Thursday 12 December 2013

HORTICULTURAL CURIOSIITIES - topiary




Topiary is popular in many gardens.


 
 
 
The entrance to the garden at Mill House at Muggington near Derby is through a huge privet hedge which has been cut into the shape of a cottage, complete with chimneys,
and a wooden door completes the entrance.






 
 
More ambitious is a fine privet hedge in the garden of Rose Cottage at Kilnwick near Driffield in East Yorkshire.   The hedge has been cut to form the shape of a complete three piece suite
which consists of two arm chairs and a settee, a most unusual sight.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Amongst the many items of topiary at Chastleton House in Oxfordshire, a rabbit and a train
are plain to see.
 
 
 









 
 
Topiary in the gardens at Warwick Castle.





 
 
 

This fine bird can be seen roosting in a garden at Bishop Monkton in North Yorkshire






 
 
Meanwhile at St Asaph in North Wales ! !



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