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Newsletter for District I, National Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc.
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The The The The GardenGardenGardenGarden PostPostPostPost Spring 2011 District I
Member of National Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc.; Central Atlantic Region; National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Director’s Notes
By David Healy, Director, District I
Enjoyment—of our gardens, our clubs, and our environment
Twenty District I members enjoyed a tour of the Henry Peters
Rawlings Conservatory in Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park on
Saturday, February 19. The palm house at the conservatory is the
second oldest in the United States and the three, display green-
houses are among the newest.
Cheverly Garden Club will host the District I Awards Meeting
at the Cheverly United Methodist Church at 10:30 a.m. on
Thursday, March 10. District I is providing the beverages and
tableware. Each club president is to arrange to have a dish there
for the continental breakfast. Items should be serving size pieces
or pre-sliced and
Notice of District I Awards Meeting hosted by Cheverly Garden Club
Thursday, March 10, 10:30 a.m.
Cheverly United Methodist Church Foley Hall - 3rd floor on the elevator
2801 Cheverly Avenue Cheverly, MD 20785
Arbor House Gift Shop Trunk Show Photos of Tour to Henry Peters Rawling Conservatory, Baltimore
Continental Breakfast Foods to be provided by each club
Beverages and tableware provided by District I
RSVP to Ann Gardenhour, Cheverly Garden Club
or sliced and are to be placed on serving trays or platters. Club presidents are to notify Ann Gardenhour in the
Cheverly Garden Club how many of their club members are attending and what the club is contributing to the
table. Please use the parking lot at the rear of the building and side door entrance; then, take the elevator to the
3rd
floor and go to Foley Hall.
This spring, the crunch is on as we prepare to host the National Garden Club convention over Memorial Day
weekend at the J.W. Marriott in downtown Washington, DC. District I member Shirley Nicolai of both Tanta
Cove Garden Club and Fergie’s Gardeners will be installed as national President at the conclusion of the
convention. The convention’s organizing committee needs volunteers to act as greeters and to work at the
information table before and during the convention. Volunteers are also needed as table hosts during the various
convention banquets. [You must pay for your own meal(s).] Information on attending the convention and on
volunteering during the convention can be found on the NCA website: http://ncagardenclubs.org/ Thank you for the many notes on the death of my father. He was 94, and his body gave out before his mind.
I also wish to thank those of you who have helped hold District I together while I’ve been in California tending
to my 92-year-old mother, who has suffered a sharp decline.
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National Garden Clubs’ Certificate of Commendation for Civic Achievement
was awarded to District I during the NGC’s convention in Atlanta in May 2010.
District I received the award for its Memorial Grove civic project with Prospect
Hill Cemetery.
District I’s Book of Evidence scored all 100 possible points.
The judges’ comments:
What an awesome project. Your Book of Evidence met all the requirements for your project.
Keep up the good work!
Above: NCA Awards Chairman Babs McClendon an-
nounces to District I that it won the National Garden Club’s
Civic Achievement award and presents the certificate to
District I Director David Healy during the District’s
Presidents' Meeting in June on the patio at Arbor House
at the U.S. National Arboretum.
Source: District I’s blogspot
A mass was held for
former District I Board
member Marian
DiLorenzo on December
4 at Saint Mary’s Pisca-
taway Catholic Church,
Clinton, MD.
Marian served on
District I’s Board as
Awards Chairman and
was a member of Tanta-
Cove Garden Club.
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Tanta-Cove, Capital Hill clubs receive Central Atlantic regional awards
Jane Gridley July 3, 1923
January 13, 2011
A mass was held for
former District I Board
member Jane Gridley on
January 17 at The Chapel
at Riderwood Village,
Silver Spring, MD. Jane
and her husband John
resided there for the past
three years.
Jane served several
consecutive, elected terms
as District I’s Treasurer
into 2007 and was a
member of Woodmoor
Garden Club.
In memoriam
The Central Atlantic Region (CAR) of National
Garden Clubs recognized two District I clubs with
awards in October.
Tanta Cove Garden Club received three awards for
its flower show, “Flights of Fancy.”
• 1st Place and $50 for a standard flower show
schedule;
• American Horticultural Society Regional
Perennial Award; and
• 3rd
Place, Outstanding Educational Exhibit
Award, for a flower show exhibit on native
plants.
Capitol Hill Garden Club won 1st Place in the large
club category for the Jean Ladson Outstanding
Achievement Award. It is awarded to a club or group
of clubs presenting the most outstanding garden club
work that is not eligible for any other CAR award.
Capitol Hill received the award for its annual bulb
give away program, which has resulted in thousands
of daffodil and crocus bulbs planted in public spaces
on Capitol Hill over the past decade.
