Ben Infield takes a look at the art of topiary and some of the quirkier garden creations around.
Beloved fashion icon Carolyne Roehm shares lessons learned in her 34-year venture to turn cornfields into a floral landscape.
Structure is key to a successfully planned winter garden, and you can use hedges and topiary, as well as trees, to divide and define the different spaces with one
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So fine is the topiary at Cressy Hall in Gosberton — the home of Michael and Janey Hill — that you might think it dates back to the 18th century. Yet it hasall been created over the past 20 years by a former antique dealer with little interest in gardening, as Todd Longstaffe-Gowan explains. Photography by Andrew Sydenham for the Country Life Picture Library.
In The Private Gardens of England, Tania Compton, writer, garden designer and former editor at British House and Garden, gives readers the inside scoop on 35 of the loveliest private gardens in Britain. Don’t look here for adorable cottage plots or postage-stamp urban backyards. The oases highlighted in this remarkable book (published in the U.K. a […]
Every Spring my mind turns green while dreaming up possibilities for our landscaping. We have a small backyard with a high sloping hill at the halfway point. With two energetic boys we want to devote most of the space to...
Le jardin de La Ballue se découvre au beau milieu du bocage breton. Un tracé parfait dans un cadre inattendu confère à cet écrin de verdure une sérénité intemporelle. A visiter en images...
Callaway Gardens has the best topiaries! This one has a man on horseback fighting it.
Always a fave...Topiaries, I have several inside & in my courtyard garden, I love them in all forms, love the rosemary simple ones as well as the floral varieties. I use them as centerpieces, in the kitchen and I love them on the mantle. They look great in pairs, wonderful en masse & beautiful standing alone. Topiaries go well with rustic French country decor as well as the more traditional & modern interiors. Topiary is the horticultural practice of training live perennial plants by clipping the foliage of trees and shrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes. Sometimes geometric or fanciful, the term also refers to plants which have been shaped as an art form...a type of living sculpture. The word derives from the Latin word for an ornamental landscape. Since its European revival in the 16th century, topiary has been seen on the parterres and terraces of gardens of the European elite, as well as in simple cottage gardens. Traditional topiary forms use foliage pruned and/or trained into geometric shapes such as balls or cubes, obelisks, pyramids, cones, or tapering spirals. Topiary at Versailles and its imitators were never complicated..low hedges punctuated by potted trees trimmed as balls, interrupted by obelisks at corners, provided the vertical features of flat-patterned parterre gardens. The art of topiary has been in and out of style in England in the last several hundred years...becoming very popular again in the late 1880s until present day...and have been widely used in all forms...in the formal English castle gardens, Country Manor homes and the simple cottage home & garden. Sharing with you some of my fave ways to use topiaries... topiaries in the garden from Karl Gercens topiary perfection from gershwinandgertie Topiary love at Rue 27 Maison Ginny Magher's home in France... greenhouse topiaries via anurbancottage flowering hydrangea topiary beautiful setting from Tone on Tone... rustic & chic from inspired design topiaries from Tone on Tone... Versailles...via the fuller view Until next time....Cheers ♥
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This Cotswolds garden is a topiary dream world of hidden nooks and ravishing views.
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Could anything be more lovely? I think not. The house. The walk. The clipped topiaries. Perfection. via
. . . for the past few weeks, have been searching for the perfect pair of topiaries to place on the front terrace, on either sides of the front door — bay, olive, evergreen; a little rustic or perfectly manicured, there are so many possibilities, and with that, the longing to bring the pretty little trees indoors as well, or perhaps, create an entire enchanted forest . . . {p.s.} more garden inspiration x [image sources & credits : 1 // 2 […]
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Stay at the Chateau la Ballue, visit their incredible gardens and wander around Brittany, including a visit to the Mont St Michel
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The Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival is a great way to jump into Spring. Enjoy this colorful photo tour of many of the Disney character topiaries and botanical beauty of this popular annual Disney event.
Outstanding Hand Made British Pottery from Errington Reay Pottery Ltd established in 1878 and based at Bardon Mill in Hexham, Northumberland
Epcot's International Flower and Garden Festival is back for its 25th year! With tons of beautiful topiaries, exclusive food, and fun activities, it's a must do!
A visit to the topiary gardens at Levens Hall in Cumbria.
In The Private Gardens of England, Tania Compton, writer, garden designer and former editor at British House and Garden, gives readers the inside scoop on 35 of the loveliest private gardens in Britain. Don’t look here for adorable cottage plots or postage-stamp urban backyards. The oases highlighted in this remarkable book (published in the U.K. a […]
With many styles, shapes and sizes of topiaries, choosing which one you want can be a little overwhelming. But, never fear! If you follow these easy steps, you'll be able to select the right topiary to beautifully accessorize your living space. And, once you've chosen your beautiful addition, check
