The Northwest Gardens of Lord and Schryver
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The Northwest Gardens of Lord and Schryver
W029963 | $29.95 / 10% library disc.
Valencia Libby. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 2021.
232 pp. Well illustrated (some col.). 26 x 18 cm. LC 2021-33356 In English. Paperbound.
ISBN 9780870711527
Lord & Schryver, the first landscape architecture firm founded and operated by women in the Pacific Northwest, designed more than 250 gardens in Oregon and Washington, including the grounds for Reed College of Portland, Salem parks, and schools, public buildings and churches. Gaiety Hollow, the Salem house Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver built as a home and studio for themselves, is now owned by the Lord & Schryver Conservancy and (in non-pandemic times) open to the public. The Conservancy has lovingly restored the gardens at Gaiety Hollow according to Lord & Schryver's plans. They also manage, and have restored, the gardens at Deepwood, a Queen Anne house two blocks from Gaiety Hollow.
Subject Headings: Western Art -- United States -- 1900-1945 ; Post-1945 -- Architecture ; Landscape and Garden Design -- Women Artists --
Artist(s): Lord & Schryver (firm)
W029963 | $29.95 / 10% library disc.
Valencia Libby. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 2021.
232 pp. Well illustrated (some col.). 26 x 18 cm. LC 2021-33356 In English. Paperbound.
ISBN 9780870711527
Lord & Schryver, the first landscape architecture firm founded and operated by women in the Pacific Northwest, designed more than 250 gardens in Oregon and Washington, including the grounds for Reed College of Portland, Salem parks, and schools, public buildings and churches. Gaiety Hollow, the Salem house Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver built as a home and studio for themselves, is now owned by the Lord & Schryver Conservancy and (in non-pandemic times) open to the public. The Conservancy has lovingly restored the gardens at Gaiety Hollow according to Lord & Schryver's plans. They also manage, and have restored, the gardens at Deepwood, a Queen Anne house two blocks from Gaiety Hollow.
Subject Headings: Western Art -- United States -- 1900-1945 ; Post-1945 -- Architecture ; Landscape and Garden Design -- Women Artists --
Artist(s): Lord & Schryver (firm)
