THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Topiary Workshops 2023
I will be teaching a number of topiary workshops in 2023.
Listed below with links to see all the details about how to book:
Northern School of Gardening, near Harrogate – April 27th 2023
Madoo Conservancy, New York – May 12th 2023
Madoo Conservancy, New York – May 13th 2023
Gunnebo House, Gothenburg – June 29th 2023
Waltham Place, near Maidenhead – September 8th 2023
WFGA, Kent – September 9th 2023
I hope to add more through the year, but please do email me if you want to be added to a reminder list when dates are announced.
And as a taster, take a look at a free talk I gave to Garden Masterclass on Modern Topiary.
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….! …
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…
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!