Greetings!
June was a flurry of activity with Presidents Day, Lilies in Bloom, Margot Shaw, and Boot Camp VII. Thank you all for participating and making these events a success! And thank you to our GCV Directors-at-Large who organized Presidents Day, Nina Mustard and Carrie Darracott, Chairmen of Lilies in Bloom (
visit
gcvirginia.org
for photos and winners
), and Tricia Garner, Chairman of Historic Garden Week. As always, we are grateful to our talented and dedicated staff who make it all go smoothly.
I have been thinking about a conversation I had with Margot Shaw, Editor of Flower Magazine, during her visit with us. Referring to her busy schedule, Margot stated that she has finally learned to focus on being present in the moment. That way, she is sure not to miss the special opportunities that present themselves.
Join me in celebrating the joys of summer—family, flowers, and friendships.
Happy 4th!
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Claire Mellinger
Albemarle Garden Club
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Tuesday, July 2 KVH 10:30
Restoration Fellowship Presentation
Monday, July 8 KVH 10:30
Development Committee
Conservation Awards Committee
Saturday, July 20 Virginia Beach
GCV Board of Directors
Wednesday, July 24 KVH 10:30
Journal Editorial Board
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The earth is a large garden, and each of us need only care for our own part for life to be breathed back into the planet, into the soil, into ourselves.
~John Jeavons
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featuring
Frazier Armstrong, Capital Trees Executive Director
Dr. Elizabeth Brantley, Bartlett Tree Experts
Dr. Eric Wiseman, Department of Urban Forestry and Arboriculture
Andrew Moore, Author of
Pawpaw: In Search of America’s Forgotten Fruit
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Photography: A Sense of Place
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A Retrospective Photography Exhibit for the Centennial Celebration of the Garden Club of Virginia will showcase the many historic landscape and garden restoration projects throughout Virginia. Members of GCV are invited to join in commemorating these beautiful and important projects through their photography. Images should inspire and celebrate the important work that GCV has championed since 1929.
CLICK HERE
for schedule.
Deadline for sign up is July 31. However, the photographs do not need to be submitted until January 15, 2020. Finalists’ images will be displayed at the Kent-Valentine House May 2020
Claire Mellinger will be leading a photography workshop on September 12 to help guide us through the process. All levels of photographers are encouraged to participate.
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The Garden Club of Virginia invites you to join our initiative, REFUSE to USE! In an effort to reduce the use of single use plastics, we challenge you and your clubs to identify items you can eliminate from your lives. What will you REFUSE to USE? Will it be plastic straws? Plastic glasses? Water bottles, 6-pack rings, bags, or something else of your choosing? Let us know and we will list you and your club on our website.
For our part, Kent-Valentine House will no longer be offering plastic glasses for meetings. Please bring your own thermos with you. In addition, we are currently researching the various eco companies that will provide biodegradable utensils and plates for our lunches.
Thank you for supporting this important effort.
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Centennial Daffodil 'Green Arrow'
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‘Green Arrow’ daffodils will once again be available to GCV members through Brent and Becky Heath.
Click here
to download the order form, or call Brent and Becky at 877-661-2852 to place your order. Supplies are limited.
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Chairmen and Co-Chairmen for the Historic Garden Week 2020 tours met at Kent-Valentine House this week for Boot Camp VII. As is tradition, the HGW 2020 poster was revealed. As a nod to our past, the design reflects the green and white poster that was used for decades. In our Centennial year, it is appropriate that we honor our state flower, the dogwood.
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Nansemond River Garden Club Focusing on Conservation
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The Nansemond River Garden Club's
Ellen G. Godwin Ecology Camp
was held June 17-21, 2019. Now in its 38th year, its purpose is to teach young children to have an appreciation of all living and non-living things in our environment.
The campers, entering the third and fourth grades, visited the Chuckatuck Creek on a field trip to learn about and interact with the salt marsh and critters in the Chuckatuck Creek watershed. Campers took measurements for salinity, oxygen and water turbidity under the guidance of the Nansemond River Preservation Alliance educational coordinators. The Virginia Master Naturalists provided watershed knowledge and demonstrated the importance of keeping our state's waters clean.
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The Nansemond River Garden Club has provided generous support to the
King’s Fork High School’s Ecology Club
towards a living learning laboratory at the school. The funds will be used to create a pollinator garden behind the school that will feature Virginia native species of plants and will be part of an approximately 1.5-acre outdoor learning laboratory, currently under development.
The Ecology Club’s effort will help inspire children and show them the importance of conserving and protecting their environment, which is parallel to the garden club’s own mission.
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Augusta
Lacey Dean
Joy Krusz
Clare Marrin
Mandi Smith
Harborfront
Rochelle McCashin
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James River
Anne McElroy
Elizabeth Reid
Barb Yorgen
Rivanna
Michie Bright
Virginia Beach
Leslie Baker
Maria Hillebrandt
Marion Taylor
Lelia Graham Webb
Heyden Wittman
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