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Topiary Bonus
Season 1 · Episode 19

Topiary Bonus

Our Plant Stories · Sally Flatman

November 3, 202327m 29s

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Show Notes

I'd like to transport you to Levens Hall and a garden that was created in 1694 when topiary was the height of fashion and taste. Over the intervening 329 years this Lake District garden has had only 10 Head Gardeners and each has cared for and clipped that topiary.

We first met the current head gardener, Chris Crowder, in Episode 8 in conversation with Diana Boston about the slow nature of gardening with topiary. You can of course listen to that Plant Story and its Offshoot.

Hearing Chris talk about his annual job of clipping some 100 pieces of topiary was fascinating, so I went to find out more. I hope you enjoy this visit to the garden and you can see photographs on the website.

Produced and Presented by Sally Flatman

Music: Fade to Black by Howard Levy

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