Making waves with garden shears: Topiary artist Michael P. Gibson transforms Savannah museum garden
Living art honors historic steamship journey at Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum
Making waves with garden shears: Topiary artist Michael P. Gibson transforms Savannah museum garden
Living art honors historic steamship journey at Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum
Most of us trim the shrubs hoping they look even. Michael P. Gibson has something a little more ambitious in mind: an ocean voyage.
The nationally acclaimed topiary artist is making waves—with garden shears instead of a boat—at Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum in downtown Savannah.
Gibson recently completed his “first cut” for “The Voyage,” a living art installation that will transform greenery surrounding the historic Scarbrough House into sculpted waves.
“I wanted to make these look like waves and ripples in a storm,” Gibson said. “To showcase in the shrubs and topiary, the form of the sea.”
The installation pays tribute to the SS Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. As the greenery grows and Gibson continues shaping it, visitors will get a sense of that journey without stepping aboard a ship.
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