Woodland Garden Project Moves Forward

The woodland garden project at Bush’s Pasture Park took another step towards reality today when volunteers cut an opening through the hedge into the new garden space. Over the next 6 weeks, the City will level the uneven ground, grade two paths, and install irrigation. Then, in mid-October, volunteers will begin planting trees, ornamental shrubs,…

2023 Art Fair Plant Sale!

Mission Street Parks Conservancy is excited to hold our annual Summer Plant Sale in conjunction with the Salem Art Fair at Bush’s Pasture Park! • Friday, July 21st: 10am – 7pm • Saturday, July 22nd: 10am – 7pm • Sunday, July 23rd: 10am – 3pm FEATURING: Annuals & Perennials • Succulents • Herbs • Pollinator…

Volunteer Profile: Anita Engberg

The Tuesday Gardeners wasn’t the first volunteer group Anita Engberg joined when she moved to Salem in 2013.  That was the Willamette Humane Society which she joined just days after moving here.  It was 6 months later, in January of 2014, when she learned of the Friends of Bush Gardens through a coworker of her…

Spring 2023 Plant Sale

Please join us Friday, April 28th, and Saturday, April 29th, for our annual spring plant sale to support Bush’s Pasture Park. The plant sale will be held at the foot of the Soapbox Derby Track from 10 AM to 6 PM on Friday and from 9 AM to 3 PM on Saturday. Free parking. Plants…

The Garden’s Unsung Hero

If you follow our Facebook page, you know we spend a lot of our time mulching landscape beds and tree circles. It’s a task that is both never-ending and strangely satisfying. It’s also critically important for the long-term health of the park’s plant collection. Mulch is any loose material that covers the top of the…

City Approves Plan for Woodland Garden

Mission Street Parks Conservancy is excited to announce the kickoff of our next project in Bush’s Pasture Park!  The City of Salem has authorized development of a new Woodland Garden in an unused area near the Conservatory (greenhouse) and the Bush Barn parking lot. The new garden, designed by Michael Slater and Gretchen Carnaby, will…

Volunteer Profile: Donna Shepard

Donna Shepard is one of our dedicated greenhouse Tuesday Gardeners..  She’s been volunteering with our group for over 20 years, starting back in the days of the Friends of Bush Gardens.  I’m always curious to know what brought someone to the Tuesday Gardener group to begin with.  For Donna, it was a lecture on winter…

The Orchard

This week, the Tuesday Gardeners moved into the historic Orchard area of the park, which holds the majority of the Lord & Schryver flowering tree collection. The area also holds 9 landscape beds, some dating back to the early 20th Century. This week, we weeded, edged, and mulched three of the beds. Unfortunately, hot weather…