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 […]
It’s not often that a garden tour commences with a fabulous fireworks display but this is exactly what happened to the lucky group who came on the annual foreign trip! In the heart of Copenhagen is a very famous garden, TIVOLI, which is better known for its funfair. It is also a garden which the Danes are […]
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.
On a wet Tuesday evening EBTS UK held a Box Growers, Designers and Product Suppliers – Discussion via Zoom. The intention was to find out more about why Box gets such a bad press and what EBTS UK can do to help, assuming that’s what people thought should happen. Watch the discussion below and if […]