Katherine Knopf, (center, Roanoke Valley GC), Common Wealth Award Chairman, with Tricia McDaniel (President), Rappahannock Valley GC, recipient club of the 2013 Common Wealth Award and Elizabeth Reed (President), The Princess Anne GC, Common Wealth Award 2nd place winner
The 2013 Common Wealth Awards were presented at the Board of Governors Meeting in October. It was our pleasure to grant two awards this year. The first-place award was given to the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club for its project at the Chatham Manor Garden, a historic home and garden in Stafford County. The award will be used to restore and maintain the formal gardens designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman in the early 1920s and to repair statuary.
The second-place award was given to the Princess Anne Garden Club for its project at First Landing State Park, which is located in Virginia Beach. The award will be used to maintain the native plant landscape and to update exhibits in the park’s Trail Center.
