Inspired Life He turns hedges into works of art. One appears on Google Maps (4.7 stars). “I think people like bonkers things in their lives to cheer them up,” said Tim Bushe, an architect who ...

And the idea of shaping those hedges also has deep roots: The world’s oldest topiary garden, founded in 1694, is at Levens Hall, a manor house about a five-hour drive north of London.

Ladew Topiary Gardens Clipped hedges and a house full of antiques are the main attractions for this museum north of Baltimore, Maryland. Robert M. Poole June 2011. Get our newsletter! Get ...

When we arrived at our current garden five years ago, it was bisected by a 20 by 3.5-metre hedge that blocked the view and sucked light out of its surroundings.

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 ...

Arts & Culture | November 2020. How Hedges Became the Unofficial Emblem of Great Britain. A shear celebration of the ubiquitous boxy bushes that have defined the British landscape since the Bronze Age ...

POETRY: This week, poet and artist Frieda Hughes was persuaded by the National Garden Scheme to host special events in her ...

On the one hand, sculpted hedges and ornamental topiary does require regular trimming. You’ll have to get some really nice hedge trimmers and be prepared to keep everything in order. A trim at ...

Then there was the rest of the topiary. An old box hedge running down one side of the garden had been turned into a procession including an owl, a pig, two rabbits, a hen, a goose, a duck, a snail ...

South Carolina gardeners traveling from the Upstate to Florence this holiday season might want to plan a side trip to a beautiful three-acre garden with a purpose.Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden, at ...

A hedge trimmed into the form of resting cats by architect and topiary artist Tim Bushe is seen in Islington, London, July 11, 2024. CBS News/Cameron Stewart The couple met as teenagers at art school.

The garden has changed over the years: Two stone lions carefully positioned to stand guard beside a pair of conical yews at the entrance are now tucked inside the shrubs, and the yew hedges beyond ...