“Elizabeth gladly took up her mother’s interest in gardening, helping her with events for the Salem Floral Society (later the Salem Garden Club), founded by her mother in 1915, which was the first gar.
Salem is a garden paradise in spring: 13 gardens you can visit this season
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Tulips bloom outside the Bush House at Bush s Pasture Park in Salem. Jamie Hale/The Oregonian
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Exploring the Salem area in spring feels a little like landing in Oz.
The city comes alive with color in the springtime, as flowers pop up in public parks, formal gardens, and at nurseries and farms around the area. It’s enough to make Salem not only Oregon’s state capital, but the garden capital of Oregon as well.
Expand your vision from Salem proper to include the nearby towns of Silverton, Monmouth, Brooks and Dallas, and you have a veritable Garden of Eden at the heart of the Willamette Valley. What is it about the area that’s so good for gardens?
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