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Topiary for all

There’s something deeply satisfying about spending a few hours out in the garden shaping or even creating a little bit of topiary, and to think that people have been doing this for centuries is pretty cool. It may have dipped in and out of fashion over the years, but these days topiary is no longer so strongly associated with large gardens and formality. Instead, we’re happy to use it with just about any style of garden, whether it’s to add strong evergreen structure, to create a rhythm through the garden or even just to

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