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'''Tree Shaping''' is done by changing the shape of the living tree. These shaped trees can be artistic, useful or both. There are various methods to achieving a shaped tree. Some of the techniques used are the same as the ones used in other horticultural and agricultural fields, such as [[topiary]], [[pleaching]], [[bonsai]] and [[espalier]]. | '''Tree Shaping''' is done by changing the shape of the living tree. These shaped trees can be artistic, useful or both. There are various methods to achieving a shaped tree. Some of the techniques used are the same as the ones used in other horticultural and agricultural fields, such as [[topiary]], [[pleaching]], [[bonsai]] and [[espalier]]. | ||
==History== | |||
The Dynatic Egyptians' stools and Greek Klismos' chairs had curved shapes that are believed to have been achieved by training trees to shape while alive. <ref name=RHS>The Garden, Volume 122 Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain) [http://books.google.com.au/books?ei=zp4hTv7ACs3ymAXIpomiAw&ct=result&id=l1pMAAAAYAAJ&dq=tree+training+Dr+%22Chris+Cattle%22&q=stools&redir_esc=y#search_anchor] </ref> | |||
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Revision as of 04:20, 17 April 2012
Tree Shaping is done by changing the shape of the living tree. These shaped trees can be artistic, useful or both. There are various methods to achieving a shaped tree. Some of the techniques used are the same as the ones used in other horticultural and agricultural fields, such as topiary, pleaching, bonsai and espalier.
History
The Dynatic Egyptians' stools and Greek Klismos' chairs had curved shapes that are believed to have been achieved by training trees to shape while alive. [1]