The porch history post got me looking at old photos, and so…to keep the thought going, here is the historical –mid-historical—and current view of 1658 Court Street. Photos do not exist of the rear of the house when it was on State Street, or at the corner of 17th and Court (it was moved twice…sort […]
Tag: gardens
Lord & Schryver
Saturday there was a tour of Lord & Schryver gardens and it was the PERFECT day…sunny and warm (but not too warm). We went first to Gaiety Hollow…Lord and Schryver’s home garden…the allee with the 300 year old oak tree was cool and inviting (though in spring it’s a riot of color), the brick paths […]
Lord and Schryver
I hope between now and September 18th you’ll have a chance to visit the Hallie Ford Museum of Art to see an interesting show of the garden plans and watercolors of the landscape architects Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver, curated by Sharon Rose and myself. Lord and Schryver both attended the Lowthorpe School in Groton, […]
Plant Saturday…
Oh is there anything nicer than a jaunt to a nursery on a Saturday morning? Carol and I headed out to Godfrey’s in Shaw for her annual impatiens (though they had no orange ones this year???) and the place was hopping as I hauled my wagon to check out I noted that at least one […]
Mourning a tree…and DIY
My neighbors had a tree taken out today and it always makes me sad to lose a tree…now that I’ve attained a certain age and can never live to see them grow really big. It was a walnut, covered in ivy, blocking sun fom other trees, but–habitat…there’s a LOT of livestock here in the central […]
The Garden Studio…Spring…
These few sunny days have caused a flurry of activity around here. The Garden Studio…as it looked after construction…was surrounded by dirt and after our EXTREMELY wet winter the bottom two sections of shingles were very dirty. Clearly action was needed, so Bill arrived last week and has been working between rain storms to make […]
Spring Walk Off…
I was looking at a favorite blog yesterday (Local Ecologist) and Georgia was talking about the Winter Walk Off challenge on Les’ blog A Tidewater Gardener…start off on your own two feet, walk around your neighborhood and take some photos…of course I missed the closing date and season change (typical…) so instead of the Winter […]
SPRING!!!!
It’s winter, it’s winter, it’s winter…and then suddenly…it’s spring. How did that happen so fast? Here’s what’s happening out there today…
Lord & Schryver…February
Sharon and I made…we hope…our last trip to the Knight Library at University of Oregon on Wednesday…a foggy morning on the freeway We are preparing (“independent curators” we like to think) a show on the Salem landscape architects Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver, and their work in the region from 1929 to 1960. All the […]
Bush House Conservatory…
In the local preservation world in ANY region, it seems there are often more sad stories about the buildings lost than happy ones…but here is a very happy one indeed. In our local wonderful Bush’s Pasture Park stands the amazing Bush House Museum. Behind the museum (another story for another day) is the small and […]
On The Way 