My first encounter with fanciful topiary came when I was 18 and arrived for the first time on the campus of my Boston area college. Situated atop a hill, my dormitory offered an idyllic view of the ...

We join Rowland Alston and the Making it Grow crew at Pearl Fryar's world famous topiary garden in Bishopville, South Carolina! In this episode, Pearl Fryar gives Rowland a lesson in how to create ...

Juniper is a hardy topiary-friendly shrub that is drought-tolerant and deer-resistant, making it versatile for various garden conditions. Dwarf Alberta Spruce is naturally cone-shaped, making it an ...

“I need to find a way to make people happy—not just by what I create, but by teaching them how to create,” says topiary artist Michael P. Gibson. That’s because he knows better than anyone how ...

Topiary, the practice of training plants into defined shapes, might evoke fantastical scenes from “Alice in Wonderland” or the formal gardens of Versailles. Michael P. Gibson believes its lessons ...