In bloom (4/29/2026) - Iris, azalea and more have brought the beauty of spring. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Bearded iris sent by Cheryl Battle of Bavon. “Great year for Iris,” said Janet… …A safe haven for bees (4/29/2026) - In the August 27, 2015 Gardening Corner I wrote: … “with the beginning of autumn comes a new set of garden chores. Cleaning out spent flowers and vegetables makes room… …
Cricket Hill DAR (4/29/2026) - Vivian Carpenter, member of Comte De Grasse Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Yorktown, recently was accepted into Cricket Hill National Society Daughters of the American Revolution as… …
Finalizing plans (4/29/2026) - The Mathews Historic House Tour & Garden Party Committee met recently to finalize plans for the Sunday, May 17 event to be held at Providence Manor. The fundraiser, which is… …
Mosquito control topic of woman’s club talk (4/29/2026) - Retired Environmental Protection Agency attorney Marged Harris, a member of the Gloucester Woman’s Club, recently gave a talk to club members on the programs and problems involved with mosquito control.… …How does your garden grow? (4/22/2026) - We would like to know the answer. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Six black swallowtail butterflies spent the winter on Terri Malonson’s porch. Here is one. Azaleas, sent by… …
Earth Day 2026 (4/22/2026) - Wednesday, April 22, 2026 was Earth Day. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, an early environmentalist, who with a few others, envisioned an annual “Earth Day” as a nationwide “teach-in” on… …
Bird and wildlife survey (4/22/2026) - Members of the Middle Peninsula Bird Club and the Middle Peninsula Master Naturalist Chapter visited Brent and Becky’s Bulbs in Gloucester on April 16 to conduct a bird and wildlife… …
Birth announcement (4/22/2026) - Rebecca and James Hudgins of Mathews, announce the birth of a daughter on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, in Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News. She has been named Catrina Grace… …
Mathews Woman’s Club (4/22/2026) - Members of the Mathews County Woman’s Club, meeting on April 13, spent the day making decoupage oyster shells under the guidance of Virginia Coyle from the Bay School Community Arts… …
Child abuse awareness (4/22/2026) - Mathews County Resources Council, meeting on Thursday, April 16, heard a presentation by Three Rivers Healthy Families on the important of Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention. April is National Child… …Glorious (4/15/2026) - Everything looks more beautiful in the fresh light of spring. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Linda Tjossem of Hayes photographed this robin with nest building materials. Yellow crowned night… …
Little Seed Library encourages support of local pollinators (4/15/2026) - Gloucester Bee City Committee and Middle Peninsula Master Naturalists have teamed up to encourage the support of local pollinators with the installation of a Little Seed Library in the Gloucester… …Irrigating during dry periods (4/15/2026) - “Does every plant require one inch of water each week?” asked a visitor to the Gloucester Master Gardeners’ booth at the Daffodil Festival. That is a good question, because care… …
Daffodil Club members win awards (4/15/2026) - Gloucester Daffodil Club members brought home a number of awards from the annual Virginia Daffodil Society Show, held at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond over the weekend of March… …Life in bloom (4/8/2026) - Pollinators, birds, bunnies, flowers, all popping into view, along with the pollen! Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. A northern gannet on the Piankatank River on April 1, probably on… …
Springtime anxiety: What survived the winter? (4/8/2026) - Every year, the first warm days of spring cause me great anxiety. I don’t know what I am going to discover under the piles of leaves and dead foliage, and… …
Pound Cake Contest returns to May Faire; new category (4/8/2026) - The annual Pound Cake Contest is part of May Faire again in 2026. The two-day May Faire festival, sponsored by the Mathews Museum, is on Saturday, May 2 and Sunday,… …
Gloucester gets a Southern Living shoutout (4/8/2026) - Gloucester County and its Main Street are featured in an online posting from Southern Living magazine, dated March 26. The post states that “Spring transforms Gloucester, Virginia into a lively,… …
Operation Christmas Child (4/8/2026) - Members of the Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons wrapped 45 boxes for Operation Christmas Child at their meeting on March 26. Boxes were taken to Amy… …
Spring has sprung (4/1/2026) - And it’s in everything we see. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Sunrise in Remlik, submitted by Nina Gresham. One-year-old Emory Smith hands a daffodil to her grandmother, Kim Smith… …
The days of voles and roses (4/1/2026) - On March 8, a fellow Master Gardener, Beve Hermanson, posted a photo on Facebook of a large rose bush lying on its side in a wheelbarrow with its network of… …
Providence to be open for Historic House Tour on May 17 (4/1/2026) - The Mathews County Historical Society will hold a Historic House Tour and Garden Party from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, at Providence, a stately Georgian mansion that overlooks the… …
In bloom (3/25/2026) - Thank you for filling our space with daffodils this week, and for keeping this column alive for six years now; it’s the only good thing we know that came out… …Heavenly scented littleleaf linden (3/25/2026) - On Saturday, I spent time outside in the garden. Birds were singing, daffodils were blooming, and some of the flowering shrubs were showing the tips of baby-green leaves. I watched… …