Digging Deeper, A Garden Conservancy Event: Topiary, Art of the Clipped Form

Topiary is the practice of training a plant into a shape through careful and repeat clipping and other manipulations. Topiary is also the plant that has been topiarized. At Landcraft Garden Foundation, we often assemble assorted classic topiaries (balls and cones) when building a tablescape for events. Singularly or in a group, nothing elevates display making as quickly as the topiary.

Get the inside scoop on how to train a young houseplant cutting to a photo-ready tabletop topiary. One ball, two balls or three; cones, pillars, spirals and pompoms – learn to clip and shear the perfect form, then make your own. All attendees go home with a clay-potted topiary plant and the know-how to grow it strong.

AGE: For Adult Audiences

WEATHER: Rain or Shine

SPECIAL NOTES: Please bring light working gloves and pruners. Comfortable shoes and socks, wide brimmed hats, sunscreen, insect repellant and water are also recommended. To be a source of healthy insects for our birds and other insect-feeding wildlife, we do not spray the gardens to manage ticks. Please take appropriate caution.

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