Greetings!
The new year brings with it promise and possibilities. January is the time we reflect, reevaluate and restore. As gardeners, January is a special time for us. In most years, the weather keeps us indoors. So, without distractions, we have the opportunity to plan. We look at our landscapes. What would we like to do differently this year? What are the newest seeds and plants? We look at personal growth. What would we like to learn? How will we incorporate new conservation goals into our lives? Will we visit new places? Will we attend speakers, read books, mentor children and grandchildren?
The same is true for Garden Club of Virginia. As we enter our “birthday year” we will continue to evaluate our relevance. We will strive to offer informative programs, meaningful workshops, and entertaining events. We will promote club activities and support community projects. And most importantly, together with you, our members, we will continue to work for a more beautiful and sustainable future for the Commonwealth.
My very best to you in 2020,
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Penny Dart
Warrenton Garden Club
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Garden as if life depended on it!
~Doug Tallamy
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Friday, January 3, KVH 10:30 am
VA State Parks Committee
Monday, January 6, KVH
Development Committee
10:30 am
Strategic Planning Committee,
1:00 pm
Tuesday, January 7, KVH 10:30 am
Finance Committee
Thursday, January 9, KVH 10:30 am
Restoration Committee
Wednesday, January 15
Journal Deadline
Thursday, January 16, KVH
GCV Board of Directors
Monday, January 20, KVH
Artistic Design Committee
10:30 am
Founders Day Logistics,
1:30 pm
Wednesday, January 22, KVH 10:30 am
Journal Editorial Board
Monday, January 27, KVH 3:30 am
Conservation & Beautification Committee
Tuesday, January 28, St. Pauls Episcopal Church, 7:30-2:30
Legislative Day
Thursday, January 30, KVH 10:30 am
Massie Medal Committee
Friday, January 31, KVH
Artistic Design Judges Workshop
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You're Invited
. Join us for GCV Legislative Day on January 28, 2020 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond. Virginia Conservation Network organizes this event each year to ensure a strong conservation voice during the legislative session. Our members can view the GCV Legislative Positions and Issues of Concern after January 16 on the GCV Conservation Page. (Last year’s positions document is currently posted.) We will take positions on actual bills which are still being created and which will be available in their final form on Legislative Day. Anyone is invited to join the overview meeting with the Network Partners and visit their legislators on January 28.
Register below
. GCV advocates will have appointments with their legislators set up for them upon registration. All updates about this annual event will be posted to
vcnva.org/lobbyday
Be prepared.
Conservation Committee members are in the process of compiling the policies/bills for 2020. The Legislative Policies and Issues of Concern will be presented to the GCV Board of Directors for approval on January 16. Afterwards, the GCV position paper will be posted on the Conservation page of the GCV website and distributed to all registered members in preparation for Legislative Day. Please look up your representatives and their contact information so that you can engage with them by email if you are unable to visit them in Richmond.
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2020 Landscape Research Fellowships
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The Rudy J. Favretti Fellowship will provide a
Comparative Study of Terraced Landforms in
the Chesapeake Region
. The William D. Rieley Fellowship will focus on
Mount Pleasant
in Surry County.
To learn more about the site selections
Click Here
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2020 Rudy J. Favretti Fellowship
Comparative Study of Terraced Landforms in
the Chesapeake Region
Surry County, VA
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2020 William D. Rieley Fellowship
Mount Pleasant
Surry County, VA
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Established at the Annual Meeting in 1979, the
Common Wealth Award
provides funds to support community projects of conservation, beautification, horticulture, preservation and/or education. The two word name Common Wealth was chosen to describe the "wealth" that is "common" to all Virginians. Nominations may be submitted by GCV members or member clubs. The deadline is
March 1
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The nominations form and more information may be found online.
Learn more...
The Horticulture Award of Merit
was established in 1960 to acknowledge individual members of the Garden Club of Virginia who have achieved significant accomplishments in horticulture, both personally and in the community at large. Please look within your clubs and find that special horticulturist who deserves this recognition. The deadline for applications is
March 1
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Learn more...
For further information, contact Wendy Walker, GCV Horticulture Chairman, at
wwalker@twblock.com
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The de Lacy Gray Conservation Medal
was established by the Dolley Madison Garden Club as a memorial to de Lacy Thompson Gray. The award recognizes outstanding effort of a GCV member or a GCV member club in furthering the knowledge of our natural resources as well as encouraging their wise use. Nominations may be submitted by GCV members or member clubs only. The deadline is
March 1
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Learn more...
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As I sit at my computer looking out the windows, I see another gray, cold, dreary day. If it weren’t for the festive Christmas reds and greens around me, there would be little color in my life, but they will soon be gone. Is there any wonder why seeing my daffodils bloom each year brings me such joy?
I know we all feel the same way, and joy will abound again on
March 31, 2020
at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Richmond when once again we meet for Daffodil Day. Come join the fun. Lewis Ginter offers a place to see not only our astonishing floral designs, award-winning stems, and awe inspiring photography, but to visit gardens filled with flowers in bloom, a cafeteria for nourishment, and a gift shop for retail therapy. What a great way to welcome spring!
Adele Smith, Daffodil Day 2020 Chairman
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According to Doug Tallamy, professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, birds eat approximately 500 million tons of insects per year. Yet there are 3 billion fewer breeding birds today than there were 40 years ago. How do we attract insects to our gardens?
Tallamy has spent his life researching the way insects interact with plants and wildlife, and how insects’ existence encourages biodiversity. Tallamy’s interest in ecosystem restoration and rehabilitation has led him to promote sustainable gardening practices in the home landscape. No area is too small. In his own suburban home, Tallamy mixes native plants, shrubs and trees to produce a landscape rich in color, interest and wildlife.
In
The Living Landscape
,
Designing for beauty and biodiversity in the home garden
, Doug Tallamy and photographer Rick Darke team up to show us how we can have it all: a home landscape that supports the needs of wildlife and humans; visually beautiful, healthy and sustainable.
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The Williamsburg Garden Club
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The Petersburg Garden Club
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The Rappahannock Valley Garden Club
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Blue Ridge
Caroline Van Leer
Boxwood
Jennifer Andrews
Stuart Roberts
Mary-Mason Wood
Jill Spalding
Charlottesville
Janet Healy
Elizabeth River
Terri Coble
Karin Fritz
Mary Lauer
Sally Slaughter
Gloucester
Beth Gibson
Rene Wenleder
Hampton Roads
Julie LoCicero
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Martinsville
Kelsey Bassett
Mallory Joyce
Elizabeth Joyce
Alexandra O'hare
Mill Mountain
Julie Comer
Nansemond River
Lynda Odom
Norma Spain
Donna Standish
Mindy Webb
Petersburg
Brenda Hodgson
Paige Lubman
Princess Anne
Karin Fleishman
Marcie McMillan
Mary Ruffin Randolph
Nicole Turkenkopf
Tuckahoe
Meredith Arendale
Kate Christner
Suzanne Duncan
Stephanie Lansing
Cara Rogers
Chris Shands
Arpie Starke
Williamsburg
Susan Gaston
Jeanne Halkowich
Larraine Stephens
Jane Taylor
Bruce Jacobson (honorary)
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Founders Day Events Registration
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Centennial Flower Design Exhibit
Each club is invited to exhibit an arrangement at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture during Garden Club of Virginia festivities.
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