The members of Greenwood’s horticulture crew pose alongside the newest topiary, a peacock whose tail will wrap around a three-tier raised bed when on display. From left are Brooke Smith, Malcolm Pitman, Diana Fetters, Tracy Anderson, April Hodge, Xavier Jones and Jimmy McInville.
The small feathers that make up the peacock topiary’s face were stamped out using a shape-cutter from a craft store that featured a leaf template, but Jimmy McInville said it was perfect for cutting out these delicate feathers.
The members of Greenwood’s horticulture crew pose alongside the newest topiary, a peacock whose tail will wrap around a three-tier raised bed when on display. From left are Brooke Smith, Malcolm Pitman, Diana Fetters, Tracy Anderson, April Hodge, Xavier Jones and Jimmy McInville.
City Horticulture Supervisor Diana Fetters and horticulturalist Jimmy McInville talk about the flowers and plants used in the topiaries that are the highlight of the annual S.C. Festival of Flowers.
The mermaid topiary towers in the city greenhouse, where horticulturalists are hard at work propagating and plugging the flowers that will decorate these living sculptures.
The small feathers that make up the peacock topiary’s face were stamped out using a shape-cutter from a craft store that featured a leaf template, but Jimmy McInville said it was perfect for cutting out these delicate feathers.
Despite the chill outside, Greenwood’s greenhouses are still warm and lush.
Inside the Phoenix Street greenhouses, flowers are blooming and lush sphagnum moss covers the metal frames of Greenwood’s iconic topiaries. A tiger nearly as tall as the greenhouse sits beside a flying pig, a monarch butterfly, a mermaid towering alongside a decorated elephant — and the latest addition to the topiaries, a proud peacock.
Contact staff writer Damian Dominguez at 864-634-7548 or follow on Twitter @IJDDOMINGUEZ.
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