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.
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 …
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!
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 …