A Man Named Pearl

Firmly Planted

There’s not much to see in tiny Bishopville, S.C. — until you come upon the yard of Pearl Fryar. A three-acre dreamscape of abstract topiary designs, Mr. Fryar’s yard is the town’s pride and its owner’s obsession.
With no training other than a three-minute demonstration from a local hardware store, Mr. Fryar rescued discarded plants from the town nursery and painstakingly molded them into mind-boggling configurations. [...]

di Jeannette Catsoulis, articolo completo (1415 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 18 Luglio 2008