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  • PRO
    Looks like a job well done :) looks like a great garden too
    • PRO
      Thanks it's a lovely place. That's just a small part of the grounds. It's the only really big place I look after as I'm mainly city based so it's nice to spend a day out in the country.
  • Beautiful garden and great job with the box trimming :) I love pruning wisteria, definitely one of my favourite seasonal jobs :)

  • PRO

    i honestly hate box pruning lol 

    3500 in hundreds of meters of parterre --  -- i dread it every year -- its destroys the back 

    what did you use by the way - im using the fast speed sthil topiary hedge cutter, a long reach and the mini sthil trimmer -- i find the long reach is easiest on back -- but regardless i dread it 

    • PRO
      My Pellenc hedge trimmer freshly sharpened on fast setting. Most of the weight is on your back so not too bad.
  • Pruning climbing roses, especially those which have been poorly treated in the past. It's a slow, careful, thoughtful job and the results can be stunning. A couple of years ago I pruned a huge rambler which hadn't flowered for so long that the owner couldn't remember what colour the flowers were. I pruned it in late winter and that summer it flowered gloriously, a mass of creamy-yellow scented flowers. I'm pretty sure it's 'Wedding Day'. Bringing back badly treated roses is a real joy and that one was one of the best results I've had. 

  • Those are fine looking hedges, nice job! 

  • PRO

    Generally I look forward to working on the better kept gardens like the one you've shown a photo of. I get so depressed about working on neglected gardens, or having to tackle grass, for example, which is mainly nasty, big weeds rather than grass or ridiculously long, which I really hate having to do. That and pruning ivy which gives me terrible hayfever!

    I think the thing I like doing most is good grass actually, ie the non-weedy, flat type! It brings the garden together and is a relatively easy way to make the whole garden look better. When the edges can be trimmed neatly too it is very satisfying.

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