Working Hand in Hand With Nature...
...For the Community
The Hill & Valley Garden Club promotes gardening among amateurs to include arranging, culture, and study of flowers; protecting native trees, wildflowers, and birds; and encouraging conservation of our natural resources.
...For the Environment
The Hill & Valley Garden Club's Environmental mission is to review local environmental problems, their possible solutions, promote environmental awareness and to advocate sound environmental stewardship.
...For Education
The Hill & Valley Garden Club is an Educational introduction to the art and science of gardening by encouraging creativity and leadership skills through an awareness of the environment and its people.
FALL IS A GREAT TIME TO PLANT SPRING BLOOMING BULBS!
The Hill & Valley Garden Club will be selling 'top-sized' bulbs - daffodil, tulip, crocus, etc., and Native Plants at the Luray United Methodist Church's
Arts & Crafts Sale, November 2, 2024 from 10-2 pm.
The funds raised from this Fall Bulb Sale will go towards the Environmental Scholarships which the Club gives to
Page County HS Seniors each year.
Photo above - Preparations for the Bulb Sale at Luray Caverns. below - All ready for the sale at the Caverns.
Announcements
You Are Invited!
If you would like to join the Hill & Valley Garden Club please contact:
Katie Sokol, our president, if you would like to attend a meeting or receive more info.
hillandvalleygardenclub@gmail.com
Members - for October and November, 2024:
Saturday - 12th October
Plant Sale - Luray Caverns 10-4 pm. We'll have a table near the Shenandoah Heritage Village at the Caverns.
Bagged Bulbs and Native Plants will be for sale to passersby.
Thursday - 7th November
Program - Herbariums by Isabel Graves
Bring your pressed dried collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data.
Here is a link to some beautiful Herbariums at the Kew, some that will "inspire" you to the beauty of collecting.
https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/herbarium
Arrangement - "Seeding to Harvest" - Designer's Choice. Use Canned Foods as part of the design.
Refreshments - Adelheid - Snacks, Will - Drinks.
*** The Annual Holiday Luncheon, December 10th, will be held at the American Legion in Luray.
Garden Lover's Day for 2025, Saturday, May 17th, 10-4 pm . Hope to see you there!
If you are interested in obtaining an Environmental Scholarship from the Hill and Valley Garden Club,
please click on the button below.
2024 Scholarship Recipients Alexis Kibler and Sophia Williams
Hill & Valley Scholarship Program
We recently completed another successful year awarding two $500 scholarships to Luray High School and Page County High School
graduating seniors. This year we had multiple applicants from both schools to choose from.
The Page County HS recipient was Alexis Kibler, who will be pursuing a career in Wildlife Biology at Laurel Ridge Community College.
Sophia Williams, from Luray High School, will be studying Urban Planning at the University of Pittsburgh.
Many thanks to Inez Myers who has chaired the scholarship program since 2018.
Julie Edmonds assisted with attending a school career day to help spread the word about the program. She also presented the Luray High School award on June 4th, and member Delynda Hendricks presented the Page County award the following night.
Sophia Williams, Luray High School Senior, receiving her Scholarship from Julie Edmonds.
Wonderful thank you notes from Sophia and Alexis.