december 2017 - wordpress.com€¦ · december 2017 officer and committee news ... january 17,...
TRANSCRIPT
Page 1 of 9
www.wacgc.wordpress.com
December 2017
Officer and Committee News
WACGC PRESIDENT Terry Sisto, Ford’s Colony Garden Club [email protected] , 757-345-2478
I love this time of year, especially since moving to Williamsburg. When it comes to holiday decorating - magnolias, fruits, berries, holly and candles in the windows are a few of my favorite things. I hope to see many of you at Green Spring Garden Club’s Christmas House Tour on Saturday, December 2nd.
November Projects - At the beginning of the month club members arrived at the Hospice House with garden trowels in hand. In a short time, the flower beds were full of happy-faced pansies. Then, at the end of the month, several talented members came together to decorate wreaths for City of Williamsburg buildings. Thanks to Dollie Marshall for organizing the pansy planting and to Mary Grogan for the wreath decorating project.
The Baldwin Garden has a new bench which was generously donated by the Dogwood Garden Club. A dedication ceremony was held on November 15th with several members and a few invited guests in attendance. The club’s last President, Nan Eddins, welcomed all and dedicated the bench to commemorate the club’s 54 years. Geneva Hunt spoke of the history of the club, starting with its first meeting in 1963, its many activities, flower shows, Council involvement, etc., but most of all the memories of fun, laughter and friendships. I was honored to be a part of this celebration.
Please join me in welcoming Debbie Abrams to the WACGC Board as our Ways & Means Committee Chair. Debbie is a member of the Ford’s Colony Garden Club and has chaired several committees. She will be a wonderful addition to our Board.
Before the December rush takes over your life take a minute to put the WACGC January General Meeting date on your calendar, Thursday, January 25, 2018. Our host, Berkeley Garden Club has secured community room C at the James City County Parks & Recreation and Rosie Crocco is busy finalizing the program arrangements. Detailed information will be in next month’s newsletter. The WACGC Board will meet on Friday, January 12, 2018, 9:30a, at Towne Bank, New Town.
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all!
Page 2 of 9
WACGC ARBOR DAY Chair - Betsy Edwards, [email protected] - Colonial Heritage Garden Club Co-Chair - Patti Sager, [email protected] - Colonial Heritage Garden Club
The Arbor Day Committee will meet Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at 1:30pm, second floor meeting room, Towne Bank, Monticello Branch, to vote for the Arbor Day Award winners.
WACGC HOSPICE HOUSE Dollie Marshall, The Williamsburg Garden Club [email protected]
With the loss of two of longstanding garden clubs, Dogwood and Kingspoint, the complete schedule for 2017-2018 flower arrangers must be changed and will be decided upon at the January WACGC Board meeting. The following schedule will stand until that time; please note the assignment change for January.
Clubs responsible for upcoming arrangements: December – Colonial Heritage Garden Club January – Fords Colony Garden Club
Pansy Planting: We had great planting weather and made quick work of the hundreds of plants obtained from Homestead. Gary had the summer plants removed, soil prepared, as well as doughnuts and coffee waiting when we arrived. Thanks to all who participated to make the Fall and Winter landscaping welcoming for the cold months ahead. There were six clubs represented.
• Brandon Woods: Ellen Schiavone
• Colonial Heritage: Jeanne Schemering, Becky Hubbard
• Ford’s Colony and Green Springs: Marijane Harper
• Williamsburg Garden Club: Alice Krebs, Libbey Oliver, Susan Sims, Beth Stabler, Dollie Marshall, as well as, Wellford Marshall
• Toano Garden Club: Beverley Smith
Our sincere thanks to WACGC clubs for providing year-round support for our friends, their families, and neighbors who have visited Hospice.
WACGC Newsletter Linda Wenger, The Williamsburg Garden Club [email protected]
Newsletter information submitted to [email protected] by the 20th of each month for inclusion in the next Newsletter is greatly appreciated.
Page 3 of 9
VFGC Tidewater District News
VFGC TIDEWATER DISTRICT PRESIDENT Glenda Knowles, Berkeley and Colonial Heritage Garden Clubs [email protected], 757-651-0401
SAVE THE DATES!
Tidewater District will be featuring “Fashions & Flowers” on Thursday, April 19, 2018. The day will feature fashions by Chico’s before lunch and the “Dueling Designers” following lunch. David Pippin and Al Brockwell will create designs, side-by-side using similar containers and flowers! Will those designs be offered to our guests? YES! Put this date on your calendar and plan to join us at the Colonial Heritage Clubhouse Ballroom in Williamsburg for this spectacular day! Tickets are $30 and available now! Contact Glenda Knowles, [email protected], 757-651-0401, or Patsy Cameron, [email protected], 757-575-2155. We expect this event to be a sell-out!!! So, order your tickets NOW.
