UK

EBTS UK at ClipFest25
Join EBTS UK for a day-long celebration at ClipFest25 of Cliptomaniacs, practicing the creative art of shaping trees and shrubs by judicious clipping. A privileged opportunity to visit the 16-acre, privately-owned, ICHI-COO PARK in Surrey, on 22 June 2025. It is open to expert clippers, enthusiastic amateurs, gardeners, admirers and their families.

Gardens of Northamptonshire
We will visit four gardens over the two days of Wednesday June 25 and Thursday June 26 2025 (although you can attend on just one day if you wish). There is also the option of a dinner together on the Wednesday evening.

Floriston Hall & Tinkers Green Farm – Essex/Suffolk border
This morning, we will be the guests of Amanda and Dominic Vail at Floriston Hall on the Suffolk/Essex borders. Amanda specialises in growing seasonal, sustainable flowers in a one-acre flower farm she started in lockdown in 2020. This has been expanding since 2020 and Amanda now supplies flowers to her floral designer daughter Lucy Vail […]
Explore Charterhouse & Gardens, enjoy a lecture by a renowned Oxford historian, and join our AGM
The Governors of Sutton’s Hospital in Charterhouse have kindly agreed to accommodate our AGM and provide us with hospitality throughout the day. The Charterhouse was one of the great courtyard houses of Tudor London. Its origins go back to the Carthusian priory which was founded in 1371 on the site of a Black Death burial […]
Defining the Essence – Aesthetic Pruning in the Garden
Chatting all things pruning with Lara Miranda of the Aesthetic Pruners Association in the USA. Aesthetic pruning is a creative interpretation of small trees and shrubs. The foundation of the work is based in Japanese pruning and Bonsai, making plants into works of art within a garden setting. This wide-ranging chat will detail what aesthetic […]
Boxwood & Topiary Horticulture
Join EBTS Member James Hughes at 2pm GMT on Sunday 2 March for his talk about:
The Questionnaire Results
If you are wondering what happened to the answers you gave to our survey about EBTS UK, a few weeks ago, you can find out by joining us at 7pm GMT on Wednesday 8 January. We’ll be running through the feedback and letting you know what we will be doing as a result of the information you provided.
Topiary Skills Workshop (PM session)
Topiary Skills Workshop (AM session)
World Topiary Day Clipping Demo
Chris Poole will be demonstrating how to clip topiary in the Hill Top Science centre at RHS Wisley.The first demo will be at 11:30 and the second is at 14:00, but Chris will be on hand between demo’s to offer advice and help, so please come along and say hello.