April 28 2021
The Canby Garden Club opens its yard of the month program with Meredith and Chris Wiseman s Birch Street yard.
There was something alluring about the 1965 home Meredith and Chris Wiseman bought on Birch Street in Canby in 2020.
The couple had always been fascinated by mid-century modern architecture, and the home they discovered was a good representation of that. And the yard at 1255 N. Birch St. had plenty of potential, something they continue to work on relentlessly.
Because of their effort, the Canby Garden Club has named the Wisemans the May recipient of the Yard of the Month award. We love the fact that it s in Canby where my husband, who is a native Oregonian, has raised his now-adult children, Meredith said. I m from a family of five architects and was born and raised in New Mexico, so the plants that usually are found in the southwest are also what tend to complement a lot of MCM (Mid-Century Modern) homes. This is why, after we moved in, we add