Over the last six years I have been writing a book. It is called Modern Topiary and I have finally finished it, and now made it available for people to read.

This is the blurb on the back….

This is the topiary book I wish I had when I began trying to clip plants into a shape others would consider beautiful.

Split into two parts – the craft and then the art of topiary – I have tried to share everything I know.

It’s not a long book.

I hope this gives you the foundation for good technique, alongside ideas on how plants can be developed into full designs.

A light read, with illustrations, to give you everything you need – with a careful read – to make brilliant green architecture in your own garden.

The book is available as a pdf. For free. Just click through to the BOOK page and download the pdf. Then read. Share with someone it might help.

Then grab a pair of shears and get clipping!

Part of my remit at Modern Mint, what I want to do with the company, is raise the standard of topiary and hedge pruning.

So by making this information available for free, I hope to reach as many people as possible. Then in turn, this should, I hope, help improve the pruning in gardens round the country.

In the future I would love the book to have a print version. Have an exciting front cover. Change the illustrations. Make the chapter on ‘Tactility’ embossed, so the words on the actual page are tactile. All these things will lift the book further.

But the important thing now is that the information is out there, available to keen gardeners and creatives who want to clip.

So go read Modern Topiary.