If you want a little taste of England in the States, head over to Monkton, Maryland, for a garden escape that will make you ...

Our gardens serve as a source of peace and escape — especially in these times, when we aren't venturing much farther than our back doors. And even more than that, our gardens are truly a place to ...

Everyone has an opinion regarding topiary. The cheeky collection of garden gossip, Yew and Non-Yew, Gardening for Horticultural Climbers by James Bartholomew (Century Books, 1996), lays it out so: ...

Right about now, the super generation of Monarch butterflies that hatched earlier this summer at Ladew Topiary Gardens is embarking on a gluttonous nectar binge that would put to shame the notorious ...

When Donald and Charlotte Molesworth first arrived at their small Kent cottage more than three decades ago, there was a derelict house and an almost totally blank canvas. The plot had once been the ...

During a recent visit to Maryland, Martha stopped by the Ladew Topiary Gardens in Monkton, located just north of Baltimore. Known for its more than 100 larger-than-life topiary forms, the gardens, ...

Ladew Topiary Gardens‘ board of trustees has received a $1 million contribution, the largest single gift in its history, from longtime supporter and former board chair Anne W. Kinsley. This gift will ...

The Ladew Topiary Gardens is located in Monkton, Maryland. Guilbert Gates Whimsy runs riot at Harvey Ladew's Maryland estate, from a library with a shelf that swings open to reveal a secret entrance ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The box pom-poms gracing Grey’s Court in the Cotswold village of Southrop are echoed all over the world, from ...

Villa Lante in Viterbo, central Italy, is lovely, in a straight-armed, geometrical kind of a way. It features in a book called Topiary, written by an aptly named garden historian, Twigs Way, and ...