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By hand bending and welding steel into garden sculpture -Topiary Joe designs and creates memorable art to be planted as topiary or stand alone metal art work - regular or stainless steel giant topiary garden frames of any creature imaginable. Flowing lines for simple pleasure give and take when it come to measure.
Bugatti type 35b wire sculpture showing detail. Life size vintage race car and 3D hot rod sculptures of wire, my specialty. Our shop even travels anywhere to your garden, making larger projects at the work site saving shipping, reducing ecological footprint... WE EVEN BARTER!
Topiary Joe builds very stout traditional cutting frames for shrubbery and vines plus stuffed, irrigated and planted American portable style topiaries. Gigantic evergreen garden structures, Topiade/3D FaÇades (vertical gardens) are the way to phyto remediation in downtown areas. Even Hobbit houses planted with roses, fruit or willow...too urbane? Grow your own Tree House for your domain - Arboriculture Gone Wild, I maintain.
Creating original outdoor or indoor planted steel sculpture for businesses, resorts and fine homes globally is what I do. All hand made one at a time, without repetitive robotic cutting machines. I want my animal topiary frames and automotive sculpture to have life and movement. Below, a chicken and a duck paint their children???
Plant Materials vary according to what does best in your neighborhood. Boxwood, Yew, Privet, Azalea there's something out there that will not fail ya. Have fun with horticulture, enjoy gardening-plants are good for you. We are opening GROW Gardens here, selling over 100 varieties of native Tennessee perennials, sedums, bamboos, green walls, garden art and low tech indoor/outdoor grow systems for your own veggies!
Megalarge chess sets - entirely topiary, artificial or real, wild twig creatures on which we can deal. Unicorns here are very, very real.
You will notice that some of the pieces do not even have plants. Horses look great as a steel sculpture, while somebody like Big Bird (over 3m tall) has over 300 pounds of discarded nautical rope for feathers that was gathered from the beaches of Negril, Jamaica and dreadlocked together by my 4 Rhastafarian friends. He now greets kids popping up from the shrubbery in front of Beaches Resort/Negril with a fern in the top of his head. Support your local (or global) Artist and Enjoy Art Now 'cause you can't take it with you!
Inhabitat.com likes Joe : http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/14/topiary-joes-incredible-green-garden-sculptures/#more-18120
Pictures can be found in the 4 categories above - click for planted logos, public art (topiary art sculpture), living walls (BioWalls planted in Sedum or Semper Vivum...Ecosculpture) and garden sculptures (planted topiary and wire art).
My website Is my catalogue. Feel free to download pictures from any page for class room or project presentation. Just be sure and credit me, you little snipe. Specific questions are just a call away. 904-742-7132
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Joe Kyte
Topiary Joe
1350 Cherohala Skyway
Tellico Plains, Tennessee 37385
(423) 253.7199 home, home on de Plain
(904) 742.7132 cell for the road
joe@topiaryjoe.com
Birds at Sewalls Point Prawnbrokers' Grille near the Elliott Museum, Stuart, Florida where Topiary Joe started being an Eco Sculptor.
http://www.coolboom.net/interior-design/disney-store-headquarters-by-clive-wilkinson/ Features Clive Wilkinson designed Mickey Mouse archway made by Topiary Joe in Pasadena, CA
http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/stunning-beijing-olympic-topiary-gardens/art Has the 2008 Summer Olympics exhibit you must see to believe! Millions of plants comprise these complex plant sculptures.
http://gardenweb.com/ has answers to most any plant related question you have! Blogs on topiary artist creativity, ideas for small projects.
http://www.greenroofs.com/ Making Living Roof technology readily available to all with seminars, shows. I envision roof top steel framed topiary sculpture and Green Living Logos adorning the skyline!
http://www.elephantfamily.org/ 
Charity based in London reestablishing migration routes in India - I give by building topiary Elephants, having built the UK tour herd. Mumbai,India - Chile, Dubai - wherever topiary animals are needed, I am their guy. Ruth and Mary Powys Rule! Topiary Joe animal and people topiary frames and sculptures in the UK / EU? Write Mary at marysurvivaltour@gmail.com
http://www.the-artists.org Featuring sculpture and artists worldwide.
http://www.fryarstopiaries.com/ Mr. Pearl Fryar rocks! He has the most imaginative topiary trimmed garden around. He even has a movie about it all...I gotta go to Bishopville, SC Good Job, Pearl.
http://www.boxwoodsociety.org/ An American organization of arborists and horticulturists interested in boxwood shrubbery, niiiigh! Arborvitae, Bay Laurel, Holly, Myrtle, Yew or Privet are also popular for shaping giant topiary forms in your back yard.
