November News…

18 Wednesday Nov 2015

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We entered the garden through the back gate today, late in the afternoon, and there was a meeting going on so the lights were all on and the house looked inviting…

A walk through Gaiety Hollow this blustery afternoon revealed that MUCH work has been done in my absence…volunteers have finished trimming all the boxwood and it looks very good, even on a dark, wet and dreary day…

Elwood’s Tree Service has done some professional trimming (best done by somebody nimble on the top of a ladder)

and the holly hedge is amazing…

There has been lots of planting…two white lilacs…

a crab apple…

and a beautifully shaped Japanese maple near the house…

a small holly near the back porch…

always more to do though…foundation plantings…

and then the wear and tear of time and weather always brings new projects…

but in spite of the wind and rain, this garden always makes me happy…and now beginning to feel festive…!

October in the Garden…

07 Wednesday Oct 2015

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Fall is here, but the zinnias are still going strong!

Last weekend we were hosting the meeting of the Pacific Northwest regional affiliates with the national Garden Conservancy…a chance for them to take a road trip and see what is really happening in our garden. It’s always fun to welcome new people to Gaiety Hollow and its delights, but in preparation for the Saturday workshop, the Friday crew was doing a little seasonal pruning and hedge-trimming:

Shirley’s clippers looked light-weight and sharp…

the familiar garden views still delight…

and the next project up will be re-plumbing the fountain and getting it in working order…

Correspondent Woody Dukes sent along this vintage photo of the urn when it was in the scroll garden at Deepwood…and then a photo of the urn in it’s new location…

Now we’re just waiting for some fall rain!

A Garden Party

23 Wednesday Sep 2015

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A good way to celebrate the many donors that have supported the garden at Gaiety Hollow was a garden party. Sunday was one of the last days of summer, sunny and mild. The garden (thanks to volunteer labor!) was looking lovely, there was food and music and wine…and donors. A lovely afternoon…

The newest Lord and Schryver excitement at Gaiety Hollow has been the return of the urn that originally stood in the Lord and Schryver designed scroll garden at Deepwood Gardens…on the brick plinth at the back of this photo…

and here’s how it looked one snowy winter many decades ago…

Lord and Schryver chose the large ceramic urn and imported it from the Philippines where Lord’s brother was living. The scroll garden these days is too unprotected of a place for the urn, so it is now at Gaiety Hollow…a donation from Alice Brown’s heirs.

Thank you donors, one and all.

Dog Days

20 Thursday Aug 2015

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The fierce heat of August is upon us here in the valley, but the garden still looks beautiful…

In spite of the 97 degree heat the board met Tuesday…

And on Wednesday, the 100 degree day, Christopher, Tom, and Jack were cheerfully there early to work on the replacement fence…

Thanks guys…looking good!

Reminder of Open Garden

13 Thursday Aug 2015

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Don’t forget the High Street Hustle, a 5K and 8K run and walk sponsored by Gallagher’s Fitness is this coming Saturday morning and the Gaiety Hollow Garden will be open to the public from 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. See you then!

The First Open Garden (and the new fence)!

10 Monday Aug 2015

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In case you missed the first open garden event today, you still have two more chances. Thinking of doing the “High Street Hustle” on August 15? The garden will be open that day from 7:30 to 10:00 a.m. Sunday, September 13th the garden will be open again from 2-5 p.m….so if you went today you might want to come back as the season begins to change. (As one who has been in the garden in every season, I know for sure it is always fascinating and always beautiful.)

Here’s what it looked like today: Board member Susan Miller greeted people at the gate with information on the garden…

The day was perfect, warm and sunny, cool in the shade…perfect for strolling and straw hats…

and chatting…

Board members were scattered around the garden to give helpful information, and they had set up fantastic vintage photos of the garden so you could juxtapose what had been, what is, and what will be again…

These two plants by the front door are gone, but plans are to replant…

The west side fountain garden…and the allee north and south

the grape arbor…

and the parterres…

this year filled with zinnias…

and the new fence…

The very beautiful “hardscape” in this garden is, of course, wooden. Things decay over time…

but luckily for Gaiety Hollow there is a crew of talented and dedicated volunteers who are willing and able to replicate these benches and fences…Woody Dukes rebuilt the bench last year, and Christopher Hackett and his crew of Tom McMullen and Jack Fisher rebuilt the fence this summer…with Don Roberts standing by to paint the items as cut and before being assembled…touch up still required. HOURS of work and planning…for love of the garden. Thank you so much.

