Perennials are springing up! (3/20/2024) - We didn’t have a terrible winter of heavy snow and freezing temperatures, but then, we rarely do. We had enough winter, though, of cold, dark days, high winds, and heavy… …
Historic Garden Week returns April 20-27 (3/20/2024) - The owners of nearly 170 of Virginia’s most beautiful private properties will open their front doors and garden gates to raise funds to restore and preserve the state’s public gardens,… …
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… …