{"product_id":"pleasant-place-issue-6-topiary","title":"Pleasant Place Issue 6: Topiary","description":"\u003cp\u003eIssue 6: Topiary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\u003eMagnum Opus Topiarium – Botanical philosopher Norbert Peeters takes us through the history of topiary and the changing views of nature.\u003cbr\u003eLe Bal Des Ifs – a comic by artist Fiona Lutjenhuis.\u003cbr\u003eTopiary in Art History – From holy, to phallic, to terrifying, topiary has been depicted in many ways.\u003cbr\u003eIt may have been a formal garden, once – We talked to the wonderful Chris Crowder, head gardener at Levens Hall, the oldest topiary gardens in the world.\u003cbr\u003eNiwaki – Alec Schellinx observes the Japanese tradition of niwaki\u003cbr\u003eWhat’s Eating Hedges – Writer Eliot Haworth ponders the fight against suburban monoculture. With illustrations by Jordan Herregraven.\u003cbr\u003eThe Shape of Shrubs to Come – 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e40 pages, plus miniatures in centrefold, 18 × 24 cm, English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pleasant Place","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53152420397323,"sku":"HNPL06","price":17.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/6880\/6047\/files\/PleasantPlace6.jpg?v=1780575000","url":"https:\/\/hausnostromo.com\/products\/pleasant-place-issue-6-topiary","provider":"Haus Nostromo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}