What more is there to say? We started with 60s topiary lumps. We said yes but we also 
wanted more in life. We wanted a Dr. Seussian fantasy. Why? Because the client and I are both big fans. The lumps needed the riotous freedom of plumes and looseness next to the giant grumpy topiaries. But really we’d have probably gone Seussian anyway.

Some lumps were removed in this process. The remaining topiaries feel colossal and 
unreal, dinosaurs (or perhaps extra-large barnacles) set in a looser environment sprouting 
up around them.

We go for a mainly evergreen number. A sort of Australian / New Zealand / West coast pastiche of a dry mountainside. The client is an incredible gardener but we still didn’t want 
to saddle her with major maintenance. We explore what evergreen can look like beyond 
dark green lumps. It can also look like silver Californian manzanitas, native sedges, and wispy Australian tea trees.

Landscape Construction by Gaudancio Rodriguez