The light may not be perfect... but PvE~ wouldn't that last make the most perfect little studio? To go with my traditional cape- I would want star topiaries on each side of my front door entry.
D-bra- oh yes, I want that to be my studio.... well actually, I need tons of light and an open space and topiaries shaped like happy dancing children.. pve
Sande- I thought your topiary would be an elegantly wrapped gift? pve
good question. the elephants are pretty fantastic, but i'd probably like something that wasn't at first what it seemed....like maybe a group of big oak trees or weeping willows. trunk and all that were topiaries would be just the right amount of whimsy.
I've given up on topiaries and would settle for someone—someone else—to keep my various yew hedges well trimmed! Having said that I'd like to have a topiary house as a true garden room. I've seen pictures of these. Amazing. Of course at 60, I might need a life extension to see this come of age!
There's a house here in Maryland that has a whole fox-hunting scene in topiary. Also some waves with swans a-swimming, and windows cut into the hedges with swagging on top. WAY cool!
To live with day after day, I would choose classic rounds and geometrics for my topiaries. The one exception would be a well detailed Eiffel Tower shaped shrub, just as big and obvious as you please!
When my daughter was little on the way to her sitter's every day we passed shrubs sheared into elephants their trunks and tails connected.... whimsical and magical. I think I would love one that could actually be used for our backyard feathered friends. So a birdhouse would be cool.
that's so funny that you should post this today! this weekend my husband i were talking about putting a 6' giraffe topiary in the courtyard outside our baby's nursery. i'm kind of obsessed now.
The elephants would be perfect! Have you ever been to the topiary garden called Green Animals?? It's in Rhode Island, not too far from Newport. A magical, magical place!!
A Bill Watterson (of Calvin and Hobbs fame) snowman house of horrors topiary, hidden around a corner somewhere as a surprise might be fun. I love Calvin's crazy snowmen!
hahaha love the elephants...I actually have a little one next to my letterbox in the shape of our dog :) absolute truth!!!! my dad made it for me.
ReplyDeleteThe light may not be perfect... but PvE~ wouldn't that last make the most perfect little studio?
ReplyDeleteTo go with my traditional cape- I would want star topiaries on each side of my front door entry.
I love the elephants.....how much fun are those! Thanks for sharing these, going to look at my boxwood now and see the possibilities. XO
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ReplyDeleteshow me your dog topiary, please!
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D-bra-
oh yes, I want that to be my studio....
well actually, I need tons of light and an open space
and topiaries shaped like happy dancing children..
pve
Sande-
I thought your topiary would be an elegantly wrapped gift?
pve
Green elephants! That would be the lawn of my dreams.
ReplyDeleteThese are great! I don't know what I'd pick. Maybe my dog with a big "beware of Yorkie" sign.
ReplyDeleteI would have horses and dogs playing. The elephants are simply divine.
ReplyDeleteI would like two giraffes: one adult and its calf(?). I adore giraffes!
ReplyDeletegood question. the elephants are pretty fantastic, but i'd probably like something that wasn't at first what it seemed....like maybe a group of big oak trees or weeping willows. trunk and all that were topiaries would be just the right amount of whimsy.
ReplyDeleteI've given up on topiaries and would settle for someone—someone else—to keep my various yew hedges well trimmed! Having said that I'd like to have a topiary house as a true garden room. I've seen pictures of these. Amazing. Of course at 60, I might need a life extension to see this come of age!
ReplyDeleteThere's a house here in Maryland that has a whole fox-hunting scene in topiary. Also some waves with swans a-swimming, and windows cut into the hedges with swagging on top. WAY cool!
ReplyDeletethe elephants are great .. but i would choose the 3rd picture! I dunno why i like that!
ReplyDeleteTo live with day after day, I would choose classic rounds and geometrics for my topiaries. The one exception would be a well detailed Eiffel Tower shaped shrub, just as big and obvious as you please!
ReplyDeleteit's hard to 'top' the elephants ~ they are too great!
ReplyDeletemmm, wonder if a topiary of a feather would work ...
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Hearts!! I love topiaries, always kill them though. Have a great Monday.
ReplyDeleteThose elephants are fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI gotta say...I love the elephants! Although a topiary that looks like Taye Diggs would be nice...
ReplyDeleteThese are great !! ok - a little over the top, but totally fun. And elephants bring good fortune!
ReplyDeleteWow how sweet are those elephants. My sister just got back from Africa and made sure to fill her camera with elephants pics just for me!
ReplyDeletewhat an imaginative entry-- I myself would love bocca dell'inferno.
ReplyDeleteWhen my daughter was little on the way to her sitter's every day we passed shrubs sheared into elephants their trunks and tails connected.... whimsical and magical. I think I would love one that could actually be used for our backyard feathered friends. So a birdhouse would be cool.
ReplyDeletethat's so funny that you should post this today! this weekend my husband i were talking about putting a 6' giraffe topiary in the courtyard outside our baby's nursery. i'm kind of obsessed now.
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love topiaries. Any shape, any form. the more whimsical the better!
ReplyDeleteThose elephant topiaries are ahhhmazzzing...tucking this photo away fro future reference! XXOO
ReplyDeleteThe elephants would be perfect!
ReplyDeleteHave you ever been to the topiary garden called Green Animals?? It's in Rhode Island, not too far from Newport. A magical, magical place!!
great toperiay post, love topiaries!!!
ReplyDeletebest to you
kate
wow, those are some serious topiaries
ReplyDeletethose elephant shrubs are unreal!
ReplyDeleteI love elephants so much. That is fantastic! I couldn't do better than that.
ReplyDeleteA Bill Watterson (of Calvin and Hobbs fame) snowman house of horrors topiary, hidden around a corner somewhere as a surprise might be fun. I love Calvin's crazy snowmen!
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