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 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 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 Curator/Garden Manager | Oct 4, 2017 | brick paths, Flower Garden, Gaiety Hollow, Garden, Lord & Schryver, Restoration, Uncategorized
If you haven’t been to Gaiety Hollow in the past week, you might not recognize the Flower Garden! Last Wednesday evening, Dave Hiser brought his youth group from the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Salem to Gaiety Hollow. Racing against...