News and Events Archive
Mission Street Parks Conservancy has issued a Request-for-Proposal to restore the brickwork that serves as the focal point for the Mae Tarter Old Rose Collection, one of three collections in the City’s municipal Rose Garden. The other two collections are the Sally Bush Rose Collection and the Hybrid Tea and Floribunda Collection. The brickwork restoration is the next step in a multi-year project to…
The MSPC Art Fair Plant Sale, “Cool Plants in the Heat of Summer,” was once again held in the shade of the eastern white oaks south of Bush House Museum. Eleven local growers displayed their fabulous, unusual plants for the delight of would-be buyers for a net of $6,264.00. Sixty-five volunteers helped with everything from…
The formation of Mission Street Parks Conservancy made the cover of the July 19thedition of Salem Weekly. The story reported on the impetus for MSPC’s formation, the response by City officials, and its future plans. “‘I’m really excited,’ said Mayor Chuck Bennett. ‘Improved park maintenance was “obviously badly needed or we wouldn’t have a conservancy…
The Salem City Council unanimously approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Mission Street Parks Conservancy on Monday, July 12. The MOU provides the Conservancy with its “operating license” in Bush’s Pasture Park. The agreement’s main features include: A recognition that Bush’s Pasture Park is and will remain a City park A city employee…
Mission Street Parks Conservancy is holding the 35th Annual Art Fair Plant Sale in Bush’s Pasture Park here in Salem. Friday, July 20th: 10am – 7pm Saturday, July 21st: 10am – 7pm Sunday, July 22nd: 10am – 5pm The plant sale is located in the shade of huge oaks near Bush House Museum, providing a respite from the usual blazing…
The sale includes a wide selection of choice plants, including organically grown vegetable starts and unusual perennials. Coffee and pastries available, too! Salem’s Riverfront Pavilion and North Meadow Friday, April 20 10:am – 7:pm Saturday, April 21 10:am – 3:pm Sponsors: Salem Printing and Blueprint Elwood’s Tree Service Egan Gardens All proceeds benefit Bush’s Pasture…
Several Tuesday Gardeners visited Northwest Garden Nursery, west of Eugene, to see their beautiful display gardens and to purchase their hellebores, which are prized worldwide. We wandered the paths through woodland and rock gardens, interspersed with ornamental grasses, conifers, and flowering shrubs and trees. Among the garden beds are whimsical metal statues, stone mosaic work,…
Late winter is the time when the bugle call goes out to our Tuesday Gardeners to trim away last year’s weathered foliage to make way for the slender young shoots that emerge from the base of the plant. If one waits too long, it’s a tricky and tedious process to avoid clipping off the new…
Cornelian Cherry Dogwood (Cornus mas), a small deciduous tree native to Europe and Asia, is one of the first to bloom in January with bright yellow pom-pom flowers lasting into late February. Its clusters of olive-shaped bright red berries which appear in mid-summer are edible but bitter, and if not left for the birds, can…
The FOBG volunteers celebrated Tom Beatty’s birthday at the Conservatory with carrot cake and brownies, and a stack of birthday cards. Tom has been Bush Park’s Horticulturist for 18 years, overseeing all aspects of maintaining the park, its gardens and grounds. Seems like a good time to put a spotlight on him for his dedication…