DAR Good Citizen Award (5/10/2023) - Cricket Hill Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution War presented Mathews High School Senior Sarah Ashbaugh its 2023 Good Citizen Award. Shown here from left are Mathews High School counselor… …Woman’s Club gets photo tips at meeting (5/10/2023) - Wendy Byrns, Senior Product Manager at Canon Virginia, was the guest speaker at Monday’s meeting of the Mathews County Woman’s Club. The Newport News Canon headquarters is the largest service… …
Flora galore (5/3/2023) - There’s nothing like spring for bringing beauty in every shade. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Clara Barnhardt of Saluda sends a photo of her azaleas. Lilies of the valley… …
Spiderwort—love it or dig it up? (5/3/2023) - After nine years of writing the “Gardening Corner,” I inevitably find myself repeating certain topics, sometimes by design, like hydrangea pruning, and others by accident because I have forgotten to… …
Home again (5/3/2023) - Larry Sherertz of Hayes keeps an eye on his bird neighborhood. He said that a fledgling eagle interrupted an osprey pair in building its nest, but that the eagle has… …
King’s Daughters raffle (5/3/2023) - The Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons will be selling raffle tickets for a Mother’s Day and Father’s Day baskets during Mathews May Faire on Saturday. Shown… …Spring beauty sampler (4/26/2023) - We are receiving more photos of beautiful flora and fauna than we can find space for, but please continue sending your pictures to editor@gazettejournal.net. Next week is coming. Laura Smith… …
Every day is Earth Day (4/26/2023) - As I sit at my computer on this Earth Day, April 22, 2023, I am reminiscing about earlier Earth Days, when it seemed to me that everyone in the United… …
Too many eagles? Smaller broods point to no vacancy along bay (4/26/2023) - Bald eagles are conservation darlings. Once lurching toward extinction, eagles flew off the endangered species list as the number of mating pairs nationwide soared from a low of a few… …Every shape and color (4/19/2023) - The blooming season is fully upon us. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Butterfly on azaleas, submitted by Karen Borja of Gloucester. John Hassell of Washington, D.C., formerly of Gloucester,… …
Native plants for the novice (4/19/2023) - This week’s “Gardening Corner” won’t appeal to everyone. It is aimed at two specific groups: Gardeners who aren’t sure they want to grow natives, but who want to give it… …Gloucester club members win ribbons in 2 Northern Va. shows (4/19/2023) - Members of the Gloucester Daffodil Club finished the daffodil exhibition season with yet more ribbons in two shows—the Washington Daffodil Society Show in Alexandria and the Upperville Garden Club Show… …
Gloucester Daffodil Show largest ever with 1,227 entries (4/12/2023) - The Gloucester Daffodil Show, which was held at Newington Baptist Church on April 1-2 in conjunction with the Gloucester Daffodil Festival, had 85 horticultural exhibitors with 1,227 entries totaling 2,228… …Spring unfolds (4/12/2023) - Beauty is everywhere you turn. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Cheryl Battle of Bavon has late daffodils in bloom. Yoshino cherry at Airville Plantation, sent by Lawrence Cohen. Bleeding… …
Children’s flower workshop (4/12/2023) - The inclement weather on what was to have been the first day of the Daffodil Festival didn’t dampen the spirits of the children taking part in the Garden Club of… …Splendor (4/5/2023) - Mother Nature is putting on a great show as spring digs in. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. So many daffodils, so little time; wonderful while here; photo by Cheryl… …
Pretty plants sometimes hide secrets (4/5/2023) - One of the pleasures of writing the “Gardening Corner” every week is that many topics are offered to me in the form of questions or as in the case of… …Twiggs Ferry Flowers’ owners share expertise with group (4/5/2023) - Heather and Andrew Fry, owners and operators of Twiggs Ferry Flowers at Dutton, were the guest speakers at the March 22 meeting of Planters with a Purpose, the Mathews Community… …
A rare find (4/5/2023) - Seven blooms on one stem of a Geranium daffodil. Found in the flower garden of Jean and Charles Ingram, Mathews. …Three years! (3/29/2023) - Your photos have completed another cycle, appearing weekly since March 26, 2020. Please send photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Daffodils in full bloom at the home of John Lee Callis, Grimstead. Dark… …
Gloucester club members win ribbons at regional daffodil show (3/29/2023) - Gloucester Daffodil Club members won a variety of prizes at the American Daffodil Society Middle Atlantic Regional Show, sponsored by the Virginia Daffodil Society and held on March 25 and… …
When should I prune hydrangeas? (3/29/2023) - That old question arises every spring. I even ask myself, “Now, when should I prune my hydrangeas?” I think I have finally figured it out for the ones in our… …
Beauty (3/22/2023) - Comes in many forms in spring. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Susan Nottingham sent this photo of an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail spotted Sunday on a nature hike in Shacklefords.… …
Creating a fire-wise landscape (3/22/2023) - As a child, you probably learned the old rhyme, “March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers,” and you may still repeat those lines every spring. We have certainly… …
Quilt talk (3/22/2023) - The River Country Quilters will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28, at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Gloucester. This month’s guest speaker will be Carol Nelson (a section from… …