King Louis the XIV had his garden at Versailles, and Pearl Fryar has his Topiary Garden. Paris France and Bishopville South Carolina are about as opposite as you could imagine. And the motives behind creating gardens such as these, are as different as those two men. But wandering through this little altered garden was as awe inspiring as the hundreds of acres of carved foliage in Versailles. Of course, not as grand, and not as famous, but impressive. Pearl Fryar has been pruning and clipping and watering the plants surrounding his home since 1981. The results are other worldly. A couple of hours into a seven hour drive to spend Thanksgiving with family, we needed to step out of the car and stretch our legs. Just so happened that such a stop coincided with Mr. Fryar's
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