by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager | May 16, 2017 | Deepwood, Gaiety Hollow, Garden, Lord & Schryver, Spring, spring annuals, Uncategorized
One of my favorite parts of caring for the gardens at Gaiety Hollow and at Deepwood Museum & Gardens is designing the annual flowers displays. What could be more fun than choosing flowers for two different gardens? I start by considering which plants we know Lord...
by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager | Apr 11, 2017 | Gaiety Hollow, Garden, Lord & Schryver, Open Garden, Spring, spring annuals, Uncategorized
When streams are ripe and swelled with rain…” This spring has been unusually wet here in Salem. It has made for a sometimes difficult situation for gardeners trying to get work done and trying to time flower combinations. Last Friday’s wind and rain...
by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager | Apr 4, 2017 | Gaiety Hollow, Garden, Lord & Schryver, Open Garden, Spring, spring annuals, Uncategorized
Please join us at Gaiety Hollow for our first Open Garden of the season! Visitors may wander through the gardens at their leisure and speak with our volunteers stationed throughout the property. The garden will be open 1-4pm. Admission is $5 for anyone over the age of...
by Lord & Schryver Conservancy | Mar 18, 2017 | Drying Garden, Gaiety Hollow, Garden, House, Lord & Schryver, Spring, spring annuals
I was in the garden today…dodging raindrops on the way into a meeting…and I reflected on how beautiful this garden is…even on the very dreariest of wet spring days… I noted some boxwood trimming had begun… the pergola construction was...
by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager | Mar 11, 2017 | Bill Noble, Gaiety Hollow, Garden, Lord & Schryver, Spring, spring annuals, Vintage Photos
Yesterday felt like the first true day of spring. The sun was shining and we could see blue blue sky between the white fluffy clouds. For the first time this season, the volunteer gardeners were able to get some work done at Gaiety Hollow. Not only did they finish...