Annual Meeting

ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULE

Tuesday, May 10 (Board Day)

1:00 Board meeting, Hotel Roanoke
6:00 Board dinner at the Ellis home

(A list of restaurants within walking distance of hotel will be provided for early arrivals.)

Wednesday, May 11

9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Registration
10 a.m. Optional Activities (Taubman, O. Winston Link, Farmers Market
1 p.m. Lunch and tour at the Virginia Museum of Transportation
2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Business Meeting
6:00 p.m. Cocktails (cash bar) followed by Awards Banquet

Thursday, May 12

Breakfast on your own
9:30 a.m. Conclusion of Business Meeting and Restoration talk by GCV Landscape Architect
12 p.m. Box lunch to go, provided by Mill Mountain Garden Club

Horticulture Display -

Plant this, not that

For our GCV Annual Meeting we are focusing on good garden practices that encouage the growth cycle of our native birds and butterflies. Many of you may know that our native birds are in decline because of loss of native habitat for the specific caterpillars that feed our young birds. Non native plants do not offer breeding ground for any native butterflies, and 97% of our birds require insects-not seeds-to feed their young. Therefore we are asking each club to bring in a cutting or small plant that is native and attracts butterfies-there are more out there than you may realize. In addition, please bring in a picture of a non-native landscape plant that may be replaced by your specimen in a backyard landscape. The display will be titled "Plant this, not that!" All of your data will be compiled and published on the new horticulture page on the GCV website.

These websites may help identify native plants:

Native Plants for Conservation, Restoration, and Landscaping -

"When planning projects utilizing native plant species, you can start with this list for information on which plants grow in each of the three major regions of Virginia. These three regions include: the Coastal Plain, from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Fall Line in the west; the Piedmont, from the Fall Line in the east to the Blue Ridge Mountains in the west; and the Mountains, including the Blue Ridge Mountain, the Ridge and Valley, and the Appalachian Plateau Provinces."

information from Virginia.Gov