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"Gaiety Hollow (located at 545 Mission Street in Salem, OR) is the name used by Lord and Schryver to describe their office, garden, and home, where they lived for over 40 years. They commissioned noted architect Clarence Smith to build a house in 1932 on land that had been owned by members of the Lord family for many decades. The garden is considered to be the tour de force of their life work, created to demonstrate their design principles and plant palette, unfettered by client’s wishes."

Hoyt Arboretum

Lan Su Chinese Garden

Leach Botanical Garden

Martha Springer Botanical Garden

Oregon Garden

The Oregon Garden is a stunning botanical garden encompassing more than 80acres, featuring specialty gardens which showcase the diverse botanical beauty of the Willamette Valley and the Pacific Northwest. The gardens are guaranteed to delight guests of all ages, from the Pet-Friendly Garden to the Children's Garden. Supported by the Oregon Garden Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

Portland Japanese Garden

"Madrona Pocket," Our Legacy Garden

South Salem, Oregon
503-932-5840

This Garden is No Longer Open to the Public

Please Respect the Privacy of the New Owner

Email: info@thegardenangels.com

Formerly the home garden of The Garden Angels’ Principal Designer, Ms. Elizabeth Powers, this legacy garden is her magnum opus. The remarkable place remains her design firm’s best living example of its signature design standards which have influenced the local vernacular architecture of the mid-Willamette Valley. Aptly named “Madrona Pocket” the site is a hidden suburban treasure. The property is nestled in a topographic hollow between two South Salem peaks and a bustling roadway. The uniquely charming layout, despite its footprint on a relatively small lot, offers many useable spaces, rooms and vistas to discover. Visitors find working courtyards and diverse floral displays in careful, deliberate sequence which span 6 seasons. All of the garden rooms are teeming with busy pollinators and playful songbirds and demonstrate Ms. Powers sensible sustainable planting principles fleshed out to soften the bones of old-world Neo-Classical charm in the layout geometry. Over the years of her stay, Ms. Powers offered the property regularly for garden tours. She routinely welcomed her design clients and garden enthusiasts, and many have seen the place develop over the years. The garden is much beloved and has also served as a showpiece and demonstration for area contractors who have used the space to display their craftsmanship. The place has drawn all the best talent in the area like a magnet, as so many have had a hand in the craftsmanship and execution of Ms. Powers’ virtuoso design. Madrona Pocket has grown and matured to its current stature as a community treasure, and likely a culturally significant garden to be conserved for future enjoyment in our city. If you made it a custom to visit in the past, we ask you to please respect the privacy of its new Owner, as this garden is no longer open to the public or under the control of Ms. Powers and The Garden Angels in any way. Good news, however---our legacy continues, as we are busily designing new gardens all around the Pacific Northwest!