Blobberies are about taking classic topiary and giving it a more playful, organic twist. Instead of flat hedges or rigid cones in isolation, think rolling green mounds, like moss-covered boulders ...

The way the shrubs bloom determines the best time of year to prune them, along with when to avoid trimming. They bloom on old wood, the growth produced the previous season, and want to be given as ...

Topiarists often practice their craft outdoors with evergreen trees and shrubs, such as boxwood and yew, or with evergreen perennial herbs. Spiral-shaped topiary at Snug Harbor Farm. Photo by Tom ...

Sophie meets a topiary and cloud pruning specialist to see how he transforms humble shrubs into living works of art. Zen Topiary Fri 14 Oct 2022 at 8:30am Friday 14 Oct 2022 at 8:30am Fri 14 Oct ...

You just have to follow a few simple rules. (Also, forget about going away for the weekend.) By Margaret Roach Have topiary (and eclipse glasses), will travel. Ken Selody, of Atlock Farm, put out ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Over the centuries, a love of topiary has come and gone, occasionally rising to excesses of enthusiasm before a reaction set in. In about AD100, Pliny the Younger described the garden of his country ...

The event is so popular, it has drawn more than 35 vendors from across the country. "(The vendors will offer) a variety of perennials, annual shrubs, small trees (and) garden ornaments.

Have topiary, will travel. Ken Selody, of Atlock Farm, planned to be Texas-bound in April. “If I drove my van full of topiary through Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas,” Selody, who is based in ...

Put aside the shears and clipper brochures and forget the wire frame. The key thing that emerges, as the head gardener at the world’s oldest topiary garden shares the secrets of topiary, is that ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Sophie meets a topiary and cloud pruning specialist to see how he transforms humble shrubs into ...