Horticulture

September 11, 2024

Chairman Catherine Madden, The Lynchburg Garden Club

Horticulture Field Day was held on May 26, 2016, on the campus of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg. The event included four experienced speakers in the field of horticulture and gardening; tours of the six-acre Hahn Horticulture Garden and Stadium Woods, an 11-acre stand of rare, urban old-growth forest located within walking distance of the Hahn Garden; a sand-casted, leaf making demonstration; vendors and artists; and a fabulous garden tour to be offered the afternoon of the preceding day for those who arrived early. The event was co-chaired by Becky Balzer and BeBe Green. Photos

Peggy Cornett, Curator of Plants at Monticello, presented “Preserving Plants from the Past: Heirloom Flowers for Your Garden,” to club horticulture chairmen at a workshop on November 9, 2016, at the Kent-Valentine House. Photos

The horticulture exhibit at the 2016 Board of Governors meeting in Virginia Beach featured photos and specimens of native plants in Virginia State Parks. Photos

The Horticulture Committee hosted two speakers at the fall Symposium on September 26, 2017: Foxie Morgan and Beverly Lacey, who spoke on growing peonies and dahlias. Horticulture Chairman Catherine Madden reported that the horticulture division of the symposium had great participation with 500 stems entered representing 30 garden clubs. Kim Cory chaired the horticulture division.

The horticulture exhibit at the 2017 Annual Meeting in Fredericksburg was, “Fredericksburg, Where It All Began – Show Us Your Roots.” Photos

Horticulture Field Day was held in Gloucester on May 31-June 1, 2017, co-chaired by Sandy Geiger and Betsy Carey. They reported a huge success with 200 attendees.  Headquarters at Brent & Becky’s Bulbs was a great location, and staggering visits to the gardens worked well.

The horticulture exhibit at the 2017 Board of Governors meeting in Lexington featured native or introduced plants that would grow along a trail in each club’s area. The exhibits were displayed by region and resulted in an impressive “landscape” setting.

The horticulture exhibit at the 2018 Annual Meeting in Martinsville, “Women on Track,” featured  climbing vines or plants. Photos

2017 Horticulture Award of Merit recipients were Susan Upshur Brown, The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore; DeLane W. Porter, Dolley Madison Garden Club; Kay Spindle Shiflett, The Virginia Beach Garden Club; and Virginia Trinkle Vinyard, Mill Mountain Garden Club.

2018 Horticulture Award of Merit recipients were Cathy Leitch, Roanoke Valley Garden Club; Kaye Moomaw, Hillside Garden Club; Marilyn Millard, Rivanna Garden Club; Meredith Mercer, The Charlottesville Garden Club; and Karen Jamison, The Williamsburg Garden Club.