| Decorating using artificial topiary is much like an art | | | | you looked at the mood or story being told in the |
| with a little science in it. It is an art in that it is a skill | | | | area where you want to do the decorations? If you |
| that you need to acquire but it is also a science in | | | | have topiaries in the garden already, many times |
| that certain colors will always blend with certain | | | | they'll tell a story. It may be as comical as a fox |
| colors, shapes with certain shapes, and so on. But if | | | | chasing chickens, or as considerable as the royal |
| you want to be a great decorator using artificial | | | | splendor and majesty that dominated old Europe. |
| topiary trees and plants, you need to know the skill | | | | As you consider your decorations, have a picture in |
| of how to make virtually any artificial topiary plant | | | | mind. Start constructing a shape of the topiary you |
| work with any decorative environment. This page will | | | | want in your head. What do you see? Can you |
| show you what steps you'll need to take to make | | | | imagine the topiary being there? Can you imagine it |
| sure that your topiaries fit the environment you put | | | | blending perfectly with the environment and achieving |
| them and make it all the more pleasurable to see. | | | | exactly what you want? After this, use a piece of |
| The first thing you'll want to do is choose the area in | | | | paper to draw a sketch of the topiary you want. |
| the garden, home or office that you want to place | | | | Determine the shape, size, height, width, and color of |
| the artificial topiary plant in. Be specific about exactly | | | | the topiary you want. You might also want to draw |
| where you wan to place the topiary or where you | | | | the surrounding areas so you can make sure that the |
| want the decorations to be. Stand back at look at | | | | topiary you pick will fit. Make sure your topiary does |
| the area. Notice the shapes of the topiaries or plants | | | | not contrast with the environment. Let it blend with it |
| that are there. How do they work together? How do | | | | and bring forth more beauty from your decorations. |
| they flow? Do you see a pattern? Is there a story | | | | Lastly, go and buy the topiary. A good way to make |
| being told? What about the colors? While most plant | | | | sure you don't spend more than you have budgeted |
| topiaries, artificial and natural, are green, many still | | | | is to select a few sellers from the yellow pages. Pick |
| have other colors? Do the colors flow too? Do they | | | | about 20 if they are that many. Then call each one |
| blend well? | | | | and ask them how much the kind of topiary you |
| After you have answered the above questions now | | | | have in mind would cost? Ask about color and shape. |
| ask yourself exactly what you want to achieve. | | | | Next visit the store and look at the topiaries. Look at |
| What is the purpose of your decoration? Did you | | | | the color and shape. Pick the one that so closely |
| notice something that you didn't like? Did you notice | | | | resembles the topiary you have in mind. Feel the |
| a color or pattern that was not flowing with the | | | | artificial topiary plant. Is it durable? Will it last in the |
| whole scene? What made you want to buy an | | | | conditions you plan to put it in? When you're done, |
| artificial topiary and place it where you want to? | | | | buy it. When you do your decorations, you'll be sure |
| Determine exactly what you want to achieve. Have | | | | your topiary will fit and work with your environment. |