Jubilant June (6/17/2026) - For our July 2 issue, we ask our readers to send us red, white and blue flowers and other scenes for this page. Please send them to editor@gazettejournal.net. A young… …
Daredevil hummingbirds (6/17/2026) - Of all the summer visitors to the front garden, my favorites are the ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) that flit from tree to feeder, performing breathtaking aerobatics with perfect precision like… …
Tick-borne diseases on the rise in this area (6/17/2026) - For the past decade or so, the health department has seen a slight increase in reported tick-borne diseases. According to Brenden Rivenbark, District Director of Three Rivers Health District, this… …
Garden Club of Gloucester, Mathews holds 98th annual meeting (6/17/2026) - The Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews held its 98th annual meeting on June 3 at the home of Brownie Bartley. This year’s outgoing president, Lynne Manning, and many of… …Summery scenes (6/10/2026) - The cast of characters and activities is slowly but surely changing with the seasons. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Heuchera in the afternoon sun and allium, sent by Alexander… …
Why are my arborvitae turning brown? (6/10/2026) - A recent phone call from a Gloucester resident sent Tree Stewards Bonnie Bernard, Chris Conley, and me on a quest to discover why a professional installation of 22 arborvitae resulted… …
Garden Club closes out successful year (6/10/2026) - The Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews Board of Directors met for one last time to close out the fiscal year and prepare for new initiatives in the coming years.… …June colors (6/3/2026) - Lilies and daylilies enter the world of flowers in June. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Rare broken color daylily from the garden of Bill DuPaul in Ware Neck. VA… …
Barnett-McCrory (6/3/2026) - Alda and Lawrence Barnett of Cobbs Creek, announce the engagement of their daughter, Betsy Hudson Barnett, to Cody Levon McCrory, son of Greg McCrory. Betsy graduated from Mathews High School… …Caring for azaleas and rhododendrons (6/3/2026) - When they are planted in the right spot with the right amount of sunlight, in the right soil with the right pH and the right drainage, and pruned the right… …
Marvin and Jean Brown longtime members of York River Circle (6/3/2026) - Marvin and Jean Brown of Gloucester, both 96, have been members of the York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons for most of their married life, and they… …
Daffodil Show winners named (6/3/2026) - The Gloucester Daffodil Show and American Daffodil Society Mid-Atlantic Regional Show was held on March 28 and 29 at Newington Baptist Church on Main Street in Gloucester. It is a… …Memorial; nature breaks out (5/27/2026) - Memorial Day is locally observed publicly and privately; among the plants and animals, everything is growing. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Shirley Lavin of Cobbs Creek photographed a monarch… …
Spring drought; and a rose regrows (5/27/2026) - Some weeks I feel as though I have nothing positive to say in the “Gardening Corner.” For example, last week I saw online a map of Virginia displaying the number… …
Wreath laying ceremonies (5/27/2026) - To mark Memorial Day, members of the Cricket Hill Mathews Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution placed wreaths at two locations in Mathews. DAR members laid wreaths on… …
UDC Memorial Day (5/27/2026) - Members of Captain Sally Tompkins United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter 2626 placed a wreath on Captain Sally’s grave as its Memorial Day observance. Tompkins, a Confederate nurse, is buried… …
Supporting Knott Alone (5/27/2026) - Susan Jenkins, treasurer of the Five Rivers Woman’s Club, presents a check to Dan Knott, founder of Knott Alone, in the amount of $1,064 from funds raised at the club’s… …Master Naturalists signup underway for its next basic training class (5/27/2026) - The Middle Peninsula Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists is now accepting applications for its next basic training class. Virginia Master Naturalists are volunteer educators, citizen scientists, and stewards helping… …
Beauty (5/20/2026) - They show us birds, flowers, a fox, a turtle, and the beauty of a clear morning. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Joni Close of Susan called this visitor a… …
NSDAR luncheon (5/20/2026) - Members of the Cricket Hill National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, recently had their end-of-the-year luncheon at Southwind Pizza, Mathews. Among those in attendance were, in front from left,… …What causes oak tree decline? (5/20/2026) - Approximately 27 species of oak trees grow in Virginia; most are classified as either white oaks or red oaks. Some of us learned in Scouts to identify an oak by… …
Educators invited to take part in Dragon Run DREAM program (5/20/2026) - Does kayaking on a quiet meandering river through a Bald Cypress swamp sound like a great way to earn continuing education credits or professional development points? If it does, then… …
Birds, bees, flowers…and a snail. (5/13/2026) - Mother Nature is present wherever we turn. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Honeybee gathers pollen from kale blooms; from Cheryl Battle, Bavon. A male Eastern kingbird defends his territory… …Mrs. Cottontail enjoys winecups (5/13/2026) - No, not that kind of winecup; this bunny lady discovered my bed of pretty Callirhoe involucrata, commonly called winecup or purple poppy mallow, and she has feasted on the them… …
Bloomin’ beautiful (5/7/2026) - Everywhere you turn is a celebration of life. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Lunaria money plant, sent by Betty Ackerson. Camassia, photographed by Cheryl Battle, Bavon. Frances Blackburn’s red… …