Color splash (3/13/2024) - Everywhere you look, winter is being wiped off the map. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Star magnolias in full bloom at Providence, Cobbs Creek; sent by Jim McKinnon. Quince… …
Interpret art through flowers for Daffodil Festival (3/13/2024) - Anyone interested in interpreting art through flowers is invited to take part in the annual Art and Flowers event sponsored by the Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews. This show… …
Grow gourds for fun projects (3/13/2024) - Jim and I were reminiscing last week about old friends we haven’t seen for years. One couple lived on his grandmother’s lovely old farm in Piedmont North Carolina. Phyllis had… …
Senior safety (3/13/2024) - Deputy Bill Adams, left, of the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office gave a talk on senior safety to members of the York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons on… …
Master Naturalists (3/13/2024) - Middle Peninsula Chapter, Virginia Master Naturalists, graduated 25 new members in its fourth training class on March 9 at Beaverdam Park. The Virginia Master Naturalist Program is a statewide corps… …
Early arrivals (3/6/2024) - Yards and roadsides everywhere are starting to show their beautiful daffodils. They dominate this week’s flower page. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Daffodil “Ice Follies” sent by Cheryl Battle,… …
Prickles, spines, and thorns, Oh My! (3/6/2024) - There are a lot of plants in the countryside that can hurt you. You can get tangled up in a patch of greenbrier or blackberry and swear you will never… …
English judge among those taking part in Gloucester show (3/6/2024) - Judges from all over the East Coast and beyond will be in Gloucester this spring to judge the annual Gloucester Daffodil Show, to be held on Saturday and Sunday, April… …
Washington’s Birthday luncheon (3/6/2024) - The Augustine Warner Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution attended the Regents’ Club of Richmond’s 76th annual George Washington Birthday Luncheon on Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Meadowbrook Country Club,… …
DAR program (3/6/2024) - Gay Pfister, a member of the Cricket Hill Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, presented a program on the Peace Corps at the Feb. 16 DAR meeting at Kingston Parish… …
Can’t deny it (2/28/2024) - Signs of spring are everywhere. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. A myrtle warbler, a newcomer, visited Larry Sherertz’s feeder at Hayes. Cheryl Battle of Bavon was waiting with her… …
Is it safe to plant on the septic field? (2/28/2024) - A recent question from a new friend who has purchased a home on the Middle Peninsula drew me back to 2015 when I wrote a column about the types of… …
King’s Daughters (2/28/2024) - The Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons celebrated its 27th birthday on Thursday in the fellowship hall of New Point Friends Church. Sandy Pace, International President of… …
Winter Waterfowl Count (2/28/2024) - The first weekend in February saw bird counts across the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck as part of the annual Winter Waterfowl Count. The Gloucester team counted 7,387 individual birds… …
Five Rivers Woman’s Club (2/21/2024) - Dr. Wesley Wilson was the guest speaker at the Five Rivers Woman’s Club’s luncheon meeting Monday at Bethlehem United Methodist Church, Bena. Wilson spoke of the early history of the… …
State parks to reopen campgrounds March 4 (2/21/2024) - Virginia State Parks, including Machicomoco State Park in Hayes, will reopen campgrounds for the season on Monday, March 4. Campsites, which have been closed since Dec. 4, are now available… …
Bread for Life donation (2/21/2024) - The Abingdon Ruritan Club collects different food item donations at each monthly meeting. This month’s meeting highlighted food staples and dry goods. Abingdon Ruritans collected and delivered 202 pounds of… …
Gold rush begins (2/21/2024) - We are delighted to see early daffodils coming into bloom to complement beautiful flowers in other colors. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Joseph Hyland from Gloucester sends a photo… …
Daffodil Show photo contest inspired by Broadway shows (2/21/2024) - The photography division of this year’s Gloucester Daffodil Show, to be held on April 6 and 7 at Newington Baptist Church during the Gloucester Daffodil Festival, will feature photographs inspired… …
Springtime garden safety reminders (2/21/2024) - Every spring, I try to include a column on working safely in the garden. After a long winter of sitting on the couch, we are ready to rush out and… …
Close to spring? (2/14/2024) - Sweet smelling Daphne, photographed by Cheryl Battle of Bavon; Linda Dalgety of Port Haywood said, “Surely, springtime is coming” after photographing the first crocuses of the year; and four camellias… …
Is a nativar still a native? (2/14/2024) - Sue Keys, my friend at the Gazette-Journal, texted me last week with a gardening question: “Is a native cultivar still a native? Am looking at ‘Sunny Boulevard’ St. John’s Wort… …
Daffodil workshop offered on April 4 at Brent and Becky’s (2/14/2024) - The Gloucester Daffodil Club is sponsoring a free hands-on workshop for people who want to hone their daffodil exhibitor skills. It will be held from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, April… …
Bay Aging receives grants aimed at reducing homelessness (2/14/2024) - Bay Aging has received two grants totaling $325,823 from the Virginia Housing Trust Fund to support rapid rehousing ($60,000) and to provide permanent supportive housing at scattered sites on the… …
It’s all good (2/7/2024) - Signs of spring are emerging on warm days; and still, we enjoy the flowers of winter. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Honeybee on daffodil, snapped by Cheryl Battle of… …