WOW! If you missed this garden extravaganza, there is always next year. The addition of the new ‘Hot Border’, so named for its vivid color palette, came into its glory this past July. This garden project located immediately south of the Bush Conservatory was funded by a grant from the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon…
After a COVID-enforced hiatus, MSPC will again host our annual summer plant sale on Friday, July 16, and Saturday, July 17, from 10 am – 3pm both days. The sale will be held near Bush House Museum under the cool shade of the English white oaks. Our diverse group of growers include Van Hevelingen Herb…
After an unsuccessful recruitment effort to fill the new Garden Manager position, the Board invited former MSPC president Michael Slater to step into the 1-day a week role. Michael led the organization from its founding in 2018 through early 2020. He has served on the Board continuously. Michael’s role will be to coordinate with City…
The park’s tree collection suffered some significant damage from the ice storm of February 13. While City staff focused on making the upper and lower oak groves safe and accessible, a team from MSPC surveyed the damage to historical flowering tree collection in the Orchard. We identified 25 trees that had suffered some sort of…
Mission Street Parks Conservancy wants to contract with a Garden Manager who will support and lead our regular Tuesday Gardeners volunteer group, among other duties. The ideal contractor will have experience and/or education in horticulture and garden design, will oversee Tuesday’s volunteer gardeners in Bush’s Pasture Park, and will organize plant sales. We think about…
The focal point of the Tarter Old Rose Collection is a mortared brick circle with roses planted around a sundial pad in the center. Over the years, the brickwork has deteriorated and needs to be restored and stabilized so that it will last. MSPC, working in concert with the City of Salem, has found a…
The focal point of the Tarter Old Rose Collection is a mortared brick circle with roses planted around a sundial pad in the center. Over the years, the brickwork has deteriorated and needs to be restored and stabilized so that it will last. MSPC, working in concert with the City of Salem, has found a…
The City of Salem began with ambitious plans to engage the public in development of a Cultural Landscape Management Plan for Bush, Deepwood, and Yew Parks. Then COVID-19 intervened. Meetings were out; Zoom is in! The City and its consultants shifted to virtual meetings and an on-line survey to solicit public comment. The Mission Street…
Tuesday Gardener Anne Teeling – better known as Anya or Annie – moved to Salem in 2009 from Illinois. Anya grew up in Chicago and its suburbs. She worked as a member of the horticulture and landscape maintenance crew at the world-famous Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, near Chicago. https://www.mortonarb.org/ After retiring from The Morton…
Park visitors have probably noticed some changes in the oak grove in the southwest corner of Bush’s Pasture Park over the past year. More leaves have been allowed to remain on the ground in the fall and, now, many oaks are surrounded by larger and more deeply-mulched “tree circles.” What’s going on? Under the leadership…