The award came with a certificate and a $100
check.
District I participated in the “Holiday Design
Showcase for the Home,” the NCAGC’s fundraiser
on December 3 for the May 2011 National Garden
Club convention in May in Washington, DC.
Connie Dalpra, Woodbury Garden Club; Poss
Tarpley, Tanta-Cove Garden Club; and District I
Director David Healy, Capitol Hill Garden Club;
checked registrations at the door. District I provided nametags, and, with Poss' help,
provided the vegetable trays for the refreshment
tables.
Three District I clubs donated the four children's
gift baskets shown below for the silent auction:
Holiday Design Showcase for the Home
Source: District I’s blogspot
(Left to right) Adirondack chair basket by Cheverly Garden
Club; pink tub of art supplies by Woodmoor Garden Club
District I’s members, clubs help raise funds for the national convention
District I members too numerous to mention
donated costume jewelry for the resale table, which
was swarmed during breaks in the program.
Marian DiLorenzo October 27, 1941
November 28, 2010
Source: District I’s blogspot
(Above) Two baskets of children’s books by Four Seasons
Garden Club
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Only dignitaries from Prince George’s County, the
Christine Hambach gets German charity to give a $50K grant to the Youth Garden
Goddard Garden Club’s President Christine
Hambach, District I’s Award of Honor recipient for
uniting District I with Prospect Hill Cemetery for a
civic project, proves once again why she is worthy
of high praise.
This year, she provided the push that resulted in
a $50K grant to FONA for the Youth Garden at the
US National Arboretum from the dissolving German
Orphan Home’s foundation, a charity for children
and child-related organizations.
“As one of the Directors of the German Orphan
Home, I pushed hard and won a $50,000 grant for
the Youth Garden,” she said. “That should really
help them progress in their good work.”
Editor’s Note: Thank you, Christine, you do good work too!
NCA to revisit its recent instructions to clubs on Youth Garden donations
In an NCAGC e-mail distributed February 23,
District Directors were instructed to notify club
treasurers that the Youth Garden is no longer an
NCAGC project and the NCAGC is no longer
accepting donations for the Youth Garden and no
longer will award clubs certificates for donations to
the Youth Garden. The NCAGC instructed club
treasurers to send their Youth Garden donations
directly to FONA.
Stay tuned Since then, a dialogue has been developing among
those who want to take another look at the NCAGC’s
announced position regarding donations to the Youth
Garden. Watch for the NCAGC to provide more in-
formation regarding donations to the Youth Garden.
On December 3, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
announced the appointment
of Dr. Colien Hefferan as
Director of the U.S. National
Arboretum.
Acting Director Ramon
Jordan will serve as a key
advisor to Dr. Hefferan on
scientific and management
issues.
Dr. Hefferan is the former head of the USDA’s
Cooperative Research, Education, and Extension
Service that handles public education and making
grants.
She began working for the USDA in 1979 as an
economist with the Agriculture Research Service’s
Family Economics Research Group.
She holds a Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of
Illinois and a B.S. from the University of Arizona.
Before joining the USDA, she was a research fellow
at the Australian National University in Canberra, an
adjunct faculty member at the University of Mary-
land, and an assistant professor of behavioral eco-
nomics at Pennsylvania State University.
Million dollar donation, stakeholders’ outrage save Arboretum’s azaleas, boxwoods from deliberate destruction
FONA receives $1 million donation to save the
collections; hort experts and gardening groups lead
opposition to Arboretum’s destructive decision
On Valentine’s Day, Friends of the National
Arboretum (FONA) announced it received a $1
million donation that will establish an endowment to
help preserve the azalea and boxwood collections at
the Arboretum destined for deliberate destruction.
FONA plans to launch a major fundraising cam-
paign this spring to raise an additional $1 million
needed to maintain the collections into the future.
FONA reports the $1 million donation was made
anonymously by friends honoring prominent
attorney Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr., and Lila Sullivan,
longtime residents of the Washington area. A successful “Save the Azaleas” website and
letter writing campaign created by horticulture
experts and other special interest groups helped save
the prized collections of boxwoods and azaleas at the
Arboretum.
The groups galvanized community responses and
led strong opposition to the Arboretum’s decision to
destroy or dismantle the azalea and boxwood
collections. The groups include the Azalea Society
of America; American Boxwood Society; American
Daffodil, Hemerocallis, and Rhododendron
societies; Garden Club of America, and National
Garden Clubs, Inc.
Dr. Colien Hefferan,
Director of the U.S.
National Arboretum.
