Summer Issue 2015 - Page 1 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE NGC Membership Dear Garden Club Members, I am just back from VFGC Convention 2015. How great it was to be in attendance as our Blue Ridge District members took center stage at the convention. We have three elected officers: VFGC President, Janice Clem; First Vice President, Marty Bowers; Re- cording Secretary, Karen Dillon and two appointed officers: Corre- sponding Secretary, Patty Smith and Chaplain, Sue Patterson. Blue Ridge District is well represented for 2015-2017. Lisa Robin- son was installed as Blue Ridge District President along with Rita Leiser and Hazel Vance as BRD Directors. Congratulations to these ladies. What a fantastic group! My thanks go to all who have helped during the last two years of my administration. Those of you who have worked on the board, on committees, helped set up meetings, helped with all the details of registration, procured wonderful programs, helped with printing programs, provided us with our lovely issues of the BR Digest and set up flower shows have done a fantastic job. Many of you have donated silent auction baskets and other items for our sales tables and others have worked the tables. You all helped in so many ways as we hosted the SAR and VFGC in Roanoke in the spring of 2014. You have provided me with guidance and support all along the way. Every member of every club in Blue Ridge District is such an asset not only to me but to your club, your community, the dis- trict, state and beyond. The last two years have gone by so quickly. I have enjoyed visit- ing with so many of you at our district meetings, at your club meetings, luncheons, fashion shows, flower shows, tree dedica- tions, celebrations of anniversaries, plant sales, etc. Blue Ridge Garden Clubs and Councils continue to amaze me with your work on multiple projects which provide opportunities for your members to share their talents and expertise with others in your communi- ties and surrounding areas. I have enjoyed reading your Club President’s Reports which have hi-lighted your activities and ac- complishments. I loved hearing the names of Blue Ridge District Clubs as they received awards at the VFGC Convention. Keep up the good work and apply for awards! Your club deserves the recognition. It has been an honor and a privilege to have served as the Blue Ridge District President from 2013-2015. I look forward to seeing all of you as we go forward with our next administration of officers who will need your support just as I have. They have wonderful ideas and enthusiasm to share with us. …..continued on page 2 IN THIS ISSUE President’s Message Contents New Members Club News Dues New Officers Janice Clem VFGC Pres Thank You Ecology Warriors NGC Offerings Marty Bowers Flower Show Report Flower Show Results Blue Ridge Parkway Awards Winners Flower Show School Edible Plants Water Quality Waterways Cleanup Digest Subscription Book Review Yearbook Sponsor Calendar of Events …...1 …...1 …...2 …...2 .…..2 ….…2 …...3 …...3 …….4 .…..4 …….4 …….5 ..….5 …...5 …….5 …...6 …….7 …….7 …...8 …...8 …...8 …...9 …...9 …..10
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Summer Issue 2015 - Page 1
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
NGC Membership
Dear Garden Club Members,
I am just back from VFGC Convention 2015. How great it was to
be in attendance as our Blue Ridge District members took center
stage at the convention. We have three elected officers: VFGC
President, Janice Clem; First Vice President, Marty Bowers; Re-
cording Secretary, Karen Dillon and two appointed officers: Corre-
sponding Secretary, Patty Smith and Chaplain, Sue Patterson.
Blue Ridge District is well represented for 2015-2017. Lisa Robin-
son was installed as Blue Ridge District President along with Rita
Leiser and Hazel Vance as BRD Directors. Congratulations to these
ladies. What a fantastic group!
My thanks go to all who have helped during the last two years of
my administration. Those of you who have worked on the board,
on committees, helped set up meetings, helped with all the details
of registration, procured wonderful programs, helped with printing
programs, provided us with our lovely issues of the BR Digest and
set up flower shows have done a fantastic job. Many of you have
donated silent auction baskets and other items for our sales tables
and others have worked the tables. You all helped in so many
ways as we hosted the SAR and VFGC in Roanoke in the spring of
2014. You have provided me with guidance and support all along
the way. Every member of every club in Blue Ridge District is such
an asset not only to me but to your club, your community, the dis-
trict, state and beyond.
