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topiary
1. Of or characterized by the clipping or trimming of live shrubs or trees into decorative shapes, as of animals.
2. A reference to plants that are clipped or trimmed into fantastic shapes.
3. The art of clipping bushes and shrubs into ornamental shapes.

The topiary garden at Levens Hall, Cumbria, UK, features designs that are more than 300 years old and were initially planted and trained during the 1690s. The topiary shapes in the garden include a judge's wig, umbrellas, all kinds of animals, and other shapes.

When Col. Grahme, who had held the office of Privy Purse to King James II, came back to Levens in 1688 upon the abdication of the King, he brought with him the gardener Monsieur Guillaume Beaumont. He was trained under Le NĂ´tre at Versailles and he laid out the gardens at Hampton Court. He started work in 1694 creating the design for the garden which can be seen now.

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