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Return of the Horticulture Book Club

by Lord & Schryver Conservancy | Sep 5, 2019 | book club, Gaiety Hollow, Garden, gardening, Lord & Schryver

As the weather starts to cool and the days shorten, we look forward to reconvening our Horticulture Book Club…and invite you to join us! Our book club is a casual, yet serious reading group driven by the interests of our members. We read general interest horticulture...

The Camellias of Gaiety Hollow

by Lord & Schryver Conservancy | Apr 16, 2019 | Flower Garden, Gaiety Hollow, Garden, gardening, Lord & Schryver, Uncategorized

May 5th, 1942. It was a Tuesday. On that day in History, the US began rationing sugar during World War II. In Tremont, Mississippi,  Tammy Wynette was born. She would go on to record some great hits with “the Possum” George Jones and become known as the...

Bulbs of Lord and Schryver

by Lord & Schryver Conservancy | Apr 9, 2019 | Bulbs, Drying Garden, Flower Garden, Gaiety Hollow, Lord & Schryver

  We are so fortunate that Edith and Elizabeth kept amazing records of the Bulb Plantings they did at Gaiety Hollow. This is the layout of the 1935 planting plan, and while many of those old varieties are no longer available, we do have the ability to make...

Bugs and slugs

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...

A visit to the Special Collections at UofO

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...

January chores

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...
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Previous Posts

  • Winter In The Garden
  • Corrected link: Purchase tickets now
  • A Sneak Peek at the Robertson Garden…#5 on the June Garden Tour!
  • She Got a Makeover
  • (Somewhat) Illicit Plants in the Garden
  • 117…?
  • Thank You Volunteers!
  • Only One Week Away!
  • Connecting with Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
  • Iris Anyone?
  • The Birth of Mother’s Day
  • Turf Tips Part II
  • Turf Tips Part 1
  • Spring in the Lord and Schryver Garden
  • The Great Valentines Weekend Ice Storm of 2021
  • The False Sense of Spring
  • Snow Days
  • Seed Sowing Time
  • Curating the Collection
  • Holiday Cheer
  • Fungi in the Garden
  • Giving Back to Our Community
  • Readying the Garden for Winter
  • The Big Rotary Club of Salem Fall Cleanup at Deepwood
  • Fall Happenings in the Garden
  • The Great Salem Boxwood Trials
  • A Week of Devastation
  • Late Summer At Gaiety Hollow
  • The Tulip Famine of 1944
  • Summer adventures
  • Getting ready for fall.
  • Straub Outdoors Summer Camp Visits Gaiety Hollow
  • Summer Proper
  • Compass Rose Restoration at Deepwood
  • The Boxwood Season
  • May Flowers
  • Buying Local Part 2
  • The Importance of Buying Local
  • Busy Times in the Garden
  • The Late 30’s Flower Bulbs

Lord & Schryver Conservancy
​545 Mission Street SE
Salem, OR 97302

​ph: (971) 600-6987
email: info@lordschryver.org

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