{"product_id":"pleasant-place","title":"Pleasant Place 6: Topiary","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe art of trimming and pruning trees and shrubs into fanciful shapes. What’s up with our unrelenting desire to clip and sculpt the natural world into submission?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluding:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMagnum Opus Topiarium\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– Botanical philosopher Norbert Peeters takes us through the history of topiary and the changing views of nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLe Bal Des Ifs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– a comic by artist Fiona Lutjenhuis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTopiary in Art History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– From holy, to phallic, to terrifying, topiary has been depicted in many ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt may have been a formal garden, once\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– We talked to the wonderful Chris Crowder, head gardener at Levens Hall, the oldest topiary gardens in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNiwaki\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– Alec Schellinx observes the Japanese tradition of niwaki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat’s Eating Hedges\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– Writer Eliot Haworth ponders the fight against suburban monoculture. With illustrations by Jordan Herregraven.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Shape of Shrubs to Come\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– A glimpse of the future of topiary by artist Rustan Söderling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCentrefold miniatures by Andrei Pacea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cover is by Lou-Lou van Staaveren \u0026amp; Guus Kaandorp and the inside cover is by Jan Dirk van der Burg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGraphic design is by fanfare\u003cbr\u003eConcept and editing by Guus Kaandorp, Floor Kortman and Lou-Lou van Staaveren\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePleasant Place, 2025\u003cbr\u003eEnglish\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover, 40 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e124mm x 18mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SONNU ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45152799752375,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/0849\/1447\/files\/pp1_50a85da4-be05-46b2-a0d7-d8de1a20b14d.jpg?v=1786095985","url":"https:\/\/sonnu.net\/products\/pleasant-place","provider":"SONNU ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}