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Spring 2012 Trip
Friday April 13 – Saturday April 14, 2012
Our spring 2012 trip will combine gardens, history and education, with travel to the estate country of Middleburg, Virginia, and the Shenandoah Valley of Winchester.
After departing Annapolis on Friday morning, our first stop will be the gardens of Oak Hill Farm in Aldie, Virginia, President James Monroe’s 1,2000-acre ancestral
estate, now the residence of Gayle and Tom DeLashmutt. Many thanks to Karen Rexrode, who works in the gardens, for facilitating our visit. You can read about Oak Hill
at www.virginialiving.com/articles/hallowed-ground/
Next it’s on to the Glen Burnie Gardens and the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, where we’ll enjoy a family-style lunch buffet followed by a guided tour of the six-acre
gardens. Our visit will include enough time for strolling the gardens on our own and exploring the museum.
www.shenandoahmuseum.org/index.php
Our overnight accommodations are at Holiday Inn Historic Gateway in Winchester, the newest full-service hotel in the area, built in late 2008. It includes a
restaurant on site (where we will receive a 10% dinner discount), and also is within walking distance of other restaurants.
Following a breakfast buffet on Saturday morning, we’ll take a five-minute bus ride to the campus of Shenandoah Valley University for the full-day conference,
“Tomorrow’s Landscapes: More Birds, Butterflies and Bees for YOUR Garden.” Speakers are:
• Dr. Douglas Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home
• Vincent Simeone, shrub and tree expert and manager of Planting Fields Arboretum on Long Island
• Jeff Lowenfels, garden columnist and author of Teaming with Microbes
• Jim McCormac, birding and wildlife authority and author of Wild Ohio
• Janet Davis, owner of a native perennials nursery in Rappahanock County
• Stephen Orr, author of Tomorrow’s Garden and garden editor of Martha Stewart Living magazine
These experts will provide valuable advice on ways to increase birds and butterflies in our yards with plant choices suited to mid-Atlantic climate and soils,
and encourage responsible stewardship of our shared spaces through the reduction of lawn areas and pesticide use, and the increased use of native plants. Select
books, tools and native plants will be available for purchase.
Following the conference we’ll return directly to Annapolis, arriving at approximately 7:30 pm.
Sign-up form, cost and more details will appear in the November newsletter. Sign-up will be at the December 7 meeting. In the meantime, if you have questions or
comments please contact Nancy Carter, zncarter@atlanticbb.net, 410-778-7370.
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