September 2017 WACGC PRESIDENT Terry Sisto, Ford s Colony Garden Club tes125@cox.net, 757-345-2478 Hello! I hope you enjoyed your summer as it flew by, at least mine did! Although fall doesn t officially begin until September 22, I am excited to see pumpkins, gourds and mums everywhere. The Fall WACGC General Meeting will be held on Friday, September 28, 9:30a coffee/10:00a general. The Williamsburg Garden Club is hosting our meeting at Colonial Heritage Clubhouse. Vice President, Rosie Crocco, Colonial Heritage Garden Club, has arranged to have Robin Seeterlin of Bird s Eye View Landscape Designs, LLC as our speaker. Her program is titled Cut Flowers in Your Landscape. See more details in this newsletter. Rosie will also have the 2017-18 WACGC Handbooks available for Garden Club Presidents, Council and Arbor Day Representatives. I thank Rosie for the many hours she worked on updating this year s Handbook. Here are a few WACGC dates you will want to put on our calendars: Board Meetings, 9:30a coffee/10:00a meeting, Towne Bank, 5216 Monticello Avenue, New Town September 8, 2017 January 12, 2018 May 11, 2018 WACGC General Meetings, 9:30a coffee/10:00a meeting September 28, 2017, hosted by The Williamsburg Garden Club January 25, 2018, hosted by Berkeley Garden Club May 24, 2018, hosted by Brandon Woods Garden Club Williamsburg Wreath Program, Wednesday, November 29, 9:00a, in the Community Building (across from the Regional Library). See more details in this newsletter. Page 1 of 12
Arbor Day, Legacy Hall, March 9, 2018. See more details in this newsletter. Tidewater District Fundraiser, Thursday, April 19, 2018, Colonial Heritage Ballroom. See more details in this newsletter. We will keep you updated on this event and future Tidewater District Meetings. See more details in this newsletter. I want to thank everyone who has volunteered to serve on the 2017-19 WACGC Board. My thanks to our new Newsletter Chair, Linda Wenger, The Williamsburg Garden Club, for taking over this committee. Please send your club activities/events for publication to her at lwenger@cox.net. Deadline for submissions is the 20 th of each month. After speaking to many of you we are still in need of someone to chair the Ways and Means Committee. If you would like to get more involved and work with wonderful people while supporting community gardens/projects, please contact me. I can guarantee it will be a rewarding and fun experience. I am looking forward to seeing many of you again and meeting even more at our Fall meeting. Bring a member(s) who has never attended a WACGC meeting before with you. Don t forget to bring a little cash as we will continue with the 50/50 and raffle fundraising. Please plan to attend remember ALL club members are welcome!! MEET THE NEW BOARD! President Terry Sisto - tes125@cox.net - Ford's Colony Garden Club Vice-President Rose Marie Crocco - swamprmc@cox.net - Colonial Heritage Garden Club Treasurer Ellen Schiavone - maryellenschiavone@gmail.com - Brandon Woods Garden Club Recording Secretary Terry Buntrock - buntrockterry@gmail.com The Williamsburg Garden Club Corresponding Secretary Janet Smith - llewsmith@widomaker.com - Green Spring Garden Club Arbor Day Chair - Betsy Edwards, justbetsys@aol.com - Colonial Heritage Garden Club Co-Chair - Patti Sager, psager@cox.net - Colonial Heritage Garden Club Chaplain Betty Smith -smiffy19@verizon.net - Toano Garden Club Continuing Projects Chair - Ruth Maruca, 757-258-5321 - Berkeley Garden Club Co-Chair - Loy Holt, loy614@aol.com - Berkeley Garden Club History & Scrapbook Pam Wollam - pam1121@aol.com Ford's Colony Garden Club Hospice House Dollie Marshall - dollie.marshall@gmail.com The Williamsburg Garden Club Page 2 of 12
Newsletter Linda Wenger - lwenger@cox.net The Williamsburg Garden Club Parliamentarian Geneva Hunt - genevahunt@cox.net - Berkeley Garden Club Publicity, Photography & Webmaster Yuko Sato - yuko12002000@yahoo.com - Berkeley Garden Club Reduce, Reuse & Recycle Robinette Ross - robinette.ross@gmail.com - Green Spring Garden Club Special Committee - Williamsburg Wreath Decorating Mary Grogan satindoll21@cox.net Advisory Board Marijane Harper - marijane.harper@yahoo.com - Ford's Colony & Green Spring Garden Clubs Loy Holt - loy614@aol.com - Berkeley Garden Club Glenda Knowles - ggknowles@cox.net - Berkeley & Colonial Heritage Garden Clubs WACGC VICE PRESIDENT Rose Marie Crocco, Colonial Heritage Garden Club swamprmc@cox.net The September program for the Council meeting on September 28 will once again be an exciting and informative one. Our speaker will be Robin Seeterlin, Bird s Eve View Landscape Designs, LLC. You may have met her if you