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The art and craft technique of growing and shaping tree trunks.
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Arborsculpture — is the art and technique of growing and shaping trunks of trees and other woody plants. By grafting, bending and pruning the woody trunks and or shaping branches to grow into shapes either ornamental or useful. Similar to espalier and possibly… … Wikipedia
Arboriculture — (pronEng| ɑːbərɪkʌltʃə) is the cultivation of trees and shrubs. The discipline includes the study of how they grow and respond to cultural practices and the environment as well as aspects of cultivation such as selection, planting, care, and… … Wikipedia
Axel Erlandson — Two Leg Tree Axel Erlandson (December 15, 1884 – April 28, 1964) was a Swedish American farmer who shaped trees as a hobby, and opened a horticultural attraction in 1947 advertised as See the World s Strangest Trees Here, [1] and named The Tree… … Wikipedia
Fab Tree Hab — As a direct contribution to building knowledge in the fields of architecture and urban design the Fab Tree Hab supposes ecology as the main driver for dwelling. It is a fully ecological home design developed at MIT. In departing from the modern… … Wikipedia
Pleaching — is the art of training trees into a raised hedge or to form a quincunx. Commonly, deciduous trees are planted in lines, then shaped to form a flat plane above the ground level. Branches are woven together, their bark wounded at the joins and… … Wikipedia
Sculpture — Sculptor redirects here. For the constellation, see Sculptor (constellation). For other uses, see Sculpture (disambiguation). The Dying Gaul, a Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic work of the late 3rd century BCE Capitoline Museums, Rome … Wikipedia
Horticulture — is the art and science of plant cultivation. Horticulturists (or horticuluralists) work and conduct research in the fields of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic engineering, plant biochemistry, and… … Wikipedia
Arborist — An arborist is a professional in the practice of arboriculture, which is the management and maintenance of amenity trees. Work can include tree surgery and also care of shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants. An arborist is distinct from … Wikipedia
Inosculation — is a natural phenomenon in which two trees, or more commonly the branches thereof, grow together. When occurring in plants, it is biologically very similar to grafting.OccurrenceIt is most common for branches of two trees of the same species to… … Wikipedia
Espalier — is the horticultural technique of training trees through pruning and grafting in order to create formal two dimensional or single plane patterns by the branches of the tree. The technique was popular in the Middle Ages in Europe to produce fruit… … Wikipedia
