Gardening--Societies, etc.

Scope and Contents One 1947-1992 scrapbook containing clippings, photographs, correspondence, programs, certificates, and awards from the Ballentine Place Garden Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbook documents the organization's activities and includes materials that show the club's involvement with the Norfolk Botanical Garden, participation in the International Azalea Festival, and certifies its membership in the Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs. Additionally, the scrapbook shows the Garden Club's...

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Two 1990s-2010s scrapbooks of the Capeview Garden Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks include photographs, correspondence, and memorabilia of the club's activities, including volunteer work for Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia.

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Yearbooks, correspondence, photographs, certificates, and clippings from the East Ocean View Garden Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The two yearbooks cover 1970-1971 and 1987-1988. Several items in the collection relate to the club's support for the Tidewater Association for Retarded Children, particularly the Pre-School Training Center.

Scope and Contents Papers relating to the Fred Heutte Center in Ghent Square, Fred Heutte Foundation, Garden Clubs of Greater Hampton Roads, and Norfolk Botanical Gardens. The papers include gardening articles and transcripts of radio broadcasts, along with correspondence relating to the publication of Fred Heutte's 1977 book Gardening in the Temperate Zone. Organizational records include agendas, minutes, budget statements, correspondence, and notes. These papers were...

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Photographs, booklets, handbooks, awards, yearbooks, and other materials relating to the Ghent Garden Club in Ghent, Norfolk, Virginia from 1986-2013. The three scrapbooks, consisting primarily of photographs, cover 1986-2002 and include candid shots of group members, business meetings, luncheons, club auctions, floral arrangements, guest speakers, field trips, and holiday celebrations. The remaining records range from 1996-2002 and 2009-2013.

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Two 1950s to early 1960s scrapbooks from the Greenhill Farms Garden Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks contain magazine and newspaper clippings, yearbooks, photographs, exhibitor cards, membership lists, and other materials relating to the club's activities and events.

Scope and Contents Records of the Norfolk Botanical Garden's history, facilities, daily operations, exhibits, gardens, plants, and various events from 1937-2015. Included are correspondence files, reports, ledgers, publications, news clippings, and photographs. Operations documentation includes internal correspondence, finances, and various committee records. The daily operations and income ledgers date from 1965-1993, with a gap from 1987-1988. Publications in the collection include ...

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164 issues of the "Norfolk Botanical Garden Society Bulletin" monthly newsletter between 1971-1993.

The "Norfolk Botanical Garden Society Bulletin" newsletter ran from 1963-1997 and features articles relevant to gardening tips, advice for seasonal changes to plants, insects, and climate particular to the Hampton Roads region.

Newsletters contain listings of officers and directors of the Norfolk Botanical Garden Society as well as calendars of events.

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Two 1959-1961 scrapbooks from the Tidewater District Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs. Also known as The Federation of Garden Clubs of Norfolk & Vicinity, Inc., the scrapbooks include an alphabetical collection of pages from local garden clubs in the Hampton Roads region. Each page is unique, consisting of paintings, drawings, magazine clippings, newspaper clippings, poems, yearly summation of activities, lists of officers and members, mottos, and poems.