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VOL. 29 NO. 14 n APRIL 8 - APRIL 14, 2020

A P U B L I C AT I O N O F T H E C H A R L O T T E S V I L L E A R E A A S S O C I AT I O N O F R E A LT O R S ®

A PUBLICATION OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Charlottesville, Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, Orange, Augusta

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706 LANDOVER RD, LOUISA CO $579,900

Bev Nash

434-981-5560

• Over 5,600 sf of total living space • 5 en-suite bedrooms with huge closets • 1.5 acres of lawns and trees on a cul de sac road • 2 car attached garage plus a 3 bay detached garage • Custom home with laminate, ceramic and carpeted floors • Amazing storage areas in the finished attic and basement

288 Roni Ln

Dan Corbin

$292,000

434-531-6155

• One Level Living - Split Floor Plan • 1797 sq ft 3 bed/2 ba Better Than New • New Appliances, HVAC, Fresh Paint, No HOA • 5 acres, Fenced, Large Shed, Whole House Gen • 9 mi to I-64, 5 min to Town of Louisa, MLS 601323

Cabin on the Tye

$327,000

$360,000

Ruth Guss

FLUVANNA COUNTY

434-960-0414

• 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths • 1,730 Fin. Sq. Ft. 19 +/- Acres • Open & ready to be fenced for animals • Quality brick home with “good bones” needs cosmetic TLC • Brick, detached 2 car garage with electric opener • In-ground pool, just needs a new liner • MLS #594708

$235,000

1286 Maple View Dr

Candice van der Linde 434-981-8730 • 2 story willow lake townhouse • Fully finished walk out basement including kitchenette! • 3 bed 3.5 baths • Gorgeous Mountain Views!

$360,000

Fluvanna County

133 BLUE RIDGE DR

$424,900

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Shannon G. Hudson 540.661.2083 • Classic home in a classy neighborhood • 5 bedrooms w/3 masters, 4.5 baths • Landscaped w/brick courtyard & fountain • Partial basement w/1 car garage • Sunroom, FP, built in bookshelves 7102 Blackwells Hollow Rd

Pat Burns

• 3 bedrooms • 3 full baths • Massive decking • Beautiful stone fireplace • Mountain Views • Over 5 acres • 3248 SF • REDUCED! $440,000

$329,000

MLS 589947

434-465-4444

901 Rougemont Ave

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• Log Home on 29 acres near Crabtree Falls • 2 bedroom, 2 bath, Fireplace, Furnished • 400+ ft. on the Beautiful Tye River • Perfect Full Time, Weekend or Vacation Rental Home • Call agent about MLS 595601 Enjoy Nelson Co.!

434.985.0021 410 West Main Street Charlottesville, VA 22902 Downtown

Lori Click

434-326-7593

• 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 1,730 Fin. Sq. Ft. • 19 +/- Acres, open & ready to be fenced for animals • Quality brick home with “good bones” • Needs cosmetic TLC • Brick, detached 2 car garage with electric opener • In-ground pool, just needs a new liner MLS #594708

Candice van der Linde 434-981-8730 • Belmont 2 bedroom 1 bath • Completely remodeled home • Fenced yard, one level living. • Hardwood & tile floors • Must see! MLS#600090

434.974.1500 943 Glenwood Station Ln Suite 203 Charlottesville VA 22901

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21-23 Years Kim Armstrong Rives Bailey Tim Carson Anita Dunbar Karen Kehoe Percy Montague, IV Trish Owens Pat Sury Pat Widhalm Arleen Yobs

CAAR Celebrates 2019 Annual Awards & REALTOR® Hall of Fame Recipients

Local Real Estate Related News

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62 REALTORS® Inducted into the 2019 CAAR Professional Honor Society The Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS® (CAAR) announced the induction of 62 REALTORS® into the 2018 class of the CAAR Professional Honor Society during a ceremony on Thursday, March 12 at the Hillsdale Conference Center. This prestigious accolade has been a long-standing award program at the state level and was instituted by CAAR in 1996 to recognize standards of industry excellence. A total of 192 REALTORS® have reached this pinnacle achievement in the local program’s history. The 2019 class marks the 24th year for six CAAR members and the first year for four members. The selection process for each year relies on four core areas: association involvement, professional development, leadership and volunteer participation, and success in either production of sales or ability as a managing Broker. Congratulations to the following members: 1 - 4 Years | * First Year Quinton Beckham Emily Dooley Erin Garcia S. Lisa Herndon Julie Holbrook Geoff Hoover* Barbara Kelley Jason Kirby* Amanda LeMon Katelyn Mancini

