Greetings!
We offer thanks to members of The Garden Study Club who welcomed us to Martinsville for the Garden Club of Virginia’s 98th Annual Meeting. No amount of rain could dampen our spirits as we celebrated the winners of the Massie Medal, the de Lacy Gray Medal for Conservation and the recipient of the Bessie Bocock Carter Award.
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for meeting highlights.
June is a time of beginnings for Garden Club of Virginia. Please join me in welcoming our new board and committee chairmen as we say goodbye to our retiring members. Above all, we thank Nina Mustard whose leadership has positioned Garden Club of Virginia well for the advent of our centennial.
Membership News is more than just a newsletter. It is a means of celebrating all of you, and the meaningful work you do in your communities and across the commonwealth. I invite you to read on, and like me, be inspired.
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Claire Mellinger
Albemarle Garden Club
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“Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.”
~Al Bernstein
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Thursday, May 31
Horticulture Field Day Registration Deadline
Friday, June 1
Nomination Deadlines,
Conservation Educator and Dugdale Awards
Tue - Wed, June 5-6
Horticulture Field Day
Lynchburg
Thursday, June 7
Conservation Committee, KVH
Monday, June 11
Presidents Day Orientation for Club Presidents, KVH 10:30
Tuesday, June 19
Lilies in Bloom, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Goochland
Wed - Thu, June 20-21
Restoration Committee
Monday, June 25
Ownership deadline for Fall Symposium horticulture exhibitors.
Tue - Wed, June 26-27
HGW Boot Camp
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Horticulture Field Day June 5-6 Lynchburg
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Horticulture Field Day
June 5-6 Lynchburg
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Hurry! Registration closes Thursday, May 31 at noon
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Lilies in Bloom June 19 Goochland
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Lilies in Bloom
June 19 Goochland
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Attendees are invited to visit Tuckahoe Plantation gardens
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Congratulations!
Our 85th anniversary of Historic Garden Week was the most financially successful to date at $635,741 net. This includes a $30,000 sponsorship from Bartlett Tree Experts, our exclusive statewide sponsor for the past 5 years. The importance of camaraderie and fun that members have experienced cannot be measured. Thank you for your hard work!
HGW Boot Camp
is now in its 6th year! The 1-1/2 day schedule is designed for 2019 Tour Chairmen and Co-Chairmen.
Select the link below for additional information, including schedule and special GCV rates at nearby hotels.
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2018 GCV Fall Symposium Save the Date
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2018 GCV Fall Symposium
September 25-26
Science Museum of Virginia
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Ownership deadline for horticulture exhibitors is June 25.
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Container Planting
June is the perfect time of year for planting our outdoor pots, and here are a few design and plant suggestions for fabulous containers to last the whole summer season! Maybe this year try to incorporate some perennials into your containers for a different look. Hostas, euphorbias and heucheras (coral bells) make great containers plants.
In your pot design try for the
“Thriller, Filler, and Spiller”
design combination (I am borrowing this term and container expertise from Timothy Tilghman, horticulturalist from the beautiful Untermyer Park and Gardens in Westchester County, New York).
The “
Thriller”
is your architectural element that gives the verticality to your pot. I have sometimes used mandevilla vine growing on a small wire trellis as my thriller plant in my pots. Other great thriller plants include canna lily, purple fountain grass, cosmos, cleome, salvias, and even dahlias.
The
“Filler”
plant gives volume and a uniform look to your pot. Popular filler plants would be geraniums, petunias, coleus, lantana, heliotrope, along with some of the perennials mentioned above .
The third type of plant for your container would be the
“Spiller”,
and it is exactly what the name implies- a plant that breaks the lip of your pot and spills over to create that bountiful look. Some suggestions for a spiller plant would be bacopa, sweet potato vine, dichondra ‘Silver Falls’, variegated vinca, helichrysum ‘Petite Licorice’, or my favorite plectranthus.
Whatever you choose for container plants make sure that their sun and water requirements are similar to make for easy care, and also go for only two to three color combinations for more impact with your pots.
Submitted by Catherine Madden, member of the Lynchburg Garden Club.
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Member Club Community Involvement
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The Nansemond River Garden Club
has funded brochures for the newly-launched Water Wise Homes project of the Nansemond River Preservation Alliance (NRPA) to educate and encourage Suffolk citizens to be environmental stewards. Nansemond River Garden Club has recently funded
water-quality kits
that are used by middle school and high school students to broaden their analytical skills to help in their understanding of water sampling metrics.
The NRPA has been working with the City of Suffolk on riparian reclamation of the Nansemond River at Sleepy Hole Park. The 2013 Nansemond Watershed Initiative: Connecting the Classroom with the Environment-K-12 (NWI) has seen over 6,000 students participate in this comprehensive program using technological scientific instrumentation to study the Nansemond River as an estuary and its connection to the Bay and the Nansemond Watershed through the use of water quality instruments. The
water-quality kits
include EasyLink, Turbidity Sensor, pH Sensor, Salinity Sensor and Nitrate ISE (Gel-filled electrode).
Nansemond River Garden Club's Ellen G. Godwin Ecology Camp, now in its 37th year, will feature a NRPA program for rising third and fourth graders about the importance of water quality.
Submitted by Linda Consolvo of the Nansemond River Garden Club.
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Pocahontas State Park
2018 Grant Recipient
Purpose
Reduce shoreline erosion and sedimentary pollution. Provide an area that allows easier fishing access to those with limited mobility. Promote native plant growth and pollinator proliferation.
Goals
Install 4 fishing nodes/platforms. Rehabilitate 2200 square feet of shoreline by reducing slope, removing invasive plants, installing erosion control materials, and planting native plant species. Rehabilitate 1400 square feet of riparian buffer zone by removing invasive plants and planting native plant species.
Expected Impact
Increased water clarity and freshwater ecology health. Increased EPT (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera) levels and positive impact on sport fish populations. Halting of shoreline loss due to erosion. Increased trail and fishing use by people of all mobility levels.
Pocahontas Shoreline Project Grant Application was sponsored by the James River Garden Club.
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Massie Medal
Glenna Graves
Spotswood Garden Club
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de Lacy Gray Award
Mary Bruce Glaize
Little Garden Club of Winchester
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Bessie Bocock Carter Award
Paw Path Pollinator Garden
Garden Study Club and
Martinsville Garden Club
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Honorary Member
Molly Ward
Albemarle
Margaret Walker
Alexandria
Patti White
Charlottesville
Cheryl Chandler
Jayme Naughton
Rebecca Nordin
Kerri Taylor
Ashley Williams
Fairfax
Marcy Osterhaus
Harborfront
Debbie Goode-Jones
Becky Owens
Sue Russell
Little Garden Club
Lesley Covington
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Middle Peninsula
Karen Berry
Sara Credle
Liz Harper
Linda Minor
Kathy Parker
Norfolk
Sandra Brown
Susan Bundy
Beth Burrus
Barbara Kiley
Lolly Martin
Mollie McCune
Glenda McKinnon
JoAnna Miller
Kathleen Redfern
Vanessa Sigmon
Anne Wolcott
Petersburg
Mona Harrison
Katherine Sumpter
Princess Anne
Lynn Hudgins
Rivanna
Joanne Blakemore
Elizabeth Butler
Betty Hopson
Susan Martin
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Virginia Beach
Michelle Adams
Joan Berlin
Susan Gill
Joan Wagner
Elizabeth Ware
Jennie Ware
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