So…mark your calendar and make a point of taking a walk through this peaceful place right in the heart of Salem. We are so lucky here in Salem to have this “garden trifecta” within a half mile…Bush Gardens, Deepwood Gardens and Gaiety Hollow…maybe a visit to all three is in your near future??

Come See the Garden!

25 Saturday Jul 2015

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The Lord and Schryver Conservancy is inviting you to come see the Garden at Gaiety Hollow! There will be three upcoming tour dates to come see what we’ve been up to. The tours will be FREE, no reservations needed and no guided tours, though there will be people on site to answer your questions…mark your calendar and come see…

Sunday August 9th from 2-5- p.m.

Saturday August 15th from 7:30-10:00 a.m.

Sunday September 13th from 2-5 p.m.

Wander, absorb, reflect. Garden only…the house will be closed. Please enter from Mission Street…(545 Mission Street…right across from Bush’s Pasture Park.)

See you very soon!

Coming of Age at Gaiety Hollow

17 Wednesday Jun 2015

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It has been a banner month here at Gaiety Hollow. First came the announcement that the Portland Garden Club had recommended Gaiety Hollow for a special commendation for outstanding work in garden restoration…(a nice connection since Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver had close ties with the Portland Garden Club, giving their first lantern slide lecture on European gardens at the Portland Garden Club in 1929.)

We were very pleased to have something like this come along to “put us on the map”…especially right now.

The Kingery family (the Kingery’s grew up in an L&S garden in Portland, which they loved) purchased Gaiety Hollow from the Strand family in 2013 (the Strands had bought the garden at 545 Mission Street from Edith Schryver in the mid 1980’s and taken exceptional care of house and garden for nearly 3 decades, keeping the work and spirit of L&S alive…). The Kingerys did this to help the L&S Conservancy bring the garden into public domain, and gave the Conservancy 5 years to raise the money to purchase the property. In just two years, thanks to our many loyal donors, the money was raised, and Monday Liz Kingery Warren…

turned the keys over to L&S Board president Bobbie Dolp. It’s OURS!!

(Photos courtesy of the Statesman Journal, Danielle Peterson)

This morning it was on the front page!! Yay! Thank you Kingerys…from our whole community…what a gift.

I wanted to take a few shots in the garden today…and I usually go in the morning, so it was fun to be there on a warm afternoon and smell the fragrant roses everywhere in the garden…

hydrangeas in bloom…

and inside a very happy board meeting, with much to celebrate…

Zinnias!!!

05 Friday Jun 2015

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Today was zinnia day in the garden. Lord and Schryver loved zinnias and used them a lot…densely planted in sunny parterres, drifts among the roses, and over bulbs. When the tulips are finished out they come, and in go the zinnias…which are immediately dead-headed…only the youngest buds are allowed to remain…

Luckily I arrived just as the crew was taking a break for coffee…

but they were quickly back to work planting the few remaining zinnia plants…

The hole is dug fairly deep and the process involves adding a pinch of bone meal and a pinch of organic fertilizer…

and it goes like this (thank you Joyce)…

and then soak them good…and wait…

Just in time for summer!

The last of May…

30 Saturday May 2015

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May was a busy time for Gaiety Hollow and the Lord and Schryver Conservancy. The laurel hedges on the north side were pruned even lower with lots of the work done by Jay and Ann…

The Conservancy had a 3-day work session to continue on with the strategic plan that will carry the Conservancy and the garden to the next phase of ownership and management of the site…the goal here is sustainability. The L&S Board, the garden committee, and the advisory group met at the house to start the discussion…

and were soon joined by Bill Noble (here with Marilyn Kingery and Bobbie Dolp

Bill is the former Director of Preservation with the National Garden Conservancy, and has worked with L&S since day one. It was Bill who affirmed that the L&S garden at Gaiety Hollow was a garden and a legacy well worth preserving and bringing into the public domain. And Bill worked with the assembled group for three intensive days. Thank you Bill Noble for believing in this garden and this story…and for inspiring us to get the property into the public domain. A small miracle!

And tonight, on a dusk walk through the garden, I felt the privilege of being involved in this endeavor. Come join us…we need you!

NEWS BULLETIN…on Thursday June 4, at 12:00 noon, Board president Bobbie Dolp and Landscape designer Gretchen Carnaby will be heard on Salem History Matter on KMUZ…88.5 on your radio dial. (If you somehow miss it, you can get it off the web site the following week under the Archives Section.)

On we go into June!

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