Sabina Martin Jodi Mills Sarah Monceaux* Brentney Moore Tom Pace Errin Searcy Kristin Sorokti* Amanda Spigone Wes Sury Josh White 5 Years Rachel Burns Mary Katherine King Georgia Lindsey Jessica Russo Keith Smith Kristin Streed 6-9 Years Anne Burroughs Debbie Cash Dan Conquest Jack Crocker Pam Dent Tele Jenifer John Seidler Yonna Smith Tom Woolfolk 10 Years Tara Savage 11-14 Years Kelly Ceppa Brad Conner Sasha Farmer Denise Ramey John Updike 15 Years Kathy Markwood 16-19 Years Byrd Abbott Pat Crabtree

The Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS® (CAAR) has announced the recipients of its annual awards and REALTOR® Hall of Fame for 2019. The awards were presented on Thursday, March 12 at the Hillsdale Conference Center.

(Left to Right) Quinton Beckham, Zenas Choi, Kristin Sorokti, and Errin Searcy

The Affiliate of the Year recognizes a CAAR affiliate member who goes the extra step to help further the goals and objectives of the Association, CAAR members, their clients, and the community at large. The 2019 award recipient was Zenas Choi of Towe Insurance Services. The Rising Star of the Year award recognizes a REALTOR® member who has held an active salesperson’s license for 18 consecutive months or less and balances sales volume and education with CAAR events and civic duties. The 2019 award recipient was Kristin Sorokti of Story House Real Estate. The Sales Associate of the Year recognizes a REALTOR® who is a top sales producer, active in the Association and the community, and continues to improve his or her skills by engaging in continuing education courses and the achievement of professional designa-

{Left to Right} Percy Montague, IV, Robin Amato, Judy Savage

tions. The 2019 award recipient was Errin Searcy of Story House Real Estate. The REALTOR® of the Year honors a member who has participated in the REALTOR® Associations at the local, state and national levels. Involvement in civic and community organizations is necessary, as is a high level of education and a dedication to the profession. The 2019 award recipient was Quinton Beckham of Keller Williams Alliance – Charlottesville. To conclude the awards ceremony, CAAR inducted three members to the CAAR REALTOR® Hall of Fame, the highest career honor. These REALTORS® have made significant, outstanding, and exceptional contributions to the local, state, and national Associations, and have served for a combined 120 years. Recipients included: Robin T. Amato of Real Estate III Commercial Properties, Percy Montague, IV of Montague, Miller & Co., and Judy Savage of Keller Williams Alliance – Charlottesville. The 2019 Professional Honor Society & Awards Breakfast was sponsored by Hal Johnson of Guaranteed Rate. Photography provided by Tod Cohen Photography. About CAAR – The Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS® serves more than 1,300 real estate professionals and affiliate members throughout the City of Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, and Nelson. Widely recognized as the leading voice for real estate in Central Virginia since 1925, CAAR members bring professionalism and high ethical standards to every business transaction. The Association advocates for the protection of private property rights and provides tools and technology for members to achieve expertise in serving the needs of customers and clients. The CAAR membership is committed to enriching the region’s neighborhoods by engaging in a variety of educational programs as well as community service events each year.

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LEPARC TERRACE

Wonderful, bright townhome in excellent condition. Great neighborhood, close to tennis, golf, walking trails and playground at Penn Park. Cheerful, white kitchen opened to the great room which features a wood burning fireplace and built-in bookcases. French doors open onto the rear terrace and courtyard. Master suite has vaulted ceilings and skylights. Convenient to downtown, 29 North and Uva. $235,000

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Two story, stately brick home in North Downtown. In immaculate condition. Set on a quiet street and an easy walk to downtown. Features include; hardwood floors, recently updated kitchen, sunroom and full unfinished basement. Gracious living room with masonry fireplace and built-in bookcases. Terrific backyard with small detached garage/ storage shed. $675,000

