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...
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...
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...
by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager | Nov 27, 2017 | Gaiety Hollow, Garden, gardening
Last week, I asked What might be called “the scourge of Gaiety Hollow”? It was less than 12 hours before someone guessed correctly: Aegopodium podagraria Also known as ground elder, bishop’s weed, gout weed, snow-on-the-mountain, English masterwort, and...