You See a Hedge. He Sees Something Else

A “reclining nude” hedgerow, which Mr. Bushe said was inspired by the artist Henry Moore. Credit: Andrew Testa for The New York Times

Appropriately named art college graduate and architect,Tim Bushe, transforms overgrown plants in his London neigh into whimsical hedges. 

“It all started about 15 years ago, with an overgrown hedge in his own front yard, Mr. Bushe said. His late wife, Philippa, asked if he could sculpt a cat for her. “I thought a cat might be tricky,” he said.

Instead, another shape came to mind as he cut into the hedge: a train. After that, he tried his hand at carving the head of a lizardlike monster. Neighbors began requesting that he turn their hedges into shapes, too, including one enormous set that he thought would make perfect elephants.

“That’s really where it kind of snowballed,” he said.”

Credit: Andrew Testa for The New York Times

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