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topiary

[toh-pee-er-ee] / ˈtoʊ piˌɛr i /




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Mapperton, near Beaminster, is an Italianate fantasy in a steep coombe studded with topiary and sky-reflecting pools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

A colorful map to help guide visitors around LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries, including the best way to the wine bar and how to get a great view of Jeff Koons’ ‘Split-Rocker’ topiary sculpture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

A look behind the scenes as artist Jeff Koons begins work installing the first of 50,000 flowering plants in his monumental topiary sculpture ‘Split-Rocker,’ which anchors LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025

And finally: Be a partner your topiary can count on.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024

Maybe it was my imagination, but the breeze-blown topiary creatures seemed to wave at us, too, with Adam nodding a somber farewell.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

The Mickey Mouse-shaped topiaries in front of Kelsey Hermanson’s house are the first hint at what visitors will find inside.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2023

The topiaries, scorched from the onslaught, had to be replaced almost every year.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2023

We enter a garden filled with tiny topiaries and concrete animals, dodge a child holding a birthday balloon, and a heavenly vanilla breeze moves out from a bakeshop and toward me like a small warhead.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2023

While the parks are closed, teams are still maintaining the topiaries, many of which are trimmed to look like various Disney characters.

From Fox News ● Apr. 23, 2020

He looks around at the trees, the long frosted willow branches cascading down, the topiaries that line the nearby path like ghosts.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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