http://www.ivy.org/ The American Ivy Society has all the care and culture aspects of ivy you will ever need! Topiarists info for all.
http://www.edcmag.com/ features sustainable green building projects and construction integrating environmentally kind technologies.
www.homeandgardening.co.uk/ Continental resources for topiary horse frames, gardening tools, books, Green advertising and Living Logos the Topiary Joe way. Bespoke shrubbery frames for Europe and the Gulf include on site 3D creations of all sizes to fit the project!
http://www.allgarden.cl/ Chilean topiary website that has beautifully sculpted shrubs and even my 5 metre tall Coca Cola Polar Bears, Parque Arauco Mall, Santiago Chile, SA
http://www.dreamrider.us/ Larry takes a cruise around half the U.S. on his jet ski and writes a book about how to fry alive on your Yamaha...The D.R. is SO much more fun with Larry!!!
http://www.topiaryinc.com/ Smaller tabletop topiary frames, kits, plants, completed, books, classes..quite talented topiary artists!
http://www.noahsarktopiary.com/ small wire frames, stuffed pieces, planted, bespoke topiary orders. Disney suppliers.
http://www.topiaryzoo.com/ West coast wire sculptors making medium to small creations, topiary frames, wire baskets, topiary plants...
http://gardencom.com/ lists of related topiary artist and gardening sites for your research and perusal.
http://www.tailspotter.com/ Captain Grayson Kyte flats fishing aboard the Tailspotter, 20' Hewes inshore domination! See Captain Gray on Florida Sportsman TV and THE COVER of last Augusts' edition...
http://www.tellicomoto.com/ Mike & Cherie outfit bikers for The Dragon (318 S curves in 11 miles) and Cherohala Skyway, the best riding mountain roads in the World! NEW Ice Cream shop. Mayfields, mmmm.
http://www.tellico-grains-bakery.com/ THE finest breads, pastries and wood stove cooked pizza around. ONLINE BAKERY of all their goods, next day service makes one happy to have this available here.
http://www.overhillgardens.com/ Avi Askey grows hundreds of native species of wildflower perennial plants and has propagated one of his own! Congrats Avi and Alissa!
http://www.thegardeningwebsite.co.uk gardening in England and the UK
http://www.thesculpturewebsite.co.uk/ sculpture source includes Joe!
http://www.erinsmeadowherbfarm.com/ Kathy and John run a great herb and perennial farm near Oak Ridge, Tennessee They are growing an herbal topiary Peacock from Joe.
http://www.k-v-n.ru/ Russian sculptor Vadim combines excellent wire sculpture skills with plants - even a deer steel sculpture with grille made into the body - Excellent!
Does your Ferrari need a companion? We have just the thing. Prancing horse topiary frame Logo - dressage or trotters, Living Carousels, whatever the motter... Steel sculpture "Vrroomm" at The Breakers Resort Ferrari Concours D'elegance, Palm Beach, Florida. Topiary Horse and rider, wire forms or wire sculpture for museum, resort or home.
Anne Curry with Coco Chanel couture ala Pachyderm on the Today Show - A "W" magazine project with photographer Bruce Weber involving 11 top designers making clothing for Elephants. The Elephants, however, did not wish to wear the outfits...surprise! So, I made 11 lifesize frames in 3 weeks, had Today Show, Vogue, party for 500 at a West 22nd Gallery, yada yada yada...Scenics and 3-D stage prop frames for Any occasion!
The UK Royal Parks System Topiary Deer Tour 2008. Celebrating 500 years of the Royal Parks in England included a tour by the Topiary Joe Herd of seven deer made in my secret Hyde Park topiary shop;} Artificial/faux boxwood topiary elephant and deer here with some very real English Ladies - The Powys twins (ElephantFamily.Org) stand here with Lady Gwenevire from the Royal Parks Endowment.
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TOPIARY JOE BARTERS FOR VINTAGE CARS!
I barter and trade original air cooled Porsches, Ghias, El Caminos...what a disease to have! You could trade in a decrepit 356 for that flock of Pink Flamingoes ..hmmmm
In the shop right now FOR SALE or Trade:
'54 Chevy p/u; '59 Mercedes 220S ponton; '61 Porsche 356b; '62 Mercedes 220SEb Coupe and Sedan; '66 Cutlass Coupe, '68 International TravelAll; '64 and '66 El Caminos; '69 Firebird convertible
 Mossed up Moose yard art sculpture in Cody, Wyoming at the Triple Nickel Ranch in the Wapati Valley.
Here is my Jaguar XK-120 hood mascot - measuring 4 metres long. This creature feature has about a month of my life in her.
