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Vol.2, No. 2
A Publication of the Colonial Williamsburg Landscape Department
Summer started very differently this year given how the coronavirus pandemic prevented our
volunteers from helping us in the gardens. In their absence, landscape staff took on their
responsibilities in the gardens and at our production nursery. Needless to say we were DELIGHTED
when they returned.
Helping Hands ( clockwise): Administrative
Assistant, Racent DaCosta, potted up plants at
the Landscape Production Nursery. Landscape
Director and Landscape Manager, Laura
Viancour and Joanne Chapman, respectively,
delivered plants to the Grove Community Garden
which were initially grown for Colonial Williamsburg’ s Garden Symposium , but was canceled. Laura
and Joanne kept limber harvesting vegetables and herbs in the gardens weekly. Typically harvested
for the Historic Area’s Foodways Staff to use, they were instead delivered to local food banks during
our closure.
�Karen Pfeifer and Su Carlile got right to work weeding
and pruning in the Reid garden.
Rick Brown waters vegetables during a
rare dry spell.
The Volunteers Return!
We are not sure who was happier to have the volunteers return – the landscape department
or the volunteers themselves! They didn’t skip a beat picking up where they left off .
Su Carlile, Charlotte Klamer and Wilma Sharp got
out early in the morning to prune the herbs in
Wetherburn’ s Tavern.
Arboretum volunteers, Stacey DeMeo, Bill Dichtel
and Mike Whitfield, went to town pruning trees in
the gardens.
�Gifts from Mrs. Barbara Chappell, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cobb and The Herb Society of America
Colonial Triangle Unit allowed Colonial Williamsburg’ s Landscape team to hire four garden interns
this summer. During their 10-week internships, they completed several projects and helped staff
accomplish many tasks in the gardens and Arboretum.
Our 2020 interns: Will Olson from Mary Washington University and Virginia Tech students
L-R) Carrie Chapin, Liza Washington, and Kelly Winklepleck.
The interns listen to Sharon Cotner from Colonial Williamsburg’ s Apothecary Shop as she
discusses how herbs were used in the 18 th Century.
�Active in the Arboretum
The interns were exposed to a variety of arboriculture tasks as they assisted the Foundation arborist
maintain our Level II Arboretum.
Before, during, and after ascent. Will’s smile shows how much he enjoyed his time maintaining our
Arboretum. Below, Carrie learns how to drive the Dingo to move poles while Kelly learn s how to
safely operate a chain saw.
�Horticulture Apprentice
In addition to our interns, this summer we welcomed our first horticultural apprentice, Goldie
Daniels, a horticulture graduate from Virginia Tech. Funding for this year- long position is from grant
money received from The Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust and a gift from The McCune
Charitable Trust.
As part of her
apprenticeship, Goldie is
responsible for procuring
and propagating the plants
at our production nursery
that will be used in the
Governor’ s Palace beds.
Goldie’ s focus is the renovation of the Governor’ s Palace perennial beds to increase the display of color
from spring through fall. Through research and the experience of her co-workers, Goldie and
landscape manager, Joanne Chapman, will select historically accurate plants to create a design
reflective of the Governor’ s status. Renovation of the beds begins this fall starting with amending the
soil. We hope that by the end the renovation next year, visitors to the Palace gardens will gain an
appreciation and enthusiasm for ornamental horticulture in the 18th and 21st centuries.
Intern Kelly (foreground) and the Palace Hort Team
plant the summer annuals. The renovation will add
much more color to the perennial side beds.
Apprentice Goldie “ divides and
conquers” plants in the perennial beds.
�The Streetscape
Phase 4 of the Streetscape was completed which included the Capitol Circle and the section of Duke of
Gloucester Street between the Palace Green and Merchant Square. Thank you to the many donors that
made this huge project possible. As done on the east end of town, new curbing, sod and an automatic
irrigation were installed to benefit the trees and pedestrian traffic. The steeple and brick wall of
Bruton Parish Church can be seen in the before and after photos below.
Staff replenished shell and bankrun to spruce up the Duke of Gloucester Street . Our horticulture
team ( Johnnie Stafford and Jake Eisenhart shown in photo) needed to level and prepare several
areas before shell could be added.
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Horticultural Happenings
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<em>Horticultural Happenings</em> newsletter is produced by the Colonial Williamsburg Department of Landscape Services to communicate items of interest about the plants, trees, and gardens under its care in addition to articles about the department’s latest achievements, activities, and outreach to visitors, donors, and fellow employees. It began in May 2019 and continues to the present. It was intended to be a monthly publication although there have been some gaps in its production.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Department of Landscape Services
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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2019-
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Horticultural Happenings, volume 2, number 2
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Department of Landscape Services
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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2020