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 | Sep 21, 2017 | annual flowers, Flower Garden, Gaiety Hollow, Garden, Lord & Schryver, Summer, Tours, Uncategorized, Vintage Photos
This weekend are the last tours of the 2017 season. We have a garden tour at Deepwood Museum & Gardens at 9am. It is followed by a tour of the gardens at Gaiety Hollow at 10:30am. This is your last opportunity to see the Flower Garden at Gaiety Hollow before big...
by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager | Sep 3, 2017 | Flower Garden, Gaiety Hollow, Garden, Lord & Schryver, Restoration, Roses, Vintage Photos
Earlier this week, I had an epiphany as I looked at historic plans in our organization archives. Years ago, volunteers had Edith and Elizabeth’s hand-drawn plans for the gardens at Gaiety Hollow digitized. I have copies on my computer and refer to them often...
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...
by Lord & Schryver Conservancy | Dec 28, 2016 | Gaiety Hollow, Garden, Lord & Schryver, Vintage Photos
I was back in the garden today, finally. Winter in the garden means work of the chilliest sort. Curator/garden manager Lindsey Kerr is working on the beds, and the workers from Autumn Leaf Landscaping are digging out the “Drying Garden”… As I was...
by Lord & Schryver Conservancy | Sep 30, 2016 | Gaiety Hollow, Garden, Lord & Schryver, Vintage Photos
Today was our new garden advocate/curator’s first meeting with the volunteers at Gaiety Hollow. Lindsey Kerr is newly arrived from Connecticut where she has been managing a private estate garden since finishing her graduate work. I went along to meet Lindsey...