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Spring tours

19 Wednesday Apr 2017

Posted by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager in Gaiety Hollow, Garden, Lord & Schryver, Spring, Tours

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April, garden design, gardens, historic preservation, National Register of Historic Places, Oregon, Restoration, salem, Spring, tulips

Today was the perfect day for a tour of the gardens. After all the rain last night, the gardens looked clean and new.

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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 in the gardens at Gaiety Hollow. Everyone had a wonderful time. We hope to share the gardens with more groups throughout the season. Know someone interested in a private tour? Have them contact Bobbie.

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We have two tours open to the public this coming Saturday. Join us at 9am at Deepwood Museum and Gardens. Tours will leave from the kiosk near the parking lot. At 10:30am, there will be a tour at Gaiety Hollow. Meet at the front door.

 

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“April, come she will

11 Tuesday Apr 2017

Posted by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager in Gaiety Hollow, Garden, Lord & Schryver, Open Garden, Spring, spring annuals, Uncategorized

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April, forgetmenots, garden design, gardens, rhododendrons, salem, Spring, tulips, Volunteering

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 finished off the cherry blossoms and blew away many of the Magnolia flowers. Our dauntless board chair, Bobbie Dolp, was outside in the horizontal rain, string-trimming and pulling dandelions from the lawns in preparation for our first Open Garden this past Sunday.

Many thanks to the volunteers to helped greet visitors on Sunday and thank you to all who came to see and enjoy the gardens. We hope that you come again to see the seasons  change as we dig deeper into rehabilitating the gardens.
As the early spring flowers fade, new blossoms open to take their place. Tulips are in full glory in the Flower Garden and more are showing color every day.

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Elizabeth and Edith’s forget-me-nots form a backdrop to tulips and a blanket under the roses.
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Rhododendrons are beginning to open on the west side of the gardens.

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Our next Garden Tours are April 22nd. We hope that you join us.

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First tour of the season

28 Tuesday Mar 2017

Posted by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager in Gaiety Hollow, Garden, Lord & Schryver, Spring, Tours

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camellias, Garden Tours, gardens, Lord & Schryver, Oregon, salem, Spring, spring bulbs, Volunteering

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 on the Pergola and cut plywood for guests and volunteers to walk on to avoid damaging the lawn. Garden volunteers filled up four large City compost bins with debris and needed to stash extra in the Service Yard.

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Every day, we clean up more Camellia blossoms. You finish raking and turn around and there’s another one!
The morning of the tour, the gardens looked fresh and clean.

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Bobbie placed photos around the gardens so that guests could view the gardens in different seasons or years past.

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A sampling of camellias float in the pool.

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And daffodils and grape hyacinths were at their finest.

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We have more Garden Tours and Open Gardens coming up! The first Open Garden is April 9th, 1-4pm. More information on the website. We hope to see you in the gardens.

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