn Hutchens *

Diane K. Hynes *

Linda W. Isley

Dr. and Mrs.T. M. Jamison *

Sheila Jamison-Schwartz *

Anne M. Jennings *

Michelle W. Jennings *

Elizabeth B. Johnson *Mary Ann Johnson *

Robin S. Johnson *

Jonzennie Mewborne Jones

Tara Inloes Joseph

TaTa Kellam *

Jennifer J. Kelley

Aileen Wilson Kelly

Jane W. Kerewich *

Charlotte B. Kerr

Judy Kidd *

Mary T. KincheloeBeverley King *

Patricia Rodman King *

Sharon W. Knowles

Natalie DuBose Langley *

Mrs. Richard U. Lawhon *

Joni Albert Lawler *

Avra Leigh

Mrs. Alan J. LePeter *

Gladys Lewis

Ingrid Hinckley Lindsay *

Marcia LongCalder Loth

Catherine W. Lynn

Joan N. Lyons *

Mrs. Ross D. MacKenzie

Karla S. MacKimmie *

Rebecca M. Mahon *

Katie Mann *

Kellie Mann

Martha F. Manson *

Dollie McGrath Marshall

Elizabeth Lytle Maser *

Anne M. Mason *

Tammy V. Mason *

Madeline MayhoodKathy W. McCahill *

Evelyn G. McCashin *

Patricia McDaniel *

Lynn C. McFadden

Susan McNeely

Mary Jac Meadows *

Gay Hanna Merrill

Karen Miller *

Therese Minter *

Mrs. Douglas D.

Monroe, Jr.Sue Ann Morgan *

Margaret C. Moring

Nancy E. Morris *

Susan Morten *

Susan S. Mullin *

Caroline Hughes Neal

Sally C. Nelson

Sylvia Newman *

Linda D. Newton *

Lindsay C. Nolting

Caroline H. Norman *Suzanne S. Obenshain *

Mrs. John J. OKeefe III

Patty Olivieri *

Irene R. Owen

Barbara M. Pace

Dana C. Parker *

Linda B. Parker

Sandra Parks *

Mr. and Mrs.L. Allan Parrott, Jr. *

Mary Parsley *

Melinda Gordon Perkins

Judy Perry

Mary W. Pollock

Sarah Porter *

Doris Pritchett *

Elizabeth M. Quarles *

Katherine Rose Rawls *

Mrs. Charles L. Reed, Jr. *

Helen Scott Reed

Mary Reed *

Joyce Rice *

Jennifer Rinehart andEdward G. Foss

Phyllis Ripper *

Gale Abbott Roberts

Susan Robertson *

Virginia Rocen

Suzie Rockwell *

Whitley and CharlesRotgin, Jr.