shop Jamestown Feed and Seed. She is a Certified Landscape Designer and a Virginia Horticulturist. Her program, Cut Flowers From Your Landscape, will be a wonderful presentation of ideas of plant materials that will enhance your landscape and also allow for cut flowers throughout the four seasons. She welcomes questions and discussion from her audience. WACGC TREASURER Ellen Schiavone, Brandon Woods Garden Club maryellenschiavone@gmail.com Council Treasurer Ellen Schiavone would like to thank those garden clubs who have submitted their 2017-18 dues, and put forth a gentle reminder to those who have not yet sent their dues in. Checks should be made payable to "WACGC" and mailed to her at 3505 Hollingsworth, 23188 before the end of September. Each garden club is responsible for contributing $1.30 per club member with a cap of 80 members. Please note that no statements will be mailed to individual clubs; there was some confusion in past years with incoming club treasurers waiting for a bill from the Council. If you have questions, please contact Ellen at maryellenschiavone@gmail.com. Page 3 of 12
WACGC Newsletter Linda Wenger, The Williamsburg Garden Club lwenger@cox.net September 20 th is the deadline date for information to be included in the October Newsletter. Please submit your prepared information to Linda Wenger, lwenger@cox.net. Please also let me know if you have any difficulties receiving the newsletter. WACGC ARBOR DAY Chair - Betsy Edwards, justbetsys@aol.com - Colonial Heritage Garden Club Co-Chair - Patti Sager, psager@cox.net - Colonial Heritage Garden Club Arbor Day Committee dates have been set. With the exception of the March 9** reception, all meetings will be held at 1:30p, Towne Bank, 5216 Monticello, Williamsburg, in the Board Room on the second floor. September 20, 2017 November 22, 2017 January 17, 201 February 21, 2018 **March 9, 2018 - Arbor Day Reception, Legacy Hall, New Town, 11:00 AM April 11, 2018 - wrap up meeting WACGC WILLIAMSBURG WREATH DECORATION Mary Grogan satindoll21@cox.net Loy and I met with Will Fidler on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 to discuss the Williamsburg Christmas Wreath Program. We will be decorating 20 wreaths this year. The date that has been chosen to work on the wreaths is Wednesday, November 29 beginning at 9:00a at the Community Building (across from the Regional Library). Will suggests we bring anything we would like as long as it is natural or looks natural. A few suggestions are: cinnamon sticks, lemons, limes, oranges or dried slices of any of the listed fruits. We need to keep in mind they will be on display for 5 weeks. I will also bring some dried hydrangea blossoms. Other items suggested items: oyster shells, magnolia seed pods, or pine cones. I will be asking for 1 person from each club and then an additional 9 so that each person will be making just one wreath. The tables will be set up just like last year with pictures of where they will be placed and a zip-tie to put on the top. Page 4 of 12
WACGC Dollie Marshall, The Williamsburg Garden Club dollie.marshall@gmail.com The following clubs will be responsible for providing arrangements for the entrance table at Hospice House: September - Williamsburg Garden Club October - Berkeley Garden Club. If you have any questions, contact Dollie Marshall, dollie.marshall@gmail.com, 229-2049. VFGC TIDEWATER DISTRICT PRESIDENT Glenda Knowles, Berkeley and Colonial Heritage Garden Clubs ggknowles@cox.net, 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, ggknowles@cox.net, 757-651-0401, or Patsy Cameron, pecameron@cox.net, 757-575-2155. We expect this event to be a sell-out!!! So, order your tickets NOW. Fall Tidewater District Meeting October 30, 2017. Please join us at the Greenbrier Country Club, 1301 Volvo Drive, Chesapeake, VA. for our annual fall general meeting. We are thrilled that Carmen Hegge-Kleiser, Ford s Colony Garden Club, will present her program All The Presidents White House Gardens. Carmen presented this program previously to the WACGC and it has become a program in demand! Carmen based the program on Marta McDowell s book and the book will be won by a lucky attendee. Since this is a business and luncheon meeting, reservations should be sent to the TD Registrar. Please contact Glenda Knowles, ggknowles@cox.net for a registration form. Attendance at district meetings is a great way to find out what garden clubs around the area are up to and to meet other like minded folks. Vendors will be available for attendees to shop for garden-related items or a personal item. ALL garden club members are invited. If your club is not a member of the VFGC, no worries - guests are welcome! Page 5 of 12
