Topiary Zac Sokolow all passionate connoisseurs of the

all passionate connoisseurs of the arts

and sings harmonic overtone singing and shape note

and Florilegium

From a Study made in the Years 1875-76

Topiary Zac Sokolow all passionate connoisseurs of theBy Twigs Way Topiary, the art of creating sculpture in clipped plants, originated with the Romans, who employed 'toparii' to clip their hedges. The fashion traveled throughout Europe in the Renaissance, using rosemary, lavender and hyssop as well as the more traditional evergreens of yew, holly, myrtle and box. Louis XIV's Versailles was a triumph of art over nature, and in the low countries cone and lollipop shapes formed, and soon hopped around the