Preserving and Interpreting the Legacy of Lord & Schryver to Promote a Greater Understanding of their Contribution to Northwest Landscape Architecture
Let the Garden Embrace You!
The Lord and Schryver Conservancy is honored to be a recipient of the Oregon Heritage Commission Excellence Award 2009!
This award recognizes individuals, businesses and organizations for outstanding efforts on behalf of Oregon heritage that raise the quality of heritage-oriented activities.
Presenting the award are George Kramer, Chair of the Oregon Heritage Commission and Mary Oberst, First Lady of Oregon (left to right). Receiving the award on behalf of the Lord and Schryver Conservancy are Ross Sutherland, Treasurer and Bobbie Dolp, President (right to left). Photograph by Evan Schroeder.
More about Oregon Heritage: Individuals, organizations and projects that have made outstanding contributions to preserving Oregon heritage over time have received 2009 Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards. The Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards are a project of the Heritage Programs Division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, which includes the Oregon Heritage Commission. Commission chair George Kramer said the awards are intended to draw public attention to important heritage efforts in Oregon and to raise the quality of heritage-oriented activities.
Oregon First Lady Mary Oberst helped present the awards during the recent Northwest History and Heritage Extraganza in Portland. Oregon Heritage Commission coordinator Kyle Jansson said the award recipients were judged on their abilities to produce the most from available resources and skills. Among the recipients is the Lord and Schryver Conservancy, Salem, for preserving and interpreting the legacy of landscape architests Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver.
|
