What Does Topiarius Mean?
(Tō′Pē-Ĕr′Ē) Adj. of or Characterized by the Clipping or Trimming of Live Shrubs or Trees into Decorative Shapes, as of Animals. What Does a Topiarist Do?...
(tō′pē-ĕr′ē) adj. Of or characterized by the clipping or trimming of live shrubs or trees into decorative shapes, as of animals.
What does a Topiarist do?
topiarist (plural topiarists) One who carries out topiary.
Where did the word topiary come from?
As an art form it is a type of living sculpture. The word derives from the Latin word for an ornamental landscape gardener, topiarius, a creator of topia or "places", a Greek word that Romans also applied to fictive indoor landscapes executed in fresco.
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