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Herd the one about the elephants? Gavin Hogg lovingly crafts his hedge ¡@
Hedge herd: The
topiary family of elephants has been fashioned out of an unruly
hedge
Mind the ears: Gavin Hogg puts the finishing touches to his topiary elephants ¡@
A homeowner concerned
that his garden was becoming a jungle - has transformed it
into a herd of elephants.
Green-fingered Gavin Hogg fell in love with the wildlife during a safari in Kenya . So much so, that when he returned to Britain , he found an inspired way to recreate a little bit of Africa in his back garden. The 49-year-old painstakingly carved out a herd of elephants from an overgrown hedgerow. He spent two days crafting the seven adults and three babies with a trimmer, shears - and a pair of scissors for the fiddly bits. The result is a striking 100ft-long trail of green elephants that stretches around the corner of his family home outside Brecon in Mid Wales.
Mr Hogg said: 'It was just a
normal, fairly boring box hedge when I started. I found a
picture of a group of elephants and set about shaping it.
Time seemed to disappear while I was working on it. 'I also clipped an eye in some of the adult elephants to give it greater authenticity. It was a lot of work and the ears and trunks were a bit tricky but I am pleased with the end result.' Father-of-two Mr Hogg and his wife Vina, who visited the Masai Mara game reserve in Kenya , farm organic vegetables at their 17th century home. He added: 'It's great to see our own herd of elephants every time we look out of the window, even if they are green. They will need a haircut twice a year to smarten them up. But they will be a permanent feature.' The topiary elephants are cut out of a hedge of common box (Buxus sempervirens) which was planted about 200 years ago. ¡@ ¡@ ¡@ ^°ê¯«©_°Å¤M¤â 2009-07-03 http://www.gcpnews.com/zh-tw/articles/2009-07-03/C1422_40615.html ¡@ ¡@
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