Our Olde Dominion Holiday
December 3, 2011: Forty-five District I members and guests took a holiday tour of Virginia. We started with a buffet dinner at historic Hanover Tavern with extra time to enjoy their holiday festival. We then had a magical early bird tour of the GardenFest of Lights at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Richmond followed by a "tacky lights" tour of Richmond residences decorated for the holiday.
Most of us boarded the bus in Cheverly:
After we settled in, Santa Claus sent us on our way:
HANOVER TAVERN
Across the road was Hanover County Courthouse, the oldest courthouse still in use in the United States. It was the site where Patrick Henry argued against The Parson's Cause.
LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN
TACKY LIGHTS TOUR
Ankeney Feted at Franklin's Fundraiser
Hyattsville, MD, November 8, 2011: District I members participated in the annual eat, drink and shop fundraiser at Franklin's Restaurant, Brewery & General Store. District I board members held a meeting before lunch, The board accepted the resignation of David Healy as Director and the appointment of Danielle Brabazon as Director and David Healy as Treasurer.
On behalf of the Prince George's County Beautification Committee, Charmane Truesdell (r below) presented this year's Golden Trowel Award to Ted and Arleen Ankeney.
Arbor House Sale Coupon
For sale discount, click on coupon, print a copy and take the copy to Arbor House.
NCA GARDEN CLUBS CELEBRATES 60th BIRTHDAY
Alexandria VA, September 27, 2011: District I presented corsages to the past presidents and elected officers of National Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc., at the organization's 60th birthday party. Thank you to members of Cheverly Garden Club who fashioned the corsages.
Among the past presidents were (from left): Libbey Coffey 1995-97, Anne Bucher 1991-93, Marion Caldwell 1989-91 and Helen Reed 1983-85: 
--photos by Mary Cottrell.
Moss for Beginner at Woodward Garden Club
September 21, 2011: Linda Davis presented a program on Moss for Beginners to the Woodmoor Garden Club. Davis and her husband Charlies have inventoried mosses and liverworts for the National Park Service at Great Falls Park in Virginia and at Piscataway and Fort Washington Parks in Maryland. Her presentation involved a demonstration on reproduction of mosses, a microscope viewing to observe moss uptake of water and valuable information about this great groundcover.
Woodmoor Garden Club Plants at Decatur House
September 18, 2011: Seven members of the Woodmoor Garden Club redesigned a flower bed at Decatur House on Lafayette Square in downtown Washington, DC. Woodmoor President Betsy Scroggs arranged this project with Butch Winters, a Woodmoor neighbor and Facilities Manager for Decatur House. Two focal bushes, a fall-blooming Camelia and a Pieris japonica 'Variegata', were planted along with 55 hostas of different varieties, sensitive fern and Christmas fern, Chrysogonum virginianum, and spring-flowering bulbs (scilla, hyacinth and crocus).
--Danielle Brabazon
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