The last two years have gone by so quickly. I have enjoyed visit-
ing with so many of you at our district meetings, at your club
meetings, luncheons, fashion shows, flower shows, tree dedica-
tions, celebrations of anniversaries, plant sales, etc. Blue Ridge
Garden Clubs and Councils continue to amaze me with your work
on multiple projects which provide opportunities for your members
to share their talents and expertise with others in your communi-
ties and surrounding areas. I have enjoyed reading your Club
President’s Reports which have hi-lighted your activities and ac-
complishments. I loved hearing the names of Blue Ridge District
Clubs as they received awards at the VFGC Convention. Keep up
the good work and apply for awards! Your club deserves the
recognition.
It has been an honor and a privilege to have served as the Blue
Ridge District President from 2013-2015. I look forward to seeing
all of you as we go forward with our next administration of officers
who will need your support just as I have. They have wonderful
ideas and enthusiasm to share with us. …..continued on page 2
IN THIS ISSUE
President’s Message
Contents
New Members
Club News
Dues
New Officers
Janice Clem VFGC Pres
Thank You
Ecology Warriors
NGC Offerings
Marty Bowers
Flower Show Report
Flower Show Results
Blue Ridge Parkway
Awards Winners
Flower Show School
Edible Plants
Water Quality
Waterways Cleanup
Digest Subscription
Book Review
Yearbook Sponsor
Calendar of Events
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Summer Issue 2015 - Page 2
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE continued
Keep being Involved, Invigorated, and actively helping to Enlarge
Garden Clubs in the Blue Ridge District.
Have a great summer. Rosemary
NGC LIFE MEMBERSHIP AWARDED
Hilda Lindell, BRD Life Membership Chairman, presented outgoing
Blue Ridge District President Rosemary Drennen with a National
Garden Clubs Life Membership at the spring district meeting.
Rosemary was thanked for her years of service to the BRD.
CLUB NEWS
DUES DEADLINE - All clubs should submit their dues and
membership rosters to both the current Blue Ridge District (Patty
Smith) and Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs (Claudia Cosby)
treasurers before May 31st.
Belmont Garden Club honored Barbara Catron with a VFGC Life
Membership.
On April 23, 2015, members of Blue Ridge Garden Club planted
two trees at Main Street United Methodist Church in Bedford, Va.
The trees were dedicated to the memory of two long-time mem-
bers of their club, Louise Ford and Jane Murray.
WELCOME
NEW MEMBERS
North Lake
Jennifer Harvey
Bonnie Beuggert
Salem GC
Esther Davis
Ann McBroom
Bev Reiger
Wendy Shepperson
Marsha Shortell
Be sure to let the
Treasurer/Membership Chair-
man know of any new
members in your club.
Dried Asters
IN MEMORY
Please let the BRD President know of any
deaths in your club.
North Lake Garden Club honored Barbara Hawkins with a VFGC
Life Membership.
Sugar Loaf Garden Club honored Jinx Weary, 2013-2015 Presi-
dent, with a VFGC Life Membership.
Summer Issue 2015 - Page 3
Blue Ridge District’s
JANICE CLEM
was recently
installed as the
2015-2017
VFGC
PRESIDENT
The theme for her
administration is
“MAKING
CONNECTIONS
TO SHAPE
THE FUTURE”
PRESENTING the NEW OFFICERS for 2015-2017
National Garden Clubs
Theme - “Leap into Action”
President - Sandra H. Robinson NGC Headquarters 4401 Magnolia Avenue St. Louis, MO 63110
May 31 Deadline for BRD & VFGC Dues June 7-13 National Garden Week August 24 VFGC Board Meeting-Lynchburg August 24-27 Flower Show School-Lynchburg October 15 BRD Fall District Meeting October 19 VFSJC meeting-Richmond October 19, 20, 21 VFGC Judges Symposium Richmond Landscape Design School
One of the most beautiful species of spring
ephemerals is the Virginia bluebell
(Mertensia virginica).
This is the flower of the Blue Ridge District.
Quarterly Newsletter of the Blue Ridge District
Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. ● South Atlantic Region ● National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Shirley Edillon, Editor 4858 Glenbrook Drive SW Roanoke, VA 24018-2800