Garden Club of Virginia 75th Annual Lily Show

The Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula (GCMP) will host the Garden Club of Virginia (GCV) 75th Annual Lily Show, sanctioned by the North American Lily Society (NALS). Approximately 65 artistic arrangements and 300 horticulture stems will be on display. Admission is free.

The show will feature Lilium, not to be confused with hemerocallis daylilies. Asiatic (hybrid) lilies, species lilies, Martagons and hybrids, hybrid trumpet lilies, longiflorum Asiatic (LA) hybrids, Oriental lilies, Oriental/trumpet hybrids, Longiflorum/trumpet hybrids, and new species/Oriental/trumpet hybrids will be on display in flower arrangements and throughout the horticultural exhibitions.

The show promises drama and beauty, fragrance and horticultural challenges as growers and artistic arrangers compete for awards. GCV members will vie for Inter-club arrangement trophies and horticultural awards. Perpetual silver trophies for state blue-ribbon winners will be awarded. Also, individual artistic design categories are open to non-members as are horticultural NALS categories. GCMP members from Essex, Middlesex, King and Queen and King William Counties will host the show and welcome the public to attend this colorful, fragrant and dramatic event. For more information, visit gcvirginia.org or gardenclubofthemiddlepeninsula.com.