Benefits of membership

• TOPIARIUS, the annual exclusive members publication packed with information and beautiful topiary gardens
• Exclusive garden visits usually with a talk by the owner or head gardener and often in gardens not open to the public
• Join garden visits arranged by all EBTS member countries: Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK
• Lectures at interesting venues on the practice, science and history of Boxwood and Topiary
• Hands-on training at clipping workshops
• Access to expert and up-to-the minute advice on the growing and maintenance of Boxwood
• Promote your horticultural business through our online Company Profiles pages
• Email updates about events and news of the societies work

Topiary, knots and parterres range from the grand and imposing to the humorous and folksy. My aim in tracing it through garden history has been to demonstrate that there is a place for topiary in every type of garden, great or small. Often mistakenly seen as the grandee of garden techniques, my desire has been to knock it off its perch and to demonstrate how the ancient art of clipping deserves to be in every gardener’s box of tricks. I wanted to show that topiary can take on many useful – even vital – roles, from replacing stone ornaments to being shaped and stage designed into magnificent pieces of malleable green architecture at little cost. Caroline Foley