shrubberies

The banks of the pretty little river Avon, upon which Christchurch is built, are thickly fringed with weeping willows, interspersed with a few other trees, and with clumps of tohi, which is exactly like the Pampas grass you know so well in English shrubberies.

Station Life in New Zealand 1871

But Regie adhered to his determination, and to the "shrubberies" they went.

Red Pottage Mary Cholmondeley 1892

They are seldom, accordingly, disagreeable, with us, to the eye of the most cultivated taste; their singularity forms a pleasing variety to the continued succession of lawns and shrubberies which is every where to be met with; and they are regarded rather as the venerable marks of ancient splendour, than as the barbarous affectation of modern distinction.

Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. Archibald Alison 1829

He pointed across manicured shrubberies to the parking lot.

Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

He pointed across manicured shrubberies to the parking lot.

Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

We tend to be rather mercenary when it comes to shrubberies.

M Bastard 6 : Bev Vincent 2010

There are probably more of the cases hidden in the shrubberies.

Mish Mash Monday-Late February Edition « Fairegarden 2010

Bastard's'll tear down entire stands of trees, and are known to munch on shrubberies.

Fantastic Settings marycatelli 2010

I also added some shrubberies to the house block - and will hand sew down the little flower motifs shown here - I bought them ready made, and think they work well here.

Saturday - sewing at last! katelnorth 2008

Indeed, after a visit to High Beach in 1831, Thomas Carlyle's wife described the asylum as "all overhung with roses and grapes and surrounded by gardens, ponds and shrubberies without the smallest appearance of constraint."

Book review of 'The Quickening Maze' by Alan Foulds 2010