Beverley Wellford Rowland

Natalie Rude

Molly Rueger *

Helen J. Ryan *

Mrs. Charles B. Ryan *Ann H. Sanders *

Mrs. Stephen R. Sanford

Mr. and Mrs.Toy D. Savage III *

Jane Schaubach *

Sallie Schmidt

Ann Sears

Kay Spindle Shiflett

Cynthia S. Shook *

Lea Shuba *

Jo SilversLourene T. Silvey *

Jocelyn Sladen

Emily Reeves Sloan

Laura Daughtry Smart *

Doris W. Smith

Belle Smith *

Kimberly K. Snyder

Kathryn Vaden Sparrow

Lois Spencer *

Nancy Spilman

Cora Sue Spruill *Erin Stansbury

Margrete Stevens

Betty F. Strider *

Jane Owen Stringer *

Anne Stuart *

Ms. Page D. Styles *

Dr. Anne K. Sullivan

Mrs. Norman E. Tadlock *

Mrs. John E. Tankard, Jr *

Sue C. Taylor

Christina Teague *

Mary Nelson Thompson *

Mrs. W. McIlwaineThompson, Jr. *

Blanche Toms *

Janet B. Tutton *

Gayle D. Urquhart *

Mrs. Henry LeeValentine II *

Kathryn Q. Wafle *

Jessica Bemis Ward *

Betty Byrne Ware *

Mrs. H. Conrad Warlick *Rachel Galbraith Watson

Martha Wertz

Tuckie Westfall *

Mildred B. West

Annual Border$100-249 Annual Border$100-249 continued

Annual Border$100-249 continued Knot Garden$1-99 continued


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Brent andBeckys Bulbs

GCV Massie MedalCommittee

Beverley Hills GardenClub of Alexandria

The Hampton RoadsGarden Club *

Holly HillsGarden Club

The LittleGarden Clubof Winchester *

The PetersburgGarden Club

The RappahannockValley Garden Club

The WarrentonGarden Club *

Winchester-ClarkeGarden Club *

Tucker Adamson

Katherine Adamson

Pearl Adamson

Suzanne Aiello

Kathryn S. Allen *

Megan Ames

Marsha J. Amory

Martha S. Anderson

Polly Anderson

Elizabeth H. Andrews

Kathryn Angus

Susan Armfield

Rebecca Atkinson *

Nancy W. Avery

Susan Bailey

Joan Baker *

Lee Penny Baker

Nancy Baker

Pam Barber *

Angela Barksdale *

Mary ElizabethBarnes

Turner Barringer *

Diane J. Bassett

Sarah E. Bass

Isabel BatesNancy N. Gregory

Frances Beecroft

Sara H. Beedie

Lynne Beeler

Page B. Beeler

Margaret Bemiss *

Beverley G. Benner

Barbara Best *

Elizabeth D.Bickford

Kirk Bidgood

Molly HubardBilisoly

Betty Blackburn

Tommie Blackmon

Wanda Blalock

Anne T. Bland *

Kae N. Bolling

Frances Boninti

Leslie M. Booth

Carolyn Bottger *

Marianne M. Bowles

Elizabeth Bradford *

Burgess BurnBradshaw

Georgie Lee

BridgforthLynda H. Briggs *

Mary Dame Broad

Catherine Brooks *

Nancy Brooks

Jessie Broskie

Laura Y. Brown

Mary Louise B.Brown *

Susan Upshur Brown

Linda Penn WheatBryan

Dianne Butler

G. G. Buxton

Sharon Byrd *

Janet Campbell

Meg Campbell

Lisa Caperton

Elizabeth Carden *

Ann Cardwell

Kay Cardwell *

Mrs. Peter O. Carey

Molly Carey

Diana Carter

Gwendolyn B. Carter

Mrs. Terry L. Carter

Judith H. Carter

Laura Carter

Elizabeth H. Carter

Sally P. Castles

Mrs. John H.Chandler

Terry M. Chandler

Didi Chapin

Jane D. Cheadle

Mrs. John H.Cheatham III

Anne Chewning

Michaux TayloeChopski

Pat Christenbury

Coates Clark

Beth Cleveland *

Allison H. Clock

Louisa H. Coker

Nancy Collins

Dr. ElizabethCompton *

Jackie Compton

Jinx Constine

Jane H. CooperMary Corbin *

Margaret B.Corcoran

Carpie Coulbourn *

Margery B. Couper *

Norma P. Covington

Barbara B. Cox

Cecile Cox *

Mrs. James P. Cox III

Teckla H. Cox *

Carolyn Ann CreasyCathy Creekmore *

Elizabeth Cromwell

Kim Cross

LaVerne Crown

Linda B. Custis

Mrs. A. A. Cutchin

Fred and CaryDabney

Mrs. William H.Dabney

Ellen Davis

JoAnne Davis

Margaret C. Davis

Martha Davis *

Carol Deaton *

Beth DeBergh *

Pamela S. DeBergh

Michele MixnerDeWitt

Mary Kate Dillon

Lit Willis Dodd

Kerry and EvaDonley

Virginia Dopp

Ashli June Douglas

Thierry J. Drapanas

Martha PollardEaston

Cindy Edgerton

Jean Marie L.Edwards

Dorothy Gilligan Eide

Beth Eley

Lois Elliott

Kelly H. Ellis

Judy Epperly

Jim Eure

Elizabeth G. Evans

Nicole FagerliTrish Falcon

Tabb Farinholt

Rebecca P. Farrar

Rebecca Fass *

Laurel Fensterer *

Dee B. Ferguson

Betsy Fernald

Martha W. Fidler

Martha M. Field

Sarah B. Findley

Page FitchettMrs. Herbert E.

Fitzgerald, Jr.

Mrs. Lou Flowers

Mrs. C. WarrenForbush

Ely Foster

Mrs. Merritt W.Foster, Jr.

