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Gardening--Virginia

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Ursula Fairfax Harrison Baird Gardening Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2014.079
Scope and Contents

Gardening notebook of Ursula Fairfax Harrison Baird, wife of Charles L. Baird.  Notes are mostly a record of the names (often specific varieties), amount ordered, prices and vendors of the flowers and seeds ordered.  A few letters from gardening supply outlets are inserted in the notebook, along with loose handwritten notes by Ursula Baird.

Dates: 1925-1935

Berkeley Garden Club Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1999.07A
Scope and Contents

Six scrapbooks of the Berkeley Garden Club.

Dates: 1970-1996

Birchwood Estates Garden Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1995.30
Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks, 1960-1990, of the Birchwood Estates Garden Club in Williamsburg, Va. Contains minutes, announcements of programs, photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence and cartoons.

Dates: 1960-1990

Garden and Tenant Memorandum Book

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01133
Scope and Contents

A memorandum book with "articles to be observed by tenants," "Acct of Meal for 1763," "Days Lost" (sick), accounts and a list of flowers. Tenant may be William Edloe. Location is probably Virginia.

Dates: 1763

Green Spring Garden Club, Inc., Records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2002.10
Scope and Contents

Annual scrapbooks, garden and home tour brochures and schedules, membership lists, slides and a few business records of the Green Spring Garden Club, Inc., located in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1956-2010

Queens Lake Garden Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2011.654
Scope and Contents

Contains twelve scrapbooks created by the Queens Lake Garden Club (1954-2011) detailing events and publicity related to the club. Included in the scrapbooks are newsclippings, photographs, announcements of programs, minutes, and other material.

Dates: 1963-2011; Majority of material found within 1980-1999

Series 12: Scrapbook, 2013-2013 , 2012-2013

 Series — Box 13: Series id72893; Series id308173
Scope and Contents

Bound scrapbook for Green Spring Garden Club, Inc. 2012-2013, includes photos of the Executive Board, monthly meetings, and newspaper clippings showcasing the club's seasonal activities. Acc. 2019.136

Dates: 2012-2013

Skipwith Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 Sk3
Scope and Contents The collection contains, business papers, correspondence, accounts and the farm notes of Sir Peyton Skipwith of Mecklenburg Co., Va., son Humberstone Skipwith and Humberstone Skipwith's wives and children, especially Fulwar Skipwith. Papers are primarily business in nature and reflect the management of "Prestwould." Papers also concern the development of Lady Skipwith's library, the education of Fulwar Skipwith and his brother Grey Skipwith. Manuscript volumes concern farm...
Dates: 1760-1977

Toano Garden Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2012.116
Scope and Contents

This collection contains scrapbooks, minutes, clippings, and other material concerning the Toano Garden Club of Toano, Virginia. The bulk of the material consists of scrapbooks created to highlight news about the Toano Garden Club, as well as highlight various events held by the organization throughout the year.

Dates: circa 1960-2000

Virginia Cities Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.4 V82ci
Scope and Contents

Artificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Dates: 1663-1980

Williamsburg Garden Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 93 W67
Scope and Contents

Papers 1920-1974. Chiefly records of the Williamsburg Garden Club including reports from committees and chairmen, reports of other Garden Club presidents, minutes from the Williamsburg Garden Club,  Club years books, minutes and register from the Garden Club of Virginia, Garden Week records, various other Club records. Also included are club notebooks, scrapbooks, and a publication.

Dates: 1920-2000; Majority of material found in 1932-1980