Around Town
85th ANNUAL HISTORIC GARDEN WEEK IN VIRGINIA – WILLIAMSBURG TOUR Linda Wenger, Williamsburg Garden Club, Historic Garden Week Publicity Chair [email protected]
Looking for a perfect Holiday gift or stocking stuffer? Tickets are on sale now for the 2018 Historic Garden Week Tour in Williamsburg. The event is set for Tuesday, April 24, 2018 from 10:00am - 5:00pm. Online advance tickets are available now for $40 per person at www.vagardenweek.org/main/tickets.
Box lunches will be served at Two Rivers Country Club from 11:30am-1:30pm with a prepaid $17 lunch reservation. Additional advance tour ticket information, general information questions, and lunch reservations may be directed to Cathy Adams, [email protected], 757-220-2486.
The tour will feature colonial to transitional homes, gardens, landscapes, James River and Chickahominy River views. The waterfront golf community of Governors Land will feature four private homes opened for the first time. Complimentary shuttles will be available from designated parking lots.
Visit the Lightfoot House c. 1730-1750 and the Tayloe House c. 1755 in Colonial Williamsburg, as well as the award-winning children’s garden at Matthew Whaley Elementary School. Free parking is available at the Colonial Williamsburg Visitors Center. Colonial Williamsburg buses will provide transportation for Historic Garden Week tour guests from the Visitors Center to and from the Historic Area.
The Williamsburg Garden Club will host the event as part of the 85th Historic Garden Week in Virginia. Tour proceeds fund the restoration and preservation of more than 40 of Virginia’s historic public gardens and landscapes, a research fellowship program, and a Garden Club of Virginia Centennial project with Virginia State Parks.
Page 4 of 9
GSGC 58th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS HOMES TOUR Christina Berry, Green Spring Garden Club Publicity [email protected]
The 58th annual Christmas Homes Tour, presented by the Green Spring Garden Club, Inc., will take place on Saturday, December 2, 2017, from 9:30a to 5:30p. This year's Tour will feature six homes beautifully decorated with seasonal floral arrangements. Three homes are in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's Historic Area: the Nelson-Galt House, Edinburgh Castle Tavern, and Benjamin Waller House. Three homes are in the Walnut Hills neighborhood: two are on Berkeley Lane and one is on Cole Lane.
Tickets are available only through Green Spring Garden Club. Ticket representatives will be at the Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center and Williamsburg Lodge on Friday, December 1st, from 9:00a - 5:00p, and Saturday December 2nd, from 9:00a - 1:00p. Tickets will also be sold at each house during tour hours. Tickets are $30 per person in advance and $35 per person on Friday, December 1, and Saturday, December 2; $10 per person to tour a single home. More information can be found at greenspringgardenclub.org/Christmas-homes-tour. A shuttle bus will be available to tour ticket holders between the historic area and the Walnut Hills neighborhood. Tickets include free parking at the Visitor Center and the parking lot at Walsingham Academy on Jamestown Road for those who prefer to drive between the two sites. The Green Spring Garden Club Christmas Homes Tour is scheduled to coincide with Colonial Williamsburg's Grand Illumination weekend December 2-3, 2017.
THE COLONIAL TRIANGLE OF VIRGINIA UNIT, THE HERB SOCIETY OF AMERICA Donna Pratt, Publicity [email protected], 757-608-8929
The Colonial Triangle of Virginia Unit (CTVU) of the Herb Society of America will hold an open meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 9, in Williamsburg. The program for the meeting, “Saving Myself to Save Others,” will feature Keisha Harris, a stage 4 cervical cancer survivor from Richmond. Ms. Harris will discuss the healing benefits of using herbs, foods, extracts and minerals to mitigate illness and disease.
This will be the first open meeting the CTVU will hold during 2018. Open meetings provide non-members a chance to learn about the Herb Society’s mission, programs, and local volunteer opportunities. The meeting will be held at King of Glory Lutheran Church, 4897 Longhill Road, Williamsburg, beginning at 1pm in the fellowship hall and is free of charge. The CTVU’s next open meeting will be in March. For more information, contact Donna Pratt at (757) 608-8929.
Page 5 of 9
WGC MERIWETHER H. MAJOR LECTURE SERIES, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 10:00A BRIE ARTHUR, “FOODSCAPE REVOLUTION - PERENNIAL COMBINATIONS” Misti Spong, The Williamsburg Garden Club, Programs Chair [email protected]
The Williamsburg Garden Club’s Meriwether H. Major Lecture Series presents “Foodscape Revolution – Perennial Combinations,” featuring Brie Arthur, on Tuesday, January 16, 10:00a, at the Williamsburg Library. Foodscape design requires a well-balanced mix of flowering and edibles plants. Brie shares her favorite perennials for the seasonal foodscape. Learn how to layer perennials in with your favorite vegetables to increase beauty and pollinator activity. She shares management strategies to make your edible perennial border low maintenance and full of life. This lecture is free and open to the public.