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80+ acres of rolling Piedmont countryside with 2 extraordinary custom 3 bedroom homes surrounded by expansive yard, stone walls, and rolling fields. World-class barn converted into office/man cave with fireplace, tall ceilings, oak interior and loads of charm. Meticulously restored 1754 log cabin, Blue Ridge Mountain views, total priLA FOURCHE vacy and long frontage on the Mechum Significant historic gem in heart of Keswick with a River. Ideal family compound or retreat. lovingly restored & updated c. 1788 main house with Convenient to mountain trout stream, attached tavern, 12 dependencies & party barn on 4 Charlottesville, shopping, schools and 3425 Loch Brae Ln | Charlottesville 760 GolfofView Dr | Crozet acres. Views the historic Southwest Mountains. UVA. MLS#601958 $4,650,000 Steve Minutes to Charlottesville & UVA. MLS#587033 McLean, 434.981.1863 Country home on 7 acres with mountain views. Great Room Incredible value in Old Trail. Light filled, energy efficient $2,150,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250 with vaulted ceilings, first floor master, reclaimed heart pine Peak Construction home w/mountain views. Charm and floors, new country kitchen and 2 fireplaces. Additional quality finishes throughout- shiplap, extensive trimwork, quartz, marble and granite! Master suite & finished basement. carport will house your RV and boat. Private setting. $650,000 | montaguemiller.com/mls=597845 Laurel Smith | 808.280.6431

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RAGGED MOUNTAIN FARM

Just west of Charlottesville, near Ivy, is this beautiful 92-acre home on elevated site with spectacular panoramic views of mountains, fields, and forest. This property is one of three preservation tracts of Ragged Mountain Farms. MLS#595833 $2,475,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

LOCUST HILL

A winning combination of history, a charming residence with guest cottage, and a premier location in Ivy! The circa 1766 cabin was the birthplace of the explorer Meriwether Lewis.Many historic architectural details. Privately sited on 2.34 acres MLS#600869 $1,495,000 C. Dammann, 434.981.1250

2401 Southside Dr | North Garden South Fork Farms 15 minutes south on Rt 29. Large Colonial on 4.32 acres. 4 BR, 2.5 BA. Hardwood floors throughout the first floor, large kitchen w/breakfast nook, family room with fireplace, dining room & formal LR.

$411,950 | montaguemiller.com/mls=598376 Doug Burke | 434.951.7122

BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN VIEWS

248-acre Albemarle County property convenient to Charlottesville. Gently rolling land with streams, pasture,woods, and immense privacy. Numerous building sites with charming, c. 1860, 3-bedroom 2-bath farmhouse. MLS#584740 $1,850,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.186

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84 Birch Way | Barboursville

222 Old Lynchburg Rd | Charlottesville

Charming home in Forest Lakes community! This home features an extensive open yard, large family room with fireplace, & cabinet-lined kitchen. Second level offers 4 bedrooms including a large master suite.

Renovated 4 BR home in spatial Preddy Creek. No HOA fee, but a very will maintained subdivision with pride of ownership. New roof, carpet, paint & granite counters. granite counters upgrades. Large private back yard.

Attractive cape-cod style home in a great location in Fry’s Spring. 4 BR, 2 BA home with off street parking. Excellent proximity to UVA. Walkable to shops, restaurants, Fry’s Spring Beach Club and Wegmans.

$335,000 | montaguemiller.com/mls=59771 New Leaf Team | 434.260.8980

INGLECRESS

Designed by Shank & Gray Architects, this beautifully built and well-maintained home is a delight to see. First floor master bedroom with bath. Second level contains 4 additional bedrooms and 2 full baths in sought-after, close-to-town location. MLS#581994 $965,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

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WALNUT HILLS

HISTORICAL Georgian Revival mansion built c.1878 by Gov. James Kemper on 373 splendid acres, offering guest cottage and a complement of farm buildings. Long frontage on Rapidan River. MLS#574009 $3,900,000 Will Faulconer, 434.987.9455 Visit: www.WalnutHillsVa.com

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QUAKER GLEN FARM

701 magnificent acres at the base of Doubletop Mountain. Featuring 20 acres in apple orchards, perfect for a first-class vineyard. Convenient to Camp Hoover, Shenandoah National Park, and many fabulous hiking trails. MLS#588709 $2,795,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

