It is the clever use of topiary and riotous flower combinations at this Buckinghamshire farmhouse that make it such a thrill It’s a huge stand of Verbena bonariensis that offers the first clue about ...

Got more dandelions in your yard than you know what to do with? This craft requires about 50 to 60 and results in a lovely ...

Box balls are brilliant for borders and are sometimes available ready-trained into spirals or more adventurous shapes which can also be kept in tubs and used as portable topiary wherever you need an ...

Good structure is to the autumn garden what good bones are to the ageing face. The difference is that autumn's soggy tendencies are easy to fix: topiary defies seasonal droopiness. It diverts ...

Harriet Sykes’ love of topiary conquered a windswept stony hillside and the ever present fear of box blight. How can you keep your creations in top condition? Thinking outside the box: Harriet Sykes’ ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The box pom-poms gracing Grey’s Court in the Cotswold village of Southrop are echoed all over the world, from ...

You don’t have to be the sort of person who files their CDs in alphabetical order to enjoy the orderliness of a formal garden. I know people often think of it as the “statues, symmetry and straight ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At the zenith of its popularity in the 17th century, topiary – the art of trimming shrubs and trees into ...