THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Easy topiary for a beginner to start with? Here are the two shapes you should learn to make first…. 1 …
When To Prune Boxwood Topiary, Hedges Or Trees
When to prune boxwood? A question I get asked at just about every talk I ever give! So below I will explain when to do it, from the traditional time (put this in your diary for a simple life) through to what I believe is the best time to prune your boxwood. Do note all boxwood pruning times I talk about cover boxwood in any form – from topiary, to hedges whether large or small and around your vegetable patch, and even for boxwood trees. This photo is from years ago, but I actually worked on this hedge again last week (early …
Why Use A Topiary Artist In Your Garden?
An artist? Really? For your garden? Why exactly would you need a topiary artist?!?!? What A Topiary Artist Can Do For Your Garden It can help you elevate a shrub or tree that is, perhaps, overgrown or taking light away from more precious plants in your borders, into something… Architectural. Noteworthy. A brilliant contrast to what is around it. Perhaps a topiary artist can help sculpt a shrub into something that draws the eyes to the sky? Imagine a piece that can do that, in a garden sitting below the immense heavens of Norfolk? For me, you call in a …
The ‘Modern Mint Grove’ At Trees For Life
Modern Mint has planted a grove of trees at Trees For Life! Trees for Life are a charity in Scotland, planting trees in order to rewild the Highlands. What Trees Are They Planting In The Grove? Alder Aspen Birch Cherry Elder Hazel Holly Juniper Oak Rowan Scots Pine Willow Yew What Wildlife Will Tree Planting Encourage In the Grove? Just a few of the wonderful and most resonant of the animals tree planting will encourage include: Red squirrel Otter Scottish wildcat Pine Martens Beaver Capercaillie Golden Eagle Osprey Does Tree Planting Have Other Benefits? Of course! What the trees do best …