“People enjoy daffodils and we want to enhance their enjoyment,” said Peggy Bowditch, founder of the Gloucester Daffodil Club, when asked why this club was organized. Enhancing they certainly have done by planting thousands of daffodil bulbs throughout the county. Members are also big supporters of the Gloucester Daffodil Festival and Gloucester Daffodil Show.
The club was organized in 2018 with 30 members. Today’s membership roster lists 127 supporters from Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex, Northern Neck, Richmond and Williamsburg. In their first year there was a little planting of daffodil bulbs. In 2019 their planting program took a big step forward. Today 300,000 orange, yellow, pink, and white cheerful daffodils will soon be blanketing the landscape in Gloucester.
The club has also reached out to youth and adults teaching them how to show and grow daffodils. Added to their teaching program is a certified judges’ school for those who wish to qualify to judge daffodils. Seventeen have...