EDNAM Quality-built, spacious home priced to sell below tax assessment value!!! 3-level brick home, 5 bedrooms, 4 full baths, including main level master 2448suite. Abington Dr distance | Charlottesville 300 Riverbend Dr | Charlottesville 1701 3rd St | Waynesboro Walking of renovated BOARS HEAD RESORT. This This Brick Front Townhome is walking distance to Great light filled 2nd floor corner condo in Riverbend. One Story Cape Cod Style 2 BR home with relaxing traditional residence features hardwood Hollymead Town Center. Beautiful LIGHT-FILLED The “Potomac” model features a unique flowing floor covered front porch. This charming home features large floors, 3-FPs, large rooms, attached 2with 2-car garage attached. Kitchen has an ISLAND & plan with 2 large master suites, each with en suite full bedrooms, ample sized closets, and a nice sized Kitchencar garage, large covered front porch breakfast nook. OPEN CONCEPT LIVING on first floor. bath. Community Pool, Fitness Center and Clubhouse. Dining combo area. Convenient location for commuting. INGLECRESS as well as terrace-level porch across Tucked on a private 4+ acre beautifully wooded, width of home. THIS HOME $215,000 | montaguemiller.com/mls=595698 $275,000entire | montaguemiller.com/MLS=598702 $120,000 | montaguemiller.com/mls=598714 secluded lot minutes west of town is this stunning Jay REPRESENTS AN EXCELLENT Carol Costanzo | 434.962.1419 Trish Owens | 434.825.5393 Kyle Olson | 540.649.4131 Dalgliesh designed 3-BR, 4-BA home. Exceptional INVESTMENT VALUE and a construction, comfortable spaces complete with quality residence!!! MLS#591365 MONTAGUEMILLER.COM | 800.793.5393 | Serving Central Virginia for over seven decades. wonderful details, 3 FP, decks, and screened porch. $785,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076 MLS#600218 $945,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863 CHARLOTTESVILLE | AMHERST | MADISON | CULPEPER | ORANGE

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3859 PRESIDENTS ROAD

$325,000

NOW $269,900

INDIAN RIDGE DRIVE

This is the VIEW LOT that you are looking for. Sweeping Blue Ridge views for miles. 5 acres open, remaining 8+ acres in woods. Well in place. Bring your builder or architect. 15 minutes to Hollymead Town Center. MLS#590233 $399,000 Tim Michel, 434.960.1124

Bev Nash

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GLENMORE

133 BLUE RIDGE DR

MEADOWBROOK HILLS

4-bedroom Colonial in the heart of Charlottesville, convenient to UVA & Downtown, beautifully upgraded & renovated! Features a traditional floor plan with 3,000 finished square feet over 3 levels. An outstanding offering not to be missed! MLS#589158 $650,000 Will Faulconer, 434.987.9455

Ruth Guss

• Renovated 3 bedroom, 2 bath, home • One level luxury living • 1350+/- sf on 1.4 acres • Vaulted ceilings, ceramic tile floors • New kitchen and bathrooms • Rear deck, high end appliances

ALBEMARLE COUNTY

434-960-0414

0.75 acre lot on a quiet cut-de-sac near lovely Lake Lochen. With extensive wrap around frontage, the shape and topography of this premier lot allow for the utmost flexibility in design, size and siting. MLS#599250 $269,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

$424,900

BLANDEMAR FARM ESTATES

25.4 acres with varying topography and amazing rock outcroppings. Unique design opportunities to create a stunning residence with magnificent views. Convenient to Charlottesville and UVA. Fiber optic available. MLS#593358 $554,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

#COMINGSOON IN TURT 2 UNITS AVAILAB

• 4 Bedroom, 3 Full Baths, 3,300+ Sq. Ft. • Beautiful Solid Oak Floors on Main Level • Granite Counter Tops & Stainless Appliances • New Master Bath with Tiled Shower • Side Screen Porch, Circular Paved Driveway • Stone Robinson Elementary School District

$262,000

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COMING SOON IN LAKE REYNOVIA YELLOW MOUNTAIN

Perfect combination of open fields and woodland, with expansive, long-range views of the Blue Ridge Mtn. from several homesites on this 75+ acre estate parcel. Property shares a common border with Mint Spring Park. Minutes to Charlottesville & UVA. MLS#587056 $975,000 C. Dammann, 434.981.1250

Shannon G. Hudson

540.661.2083

2 BED 2 BATH W/SOL • Classic home in a classy neighborhood • 5 bedrooms w/3 masters, 4.5 baths • Landscaped w/brick courtyard & fountain • Partial basement w/1 car garage • Sunroom, FP, built in bookshelves

117-3: $170,000 102-3: 7102 Blackwells Hollow Rd MLS 589947 $163,000 EDNAM FOREST

