THE MODERN MINT BLOG

Jun10

Organic Topiary

Organic Topiary

A Modern Twist on Traditional Shapes

We are specialists in pruning. So you won’t end up with this…

Smaller Topiary or Not

Wisterias               Hedges            Roses              Parterres         Fruit trees

Vines                Shrubs               Traditional Topiary                Architectural Plants

Please contact us for a chat about how we can help…

Or for more on pruning and organic topiary:

(This book by the pruning king Jake Hobson is currently on offer, so get it now!)

And for those who want to do some DIY topiary, please be careful… really, we mean it. Be careful! And use decent tools… (click on the picture to find prices)

Hedge Shears Featured Image
Japanese Shears

 

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Sharpening Stone
Jakoti Gallery Image 3
Jakoti Shears
Feb10

Why I Wrote The Book Modern Topiary

I have written this book, Modern Topiary, because I wanted a collation of useful information that would give people access to everything they need to know in order to start making topiary. Topiary is an amazing (and niche) line of work to follow – amazing because it offers up opportunities to travel all over the world, making gardens, meeting people… but also, the work is intensely physical, hands-on, yet requires creative thinking in order to solve the puzzle of how to make the shapes you want. This mixture of the craft and the art is what I love the most …

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Jan30

Buxus the Norfolk Terrier In Modern Topiary Book

This is Buxus, our Norfolk Terrier, who I acknowledge in the acknowledgments of the book of Modern Topiary. The book of Modern Topiary can be read, for free, here. There you go. Buxus the dog on ‘doorstep duty’ at a friend’s house in Edinburgh. For those asking what he looked like!

Jan30

What People Think Of Modern Topiary, The Book

Yesterday I put out the book – Modern Topiary – that I have spent the last six years writing. Download for free a pdf of Modern Topiary here. And what seems amazing to me, is that not only have people actually been reading it, but then responding to it. So below are a number of comments I have been sent from those who read it last night, and this morning…. “Brilliant read, exactly the right amount of info to take in and digest.” Rachel, a gardener “I love your book, the advice is so straightforward and your writing is so …

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