by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager | Jan 30, 2018 | Gaiety Hollow, gardening, volunteers
Last week, we hosted a group of gardeners to learn about invasive bugs and slugs. The presentation is part of a series of enrichment activities for our Gaiety Hollow and Deepwood garden volunteers. However, we decided to open the presentation to a wider audience. Come...
by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager | Jan 25, 2018 | Gaiety Hollow, Lord & Schryver, Restoration
Yesterday, I made a trip down to the Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Oregon. Lord & Schryver’s business papers, photographs, and other miscellaneous items, are stored in the Special Collections. Over the years, our...
by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager | Jan 17, 2018 | Gaiety Hollow, Garden, gardening, Pruning, trees, Uncategorized, winter
Is it winter or is it spring? This weather has me totally confused. I thought I had at least a month to sit in my office and write, but the sunshine these past few days has me anxiously staring at the hellebores and daffodils in bud. Should I drop everything and...
by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager | Jan 10, 2018 | brick paths, Flower Garden, Gaiety Hollow, Garden, gardening, landscape architecture, Lord & Schryver, Restoration, Uncategorized, Vintage Photos, winter
After a two week break and a trip back to the frozen tundra of Michigan, I am back at Gaiety Hollow and Deepwood. Earlier this week, contractors finished building the pedestal at the center of the Parterre Garden at Gaiety Hollow. It is beautiful! We don’t know...
by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager | Dec 12, 2017 | brick paths, Flower Garden, Gaiety Hollow, Garden, gardening, landscape architecture, Lord & Schryver, Restoration, Uncategorized, winter
It has been more than a month since I last posted about our brick walk restoration project. They are not finished, but we hope to have them completed by the end of this week. I should note that we have concentrated our efforts on the paths in and around the Parterre...