Neat, trimmed and looking beautiful
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381960)
Rockingham, Australia
April 22, 2023 3:30am CST
We are on holiday in Ireland and we’re seeing so many beautifully trimmed hedges and shrubs. While we have them in Australia, we don’t have as many but here they are everywhere. Around the fields, the hedges are often straggly and unkempt but on roads leading to houses are trimmed to within an inch of their lives. The shrubs are trim and neat too.
These two were in the yard of a convent where we visited a friend. She was very keen for us to meet her two dogs – one at a time as they tend to fight – and I’ll write about them later.
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@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
22 Apr 23
I really do admire people who maintain trees or plant like that 
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
22 Apr 23
Yes quite neat and trimmed!
I remember a movie which was perhaps set in a similar backdrop and had a maze of such Shrubs.
If I correctly recall its name was Avengers and had Sean Connery as the villain.
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
22 Apr 23
@JudyEv
Well got the details. It was a 1998 movie also starring Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(1998_film)
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@LindaOHio (222324)
• United States
29 Apr 23
I like seeing neatly trimmed hedges in various shapes.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
22 Apr 23
They look nice when they are trimmed. Else they look untidy, I don't like them. Nice Picture
Eager to know about the two dogs. Seems like some sort of sibling rivalry or petling rivalry 
Eager to know about the two dogs. Seems like some sort of sibling rivalry or petling rivalry 1 person likes this
@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Apr 23
@arunima25 I have photos but in fairness I need to blank out our friend's face. I will try to do it soon but I might do a 'quick and easy' discussion first.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
22 Apr 23
@JudyEv Will wait for the post. I too have plans to post about few things but I am lazy and procrastinating as always
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@BarBaraPrz (51817)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
22 Apr 23
I much prefer trees and shrubs to look like real trees and shrubs rather than plastic imitations.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
23 Apr 23
You will always find everything neat and tidy in convents. (lol)
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
22 Apr 23
They are lovely and precisely trimmed Judy.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
22 Apr 23
@JudyEv Oh I can only dream of this Judy..I know you would
Oh to be so lucky huh?
Oh to be so lucky huh?1 person likes this
@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Apr 23
It's certainly good to get outdoors in the fresh air.
@RasmaSandra (97954)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Apr 23
Those trees look so nice. I have seen similarly trimmed trees from photos my late husband took when he went to Australia. You do know Australia don't you? 
I though perhaps you are having such a good time you might have forgotten where home is Those trimmed trees were just outside of Sydney they are slightly different but also nicely shaped,
I though perhaps you are having such a good time you might have forgotten where home is Those trimmed trees were just outside of Sydney they are slightly different but also nicely shaped,1 person likes this
@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
22 Apr 23
The carefully trimmed strawberry-shaped shrubs speak volumes about your friend-has a good taste and has a great love of gardening.
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
22 Apr 23
It's a lot of work making them all neat like that..
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@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Apr 23
It looks like a lot of work to me but perhaps they are slow-growing.
@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Apr 23
I would have thought more often for some reason. I think in Thailand they used to drop a wire cone over them and clip whatever poked through although I can't really see that working very well. Surely the twigs would just get pushed to the sides.
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@YrNemo (20254)
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22 Apr 23
I used to live in a house with four square (trimmed) bushes in the front of the house. Guess who did the trimming? Moi! (I did the task so well when I was still single for years - but the moment I got married, my husband now ex, decided to chop them off because he felt embarrassed letting me do the task, and he simply hated doing it! I was relieved in a sense!)
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