The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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
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
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
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
pleached alley — ▪ garden path garden path, on each side of which living branches have been intertwined in such a way that a wall of self supporting living foliage has grown up. To treat each side of a garden walk, or alley, with pleaching and thus make a… … Universalium
Pleach — Pleach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pleaching}.] [Cf. OF. plaissier to bend, and also F. plisser to plait, L. plicare, plicitum, to fold, lay, or wind together. Cf. {Plash} to pleach.] To unite by interweaving, as branches of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pleached — Pleach Pleach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pleaching}.] [Cf. OF. plaissier to bend, and also F. plisser to plait, L. plicare, plicitum, to fold, lay, or wind together. Cf. {Plash} to pleach.] To unite by interweaving, as… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
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
Plashing — is a late medieval term for the traditional technique of hedge laying, and is a variant form of the word pleaching. [Oxford English Dictionary] It is done to improve or renewing a quickset hedge to form a thick, impenetrable barrier suitable for… … Wikipedia
