Topiarius – EBTS UK

Hungarian Journey

Elizabeth Hilliard — Mon, 19 May 2025 11:09:31 +0000

TOPIARIUS 2025, the journal of the EBTS, includes an abridged version of this account of Hungarian topiary and formal gardening

Boxwood and Box Tree Moth Research

EBTS WebAdmin — Wed, 15 May 2024 08:00:00 +0000

An update by Chris Poole In previous Topiarius, the science article has tried to raise awareness of issues around Buxus plants and how best to deal with them. This time I thought it would be useful to give a brief update on the research that is going on around the world into box blight and […]

The Baroque Gardens of Schwetzingen Palace

Chris Poole — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 06:00:47 +0000

Gisela Rose-Sell gives an insight into the history of the baroque gardens of Schwetzingen Palace.

Taxus for Topiary

Chris Poole — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 15:30:41 +0000

Architectural & Landscape Historian Dr John Glenn, takes a scholarly look at references in English literature through the centuries, to the use of Taxus for topiary.

Rosemary Verey – The Making of a Library and a ‘Literary’ Garden by Charles Verey

Chris Poole — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 22:59:41 +0000

In July 1977, The Garden, the Journal of the R.H.S., featured an article by Anne Scott-James, A bibliophile’s garden. It describes the garden made by my mother, Rosemary Verey, at Barnsley House

Flora de la República de Cuba: Buxaceae by Egon Köhler

Chris Poole — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 05:35:42 +0000

The newly revised Flora of Cuba contains an important and long-awaited section on Buxus. This section, written by the distinguished German expert Egon Köhler, has now been published as an elegant and impressive separate volume

Five methods of Defence – An EBTS Round Up

Chris Poole — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 06:00:03 +0000

The following comments are from scientists, nurserymen and private growers. There are many differences in opinion even amongst the leading experts. Everyone has a story to tell, perhaps a treatment to recommend...

Rooftop Boxwood – Written & Illustrated by Abbie Zabar

Chris Poole — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 20:34:15 +0000

Abbie Zabar, New York artist and topiarist, reveals her secrets growing highly ornamental rooftop containers of boxwood without clipping.

The Drama of Vaux-le-Vicomte by Andrew Lyndon-Skeggs

Chris Poole — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 14:19:02 +0000

Vaux-le-Vicomte, the scene and the cause of the downfall of Nicolas Fouquet, the colourful and immeasurably rich finance minister to Louis XIV. “At six in the evening, Fouquet was the king of France; at two in the morning he was nobody.” Well, not quite, let’s explore further

Gardens in the Dordogne – Words & Pictures by Roger Last

Chris Poole — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 18:00:19 +0000

The Dordogne has long been a favourite destination for the English - hardly surprising given the beauty of the countryside. It is a land of winding rivers, of castles precipitously perched on outcrops of rock with villages huddled below, woods of oak and chestnut on the hills and, in the valleys, rich planting of walnuts. Add to this a sequence of outstanding gardens and the experience achieves a new dimension.