England has the finest examples of topiary in the world - simple geometric shapes, fanciful figures clipped in yew studding velvet turf, knots and parterres of fragrant herbs and box, shaded arbours and arcades of yew, hornbeam and beech, elegant avenues of pleached and pollarded lime, chestnut and ash that have won the admiration of garden lovers the world over. The clipping and training of trees is one of the oldest garden art forms. The authors have sought out the best examples of topiary throughout the country and have gathered information about their history and cultivation from the gardeners who tend them...