N othing sets off a garden quite like a neatly clipped topiary ball, cone or, perhaps, cloud. If you fancy having a go at turning your shrubs into topiary in time for the first garden parties of ...

Providing the backbone of the garden in summer and a stark beauty in winter, small-leaved evergreens are invaluable. Hazel ...

As the garden designer Isabel Bannerman says in her latest book, Husbandry (Pimpernel Press, £14.99), topiary is both timeless and contemporary. ‘It somehow “peoples” the place and commands a garden ...

Part of the oldest topiary garden (Image: Levens Hall and Gardens) Charlie Chaplin was suggested for his bowler hat, moustache and cane, and AI believed Audrey Hepburn’s elegant pose from Breakfast at ...