Working with Concept Shed, we were commissioned by celebrity TV gardener Diarmuid Gavin to build a set of automatic topiary shears for his 2016 ‘British Eccentrics’ Chelsea Flower Show garden.

Made from polished aluminium and brass, with handles carved from walnut wood, the shears used a motorised scissor mechanism to automatically snip at nearby topiary bushes.

 

The garden was sponsored by Harrods and won a Silver-Gilt medal at the show.

 

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