Good structure is to the autumn garden what good bones are to the ageing face. The difference is that autumn's soggy tendencies are easy to fix: topiary defies seasonal droopiness. It diverts ...

Madeleine Howell discovers a fresh approach to the art of clipping on the banks of the Thames Madeleine Howell is a lifestyle, features and travel publisher, writer and editor, exploring how to live ...

Box topiary has a long history. The Romans sculpted their hedges into interesting shapes and the name derives from the Latin topiarius - a creator of places. Creating topiary from scratch is daunting, ...

A son of sharecroppers, he began making topiaries in his 40s, turning his three-acre home garden into a destination for ...

I have just finished clearing up the box clippings. There is some shame in that statement because I confess that I finished the box cutting - and therefore the creation of the clippings - more than ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The box pom-poms gracing Grey’s Court in the Cotswold village of Southrop are echoed all over the world, from ...

Good structure is to the autumn garden what good bones are to the ageing face. The difference is that autumn's soggy tendencies are easy to fix: topiary defies seasonal droopiness. It diverts ...