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An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Vincent Van Gogh at London’s National Gallery offers an unusual glimpse of the artist in the setting of a formal garden within a courtyard

The box hedges growing today in the garden of the Roman villa remains at Fishbourne Palace in West Sussex, England, are not, of course, the same plants that were growing there in Roman times. Box is long-lived, but not that long-lived! Or at least, not on that site. The existing boxwood plants were established some […]

Has topiary become an Olympic sport?

Picture above – Owen Simpson, Managing Director at Henchman, with winners Harrie Carnochan and David Hawson and TOPIARIUS Editor Elizabeth Hilliard By Elizabeth Hilliard, Editor of TOPIARIUS The prizegiving of the UK’s first ever national topiary awards took place on Saturday 6th July 2024, a day of torrential rain and magical sunny spells, at RHS […]

The winners of the inaugural Henchman Topiary Awards were announced on 6th July 2024 along with several runners up – see other article for more. Each runner up received a letter of congratulation from TOPIARIUS Editor Elizabeth Hilliard along with a copy of the current issue of the exclusive EBTS membership magazine. Henchman issued the […]

A number of companies have introduced lower prices on their treatments for box tree moth and caterpillars

Chris Poole shares his experience of its use at two different historic properties.

Topiary and shaped hedges are in the news