SALEM IS MOPO GARDENS Head to the heart of town to find two gardens designed by Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver, the first women to launch a landscape architecture firm in the Pacific Northwest. Visit their former home, Gaiety Hollow, to tour their beautifully restored personal gardens. The gardens are open to the public on select free Open Garden Days during the spring and summer months. Just two blocks away, Deepwood Museum & Gardens is another fine example of the duo’s work, featuring a variety of beautifully designed spaces on a 5-acre gardens One of the great secrets of the Willamette Valley is that it’s a prime spot for lush and vibrant gardens to flourish. The generous winter rainfall followed by long, sun-soaked summer days and rich volcanic soil make a special kind of magic for gardens, and many of the state’s most exquisite ones are found around the Salem area. property. The gardens are open throughout the year from sunrise to sunset, while tours of the historic home are held Wednesday through Saturday. While you’re in the neighborhood, pay a visit to Bush’s Pasture Park, a 90-acre expanse filled with a mix of grassy spaces and shady groves. If you love flowers, you’re in for a treat: Park highlights include a wildflower slope that’s blanketed with color every spring. There’s also the Rhododendron Hillside, where there are around 130 types of rhododendrons and azaleas, along with hundreds more EJ omnial yt hCarni l lBeuy tMl eirl l e r Bush’s Pasture Park TravelSalem.com 22
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