PUBLIC TOPIARY GARDENS

> GREEN ANIMALS, PORTSMOUTH, N.H. At a historic estate on Narragansett Bay, more than 80 topiaries include animals and birds, plus geometric figures and ornamental designs sculpted from California privet, yew, and English boxwood. Green Animals is the oldest and most northern topiary garden in the U. S. newportmansions. org > LADEW TOPIARY GARDENS,

MONKTON, MARYLAND On a par with Green Animals, this 22- acre garden full of “plant statues” was started before 1929. There’s also a nature walk and butterfly house. ladewgardens. com > LONGWOOD GARDENS, KENNET

SQUARE, PENN. Indoor and outdoor gardens, geometric yews nearly a hundred years old, topiary birds, rabbits, table and chair, espaliered fruit trees, and a conservatory. Some of the 50 different specimens

were planted in 1936; most came from a Long Island estate in 1958. longwoodgardens. org > MAGNOLIA PLANTATION, CHARLES

TON, S.C. An ongoing, unrestored Romantic estate dating from the 17th century, with topiary zoo, a camellia maze, and a biblical garden. magnoliaplantation. com

> FILOLI, WOODSIDE, CALIF. The National Trust property 25 miles south of San Francisco boasts knot gardens, clipped yews, and the Chartres Cathedral Window made up of annuals; 2017 is the Garden year in the property’s centennial celebration. filoli. org > DISNEYLAND, ANAHEIM, CALIF. In the park are 26 topiaries dating to 1963, including Dumbo. And Epcot at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, has 100 topiaries depicting Disney characters. disneyparks. disney. go. com