 Give me your tired, your poor, your long forgotten old ride, for I shall nurture her with dollars and make her roll with pride. Old Cars Rule. Perfectly original garaged specimens to barn finds Always accepted in barter!
BowTie MailBox - like a rock but softer. Plant materials for your topiary? Try groupings of santolina, rosemary, alternanthera, coleus or echeveria to get that mosaic look.
Remember the Alamo? 3m floral map at the Fort is a seasonal favorite. Geek tie optional.
5 Metre tall Topiary Polar Bears for Coca Cola planted in ivy vine outside Parque Arauco Mall Santiago, Chile
 Phipps Conservatories' Childrens Garden topiary butterfly - copper patina wings, glass inserts
 Dylan George logo to go go
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There are no two Topiary Joe sculptures alike. This is Testudo, The University of Marylands' Mascot Terrapin Turtle. Fear the Turtle! (I know he will support a Suburban). He is over 4 metres long by one metre tall. Planted with boxwood that is ready for a trim.
GET A PIECE OF TOPIARY JOE
Hire me by the week to come to you and build what You want, where you want it...Or come here and suffer the ravages of being my work crew for a few days - Aaaaaarghhh! Bring yer own eye patch and parrot, ye scurvy dog. Riverfront rental cabins across the street.
Having me come to you is better than freighting it and another fun time is created for all. Six to twenty thousand US dollars a week gets Whatever You Please...built, that is. Projects include all my creative energies in a very busy 7 day week. Fishin' and fine wine bribes count for the eighth day or so. This offer is for homeowners only - larger projects do cost more.
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ABSOLUT EDEN - St. Thomas, USVI
Located on the roundabout at Famous MountainTop, where you can see 17 islands from the deck...or the bottle, which I was the only one privy to. That 5 metre tall bottle took awhile to drink - you shoulda seen that martini glass. Olives the size of coconuts, mahn.
15 feet tall Vodka icon getting covered in 1,256 ficus repens 1 gallon vines on the day of planting - yes, those are My chicken legs in front of the Worlds' Largest Topiary art drink - ABSOLUT-LY! St. Thomas, USVI
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P-38 Lightning airplane topiary commemorating one of many brave pilots of these magnificent WWII aircraft Only seven of over 10,000 planes made survive
Department 56 green Living Logo for their 25th Party... what a collection of freaks! 10,000 people dressed like Snow Babies and Victorians all buying collectibles, aaaaahh!
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If you happen to be travelling through East Tennessee (Latitude 35.363N Longitude 84.293W) you might be able to see Joe in action, welding away at something new in the driveway. Come by and see whats on the slab down in the lab!
Carolyn enjoying her new Moo a little too much Strange topiary of any sort for your resort!
Cambria Lodge, CA
Otis out front of Alices' Restaurant where you Can get anything you want, even pet dog topiary pictures.
Topiary Porpoises in The Gardens Mall, WPB
Kelly gives a grin despite sleet at Legoland in Windsor, England at the Bat Lord's Dragon Castle with a 4m tall Topiary Pet Dragon planted in dragons' foot ivy
Wire sculptures of lawn dragons anywhere you want! Here is My 4m tall Dragon - this is the mailbox on Cherohala Skyway: www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/22971 Available planted with box, yew, alternanthera, sweet potato vine, kudzu... even replica boxwood. Joking about the kudzu. Green Roof Gargoyles I really want to do!
Freshly planted 1 metre tall topiary swans on deck at the Schmidt House in Stuart, Florida
Eden Roc Resort Faux Topiary Tree Forest, Miami Beach
Sailfish sculptures any scale, enormous bass, even whale. Tropical, Temperate, stuffed or framed, Unique topiary sculptures are my game. Fish topiaries any size!
Oak Ridge High School Wildcat 8' tall wire sculpture upon arrival, and a classic Pelican topiary that winters on Jupiter Island, FL
Mad Hatter pouring tea fountain, Doctors' Associates Subway Founders' home....Boca
 Chess Knight topiary frame for bougainvillea shrubbery 3m tall, San Diego, CA
Abercrombie and Fitch Spring Shoot props in steel at a plantation just south of Charleston, SC
Moose Hollow Trading Company, Murphy, NC is a destination petting spot for Mooses (Meese?)
Many steel wire sculptures get flowering vines like confederate jasmine planted at the base to fill in over time and be trimmed monthly during growing season.
Pinky here was first stuffed, then painted flourescent pink, while Pops McCarty sees this perfectly green elephant as pink too...
Hobbit Garden House internally irrigated, stuffed and ready to plant with seating for two! Fits in a Pick Up and can be used as a garden bridge. Starting at $3,500 |
