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 | Oct 30, 2017 | brick paths, Flower Garden, Gaiety Hollow, Garden, landscape architecture, Lord & Schryver, Restoration, Uncategorized
The brick walk project is well underway! We are so thrilled to see the paths coming back together. The Autumn Leaf crew has been onsite for the past week and will continue work this week. Before work commenced, I took over ninety photographs of the paths. Julian,...
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...
by Lord & Schryver Conservancy | Apr 24, 2017 | Gaiety Hollow, Garden, House, landscape architecture, Lord & Schryver, Spring, Uncategorized
I came in the back gate today for the event, and a quick walk through this garden makes you appreciate anew the power of commitment, focus and pure love of place. This garden has been maintained and renovated and cared for thoroughly for years by volunteers. Just...