Have you ever trimmed boxwood?  It’s back-breaking work, but work that makes all the difference in a formal garden.  I have trimmed boxwood, so was especially delighted to meet master trimmer Darin Baier at Gaiety Hollow this morning…and he let me watch him work (and gave me a few pointers!).  When I arrived I was absolutely amazed and delighted at the progress since last week…

Darin had just finished trimming, at Gretchen Carnaby’s direction, the hedges to 20 inches and the balls to 28…

…oops…he said he really needed to make the hedges 18 and the balls 26 inches so when they got a little growth they would be PERFECT!  Out came the big hedge trimmer and he was off and running…

It’s always a pleasure to be in the garden and today I appreciated anew the remaining old oak…

and more trimming…

Darin thought MAYBE he’d have enough stamina to get to this section of hedge today…we’ll see…he says each section is an adventure!