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Lily Show GCV Awards - Horticulture

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The Eleanor Truax Harris Challenge Cups

The Eleanor Truax Harris Challenge Cups were established in 1937 as a personal memorial to Mrs. Floyd Harris. They stand as an expression of the great love of The Garden Club of Virginia for the personality of Mrs. Harris, and as a tribute to her leadership in horticultural enterprises. One of three cups of old Georgian design is awarded annually, if merited, for the best horticultural achievement made by a member of The Garden Club of Virginia at each of the three annual shows-the Daffodil Show, the Rose Show and the Lily Show. The winner holds the cup for a year. These cups were first awarded in 1938.
 
2008 No award  
2007 No award  
2006 No award  
2005 No award  
2004 No award  
2003 Julia Rose The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton
2002 Laura Anne Brooks The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula
2001 Laura Anne Brooks The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula
2000 No award  

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The Violet Niles Walker Memorial Cup

This cup was given by Dolley Madison Garden Club for horticultural achievement. The lily chairman of Dolley Madison Garden Club shall be the perpetual custodian of the Violet Niles Walker Memorial Cup. This shall include the administration of funds and purchasing of lily bulbs to be awarded as a prize annually to the winner of this cup at the Lily Show of The Garden Club of Virginia. It is awarded for a single stem, grown from seed scales or bulbils. This cup was first awarded in 1948.
 
2008 No award  
2007 No award  
2006 No award  
2005 No award  
2004 No award  
2003 No award  
2002 No award  
2001 Mary McConnell Dolley Madison Garden Club
2000 No award  

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The Blanche Rohrer Davis Cup

This cup was given in loving memory of Blanche Rohrer Davis by friends in the Roanoke area as a perpetual trophy. The cup was presented to The Garden Club of Virginia in 1957, to be awarded annually at the Lily Show of The Garden Club of Virginia. It is awarded for a single stem species lily grown by exhibitor. This cup was first awarded in 1958.
 
2008 Rachel Hollis The Spotswood Garden Club
2007 Barbara Holland The Garden Study Club
2006 Laura Anne Brooks The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula
2005 No award  
2004 Karla MacKimmie The Warrenton Garden Club
2003 Diane Spence The Williamsburg Garden Club
2002 Lynn Morris Rivanna Garden Club
2001 Lucy Lee Wilson The Martinsville Garden Club
2000 Mary L. Queitzsch Dolley Madison Garden Club

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The Blue Ridge Garden Club Cup

This cup was given by an anonymous donor in the name of the Blue Ridge Garden Club as a perpetual trophy to be awarded at the Lily Show. It was presented in 1962 and was won for the first time in 1970. Revised in 1994, it is to be awarded for the best stem grown by a novice.
 
2008 Peggy Heyden The Garden Club of Warren County
2007 Liza Cook Leesburg Garden Club
2006 Elizabeth Hardy The Garden Club of the Northern Neck
2005 Penny Dart The Warrenton Garden Club
2004 Tata Kellam The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore
2003 Tully Raetz The Blue Ridge Garden Club
2002 Mary Jack Meadows The Chatham Garden Club
2001 Mary Nelson Thompson The Franklin Garden Club
2000 Elizabeth F. Kipps Dolley Madison Garden Club

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The Asiatic Hybrid Lily Bowl

This award was presented to The Garden Club of Virginia by Dr. and Mrs. David Diller as a perpetual trophy in 1997. It is to be given annually at the Lily Show for a collection of three Asiatic hybrid lilies with different orientations, one stem each from lily divisions Ia, Ib, and Ic.
 
2008 Rachel Hollis The Spotswood Garden Club
2007 No award  
2006 No award  
2005 Barbara Holland The Garden Study Club
2004 No award  
2003 No award  
2002 Laura Anne Brooks The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula
2001 Anne Somerville Dolley Madison Garden Club
2000 Mary L. Queitzsch Dolley Madison Garden Club

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The Virginia Ewers Queitzsch Memorial Bowl

This perpetual award was presented by the Dolley Madison Garden Club of Orange for three like stems of the same species, variety, or cultivar.
 
2008 Penny Dart The Warrenton Garden Club
2007 Patsy V. Smith Winchester-Clarke Garden Club
2006 Trish Falcon Dolley Madison Garden Club
2005 Catherine Capps Hillside Garden Club
2004 Trish Falcon Dolley Madison Garden Club
2003 Catherine M. Gillespie Dolley Madison Garden Club
2002 Laura Anne Brooks The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula
2001 Vibeke Ober Dolley Madison Garden Club
2000 Trish Falcon Dolley Madison Garden Club

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The Sponsor's Cup

On June 18, 1953, this cup, a gift of Miss Jeanette M. Francis, was presented as a perpetual Lily Show trophy to The Garden Club of Virginia by the Garden Club of Alexandria. It is a trophy to be given by the club sponsoring the annual Garden Club of Virginia Lily Show, and is to be offered in a horticultural class, designated by the sponsoring club, as an award to the blue ribbon winner in the designated class. This award was first made in 1954.
 
2008 Rachel Hollis The Spotswood Garden Club
2007 Mary Jac Meadows Chatham Garden Club
2006 Morgan Holland The Garden Study Club
2005 Barbara Holland The Garden Study Club
2004 Rachel Hollis, The Spotswood Garden Club
2003 Mary L. Queitzsch Dolley Madison Garden Club
2002 Laura Anne Brooks The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula
2001 Anne Somerville Dolley Madison Garden Club
2000 Mary L. Queitzsch Dolley Madison Garden Club

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The North American Lily Society Perpetual Award

In 1977 this award was presented to The Garden Club of Virginia by The North American Lily Society in recognition of The Garden Club of Virginia's contribution over the years to growing and showing lilies. Awarded for pot grown lilies.
 
2008 Pat R. Turner Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club
2007 Catherine Gillespie Dolley Madison Garden Club
2006 Catherine Gillespie Dolley Madison Garden Club
2005 Lauren Prince The Garden Study Club
2004 No award  
2003 No award  
2002 Koiner Ellett Roanoke Valley Garden Club
2001 Mrs. James D. Rice Roanoke Valley Garden Club
2000 No award  

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The Robert S. Pickens Memorial Trophy

This award was presented in memory of Robert S. Pickens by by his family, in recognition of his active and enthusiastic interest in the growing of lilies. It is open to all amateur lily growers and is awarded annually at the Lily Show of The Garden Club of Virginia. Awarded for a collection of 3 to 6 hybrid lilies, all different, 1 stem each.
 
2008 Pat R. Turner Fauquier and Loudoun Garden Club
2007 Patsy V. Smith Winchester-Clarke Garden Club
2006 No award  
2005 No award  
2004 No award  
2003 No award  
2002 No award  
2001 Mary L. Queitzsch Dolley Madison Garden Club
2000 Mary L. Queitzsch Dolley Madison Garden Club

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The Gertrude Cody Minter Memorial Award

This award was given in loving memory of Gertrude Cody Minter by her daughter, Mrs. Alfred D. Potter. It was presented as a perpetual trophy to The Garden Club of Virginia in 1971, to be awarded annually at the Lily Show. Open to any amateur grower. A single stem of unnamed seedling hybridized by the exhibitor.
 
2008 No award  
2007 No award  
2006 Ronald J. Chiabotta The Garden Club of Virginia
2005 No award