Mary CarterFrackelton *

Nan C. Freed

Tyra FreedNancy T. Freeman

Mr. and MrsJohn MoncureFritsche

Connie Fulton *

Liz Galloway *

Mary G. Gardiner

Judith S. Garland

Sally Garland

Chrissy Garner

Patricia H. Garner *

Laura D. Geddy

Anna P. Gehrken

Susan H. GentryMarcia Gest

Catherine Gillespie

Nancy Gillespie

Brenda Gilman *

Kathleen B. Glass *

Liz S. Goffigon

Kay B. Goldberg

Patricia Goodson *

Susan A. Graves

Jo Grayson

Boo GreeneMiriam L. Green *

Bonnie C. Greenwalt

Mary Anne Griffin *

Chic GronesGall

Margaret Grove

Suzanne LaPradeHaaland

Margaret Hamer

Michelle Hamner *

Joanne and BillHamnett

Elizabeth BroaddusHardy *

Elizabeth Hargrove *

Sara Scott Hargrove *

Lucy G. Harman *

Mr. and Mrs.John C. Harrell

Pearl Harrell

Anne HarrisonHarris *

Gloria Harris *

Sally L. HarrisVirginia J. Harris *

Maureen B. Harvey

Mr. and Mrs.William J. Harvie

Adele Hatcher

Mary Lou Hatten

Florence F. Hawkins

Donna Haycox *

Deborah Heath

Carolyn Helfrich *

Frank Heller

Achsah Henderson

Dana KnightHenderson

Donna Herbert

Wendy Hermann

Deborah J. Hite

Jo Ann Hitt

Susan G. Hodges *

Sally Hodgkin *

Mary K.Hoerneman *

Mary A. R. Howard

Cecelia S. Howell *

Lynn HowerJanet G. Hudgins

Betty Hudson

Mike and KarenHuennekens

Gay CarpenterHuffman *

Carol TurnbullHughes

Susan E. Husak

Mrs. Brian P.Hutchens

Elizabeth HutterMolly ILL

Mrs. James F.Ingram

Joan Irey

Kate Scott Jacob *

Heidi F. James *

Mrs. Fitz Johnson *

Mary C. Johnson

Natalee Johnsrud

Karen O. Jones *

Traci Jones

Cheryl Jordan

Sally Jordan

Anne Jordan

Ellen Joyce

Faye Joy

Margaret Joyner

Faith Kauders

Ellen Kelso *

Anne Beverley J.Kerr

Mrs. R. Calvin

Keyser *Lana H. King

Mary Georgina King

JoAnne H.Kinnamon

Mrs. Hubert E.Kiser, Jr.

Diane Kline *

JacquelynKoirtyohann

Lynn Korff *

Linda Kusior

Louise LaBarca

Dr. Aileen Laing *

Jacqueline Lane *

Harriet Larsen

JoAnn Larsen

Meg S. Laughon *

Judith Lawson

Susan Leachman

Mrs. Carlton Lee *

Sherry M. Leffel

Nancy LeHewKrogsund *

Betty H. Lesko *

Debbie LewisPat Linton *

Linda R. Livick *

Corinne Llewellyn *

Kristine D. Lloyd *

Lyde Longaker *

Virginia B. Lorber

Carolyn H. Loritsch

Nancy Lowry *

Ellen Lusk *

Boyd MacIver

Lucyle H. Macon *

Jane H. Maddux

Linda Magovern

Mr. and Mrs.Thomas J.

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Mavis Mangum

Becky WilliamsonMarks *

Alice S. Marshall

Rebecca P. Mason *

Nancy T. MastinAndrea Matheson

Jan Mattern

Judith K.Matthews *

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Mary LeighMcDaniel *

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Mary McManus *

Ann HarveyMcMurray *

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Margaret Milam

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Nancy Moore

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Amine E. Morgan

Elizabeth Morgan

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Pam Moskal

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Kathy Napier

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Sally Nelson

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Cindy Nolan

Muff Nolde *

Carol SeatonNorfleet

Michelle B. Norris

Judy Nowlin

Helen Nunley

Chris OBrienBreanne Oldham

Dee Oliver

Merry A. Outlaw *

Mrs. William C.Overman, Jr. *

Susan B. Overton *

Constance Owen

Hannah Owen

Frances Hix Padden *

Constance D. Palmer

Ann Palmore *

Barbara Parker

Ann H. Parr *

Julie Wyatt Patterson

Jean Patteson

Kathleen O.Pearson *

Sharman G. Peitz

Linda G. Perriello

Catherine R. Philips

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Janie Pinney

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Cynthia Williamson Wilson

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Elizabeth Singleton Wolf *

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Nancy Purcell *

Jane M. Purrington *

Carolyn Quinn *

Ann L. Reamy *

Elizabeth B. Reed *

Linda D. Reynolds *

Casey Rice

KatherineRichardson

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Mary Scully Riley *Ann S. Roberts

