Lord and Schryver: Shaping our Cultural Landscape, a new exhibit at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem will open June 22, 2011. 

Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver were two prominent Salem landscape architects who designed dozens of gardens throughout the Pacific Northwest, including numerous private gardens, parks, and schools in Salem.  Organized by Professor Sharon Rose and historic preservationist and artist Bonnie Hull, the exhibition will feature drawings, watercolors, photographs and related ephemera drawn from public and private collections throughout the United States.

Salem-born Elizabeth Lord (1887-1976) and Edith Schryver (1901-1984), a highly accomplished landscape designer who worked in the New York office of Ellen Shipman in the early 1920s. Both women studied landscape architecture at the Lowthorpe School in Groton, Massachusetts.

In addition to the exhibit, several events are planned including a Garden Tour and several lectures throughout the summer for more information, visit the Hallie Ford Museum of Art Calendar here.