Originally from southeastern Michigan, Brie Arthur studied Landscape Design and Horticulture at Purdue University. She was a professional plant propagator at Plant Delights Nursery and Camellia Forest Nursery before transitioning her focus to Green Industry communications through writing, public speaking, film production and consulting.
As a professional garden industry communicator Brie is leading the national suburban Foodscape movement; a model of community development that incorporates sustainable, local food production. She writes for Meister and GIE Media about green industry trends and strategies to expand market demographics. She speaks internationally on a variety of horticulture topics ranging from foodscape design to technical propagation methods and marketing. As a correspondent on the PBS television show Growing A Greener World, Brie shares practical advice from her one acre suburban foodscape encouraging everyone to embrace the hobby and lifestyle of home gardening. 2017 brings new ventures, including her first book, The Foodscape Revolution published by St Lynn’s Press.
Brie serves as GWA (Garden Writers of America) National Director of Region IV representing garden communicators across the southeast US. As founder of Emergent: A Group for Growing Professionals, Brie encourages an open dialogue and networking opportunities between seasoned professionals and rising green industry members. She sits on the Executive Committee for the International Plant Propagators Southern Region and is Marketing Chair for the IPPS International Board.
Calendars
See the following pages for at-a-glance monthly calendars and future Save The Dates.
Page 6 of 9
.
DECEMBER 2017 Williamsburg Area Council of Garden Clubs
Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat.
1 2
HHGC
Holiday
Greens Pick-
up
GSGC
58th Annual
Christmas
Tour of Homes
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 CW GRAND
ILLUMINATION
HOSPICE
HOUSE
ARRANGEMENT
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
HOSPICE
HOUSE
ARRANGEMENT
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
HOSPICE
HOUSE
ARRANGEMENT
NEWSLETTER
submissions due
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
HOSPICE
HOUSE
ARRANGEMENT
No
tes
Hospice House Arrangements – COLONIAL HERITAGE GARDEN CLUB
See Newsletter for event details.
Page 7 of 9
.
JANUARY 2018 Williamsburg Area Council of Garden Clubs
Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat.
1 2 3 4 5 6 HOSPICE
HOUSE
ARRANGEMENT
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 HOSPICE
HOUSE
ARRANGEMENT
HERB SOCIETY OF
AMERICA Open Mtg.,
1:00pm, King of Glory
Lutheran Church,
Keisha Harris, “Saving
Myself to Save Others”
WACGC
Board
Meeting –
9:30a, Towne
Bank
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 HOSPICE
HOUSE
ARRANGEMENT
WGC LECTURE
SERIES, 10:00a,
Williamsburg Library,
Brie Arthur “Foodscape
Revolution- Perennial
Combinations”
ARBOR
DAY
Committee
Meeting–
1:30p,
Towne Bank
NEWSLETTER
submissions due
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
HOSPICE
HOUSE
ARRANGEMENT
WACGC
General
Meeting –
9:30a, Room
C, JCC Parks
& Recreation
TIDEWATER
DISTRICT
FLOWER
SHOW – VA
Beach Conf.
Center
TIDEWATER
DISTRICT
FLOWER
SHOW – VA
Beach Conf.
Center
28 29 30 31 TIDEWATER
DISTRICT
FLOWER
SHOW – VA
Beach Conf.
Center
HOSPICE
HOUSE
ARRANGEMENT
No
tes
Hospice House Arrangements – Fords Colony Garden Club
See Newsletter for event details.
Page 8 of 9
.
FEBRUARY 2018 Williamsburg Area Council of Garden Clubs
Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat.
1 2 3 HOSPICE
HOUSE
ARRANGEMENT
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 HOSPICE
HOUSE
ARRANGEMENT
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 HOSPICE
HOUSE
ARRANGEMENT
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 HOSPICE
HOUSE
ARRANGEMENT
NEWSLETTER
submissions due
ARBOR DAY
Committee
Meeting–1:30p,
Towne Bank
25 26 27 28 HOSPICE
HOUSE
ARRANGEMENT
No
tes
Hospice House Arrangement –
See Newsletter for event details.
Page 9 of 9
SAVE THE DATE 2018! March 2018 Hospice House Arrangements – March 9, 2018 Arbor Day Reception, Legacy Hall March 26, 2018 Spring Tidewater District Meeting, Colonial Heritage Clubhouse April 2018 Hospice House Arrangements – April 11, 2018 Arbor Day Committee Meeting – Wrap-up April 19, 2018 VFGC Tidewater District “Fashion and Flowers”, Colonial Heritage Ballroom May 2018 Hospice House Arrangements – May 11, 2018 WACGC Board Meeting May 24, 2018 WACGC General Meeting Hosted by Brandon Woods GC June 2018 Hospice House Arrangements – July 2018 Hospice House Arrangements – August 2018 Hospice House Arrangements – September 2018 Hospice House Arrangements – October 2018 Hospice House Arrangements – November 2018 Hospice House Arrangements – December 2018 Hospice House Arrangements –