THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Charlotte Molesworth, my topiary mentor, and I are running our popular topiary workshop again in 2021. You can email me …
Recommended Reading: Planting Diaries – Sian Rees
Came across this post a little while back, about ‘A Revival of English Topiary’. Great little look at the clipped trees of the Dutch being brought to the UK, with fantastic photos and ideas on what were the most popular figures…. “Pyramids, mop-heads and blunt cones… sitting hens, geese and ducks are common designs, and to protect the verdant poultry one may obtain equally verdant dogs.” Verdant dogs? I love that! Sounds like a pulp fiction novel, a blood lust of a Western, rather than a 14 year old figurative yew plant placed as a visual joke into an English …
More Zoom Talks Now Available
Just an update for clubs and groups who need a speaker via Zoom, for their meetings – I have now adapted a further two of my existing talks for Zoom, to give you more choice. The Zoom talks have so far been fun – you can read a little about the reaction here. My two new talks are Helping The Honeybee, about the best plants for bees, and What Do I Do With This Space – about good ideas from around the world that we can use in our own gardens. The full list of 5 Zoom talks, as well …
Organic Topiary Blobs
How Organic Topiary can change each year… Summer 2019 Autumn 2020 I wonder if my mood on the day I clipped changed how I cut the piece? From the softness and the curves of 2019, to the edged, more nuanced and angular ‘sculpture’ of last week…. What will the next 18 months bring for this piece? If you would liek to see more of my topiary, go here.