Wonderfully large 1.5+ acre building lot in Ednam Forest. Build your dream home on this elevated, wooded lot located in a single family community, minutes from UVA and within walking distance to Boar’s Head Resort. MLS#598537 $289,500 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

COMING S

NEW CONSTRUCTION

Dan Corbin

434-531-6155

• New 3 Bd, 2 Ba, One Level, 1550 sq ft • Beautiful Cul de sac location, Wooded View • No HOA, Well & Septic = No Water Bills • Many Upgrades, 2 Car Garage, Quality Local Builder • Fluvanna Co, Near Schools, Hi Speed Internet • Still time to pick colors. Ready Feb 2020 • MLS 598132

Cabin on the Tye

Candice van der Linde 434-981-8730

• 3 bed 2 full bath one level single family home. • Screened porch addition for year round enjoyment. • Private yard. • Split bedroom design with gleaming hardwoods & tons of natural light. • Large garage w workshop space & Extended driveway • Offered at $347k

$327,000 TILMAN ROAD

Lovely mature 2-acre parcel of land in the Meriwether Lewis Elementary School District. Wonderful views with privacy in beautiful rural setting. Great location just minutes west of Charlottesville and UVA. MLS#585959 $249,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

Dan Corbin

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WILMINGTON ROAD

944 acres along the lower Chickahominy River, with 8 miles of shoreline, The property consists of marsh, farmland,woods, and cypress swamp and is managed for waterfowl, deer, turkey and dove. Features 3 BR brick dwelling. MLS#1912243 $4,475,000 Philip Reed, 804.833.8325 www.churchpointfarm.com

Lori Click • • • • • •

Located 1 mile east of Wilmington and surrounded 434.985.0021 by large farms are 2 attractive wooded building lots. 410 West Great opportunityMain to buildStreet your dream home as lots have no restrictions. level lots are 10 Charlottesville,These VA nearly 22902 minutes to Palmyra and yet have rural charm and Downtown appeal. Steve McLean 434.981.1863

434-326-7593

3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 1,730 Fin. Sq. Ft. 19 +/- Acres, open & ready to be fenced for animals Quality brick home with “good bones” Needs cosmetic TLC Brick, detached 2 car garage with electric opener In-ground pool, just needs a new liner MLS #594708

RIVER LAWN

Delightful combination of wood and pasture land overlooking the James River. Surrounded by larger estates and farms in a quiet and beautiful part of southern Albemarle County. Under easement with the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. MLS#569753 $745,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

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3 bedrooms 3 full baths Massive decking Beautiful stone fireplace Mountain Views Over 5 acres 3248 SF $465,000

434-465-4444

MLS# 598510 MILL ROAD TURTLE CREEK MATTHEW

11.12 acres, ideal tract for development into smaller lots as was done by neighboring property, Oxford Hills. Zoned R-1. County has indicated lots of 10,000 square feet possible. Public water available. MLS#598558 $400,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

Candice van der Linde 434-981-8730 • • • • • •

2 UNITS AVAILABLE 2 Bed 2 Bath w/Solarium Superiorly well maintained Tenants until Spring 2020 Keep as an investment or owner occupy May work out a deal for cash buyers obtaining both units • 117-3: $170,000 - 102-3: $163,000!

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$360,000CHURCH POINT Fluvanna FARMCounty

Pat Burns

Superiorly well maintained Tenants until Spring 2020 EXCEPTIONAL LARGE ACREAGE 2 wonderful estate parcels in coveted Ragged Moun434.974.1500 tain Farm.Option Excellent building complete privacy, tosites,keep as an investment 943 Glenwood Station Ln beautiful Blue Ridge Mountain views. Murray/Henley/Western AlbemarleSuite school districts. 203 May work out84.79 a acres: deal for cash bu MLS#563174 $995,000; 100.22 acres: MLS#563171 Charlottesville VA 22901 $1,100,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863 both units

