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A cat topiary is a small sitting or curled piece on welded galvanized wire, finished in hand-packed sphagnum moss or left bare to plant. At nine to fifteen inches it suits a hearth, a doorstep, a shelf or a table, and people often buy one as a gift. Larger cats, and big cats such as lions, are built to commission.
We hold 6 cat pieces at the moment, from 9 in to 18 in, $72 to $146.
Tap a finish to see only those pieces above.
Small pieces ship by UPS Ground. Large pieces travel by freight, and the delivery is quoted with the piece, so you see the full cost before anything is charged.
Pieces marked ready to ship leave within a few working days. Pieces built to order take 4 to 10 weeks, plus the delivery. Have a date? Send it with your request and we confirm it before you order.
A price on a card is what the piece costs. Custom and large pieces are quoted with delivery, usually within hours. Every custom piece is made for one client, so the schedule, deposit and any changes are agreed with you when you approve the quote.
A cat is built around one continuous line: the curl of a sleeping cat, or the arch of a stretching one. Get that line right and it needs almost no detail. Get it wrong and no detail will save it. A swan’s neck is the same problem at a larger size.
On a small cat, the moss matters as much as the frame. At nine inches you are close enough to see the fiber as well as the shape.
Other small mossed pieces are in mossed animal topiary, and the same curve at full size is in swan topiary.
Mist a mossed piece through dry spells and refresh the moss every year or so. A bare frame needs nothing until you decide to plant it. Turf and artificial pieces need only an occasional rinse: no watering, no trimming, no seasonal work.
Underneath is galvanized steel, which lasts for decades outdoors.
The care pages go through each material in full, and this eight-year-old swan shows what a restoration looks like.
Staged photos of pieces from this page, set in the kinds of places they go. Tap one to see the piece and its size.
These cats are concept renderings of pieces built to order on welded, galvanized steel. Send us a photo and the height you want, and our team replies within hours, usually the same day.
Two mossed cats sitting on either side of a front step, heads turned slightly toward each other. A pair frames a door the way a pair of boxwood balls does, with more character. Send us a photo of the steps and the height you want.
Big cats are built to commission. A pair of lions, lying with heads up, can guard a driveway gate or a hotel entrance. Custom frames are built to your drawing or photo. Send us the plinth size and a picture of the entrance.
A mossed cat lying along the top of a low garden wall, tail hanging down the stones, as a real cat would in the sun. It is fixed to the wall so it stays put. Send us the wall width and a photo.
Mossed animals and wire frames start as welded steel, galvanized before any moss goes on. See all six stages, start to finish →
Most are nine to fifteen inches. Every listing gives the exact height, length and depth.
Mossed cats do best indoors or under cover, and they need misting rather than watering. A bare frame can go outside and be planted.
Yes. Creeping fig and small-leaved ivy are the usual choices for a piece this size.
Yes. Big cats such as lions are a separate commission, built to order too. A large domestic cat is unusual but quite possible.
The pieces on this page start around $72. A bare frame costs less than a mossed one, because packing the moss is the slow part.
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Send a photograph or a sketch with the height you need and where it will stand. Our team comes back with a design, a price with delivery and a date, usually within hours.
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