| OLACOHN | Who carved the Fairies Tree into a red gum trunk in Fitzroy Gardens as a gift to the children of Mel |
| GRASS | A red gum developed oddly in field of yellow couch (7,5) |
| BERMUDA | A red gum developed oddly in field of yellow couch (7,5) |
| SLASHED | Cut the tree into a sleigh (7) |
| HANDEL | Which composer was music master to the children of King George I? (6) |
| ARTICHOKE | Globe -; depicted in paintings by Rory McEwen and designs by William Morris, a purple-flowered species of thistle cultivated in kitchen gardens as a food (9) |
| BLADDERFERN | Fled into a red barn, only to discover a woodland plant (7,4) |
| PIQUE | Get into a red state |
| APPLESEED | What grows into a Red Delicious |
| CHARLIE | Jacqueline Kennedy gave this Welsh terrier as a gift to her husband, U.S. President John Kennedy, when they moved into the White House. The dog would often swim laps in the pool with the president. |
| BORGLUM | Gutzon ___, US sculptor who carved the heads of four U. S. presidents into Mount Rushmore between 1927 and 1941 (7) |
| BED | Area for plants in the garden, as in the daylily varieties '___ of Roses' and '___ of Nails' (3) |
| PINE | "Letter to the Person Who Carved His Initials Into the Oldest Living Longleaf ___ in North America" (Matthew Olzmann poem) |
| NABATEANS | The Arabian nomadic people who carved the city of Petra (9) |
| GUTZON | US sculptor (1867-1941) who carved the heads of four presidents into Mount Rushmore (6,7) |
| SINON | Greek warrior who told the Trojans that the wooden horse was a gift to the gods |
| FRANKINCENSE | Aromatic resin given as a gift to Jesus according to the Gospel of Matthew (12) |
| ZORRO | The name of this South American fox was given to the fictional masked hero who carved his initial wi |
| TOPIARIST | Word for a "fancy gardener" or plant sculptor who clips living bay, boxwood, holly, privet or yew trees into ornamental shapes as enduring works of art in the landscape (9) |
| HANDOUT | Paper distributed as a gift to the needy |
