Upcoming Events
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Just Sustainable
2025 Conservation Forum
April 9, 2025
1:00-4:30pm
Orange Presbyterian Church
162 West Main Street, Orange, VA
Free and Open to the Public!
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Photo Credit - H. McCullough

​Join us for an afternoon of inspiration and education with two engaging speakers.
 
Claudia West is a leading voice in the emerging field of ecological plant design. She is Principal and Planting Design Director at Phyto Studio and co-authored Planting in a Post-Wild World with partner Thomas Rainer - a primary resource for planting solutions in a changing climate.  
 
Kirstie Pecci, attorney and Executive Director of Just Zero, works with scientists, policy makers, and educators to urge governments and corporations to adopt real solutions to end our toxic cycle of waste production and disposal. 
 
Vendors offering native plants and other resources to support wildlife and the environment will be on site.

Tomatoes for the Table
The Dolley Madison Garden Club presents
​this beautifully illustrated and unique cookbook.
Unearthed from our mothers' and grandmothers' recipe boxes, travel journals, and oral histories comes a collection of recipes putting tomatoes - that star of Virginia gardens - front and center.

​Our contributors have tested, tasted, edited, and now shared their favorites. From jams, chutneys, and pickles to sauces, soups, salads, and sides, you will find familiar and not so familiar recipes to taste and enjoy. Over 100 recipes in this beautifully illustrated cookbook.

$25 plus tax per copy. Local pick-up and shipping available. $10 Flat-rate shipping for up to 6 books. 
To order email [email protected] and include: Quantity, and Local Delivery or Shipping Address.

Can't wait? Need it now? Tomatoes for the Table is sold locally at The Laurie Holladay Shop in Gordonsville.



DMGC
Members in Action
We are members of the Garden Club of Virginia and the Garden Club of America. 
Smithsonian Gardens is a wonderful resource.
​Click on the photos below to access their websites.