Poodling: On the Just Shaping of Shrubbery

by Marc Treib

Poodling is a vernacular approach to pruning shrubbery: a negotiation between gardener and shrub that pits human aesthetic intention against the genetic forces that guide the plant's natural development. Topiary shears shrubs into a singular form geometric or figure; poodling, in contrast, treats each branch individually and shapes its leaves or needles into the forms that remain at their ends.

In this informed, if light-hearted, telling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1957183829
• ISBN13: 9781957183824
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Oro Editions
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.9"