Bright gift keeps Gardens shining: Dominion Energy sponsors Outer Banks tradition

Published 9:22 am Saturday, January 15, 2022

: Dominion Energy external affairs manager Winnie Wade presented The Elizabethan Gardens with $8,000 for their seasonal WinterLights event. Shown, from left, are Linda Davenport (board president, Elizabethan Gardens), Carl Curnutte (executive director, Elizabethan Gardens), Gail Reynolds (vice-president, Elizabethan Gardens), Winnie Wade (Dominion Energy), Betsy Brown (secretary, Elizabethan Gardens) and Jaye Massecar (treasurer, Elizabethan Gardens ). Courtesy The Elizabethan Gardens

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From spring to winter, The Elizabethan Gardens is thankful for support from Dominion Energy. Earlier last year, Dominion supplied white pine seedlings as part of a donation to support the company’s initiative Project Plant It!, an environmental stewardship program that promotes planting trees and learning about the benefits of trees to the ecosystem. And this winter, The Gardens was pleased to receive special funding for their WinterLights holiday event, which helped to keep the season bright for visitors to the beloved yuletide tradition.

“We truly appreciate Dominion Energy and their support of our gardens throughout the year,” remarked Linda Davenport, president of The Elizabethan Gardens’ Board of Governors.

Over the years, the Dominion Energy Foundation has partnered to help The Gardens by supporting various cultural and educational activities and improvements.

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Davenport is grateful on behalf of The Elizabethan Gardens for their continual support: “We thank Dominion for being a valuable community partner and helping us in our mission to be good stewards of The Gardens and the natural world we appreciate here every day.”

For more information on happenings at The Elizabethan Gardens, call 252-473-3234 or visit elizabethangardens.org.

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