Sooner or later all gardeners realise that there is nothing new under the sun. Every trendy planting style, technique and design element is just a reinterpretation of what has gone before. The 26th ...

Pleaching is a European tradition for training a row of trees and the word “pleach” means to interweave branches to make a hedge. The lower foliage is removed from each trunk while the geometrically ...

Pleaching is an artistic tree-pruning technique that is put to good use in Europe, especially in France and Holland, but not at all here in Vancouver. It’s a fabulous way of creating a privacy screen ...

This month and next are prime times for sharpening your secateurs, since most fruit bushes and trees need pruning in summer for a better harvest the following year, and deciduous hedges must be ...

Pleaching is an artistic tree-pruning technique that is put to good use in Europe, especially in France and Holland, but not at all here in Vancouver. Why not? It’s a fabulous way of creating a ...

Sooner or later all gardeners realise that there is nothing new under the sun. Every trendy planting style, technique and design element is just a reinterpretation of what has gone before. The 26th ...