Photo courtesy of
National Institute of Food
and Agriculture (NIFA)
USDA names a woman as its new Director of the U.S. National Arboretum
Acting Director Ramon Jordan
stays as key advisor
District I's fall, small standard petite flower show,
“Memories of a Lady's Manor,” was well attended at
Darnall’s Chance House Museum, the 18th century
Georgian home of Lettice Lee Wardrop Thompson Sim in
Upper Marlboro, MD.
District I’s fall flower show’s top award winners
Above: (Left) Portrait of the lady, Lettice Lee, 1753. (Right) Darnall’s Chance, the lady’s manor.
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“Memories of a Lady’s Manor” A Small Standard Petite Flower Show held September 25, 2010
Darnall’s Chance House Museum. Upper Marlboro, MD
“Lettice’s Day” Division II, Design
Above: Danielle Brabazon,
Woodmoor Garden Club, won
the “Petite Award” in the
design division for her entry in
the “Afternoon Tea” class, a
small design in a teacup.
Section A ~ Flowers
Right: Julie
Harrison, Mount
Airy Clay Breakers
Garden Club, won
a “Petite Award of
Merit” rosette in
the flowers section
in the Horticulture
Division for her
Lantana camara,
"Anne Marie."
Section B ~ Foliage
Right: Steve Hannun,
Cheverly Garden Club,
won a “Petite Award of
Merit” rosette in the
foliage section in the
horticulture division for
his Harsford Canadian
hemlock, Tsuga
canadensis.
“September Colors” Division I, Horticulture
Two “Petite Award of Merit” rosettes were awarded in Division I, Horticulture.
Above: Christine Hambach, Goddard
Garden Club, won the “Director’s
Challenge Award” in the design
division for her entry in the
“Candlelight Evening” class, a
standard size, transparency design.
Source: District I’s blogspot: http://ncadistrict1.blogspot.com
Above: Alice and Henry Ferguson’s house facing the Potomac
River as seen from the foot of the garden. Alice Ferguson was a
painter who had studied at the Corcoran. Henry was Ivy League
educated and a geologist with the U.S. Geologic Survey.
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Above: Fergie's Gardeners’ President Betsy Reid (left) and
Alice Ferguson Foundation Deputy Director Libby Campbell
welcome District I for its fall meeting and tour of the
Foundation’s Hard Bargain Farm along the Potomac River in
Accokeek, MD.
Fergie’s Gardeners, Alice Ferguson Foundation co-host District I at Hard Bargain Farm
W e l c o m e
Above: District I Director David Healy poses on the tour with
Mount Airy Clay Breakers Garden Club members Joyce
Meyer, Linda Millette, Mary Beth Cecil, Sonia Johnson and
the club’s President, Julie Harrison.
Above: Knock Out Roses and hyacinth beans intermingled
with scarlet runner beans enhance this entrance to the
house. This was a rose covered entrance when Alice
Ferguson lived here. Alice died in 1951 and Henry in
1966. Henry named their educational foundation after
Alice.
Below: Wareham Lodge, the Alice
Ferguson Foundation’s facility for
overnight environmental education
activities.
Source: District I’s blogspot: http://ncadistrict1.blogspot.com
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Cheverly Garden Club got a head start on gardening
weather this year!
The Cheverly club’s own dynamic duo of Master Gardeners,
David and Carolyn “Casey” Kneipp, presented “Vegetable
Gardening 101” at the club’s February meeting.
At the meeting on March 21, Landscape Supervisor Mike
Tidd and gardeners Peter Bleich and Joe Mudd from the
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
will present “Tough and Shade Tolerant Plants”—always great
kinds of plants to have in the shade covered yards in Cheverly.
All are welcome to attend. The club meets at 7 p.m. in the 4th
floor parlor in the Cheverly United Methodist Church, 2801
Cheverly Avenue, Cheverly, MD 20785.
To gather together more gardening ideas, the club hits the
road on April 16 for a visit to Hard Bargain Farm, Accokeek,
MD.
Finally, in May, the club is holding its annual plant sale on
the 7th
, starting promptly at 8 a.m. The club, in combination
with the plant sale and with other Cheverly organizations, will
also hold workshops on composting and organic gardening at
the Cheverly Community Center, also at 6401 Forest Road.
For more information on any of the Cheverly Garden
Club’s activities, please contact the club’s president.
Michael Giese
Cheverly Garden Club’s Annual Plant Sale
with workshops on composting and organic gardening
by the Cheverly Conservation Alliance
Saturday, May 7
Plant Sale - 8 a.m. to Noon at the Town of Cheverly Pavilion
Workshops – 9:30 a.m. in the Cheverly Community Center
6401 Forest Road Cheverly, MD, 20785
Above: Goddard Garden Club’s box of 20 small,
bedside floral arrangements ready for delivery to the
Magnolia Nursing Home, Lanham, MD, to bring a
little cheer to the residents for Valentine’s Day.
