A topiary dinosaur at Epcot

Topiary is the art of creating sculptures in the medium of shrubbery, after the Latin word for an ornamental landscape gardener, toparius. Examples may be found at, among other places, various Disney theme parks and the hotels on those properties and outside the Tavern on the Green restaurant in Central Park in New York. The title character in Tim Burton's movie Edward Scissorhands is lauded for his skill in the art; a real-life topiary artist is one of the subjects of Errol Morris's Fast, Cheap and Out of Control. Topiary dinosaur at Epcot A topiary dinosaur at Epcot. ... Orders Saurischia    Sauropodomorpha    Theropoda Ornithischia Dinosaurs are reptiles that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for most of their 165-million year existence. ... Spaceship Earth, as seen from outside the vistors entrance. ... Ancient Greeks depiction of ideal form of the body is expressed through sculpture such as this one. ... The word bush re-directs here; for alternate uses see Bush (disambiguation). ... Latin is the language that was originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The Harvesters, by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1565: Peace and agriculture in a pre-Romantic ideal landscape, without sublime terrors The word landscape as most westerners use it is completely entrenched in western notions of land, nature and art. ... A gardener is any person involved in the growing and maintenance of plants, notably in a garden. ... The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... Ferris wheel Amusement park is the more generic term for a collection of amusement rides and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a fairly large group of people. ... Central Park is also the name of a fast food restaurant chain in the southern United States. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Tim Burton (born August 25, 1958 in Burbank, California) is an eccentric film director known for his dark, humorous, quirky style. ... Edward Scissorhands is a movie directed by Tim Burton released in 1990. ... Errol Morris (born February 5, 1948 in Hewlett, New York) is an American Academy Award winning documentary film director. ... Fast, Cheap and Out of Control is a 1997 non-fiction film by documentary filmmaker Errol Morris. ...

Common plants used in topiary include cultivars of boxwood (Buxus sempervirens), arborvitae, bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), holly (Ilex spp.), myrtle (Eugenia spp., Myrtus spp.), common yew (Taxus baccata), and privet (Ligustrum spp.). Plants used in topiary tend to be evergreen, have small leaves or needles, produce dense foliage, and have compact and/or columnar (e.g. fastigiate) growth habits. This article is about the box tree. ... Species Thuja koraiensis Thuja occidentalis Thuja plicata Thuja standishii Thuja sutchuenensis Thuja (pronounced Thuya) is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). ... Binomial nomenclature Laurus nobilis L. The Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis, Lauraceae), also known as True Laurel, Sweet Bay, Grecian Laurel, or just Laurel is the source of the spice Bay Leaves. ... Species Ilex aquifolium - European Holly Ilex canariensis - Small-leaved Holly Ilex cassine - Dahoon Holly Ilex crenata - Japanese Holly Ilex decidua - Possumhaw Ilex dipyrena - Himalayan Holly Ilex glabra - Gallberry, inkberry Ilex latifolia - Tarajo Holly Ilex montana - Mountain Holly Ilex opaca - American Holly Ilex paraguariensis - Yerba Mate Ilex perado - Madeiran Holly Ilex... Genera 130; see list The Myrtaceae or Myrtle family are a family of dicotyledon plants, placed within the order Myrtales. ... Species Taxus baccata - European Yew Taxus brevifolia - Pacific Yew Taxus canadensis - Canadian Yew Taxus chinensis - Chinese Yew Taxus cuspidata - Japanese Yew Taxus floridana - Florida Yew Taxus globosa - Mexican Yew Taxus sumatrana - Sumatran Yew Taxus wallichiana - Himalayan Yew Yews are small coniferous trees or shrubs in the genus Taxus in the... Species About 50 species, including: Ligustrum lucidum - Chinese or Glossy Privet Ligustrum ovalifolium - Japanese Privet Ligustrum sinense - Chinese Privet Ligustrum vulgare - Common Privet Privet was originally the name for the European semi-evergreen shrub Ligustrum vulgare, and later also for the more reliably evergreen Ligustrum ovalifolium (Japanese privet), used extensively...

