by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager | Apr 19, 2017 | Gaiety Hollow, Garden, Lord & Schryver, Spring, Tours
Today was the perfect day for a tour of the gardens. After all the rain last night, the gardens looked clean and new. We had a lively group of folks come from the Willamalane Park and Recreation District for tours of both Deepwood and Gaiety Hollow and a catered lunch...
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 Curator/Garden Manager | Mar 28, 2017 | Gaiety Hollow, Garden, Lord & Schryver, Spring, Tours
This past week was a whirlwind of activity at Gaiety Hollow. We had our first tour scheduled for Saturday and we wanted the gardens to look their best. Many, many thanks to the volunteers who put in over 60 hours of work to make the gardens shine. Carpenters worked...
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...