by Lord & Schryver Conservancy | Dec 18, 2019 | Deepwood, Lord & Schryver, Uncategorized
While most gardeners have put garden to bed for the winter and are enjoying the crisp, frosty mornings of the Holiday season, the Lord and Schryver Conservancy has been busy with several construction projects. One is the much anticipated second phase of the Deepwood...
by Lord & Schryver Conservancy | May 15, 2019 | Deepwood, Restoration, Uncategorized
The Lower Terrace Rehab project is almost complete, the guys from Aspen Creek have done a wonderful job on this project. Here is a sneak peak of the area: The vines to climb it are yet to be determined, but the rehabilitation of the Lilacs and the Peony plantings are...
by Lord & Schryver Conservancy | Apr 11, 2019 | Deepwood, Lord & Schryver, Uncategorized
Thursdays are Deepwood days and some fun projects are underway! Besides the usual planting of the teahouse garden, the great room has had some new flower additions this spring. We also replaced a historic Malus ‘Firebird’ Crabapple in the Scroll...
by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager | Nov 21, 2017 | Deepwood, Gaiety Hollow, gardening, Uncategorized
Last week, I left you all with a cliff-hanger. What is this weed that I loath? This is Campanula rapunculoides aka creeping bellflower or rampion bellflower. It is native to Europe and Eurasia and was brought here as an ornamental garden plant. However, it quickly...
by Lord & Schryver Conservancy | Jul 19, 2017 | Deepwood, Gaiety Hollow, Garden, House, landscape architecture, Lord & Schryver, Open Garden, Summer, Tours
We took a twilight tour of the gardens at Gaiety Hollow this evening and as usual found the garden beautiful and restorative. If you want to ease into the Salem Art Fair this weekend let me suggest the Lord and Schryver tours which are Saturday the 22nd at 9:00 at...
by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager | Jun 1, 2017 | Deepwood, Garden, landscape architecture, Lord & Schryver, Restoration, Spring
Even though this blog is named for Lord & Schryver’s home garden, I want to take this week to look at the gardens at Deepwood Museum & Gardens. The gardens at Deepwood were one of Lord & Schryver’s earliest commissions. Alice Brown hired the...