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… …
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… …
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… …Course leads to ecotour guide certification (3/25/2026) - A seven-week course is offered for this region by the Northern Neck Planning District Commission to become a Virginia Certified Ecotour Guide. It was announced by Virginia is for Outdoor… …
Quilts at show (3/25/2026) - Members of Bay Quilters Guild of Mathews exhibited 15 quilts at the recent 2026 Mancuo Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton. Their works mirrored the show’s theme, “Let Freedom Ring,” in… …
Animals, and imagination (3/25/2026) - Steve Angell of Gloucester sent a photo of a yearling fawn by his bird feeder. Could it be a…cat on Bethel Beach in Onemo? David McElroy took the photo. Bob… …
Colorful (3/25/2026) - Ester Hyman poses with the cat Bishop and a basket of daffodils from Richard Hicks’s “Aeolus Farm” on the North River. She is at St. James Anglican Church on Abingdon… …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… …
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… …
DAR meeting (3/18/2026) - Members of the Augustine Warner Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution heard a Biblical storytelling program at its March meeting on Saturday. Penelope Ferguson told the group the… …Registration open for Virginia Birding Classic (3/18/2026) - Registration has opened for the third annual Virginia Birding Classic, in which teams search Virginia’s public lands for as many bird species as possible in a 24-hour period. The statewide… …
Donation of quilts (3/18/2026) - Members of the Bay Quilters Guild of Mathews donated 28 wheelchair quilts this month to residents at Riverside Rehabilitation Center in Mathews. From left, retired teacher Carol Fary, retired florist… …
Twig girdlers, twig pruners (3/18/2026) - Jim and I have spent hours this winter picking up dead twigs and branches that have blown down during the frequent high winds. While I was outside piling up more… …
Abina-Nolte (3/18/2026) - Rhiannon Arlene Nolte and Rafael John Abina were married at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, in the parish hall of Abingdon Episcopal Church, White Marsh. David Nolte, father of… …
Special request (3/18/2026) - We would like to flood this space with daffodils in our March 26 issue, in honor of the Gloucester Daffodil Festival and the sixth anniversary of this photo feature. Please… …
Central Village Homemakers (3/11/2026) - Jean Howard from CA and J Farm was speaker for the March meeting of the Central Village Homemakers. She gave a history of her farm located at Foster which is… …Companion planting with herbs (3/11/2026) - Now that we have entered the second week of March and Daylight Saving Time, I have begun to think about getting back to work in the garden. It is a… …
Gloucester Daffodil Show returns March 28-29 (3/11/2026) - The 2026 Gloucester Daffodil Show will be held from 2-5 p.m. on Saturday, March 28, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 29, during the annual Gloucester Daffodil Festival.… …They’re back! (3/11/2026) - Daffodils and birds seem to know that spring is near. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Emily Sadler of Dixie Knoll Farm, Cobbs Creek, welcomes the fresh-blooming daffodils. Rebecca Slater… …
Spring garden tours at Brent and Becky’s (3/4/2026) - Brent and Becky’s Bulbs, 7900 Daffodil Lane, Gloucester, is open for spring garden tours on the following dates from 1-3 p.m.: Saturday, March 14; Wednesday, March 18; Saturday, March 21;… …
‘Kids’ Flower Design Workshop’ to be held during Daffodil Festival (3/4/2026) - The Garden Club of Gloucester and Mathews will host its annual “Kids’ Flower Design Workshop” during the Gloucester Daffodil Festival on Saturday, March 28. The creative event is held at… …Widows group to meet Tuesday (3/4/2026) - The Widows Ministry of Gloucester and Mathews County will hold its membership meeting at noon Tuesday at Tabernacle of Faith Church, 7028 Woodsville Road (Route 1306), Hayes. The speaker will… …
King’s Daughters (3/4/2026) - The Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons met last Thursday. Diane Garrison, representing the Mattaponi Healing Eagle Clinic, was the guest speaker. Circle members brought in items… …
River Country Quilters (3/4/2026) - The River Country Quilters Guild of Gloucester celebrated its 20-year anniversary last month and honored its charter members. The current president, Miriam Sawtschenko, and other guild board members organized the… …Branch dieback on a mature rhododendron (3/4/2026) - Meteorological spring has arrived, and we are enjoying a few warming days, although winter isn’t over and may yet surprise us with a few snowflakes. Early March is when Jim… …