Members of the Buckingham-Dillwyn Garden Club attended the National Convention of Garden Clubs held at the Richmond Downtown Marriott on May 19. According to a press release, PBS TV Host P. Allen Smith was the main speaker along with seminars such as current trends in floral design, cutting gardens and new plants for 2017. Pictured are, from left, Barbara Wheeler, Michael Fairbarns, Jackie Fairbarns, Suzanne Van De Grift, Sharon Byrum, Pat Johnson, Jeanette Reck, Agnes Cramer, Linda Kapuscinski and Nancy Hargrove, newly installed president of the National Garden Club.