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A rolling stone may gather no moss, but after two decades of creating topiary art, Joe Kyte knows how to grow it on a portable steel frame. The 56-year-old former regional sales manager for a ...

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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 ...

Topiary — the art of growing trees and shrubs as living sculptures — is rare in modern gardens. Still, the green cubes, spheres, obelisks and animal shapes are attention-getters. And perhaps as much ...

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 ...