On September 25, US National Arboretum director Dr. Tom Elias thanked National Capital Area Garden Clubs members for their various work at the Arboretum in the past year (above l with NCA President Rilla Crane and Secretary Lorraine Leonard) and presented a certificate of appreciation to former NCA President Dale Defeo (above r).
Garden-landscape designer Renny Martin, founder of Everbloom, Inc. in Northern Virginia, discussed the design and installation of a Tuscan pergola and a cascade of 9 waterfalls on the Vienna estate of best-selling author David Baldacci and his wife Michelle. Martin is a proponent of leaf mulch mixed into clay soils and a strong opponent of wood or woodbark mulching. Martin writes a weekly column for the Sun Gazette Newspapers.
Also featured at the meeting were a bird-of-paradise arrangement by Charmane Truesdale and a presentation on xeriscaping by Candace Campbell of Great Falls Garden Club (above). The display (below) on the NCA's historic work at the Arboretum's Fern Valley native plant collection was previewed before it goes to the Central Atlantic Region conference, October 26-28, in Wilmington DE. [Right click on photos for larger views.]
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