Changes blend hedge walls and topiaries in the garden at Holker Hall, a stately English home. One day I hope to find a tour that will permit me to more fully explore my passion for gardens with hedge walls topiaries. The idea of imposing geometric forms on and hedges and trees is at both fascinating and mysterious though perhaps only because it is so far outside my own … [Read more...]
Outdoor Living Walls
Architectural hedges -- living walls -- are something I long for in my garden. Even confirmed non-gardeners like myself can have dream gardens. Mine has living walls -- architectural hedges though it’s highly unlikely I shall ever have them. Imagine the skill it takes to sculpt hedges into walls and then to maintain them without even a naughty branch escaping. Surely it … [Read more...]