2013 EBTS North Wales Weekend
Having assembled and had lunch at the Grosvenor Garden Centre, the 45 strong group was introduced to Les Armstrong the former Head Gardener of Eaton Hall and we drove in convoy through the extensive grounds of the estate to Eaton Hall.
2013 Glorious Gloucestershire
EBTS visited three outstanding private gardens, Daglingworth House (Covertside), Perrot’s Brook (Cirencester) and The Coach House (Ampney Crucis). This visit was organised by Andrew Tolman, an EBTS member with extensive local knowledge.
Diseases and pests
Buxus is prone to a certain number of diseases and pests. These diseases can be virulent and every effort should be made to use disease free box in the creation of new gardens and topiary.
2013 Hampshire gardens visit by Chris Poole
Longstock Park Water Gardens First stop of the day was Longstock Park Water Gardens, where Head Gardner Rob Ballard gave us some of history of how they were formed. In 1946 John Speden Lewis bought the water gardens and developed them three times their original size adding bridges and promontories. It took 6 years to […]
How does hot weather affect Boxwood?
The effect of prolonged hot weather on Boxwood as recorded by Marc Velleman April 2011 was exceptionally warm with temperatures between 20° and 28°C for at least three weeks. This had a great effect, not only on ourselves, but also on the boxwood plants. In my boxwood collection, which consists of more then 200 varieties, […]
EBTS on The One Show
Following a request from the BBC One TV show to EBTS for front gardens that feature topiary our chairman Mark and wife Mary’s garden was chosen as one to film. The item was transmitted on the 1st July.
Silver Gilt @ Chelsea 2013
In celebration of 100 years of topiary being exhibited at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013, Topiary Arts re-create a 1913 display by the appropriately named Herbert Cutbush, as taken from the 1913 Chelsea Flower Show souvenir brochure, using as many of the original materials and techniques that are available today.
2013 Surrey gardens visit by Chris Poole
The weather had been awful leading up to the first visit of 2013, spring had been having difficulty breaking through the snow, ice and northerly winds, but finally it had arrived and buds were beginning to appear. The grade II listed Chilworth Manor was our first garden of the day where owner Mia & Graham Wrigley […]
Lynn Batdorf Retires
As the Official Registrar for Buxus Cultivars from his base at the U.S National Arboretum, Washington, DC, Lynn Batdorf steadily worked through the increasing numbers of old and new Buxus cultivars which required botanical clarification and descriptive citation before official Registration. These were mostly sent in by boxwood enthusiasts and eagle-eyed nurserymen looking for a new ‘break’ or form. Confused identification of […]
General information about Boxwood
Boxwood has been called the ‘Plant of many surprises’. It is a very plain, quiet shrub with an elusive fragrance and comforting familiarity. It is unsurpassed in its ability to be smoothly topiarised into firm shapes, neat hedges or baroque flourishes, so says one of our most respected EBTS authors. Buxus sempervirens , the common […]
Wisley Open Day
The RHS are keen to forge closer relations with the various plant societies around the country. To this end they held a Plant Society Open Day in all four of their gardens Wisley, Rosemoor, Hyde Hall and Harlow Carron on Friday October 5th.
2012 Art In Action by Chris Poole
For the second year EBTS UK were at the creative event of the year and this time with their own marquee in the Scultpure area.
2012 The Sussex Gardens Visit by Chris Poole
We began the day with more than a little tripidation given the weather to date but as it turned out we were lucky and from the start at Grove Farm House we had a dry and even sunny day. After a warming coffee and biscuits, Tom Archer, Head Gardner
Edwardian Country Life reviewed by Annette Balfour-Lynn
The Story of H Avray Tipping by Helena Gerrish Frances Lincoln – ISBN 978-0-7112-3223-5 Topiarius Volume 16 p54 Henry Avray Tipping was at the forefront of the vanguard elite of country life at its most beguiling. He was the unsung hero of the early C2Oth garden and country house movement, eclipsed by his better known […]
The Art of Creative Pruning reviewed by Bruce Ginsberg
by Jake Hobson Workman Publishing 2012 – ISBN 1604693568 781604693560 Topiarius Volume 16 p52 All over the world, wherever there are garden traditions, different local cultures have developed different traditions of clipping and training plants. Increasingly this previously confined, area-specific local tradition of technique is being shared around the world as part of a more […]
Discovering Welsh Gardens reviewed by Caroline Foley
20 of the liveliest gardens selected and explored by Stephen Anderton and photographed by Charles Hawes. Graffeg – ISBN 9781905582204 Topiarius Volume 16 p53 It was when the Stephen Anderton, gardening correspondent to The Times newspaper, saw the Veddw and met the owner Charles Hawes (the award winning photographer much featured in this issue*) that […]
RHS Chelsea 2012, Topiary Arts, Gold Medal
EBTS member James Crebbin-Bailey display scooped a Gold Medal at Chelsea for the second year running. Box & topiary designs feature heavily in many of the gardens on display.
2012 Buckinghamshire – Wednesday 15th May by Chris Poole
Chenies Manor is a grade 1 listed manor house backed with history and after a delightful tea and biscuits we had an excellent guided to of a house that is steeped in historical moments in Britains royal past.
2012 Buxus Pests & Diseases Workshop
The Royal Horticultural Society in association with the British Society for Plant Pathology hosted a workshop regarding recent developments in the pests and diseases of Box (Buxus spp). The event entitled ‘What is the current state of play with pests and diseases on Buxus?’
2010 Topiary Weekend at The Garden Museum
In conjunction with the Garden Museum to coincide with the end of the exhibition celebrating Christopher Lloyd and Great Dixter EBTS UK staged a Topiary Weekend at the Museum on Saturday and Sunday 11th/12th September 2010.