Category Archives: Notable Hedges
Another Elephant Topiary
Gavin Hogg, who lives near Powys, was kind enough to send me a couple of photos of the topiary elephants he created – there is a picture in the book, and here is the one that I didn’t use. I … Continue reading
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Arts and crafts topiary hedges at Otterington Hall.
Chris Crowder, the head gardener at Levens Hall, was kind enough to end me these pictures of the beautiful topiary hedges at Otterington Hall in North Yorkshire. Designed in the arts and crafts style, they date back to to approximately … Continue reading
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Stilt Hedges at Hatfield House
This is another picture that was cut from the book for space reasons, a nice pair of stilt hedges at Hatfield. Stilt hedges (lines of adjacent trees cut so that it looks like a hedge on trunks) have been a … Continue reading
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Veddw House Garden
Anne Wareham, author of The Bad Tempered Gardener, has rightly taken me to task for not including her gorgeous hedges at Veddw House Garden in my book. I haven’t made it out to Monmouthshire in the last year or so, … Continue reading
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Hatfield’s Knot Garden and Mazes
This is Hatfield’s knot garden, with its lovely low maze and topiaries. The site of the garden originally lay under a wing of the house which was devastated by a fire in the early 19th century. The brick paths were … Continue reading
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The Elephant Hedge at Rockingham Castle
One of the most spectacular and weird hedges I have ever had the pleasure of encountering is the Elephant Hedge at Rockingham Castle. Perched on a natural escarpment above the Welland Valley, Rockingham was built on the instructions of William … Continue reading
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A hedged island
I’m just reluctantly cutting a few images from my book as it has a few too many. This is one I’m fond of, but can’t find a space – an island in a lake with a hedge around it, which … Continue reading
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The Meikleour Hedge
For anyone who wants a barrier between themselves and their neighbours, the ultimate aspirational hedge must the one at Meikleour in Scotland. Running alongside the A93 between Perth and Blairgowrie, this is an extraordinary solid wall of beech trees. The … Continue reading
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Topiary and Doctor Who
I like topiary. I also like Doctor Who. It’s rare for these two interests to overlap in any way, so I was very taken by the garden design in this week’s episode “The Girl Who Waited”, which Amy greeted with … Continue reading
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Interesting hedge pictures wanted…
I’m just in the final stages of getting Hedge Britannia ready for publication. I spent a lot of time in the last couple of years taking pictures of interesting hedges, topiary, weird hedgelike objects, hedge mazes, hedgelaying, hedges made of … Continue reading
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