Sunday, September 21st, 10.15am. SSNTV meet in the car park at Wightwick Manor. The mission: a drastic “haircut” for the laurel hedge.
This is just the kind of large scale chopping that the group enjoy and we set to work with enthusiasm. There was barely time for gardener, Dan, to change his mind and opt for “a light trim”! Hopefully you can see from the photographs that the laurel hedge, which had been 8ft high, was reduced to 4-5ft. This job was long overdue. The outcome does look a little dramatic, but the laurel will benefit and show significant improvement during the next growing season.
…before, during and after….
Thank you to Dan. and all at Wightwick Manor, including the lovely people in Visitor Reception who supplied us with tea and biscuits. We couldn’t have asked for better weather, better work or a better location. We are looking forward to our next visit already.
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Shropshire and Staffordshire National Trust Volunteers 