Glenna Moyers Graves was awarded the Massie Medal for Distinguished Achievement on May 16, 2018, at the 98th Garden Club of Virginia Annual Meeting, hosted by the Garden Study Club in Martinsville. Glenna, a member of the Spotswood Garden Club since 1975, joined full of enthusiasm and with a creative flair that has only increased over the past 43 years. From 2000 to 2008 she was GCV’s Daffodil Chairman. Those were the days when she and her committee had the arduous task of sorting and assembling hundreds of bulbs according to each club’s daffodil order. After serving as daffodil chairman she was a director at large from 2008-2010. Glenna’s extensive gardens include native plants, a large variety of flowering plants and her award-winning daffodil collections. Glenna generously shares not only her plants with others, but more importantly she shares her knowledge of horticulture. Throughout her membership in the GCV, she has willingly assisted clubs with growing and showing daffodils, guided Daffodil Show host clubs, and advised with the art of arranging and judging. Her work within the community has consisted of planting gardens for Camp Still Meadows, work at Edith J. Carrier Arboretum and the preservation of historic gardens at Fort Harrison. These are just a few of her philanthropic pursuits which she shares with her husband, Wes. Glenna has selflessly inspired others through horticultural education within the Garden Club of Virginia, the American Daffodil Society and the Washington Daffodil Society. In 2016, she won Best in Show at the World Daffodil Show. She has done all of this and yet remains generous and patient as she continues to mentor others.
