sticky Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I have an overgrown ficus hedge on one side of my property. I need to have this cut down to a managable height, the road on this side has a considerable slope. the gardener wants to cut it so that it conforms to the slope, my better half wants it cut level which means it would be 2 meters at one end tapering down to about 50cm at the other. Any advice would be appreciated. I wonder what is common practice in this situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaidDown Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Same height all the way ie conform to the slope (imo). 2m at one end and 0.5 m at the other would look silly (again imo) as you could step over one end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticky Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 10 minutes ago, ThaidDown said: Same height all the way ie conform to the slope (imo). 2m at one end and 0.5 m at the other would look silly (again imo) as you could step over one end. I agree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 3 hours ago, ThaidDown said: There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. Nice one 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahjongguy Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 There is a house in this village which has a sloping lot. The top of the front wall is level with the horizon but it rises as needed in steps from the lower end of the lot to the upper. You could say that on average the wall is two meters tall. It looks right, whereas a tilting wall would look drunk. In front of the wall is a hedge of bougainvillea. The hedge could have been trimmed to stay in line with the height of each of the wall sections, but instead they chose to trim it to equal height from end to end. The hedge conforms to the slope at a uniform 1.5 meters tall. These two different choices work well together. The straight line of the hedge smooths the stepped line of the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill97 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 This is not a hedge question, it is a question about his better half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 On 10/31/2020 at 10:53 AM, sticky said: I have an overgrown ficus hedge on one side of my property. I need to have this cut down to a managable height, the road on this side has a considerable slope. the gardener wants to cut it so that it conforms to the slope, my better half wants it cut level which means it would be 2 meters at one end tapering down to about 50cm at the other. Any advice would be appreciated. I wonder what is common practice in this situation? Start by doing it your way 2m sloping. If your wife complains vociferously you may change it to her way later. But you can't do it the other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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