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

 

Sharpening Stone Featured Image
Sharpening Stone
Jakoti Gallery Image 3
Jakoti Shears
Apr14

Topiary, The Art Garden at The Henderson

The Art Garden at The Henderson in Hong-Kong has now opened to the public. I joined the project last March, to work with Gillespies Landscape Architects on the topiary that had been designed for the Art Garden, which gives a calm, green space below the extraordinary Henderson skyscraper designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. The garden has been designed with butterflies in mind, so lots of nectar plants, and has other art projects and installations within its footprint. The history of the site is interesting too – it was originally the first cricket ground in Hong-Kong! So still a green space….! …

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Apr14

ClipFest 2025

On Sunday June 22nd there will be Clipfest 2025 at Ichi-Coo Park in Surrey. It is a celebration of all things pruning and topiary, and I will be there in my capacity of teacher at the European Boxwood and Topiary Society to demonstrate tool cleaning and sharpening, and how to clip. Tickets can be found here on Eventbrite. We are hoping for great weather and to see lots of keen pruners getting their shears out and joining us at this amazing garden! And for more on topiary…

Feb27

Secateur Holders

A present arrived from Norway today, from a student who visited last February to work with Chris Poole and I on learning topiary. His new hobby – a beautiful and neatly stitched secateur holder. Thrilled with this! The holder will save me keep losing my secatuers too…! Thank you Bernt! It was the same student who introduced me to the APA with whom I am doing a talk at the end of March. Tickets can be bought here for ‘Defining The Essence – Aesthetic Pruning in the Garden’. Do join the European Boxwood and Topiary Society for that!