TOPIARY IS THE ART of clipping and training plants into shapes. It can be formal or fun -- or a little of both. It certainly lets you have fun with plants and get a little wild with your Felcos. Your ...

A passion for doing things his own way inspires Pearl Fryar’s topiary creations. When we pulled up, unannounced, in front of the Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden, the jovial self-taught tree magician and ...

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 ...

Humans have been clipping trees and shrubs into ornamental shapes since at least ancient Rome. Pliny the Elder—the famed Roman statesman who penned an encyclopedia and who died while watching a ...

Everyone has an opinion regarding topiary. The cheeky collection of garden gossip, Yew and Non-Yew, Gardening for Horticultural Climbers by James Bartholomew (Century Books, 1996), lays it out so: ...

The word 'blobbery' may not sound very elegant; blobs are not conventionally associated with elegance, after all. But in gardening circles, the blobbery – a term coined by Guy Watts, managing director ...

Last Sunday was Obscura Day, an annual celebration of exploration and discovery promoted by the online publication Atlas Obscura. The goal is to encourage people to find the surprising, unexpected and ...

TIME FOR SUNDAY GARDENER. AND WE’RE ON A ROAD TRIP TODAY. WE’RE HERE AT THE LADUE TOPIARY GARDENS. I’M TALKING HERE WITH EMILY EMERICK, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND CARRIE ANGEL. HELLO. THANK YOU FOR ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Three community organizations are trying to teach art to residents through a free gardening class. Topiary expert Mike Gibson is working with Columbia Parks & Recreation and the ...

Gardening is more than a hobby in the Segawa/Dunphy household. Setsuko Segawa and Paul Dunphy take great pleasure in their Garden Ranch-area backyard oasis, a peaceful respite decorated with more than ...