Goree D. Robins

MichaelaRobinson *

Dr. Sue F. Rogers

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Janet Rosser *

Sue W. Rosser *

Susan H. Roszel *

Jane W. Rotch

Jen Rowe

Meredith Rutter

Connie Saffelle

Molly H.Sammler, Esq.

Virginia P. Sasser

Mrs. Toy D.Savage, Jr. *

Virginia Savage *

Elizabeth Schmitz

Bev Sessoms

Eliza Severt

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Rosalie L. Short *

Elizabeth R. Sibbick

Sallie T. Sims

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Lee Snyder

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Ellen Soyars

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Lois S. Spratley

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Lizz Stanley

Elaine Stephenson

Carol HookerStermer

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Pam Stevenson

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Debbie Tanner

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Jane White

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Mr. and Mrs.Christopher Carey

Laura D. Geddy

Nancy Gillespie

Carl and Bettie Guthrie

Frank Heller

Calder Loth

Josephine J. Miller

Martha F. Moore

Everett Taylor

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Virginia Department ofAgriculture andConsumer Services

The GCV Development Committee sincerely thanks Year in Review contributors:

Anne Baldwin, Anne Beals, Missy Buckingham, Jeanette Cadwallender, Anne Gordon Evans,Jean Gilpin, Julie Grover, Ann Heller, Kathy Knollmann, Katherine Knopf, Beebe Luck,Barbara Luton, Julie MacKinlay, Lynn McCashin, Karen Miller, Nina Mustard,Kim Nash, London Ray, Will Rieley, Lea Shuba, Dianne Spence and Catherine Whitham.Club Highlights: Susan Morten Design: Dale Edmondson, Edmondson Art Direction;Editor: Karmen Gustin; Photography: Jane Cowles; Printing: Alan Smith, Professional

Printing, Chesapeake, Virginia.

* Perennials Three or More Years of Annual Fund Giving

Lynn McCashinExecutive Director

Karmen GustinDirector of Development

Ann HellerCommunications Coordinator

Kathy Knollmann

Bookkeeper

Karen MillerDirector of Historic Garden Week& Editor of the Guidebook

Lee MondesirKVH House Manager

London RayMarketing Programs Coordinator

President

Ann Gordon EvansThe Huntington Garden Club

First Vice PresidentJeanette CadwallenderThe Rappahannock ValleyGarden Club

Second Vice PresidentNina MustardThe Williamsburg Garden Club

TreasurerAnne BaldwinThe Garden Club of Alexandria

Recording Secretary

Charlotte BenjaminThe Garden Club of Fairfax

Corresponding Secretary

Betsy WorthingtonThe Lynchburg Garden Club

ParliamentarianMeg ClementThree Chopt Garden Club

Conservation and BeautifcationAnne BealsThe Rappahannock ValleyGarden Club

Finance

Barbara LutonThe Blue Ridge Garden Club

Development

Julie MacKinlayThe Virginia Beach Garden Club

Director at Large, District 1Elizabeth JohnsonThe Petersburg Garden Club

Director at Large, District 2Delane PorterDolley Madison Garden Club

Director at Large, District 3Candy CardenThe Garden Club ofthe Northern Neck

Director at Large, District 4Denise RevercombRoanoke Valley Garden Club

Director at Large, District 5Lynn GasThe Hunting Creek Garden Club

Director at Large, District 6Susan WightThe Princess Anne Garden Club

Flower Shows

Bettie GuthrieThe Petersburg Garden Club

Historic Garden Week

Alice MartinThe Petersburg Garden Club

HorticultureDianne SpenceThe Williamsburg Garden Club

RestorationSally Guy Brown

The Garden Club of Alexandria

2013-14 GCV Board of Directors

The Garden Club of Virginia is a 501c3 tax-exempt organization.All photos are property of the GCV unless otherwise credited.

Documents

Garden Club of Virginia 2014 Year in Review