The centuries-old art form of topiary involves the training and trimming of plants, trees or shrubs into ornamental shapes, from traditional hedges and sheared trees to the fanciful shapes of Disney ...
My first encounter with fanciful topiary came when I was 18 and arrived for the first time on the campus of my Boston area college. Situated atop a hill, my dormitory offered an idyllic view of the ...
For those of us who can remember, the mention of topiary conjures up images of the type of formal gardens that were all the rage in the conspicuously glitzy ’80s. (You know the sort, with their prim ...
When Pearl Fryar bought his home in Bishopville, South Carolina forty years ago, his neighbors worried he wouldn’t be able to maintain the expansive grounds. Since then, Fryar’s gardening skills have ...
Ladew Topiary Gardens, a world-renowned topiary garden located in Monkton in northern Baltimore County, will host its 14th annual Garden Festival from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on May 7. The festival will have ...
Like stepping into a fairy tale -- the trees, bushes and even the vines seem come to life in Cal Klaver's topiary gardens in Jenison. Sporting poodle cuts, neatly trimmed greenery and sculptural ...
You don’t have to be the sort of person who files their CDs in alphabetical order to enjoy the orderliness of a formal garden. I know people often think of it as the “statues, symmetry and straight ...
PORTSMOUTH — Green Animals Topiary Garden will be blooming with spring daffodils when it opens for the season on Friday, April 15. In addition to more than 80 topiaries in the shape of animals and ...
It's a spectacular horticultural display that most green-fingered enthusiasts can only dream of achieving. But the world's largest topiary garden takes months of hard work to perfect, with gardeners ...
King Charles' new climate-friendly Topiary Garden on the Royal Sandringham estate in Norfolk is now almost complete with all the symmetrical beds laid out and Yew trees planted. Construction started ...