Carol Edward's on Roses

Carol Edward, Vice President of Capitol Hill Garden Club has a wonderful review of roses in this area. You can find it on the Capitol Hill blogspot.

District Director Visits Tanta-Cove Garden Club

Fort Washington, MD, February 1, 2012: What a fabulous meeting the Tanta-Cove Garden Club held at the home of a club member! I was so thrilled to be included!

The program given by Landscape Designer, Cheryl Corson on Rain Gardens was extremely informative and she was a very energetic and fun speaker. She highly recommended the publication Rain Gardens Across Maryland! She also suggested a website to help determine which plants to include in a garden for attracting butterflies - remember they need plant hosts for the eggs as well as a food source and animals prefer multiples of the same plants!

As a even bigger bonus, the Tanta-Cove Garden Club held a Flower Show as well in different rooms of the hostess' house. The designs and horticulture were really inspiring! Here are just a few pictures of the many exhibits.












--Danielle Brabazon, District Director

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.


For more information on moss check out the Natural History Society of Maryland.