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Last Saturday morning, my friend Jody and I went up to Wilsonville, Oregon to visit Boxwood Gardens, a grower and wholesaler of evergreens, primarily boxwoods and Irish Yews. The majority of boxwoods were trained and trimmed into topiary forms.

It was more boxwoods and more varieties of boxwood than I have ever seen in one place in my entire life. I have been training boxwood topiaries in my own garden for over 20 years, but this was a stunning display of mature topiaries of many classic and whimsical forms covering acres of land. There were some boxwoods simply trimmed into squares so that they were ready for an instant hedge.

Boxwoods and Irish Yews are two of my favorite varieties of evergreen hedge and boxwood is also my favorite for topiaries. Yews and boxwood are the bones and main interest in my own garden.

Even though it was a rainy, gray day, Jody and I were both smiling and planning for the next green “sculptures” for our gardens.

Because this is a wholesale operation, they are not open to the public, but they supply a retail outlet in Portland called Bentley A Classic Garden Place at 5529 SW Hood Avenue.