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 ...

Topiary is the art of growing trees and shrubs as living sculptures — cubes, spheres, obelisks, animal shapes or combinations of these. The tradition has flourished in various places at different ...

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 ...

Darren Lerigo, a topiary designer and founder of Modern Mint talks through the techniques used to make the perfect garden Topiary designer Darren Lerigo clipping yew and box at Balmoral Cottage in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mike Gibson is the artist in residence at the Pearl Friar Topiary Garden. But who's Pearl Fryar Pearl is the master? Yeah, if you wanna do topiary, you need to learn about pearl. So I started trimming ...