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Annual flower displays

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...

“April, come she will

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...

Open Garden this weekend April 9

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...

A Wet Spring…

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...

Sunshine and volunteers

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...

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

Let the garden embrace you!

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