If you look carefully, you may notice some subtle changes to a few of the park’s trees. These are tree props, which as you may guess prop up trees, that are at risk of falling over. MSPC, with the encouragement of the City of Salem, hired Bartlett’s Tree Experts to assess, manufacture and install these…
The Conservancy and the City of Salem repaired the brick focal point in the Tarter Old Rose Collection, replaced the brick pads beneath two existing benches, and add a third bench. The brick work is now finished; in early spring, new roses will be planted within the focal point, completing the work on this elegant…
Kathy and Jenna work to close out an unneeded landscape bed. Gabrielle carries an armful of Spirea clippings to the debris bin. Jaylene pauses from her work of pruning an overgrown Spirea thunbergii. Debbie, too, is tackling overgrown spirea in the beds east of the Bush House Museum. Janet shows off her new hat. Gary…
After 18 months, the Ravine landscape project at Bush’s Pasture Park opened on May 11, 2019, with a community ribbon-cutting event, cake and lemonade, and the opportunity for children to pot up garden thyme for mom. Park-goers begin to gather for the Ravine public opening.
The City and MSPC plan to rehabilitate the historic brickwork that encircles and defines the focal point of the Lord & Schryver-designed garden, which houses the Mae Tarter Old Rose Collection. The work includes removing the existing bricks, installing a concrete base, then reinstalling the bricks in the exact pattern in which they were originally…
The Ravine Enhancement Project broke ground in late October 2018, but work planning the project, preparing the landscape, selecting plants, and sourcing boulders began almost a year earlier. These photos document the project.