VFGC TIDEWATER DISTRICT CALENDAR CHAIRMAN Betty Smith, Toano Garden Club smiffy19@verizon.net, 757-566-2376 The 2018 Vision of Beauty Calendars will be here soon. As in the past, they feature full-page color photos of designs of different types, and the price remains at $6.00 each. I am encouraging each member of garden clubs to purchase at least one calendar. The photos will be helpful in coming up with designs for your own arrangements. The calendars make wonderful gifts for friends and family members. Where else can you purchase such a gift for under $10? The 2018 calendars will be on sale at each Tidewater District and WACGC Board and General meetings. Anyone wanting to place an advance order can contact me by email (smiffy19@verizon.net) or phone call (757-566-2376). WILLIAMSBURG BOTANICAL GARDEN - OPPORTUNITY TO ARRANGE PROGRAMS Joanne Sheffield josheffie@yahoo.com, 301-983-1785 At the end of this year, I will be giving up the Program Chair position for the Williamsburg Botanical Garden. The Garden definitely needs someone willing to take this over. Additionally, that person has the option of serving on the Board. Program Chair responsibilities include: Arranging for speakers for the Adult Learn and Grow Educational Series--one a month January - November on the 3 rd Saturday of the month. Being there (Interpretive Center-9:15a) to greet and answer questions from the attendees, having the handouts available, and assisting the speaker as needed--other volunteers can help you. If the Chairman of the Board is not available, you will be the person to announce WBG happenings and introduce the speaker. Seeing that the speaker gets a $50.00 honorarium and writing a follow-up note of thanks. There are a few additional miscellaneous duties which we can go into if you think you would be willing to take on this project. I would work with you to get 2018 set up. Please let me know if you think you would be interested in this position. Thank you for considering the opportunity! Page 6 of 12
58 th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS HOMES TOUR Christina Berry, Green Spring Garden Club Publicity christinaberry715@gmail.com 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. Advance ticket order forms will be ready for download in September. 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. WACGC 2017 Calendar See the following pages of 2017 events. Page 7 of 12
Notes September 2017 Williamsburg Area Council of Garden Clubs Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. 1 2 - Williamsburg 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 BOARD MTG - Williamsburg 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 - Williamsburg NEWSLETTER submissions due ARBOR DAY COMMITTEE MEETING 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Williamsburg GENERAL MEETING - Williamsburg Garden Club WACGC DUES due from each Club by end of September Board and General Meetings begin with coffee at 9:30a; meeting at 10:00a. See Newsletter for location. See Newsletter for event details. Page 8 of 12
Notes. October 2017 Williamsburg Area Council of Garden Clubs Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Berkeley 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Berkeley 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Berkeley NEWSLETTER submissions due 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Berkeley 29 30 31 Berkeley VFGC TIDEWATER DISTRICT MEETING RSVP required See Newsletter for event details. Page 9 of 12
Notes. November 2017 Williamsburg Area Council of Garden Clubs Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NEWSLETTER submissions due ARBOR DAY COMMITTEE MEETING 26 27 28 29 30 WILLIAMSBURG WREATH PROGRAM See Newsletter for event details. Page 10 of 12
Notes. December 2017 Williamsburg Area Council of Garden Clubs Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 58 th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TOUR OF HOMES 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NEWSLETTER submissions due 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 See Newsletter for event details. Page 11 of 12
SAVE THE DATE 2018! January 12, 2018 January 17, 2018 January 25, 2018 February 21, 2018 March 9, 2018 April 11, 2018 April 19, 2018 May 11, 2018 May 24, 2018 WACGC Board Meeting Arbor Day Committee Meeting WACGC General Meeting hosted by Berkeley GC Arbor Day Committee Meeting Arbor Day Reception, Legacy Hall Arbor Day Committee Meeting Wrap-up VFGC Tidewater District Fashion and Flowers, Colonial Heritage Ballroom WACGC Board Meeting WACGC General Meeting Hosted by Brandon Woods GC Page 12 of 12