I popped in to Gaiety Hollow yesterday to see what the Archive committee was up to…

meeting

Ross Sutherland was conducting business and Ruth Roberts brought in some files from her vast store of research material amassed over 20 years of sleuthing gardens and taking photos…

Ruth's file

Ross Sutherland

I headed upstairs…

stair

to take a look at the “archive room”…this room was Lord and Schryver’s office for all the years they were in business.  It’s over the garage and slightly lower than the full second floor…

archive:officew

The Lord and Schryver Conservancy is just now gathering and relocating materials so that the Archive Room can eventually serve as a central research space for the work of Lord and Schryver.

helvesfile cabinet

Being in the house is fun, but one MUST peek out at the views of the garden, even on a dreary Oregon day…

garden front

garden back

Deepwood Estates recently gifted L&S with Elizabeth Lord’s rocking chair…

Chair

Want to help???  The Conservancy is actively seeking items from the home estate sale in the mid 1980’s, but most importantly PHOTOS of Lord and Schryver, in or out of the garden.  And begin thinking about your possible year end donation…more on that next time!