Madelyn Watkinson has been a tireless volunteer at the Adams garden for as long as I can
remember. She has shaped and molded the Adams Garden over the years and has touched
many lives. Madelyn is a great friend to the College having given countless hours of volunteer
work not only to the Adams Garden but to many of the gardens on Campus. Before John
McFarlane joined our team on the campus Madelyn was working at the Sundial, the dinning
commons, College Corner and many of the other flower beds on Campus.
Moving here from Connecticut, her daughter, Barbara, and son n law, Hans, were both
professors with the College of William & Mary. Madelyn a mother of four raised her children by
herself which, now grown, have gone off into the world and made successes of themselves by
her example.
Madeline will be missed not only in the garden but by friends, avid gardeners, Alumnus, and
many other people that she has met and gotten to know while living here in Williamsburg. I
know that she will gone for now but her touch will still be here in the garden and let us hope
she will come back to visit often!
Congratulations on your retirement you have earned your rest
Good Luck!