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“T

he beautiful spring came, and when nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.” – Harriet Ann Jacobs So here it is Spring 2020. Hard times come and hard times go, and Historic Garden Week, an annual rite of spring, isn’t happening this year, but the season’s beauty defies cancellation, lifting the spirits, and making grown men and women want to dig in the dirt. Look out the window—that’s not a livestream, those are real live flowers blooming. “When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy,” as the 19th century poet Minnie Aumonier put it—or when society is temporarily ill-advised—“there is always the garden.” Virginia’s garden clubs have been celebrating spring’s new birth and making it even lovelier for over a century now. “I’d always tended to think of garden clubs as an excuse for idle well-to-do women to socialize,” says one avid local gardener. “But I was wrong. Members were serious hands-on gardeners, and believed deeply in the importance of gardens to society in the new post-agrarian United States.” They banded together in 1920 to found the Garden Club of Virginia; they hosted a flower festival in 1927, that raised $7,000 to restore original trees at Monticello; and at a luncheon in May of 1928 to raise funds for the restoration of Fredericksburg’s historic Kenmore Plantation, they dreamed up an even bigger idea: Historic Garden Week. Dubbed “America’s Largest Open House,” 29 tours showcase Virginia’s most picturesque gardens and private homes. Hosted by 47 member Clubs and 3,400 volunteers, it’s the largest volunteer effort in the Commonwealth, and has raised more than $17 million for the preservation of public gardens since it was first held in 1929. Preservation projects are currently underway at numerous locations across the state, including Monticello, Montpelier, Poplar Forest, Mount Vernon, and the Pavilion Gardens at the University of Virginia. Nearly 50 projects have been completed to date. Let’s look at some of the Garden Club of Virginia’s local affiliates.

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Albemarle Garden Club “A group of passionate gardeners and conservationists located in Albemarle County,” Albemarle Garden Club is the oldest garden Club in the area, having been established in 1913, and is arguably the most historic. In 1927, Club member Mrs. William R. Massie established a medal to be awarded annually to a Club or Club member “accomplishing the most outstanding work in the protection, restoration or preservation of the natural beauties of our Commonwealth.” Its Regional Summer Flower Show at Farmington that same year was a precursor to Historic Garden Week. Today the Club counts as its goals stimulating the knowledge and love of gardening; restoring, improving and protecting the environment through programs and action in the fields of conservation, civic improvement and education; protecting native trees, wild

flowers, and birds; encouraging conservation of natural resources; promoting civic planting and encouraging roadside beautification; and aiding in the restoration and preservation of historic gardens in Virginia. Every autumn for the last 60 years the Club has offered the Nellie Hough Memorial Gardening Course, named in memory of the member whose idea it was in 1940. Open to the public, the course runs for six weeks and covers such topics as trees, shrubs, flowers, native plants, landscape design, pest management, and horticulture. Each class is held at a different location, usually in a garden, and features an expert speaker. Albemarle Garden Club also organizes the biannual Design Forum, which brings in nationally acclaimed landscape designers and authors. Past speakers have included interior designers Charlotte Moss and Bunny Williams, and architectural historian Richard Guy Wilson. Proceeds from both events fund local civic projects.

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For Rivanna Garden Club president Martha Wertz, an art major in college, gardens are “amazing artistic creations.” Though she lives in a Charlottesville condo, Wertz speaks fondly of the delphinium, foxglove, and bleeding hearts in her flower garden in Maine, where she spends the summers. “I have an oldfashioned climbing rose that’s probably 30 years old. We have Joe Pye weed in the later summer that always has scores of monarch butterflies on it.” “I have learned so much about plants and gardens and gardens as creative things from being in a garden Club,” Wertz says. “Rivanna is a very diverse Club, with excellent horticulturalists, excellent artistic arrangers, and passionate conservationists. Our official Club flower is the lilac. One of our members maintains an historic collection of lilacs that goes back to our founding in 1922.” Since the 1930s Rivanna Garden Club has held a Christmas bazaar on the first Saturday in December. “We decorate and make wreaths, homemade desserts, soups and casseroles, and high-end artistic things and raise money through that,” Wertz explains. “Then we turn around and give that money away through proposals from area non-profits. The money we raise in December goes directly back into the community.” The Club awards annual scholarships to Nature Camp, a co-ed summer camp specializing in natural history and environmental science education, and to ARC, which holds natural history day camps. With Albemarle County’s approval and assistance, it has designed, planted, and maintained a “bio filter” (rainwater retention basin) in Claudius Crozet Park in Crozet. Members also participated in the Albemarle County Riverbank Project, which planted three thousand trees on the banks of the Rivanna River.

