IMPRESSIVE TOPIARY

THE WORD "TOPIARY" IS DERIVED FROM THE LATIN WORD

FOR AN ORNAMENTAL LANDSCAPE GARDENER, TOPIARIUS,

A CREATOR OF TOPIA OR "PLACES".

IN ROMAN TIMES TOPIARY GARDENS WERE

MAINTAINED BY SLAVES. LATER, WEALTHY LANDOWNERS

HIRED PROFESSIONAL GARDENERS TO MAINTAIN THESE

INTRICATE DESIGNS.

THESE MONUMENTAL JAZZ BAND MUSICIANS MADE OUT

OF VEGETATION ARE LOCATED IN CENTURY PARK,

SHANGHAI.

THIS GIANT PLANT CASTLE WAS CREATED IN

THE OLYMPIC GARDENS IN BEIJING, CHINA.

AMERICAN PORTABLE STYLE TOPIARY WAS INTRODUCED

TO DISNEYLAND AROUND 1962. THIS ONE IS A PART OF

DISNEYLAND RESORT IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA.

TAIWAN IS ANOTHER COUNTRY WHERE PLANT SCULPTURES

ARE GAINING POPULARITY. THESE GIANT TOPIARY OWLS

MADE OUT OF MANY DIFFERENT PLANT SPECIES ARE

LOCATED IN NANTOU COUNTY.

TOPIARY FEATURING THE FAMOUS SEURAT´S PAINTING

“SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON THE ISLAND OF LA GRANDE JATTE”

CAN BE SEEN IN COLUMBUS TOPIARY PARK IN OHIO.

THIS HERD OF ELEPHANTS IS PROBABLY THE MOST

IMPRESSIVE CREATION BY RENOWNED ENGLISH TOPIARY

ARTIST STEVE MANNING. HE HAS ALSO MADE GIRAFFES,

HIPPOS, LIONS, COWS, WOLVES AND EVEN A HARRY

POTTER-STYLE WIZARD.

LIFE SIZE TOPIARY FIGURES OF THE BEATLES ADORNED

THE TRAFFIC ISLAND AT LIVERPOOL'S SOUTH PARKWAY

RAIL STATION IN MARCH, 2008, LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.