My name is Darren. I am a gardener who specialises in topiary and pruning.
I work on projects for gardeners, designers and landscape architects in the UK, New York & Hong Kong.
For free you can watch my ‘Topiary Provocations’ at Garden Masterclass, or download and share my book ‘Modern Topiary’.
Read my thoughts on Modern Topiary in Gardenista or see pruning work in The Guardian. I’ve discussed the best secateurs to use in The Telegraph.
The work of the future is about being able to create. My focus for 2026 is on the making of new topiaries, then teaching how to keep improving these shapes.
Finally, I share practical skills in workshops at Waltham Place for The European Boxwood & Topiary Society & teach at The English Gardening School in Chelsea.