Topiary dates from ancient Roman times and has historically been associated with the gardens and grounds owned by wealthy Europeans. Traditional topiary forms use foliage pruned and/or trained into geometric shapes: spheres known as "balls" or "globes", cubes, obelisks, pyramids, cones, spirals, and the like. Representational forms (e.g. depicting people, animals, manmade objects) have also been popular over the centuries. For the obelisk punctuation mark, see dagger (typography). ...

The world's largest topiary is in Manipur, India measuring 19m (57ft) in height. It is a series of open umbrellas and spheres. Manipur (মনিপুর) is a state in northeastern India making its capital in the city of Imphal. ...

Notable Topiary Displays in Europe

• Levens Hall and Topiary Gardens (http://www.levenshall.co.uk/main/garden.htm) (Cumbria, England)

A premier topiary garden started in the late 17th century.

• Hidcote Manor Garden (http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hidcote/) (Gloucestershire, England)
• Knightshayes Court (http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/regions/devoncornwall/Focus_knightshayes.html) (Devon, England)
• Great Dixter Gardens (http://www.greatdixter.co.uk/gdns1.html) (East Sussex, England)

• Drummond Castle Gardens (http://www.frostatmidnight.co.uk/Pages/Drummond.htm) (Perthshire, Scotland)

• Portmeirion (Snowdonia, Wales)

• Villa Lante (Bagnaia, Italy)

• Castello Balduino (Montalto Pavese, Italy)

A part of Portmeirion. ... Villa Lante at Bagnaia near Viterbo, attributed to Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (there is no contemporary documentation) is, with Bomarzo, one of the most famous Italian 16th century Mannerist gardens of surprises. ...

Notable Topiary Displays in North America

• Hunnewell Arboretum (Wellesley, Massachusetts)

100-year-old topiary garden of native white pine and arborvitae.

• Green Animals Topiary Gardens (http://www.newportmansions.org/page6995.cfm) (Portsmouth, Rhode Island)

One of the oldest topiary gardens in the United States, Green Animals combines geometric and animal topiary with other formal ornamental features.

• Ladew Topiary Gardens (http://www.ladewgardens.com/) (Monkton, Maryland)

A topiary garden in Maryland established by award-winning topiary artist Harvey Ladew in the late 1930s. Located approximately halfway between the north Baltimore suburbs and the southern Pennsylvania border.

• Topiary Garden at Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania)

• Columbus Topiary Park at Old Deaf School (http://www.topiarygarden.org/) (Columbus, Ohio)

A public garden in downtown Columbus that features a topiary tableau of Georges Seurat's famous painting Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

The Walter Hunnewell Arboretum is a 9 hectare (22-acre) arboretum, containing over 500 species of woody plants in 53 families, as well as a 100-year-old topiary garden of native Eastern White Pine and Eastern Arborvitae. ... Wellesley is a town located in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. ... Portsmouth is a town located in Newport County, Rhode Island. ... Harvey S. Ladew (1887 - 1976) was a noted topiary artists and foxhunter, he is the creator of the Ladew Topiary Gardens. ... One of the premiere botanical gardens in the United States, Longwood Gardens consists of 1,050 acres (4. ... Kennett Square is a borough located in Chester County, Pennsylvania. ... Skyline of downtown Columbus, Ohio, viewed across the Scioto River. ... Le Chahut was painted by Seurat from 1889 to 1890. ... Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (Un dimanche après-midi à lIle de la Grande Jatte) is Georges Seurats most famous work, and is an example of pointillism that is widely considered to be one of...

See Also

History of gardening See also subsistence gardening, the art and craft of growing plants, considered as a circumscribed form of individual agriculture. ...

This brontosaurus topiary on display at the Epcot Center was created by Topiary Art Works & Greenhouses, LLC in Clearwater, KS by Stefan Przystanski.[1] (http://www.topiaryartworks.com)