The Green Animals Topiary Garden in Rhode Island is the perfect combination of whimsey and talent.
First of all, they simply grow plants, and to me, that’s a feat. Then they’re lush. And ultimately they’re shaped like a giraffe, spot the bird, or even a boar. Of course there’s a boar; that’s an obvious topiary choice.
They’ve got baskets and pineapple, too. An arch – but that’s so banal. I mean, growing a hedge without disease and then getting a dimensional and proportional rounded edge; kid’s stuff.
It was a delight to wander the gardens of this “historic country estate” and admire the joy and dedication of their work. And it was award-winning. One of the pictures in the slideshow is of a potting cottage wall covered in tags won at the county fair in the early 1900s.
Love topiary? Check out another post about self-taught sculptor Pearl Fryar.
What would you make into topiary?
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