Dogwood Garden Club Eileen deCamp is a Piedmont Master Gardener, a Rivanna Master Naturalist, and President of Dogwood Garden Club. While it counts on 20 current members,

Members were serious hands-on gardeners, and believed deeply in the importance of gardens to society in the new post-agrarian United States. patients. We provide arrangements for one of the UVA Pavilions for Historic Garden Week. I would like to do more in the community, but that will come as we grow our Club.” Meanwhile, Dogwood Garden Club is reviving a half-forgotten annual custom. “Every year at our May luncheon we bring May Baskets to decorate our tables, and then we take the flower baskets to a local senior living home. Last year I took them to English Meadows in Crozet and they were so happy to receive them and placed them on the tables in the dining room! Wouldn’t it be nice to bring back the tradition of May Baskets?”

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Organized in 1949, the Charlottesville Garden Club has four mission goals: to restore historic gardens and landscapes, to conserve Virginia’s natural resources, to inspire a love of gardening, and to educate its members and the general public. Charlottesville Garden Club members have helped plant gardens at Penn Park, the Daughters of Zion cemetery, Blue Ridge Juvenile Detention, the McIntire Botanical Garden, and in a plot alongside Route 29 South. This February at Mon-

ticello it ceremoniously planted three sugar maples. The Club also provides financial support for ARC, the Daughters of Zion Cemetery, and Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry. One historic property that has benefitted from the Garden Club of Virginia’s conservation and restoration efforts is the Club’s original meeting place, Morven, just up the road from Monticello and Ash-Lawn. Thomas Jefferson once owned the 7,379-acre estate and referred to it as “Indian Camp,” for its proximity to a Native American settlement. In 1813 Jefferson deeded the land to David Higginbotham, a local merchant, who engaged regional architect Martin Thacker to design and build a three-story brick manor house in the late-Georgian/Federal Style. Samuel and Josephine Marshall bought Morven in 1906 and expanded the Main House with a two-story addition by Baltimore architect Howard Sill. It was at Morven that Josephine and eight other women formed the Albemarle Garden Club for “the study and culture of flowers.” Landscape architect Annette Hoyt Flanders restored its formal and cutting

gardens in 1930, adding entrance gates, 9 brick detailing, and slate seats, and making designs to plant shrubs, perennials, and annuals in a palette of purple, blue, pink, white, and yellow. The late John Kluge donated Morven to the University of Virginia Foundation in 2001. Kluge expanded the gardens, which today include tulips, pansies, phlox, lilacs, viburnum and deutzia, a dove tree, a pair of Osage orange trees, and a Chinese chestnut. Another longtime beneficiary of Garden Club tender loving care and expertise is UVA’s Morea Garden and Arboretum on Sprigg Lane, off Emmet Street just north of Alumni Hall. Jefferson’s choice for UVA’s first professor of natural history, John Patten Emmet, built Morea’s historic Federal-period home in 1830. Albemarle Garden Club planted its arboretum, which in addition to mulberry trees to feed silkworms, now includes hollies, native Virginia plants, plus Kentucky coffee trees, Osage orange trees, and a champion linden, in 1963. And now it’s 2020, which means that this May the Garden Club of Virginia will celebrate a century of service. “I think that the Club is as relevant today as it was 100 years ago,” Wertz says. “Our members work, we have different lifestyles than women did then, but I think that the opportunity to gather and be committed to something and work together is if anything more valuable in today’s world. Especially at this very difficult time, gardens are a reminder that the natural world is a solace. Growing things are a huge solace.”

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DGC dates back to 1960 when participation was an easier matter. “Garden Clubs are having a hard time right now as members age and are no longer able to attend meetings and younger folks have jobs and children and can’t make meetings during the day,” deCamp says. “I think many garden Clubs are taking a look at how they can bring in new members by having evening meetings sometimes, or meeting on weekends.” In this moment unprecedented in living history, when meetings of all sorts are suspended, DGC members are staying in touch through emails and phone calls. “Today was Flower Friday,” deCamp says, “and we have been sharing photos of what’s blooming in our gardens along with a favorite springtime quote!” Since her election as President in May 2019, deCamp says, her focus has been on growing the Club, “so we have a larger membership to help with volunteer projects. I am working on getting to know members and bringing us together with fun field trips but still with a focus on design.” “We are proud that we were able to honor our military last Memorial Day. As you drive up to Monticello, you can see our Blue Star Memorial Marker in front of the entrance to Monticello Memory Gardens across from Michie Tavern. We are very proud of that and so thankful to our military members!” “As far as community service goes, we help with the tuition for a local student to attend Nature Camp every year. We provide flowers in the month of March every year to UVA Hospital so their volunteers can make up bouquets for

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