Horticulture

May 19, 2022

Chairman Kay Van Allen, The Lynchburg Garden Club

May 17-18, 2006, Horticulture Field Day featured the gardens of the Roanoke Valley.

The 2006 Fall Board of Governors horticulture exhibit, “My Favorite Gardening Tool,” included sources, favorite catalogs and favorite gardening tips.

At the request of the Horticulture Committee, the Board of Directors directed President Sally Guy Brown to write a letter of support for the Flora and Fauna of Virginia project, to be used in the project’s grant request packet. A similar letter had been written in July 2003.

The horticulture exhibit at the 2007 Annual Meeting in Newport News was created by Linda Pinkham and Libbey Oliver and, in keeping with the 400^th anniversary celebration, featured an exhibit of plants that the first settlers would have encountered when they landed at Jamestown.

2007 Horticulture Field Day was held on May 17-18 in Charlottesville, featuring Whilton, Bird Hill, Waterperry Farm, Tautkus and Taylor gardens.

The horticulture exhibit at the 2007 fall Board of Governors meeting in Lexington featured tussie-mussies and nosegays, arranged in nosegay holders or paper doilies.