Val Libby presented a talk on Lord & Schryver, the first landscape architecture firm founded and operated by women in the Pacific Northwest.

Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver met as young women and in 1929 established their highly successful firm in Salem; their work is acknowledged as one of the milestones in the history of garden design in the Northwest and beyond.

Libby gardens and lectures in Maine. She has researched and taught extensively on women’s contributions to landscape design and horticulture. Libby was an associate professor of landscape architecture and horticulture at Temple University. In 2004 she served as the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Landscape History in Portugal. She has authored numerous articles on landscape preservation and women’s history.

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