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Paint Branch Garden Club honored
its member Patsy Mote with a reception/ tea and book signing to celebrate her first
cookbook, “Great Menus: Seasonal
Recipes for Entertaining.” She spoke
on her experiences writing her first
book, and she has two more books in
progress.
Patsy is also an artist and business-
woman and wife of now retired President
of the University of Maryland Dan Mote.
Paint Branch’s club co-hosted the
event with the University of Maryland’s
Campus Club. Foods served were pre-
pared from recipes in Patsy’s cookbook.
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Above: Patsy Mote (seated) signs fellow Paint Branch club
member Joan Patterson’s copy of “Great Menus.”
Photo by Carolyn Fichtel
The New Carrollton Garden Club's first attempt at a
Saturday meeting attracted five possible new members who had
never attended a garden club meeting.
Master Gardeners Casey and Dave Kneipp of Cheverly spoke
on the basics of vegetable gardening.
Casey led the group through a "how-to” for success with
vegetable gardens using slides and answered many questions.
Since the City of New Carrollton provides public plots for its
citizens to garden that are very popular, there was great interest
in the topic. The club hopes to do a follow up in April.
Polly Wilson
“Great Menus”
by Patsy Mote
DICMAR Publishers
Washington, DC
The Paint Branch club’s March and April programs involve
miniature flower arrangements and a horticulturist from the
Smithsonian talking about the history of the Ripley Garden. A
rose garden tour is the featured event for June; and, hopefully,
another District I club will join us on our excursion.
Donna Aldridge
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District I Director David Healy addressed the
November meeting of Mount Airy Clay Breakers Garden Club hosted by Gilda Allen. David praised
the club for their many activities and urged them to
participate in the 2011 National Garden Clubs con-
vention in Washington, DC, in May.
The evening's program featured three table settings
designed by club members.
Mount Airy Clay Breakers Garden Club focuses on tabletop designs
Source: District I’s blogspot: http://ncadistrict1.blogspot.com
Above: Jackie George sets a traditional Thanksgiving table.
Above: Pam Smart's Italian inspired Tuscan setting
features sunflowers.
Above: Gilda Allen uses the last blooms from her garden to
create her arrangement inside a large shell.
Annual Plant Sale Mount Airy Clay Breakers Garden Club
Featuring plants from members’ gardens May 8, 2011 ~ 8 a.m. until noon
8404 Trumps Hill Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
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Above (left to right): H. Steve Mason,
VFW Post 8950; Norma Hetrick, Co-
President, New Carrollton Garden
Club; and Andrew Hanko, Mayor,
City of New Carrollton; recite the
Pledge of Allegiance and present a
memorial wreath at the dedication.
Left: Geraldo Marshall plays taps.
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New Carrollton Garden Club dedicates Blue Star Memorial Marker, historic highway
The dedication program continued at the city’s municipal
center followed by a reception open to the public. Dick Esper,
Chaplain of VFW Post 8950, led the assembly in prayer.
Landover Hills Mayor Lee Walker, whose city is traversed by
the historic highway, followed Mayor Hanko’s welcome.
New Carrollton Garden Club’s Chairman of the dedication,
Margaret McKnew, explained the history behind the designation
of Route 450 as an historic highway and thanked the State of Maryland, the City of New Carrollton, and VFW Post 8950 for
helping with the memorial marker, its dedication, and the public
reception. National Garden Club’s Blue Star Chairman Marion
Caldwell gave the history of garden clubs’ Blue Star Memorial
Marker program that honors all service men and women.
The city’s Police Department’s Color Guard presented the
colors, and students from Parkdale High School sang the
National Anthem.
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Above: New Carrollton Garden Club dedicated a Blue Star
Memorial Marker in September at Route 450 just southwest
of its intersection with the Capital Beltway. During the
ceremony, a section of Route 450 (also known as Annapolis
Road) from the Peace Cross through New Carrollton was
declared a Maryland Historic Highway.
Above (left to right): Among those attending the dedication
ceremony at Route 450 were District I Director David Healy,
NCA Garden Club President Mary Ellen Alden, National
Garden Club 1st Vice President Shirley Nicolai, NCA
Garden Club Blue Star Memorial Chairman Marion
Caldwell, New Carrollton Garden Club member Charmane
Truesdell, and New Carrollton’s Mayor Andrew Hanko.
Right: Guests at the reception could write welcome home cards
as part of the club’s participation in “Operation Welcome Home”
where Marylanders go to Thurgood Marshall BWI airport to greet
service men and women returning from overseas. Club member
Charmane Truesdell (left) and Lurraine Gettier write their cards.
Source: District I’s blogspot: http://ncadistrict1.blogspot.com