"Topiary" is a 16th century English/Latin term rooted to ornamental gardeners. Shaped, silhoetted and balled evergreens look lovely anywhere now and especially with sculptures nearby. I have planted three on Leif's site, which has had many trees felled and removed. They instantly seem to formalize the overgrown landscape we are reclaiming. A Spiral Boxwood is centered in the paddock, the two sculptures (right) by Bill will accent the entrance to the house with a Spiral Juniper, and an obalesque sculpture of Bill's marks an entrance to the second property, which is rustic.
A Takaezu Moon Pot has come home from the Cape to sit in front of Leif's house now.
Levens Hall, oldest topiary garden in original 17th century design, earliest were 43 BC; Italy.
A new garden stone of Bill's next to ornamental grass and one seat below, sold to a lovely Scandinavian woman on Cape Cod (scuptural, painterly and 2' wide).
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