How to complete a HEDGE REDUCTION like a PRO. 4 easy steps. 

Really useful, clear explanation. I have been finding it very hard to find a detailed description of how to do this until I found your video. Great advice, thanks.

like the after shots and your idea of how you got it to that stage. hope you and your family are well and happy ..

Great video mate. I'm just an amateur, but did work as a gardener/lawnmower for a couple of years when my wife was unwell. I have a bit of OCD when it comes to hedges, and like to keep them neat and tidy. But it was good advertising, as people would see the finished job and get my number. The hadest thing for me was having to convince the clients that their hedges needed a severe cut back. They just couldn't understand that their hedges were getting heavily wooded and starting to turn into trees! After being cut back they would be horrified at the end result! But all those hedges grew back . Even now my wife absolute hates it when I do a hard prune on our gardens and hedges.

exactly the video I needed thanks!!

Thank you, thank you for the detailed information. It’s scary to trim back a hedge with all that wood exposed, but it’s the way to go. My landscape designer neighbor did this to her hedge & it grew out beautifully. I’m in the process of using this method to fill out my Ilex hedge. This was so helpful. 👏👏👏👏👏

Many thanks for your step by step video -i am not a gardener and seam to be more a professional weed grower than anything else. Hopefully, your step by step video will give me the confidence to reduce a very wide hedge that we have got. Not really looking forward to it as i have never have had to cut one back so hard and remove so much dead in parts.

Good video thanks for posting.

Thank you for your video. This is a great help to me. 😊

Great Tips! Cheers! 🙂🍻

you gave very helpful tips

👍👍👍.Thank you

Bravo Thank You!

Am I the only person that uses hedgecutters and hedge trimmers? Quite different machines! I do use secateurs and loppers too, for finishing touches!

THANK you....I have been ARGUING so much with my husband about this. He totally thinks I have been doing it wrong, yet without even knowing, this is what I have been doing for the most part. HE THINKS we are ONLY supposed to trim the leaves and only a little bit....so now our hedges are way over our sidewalk!!! He yelled at me when I was doing it this way because he said, "you're making all the wood show through" LOL.....I said, " You have to, cause it's all dead" blah blah and blah. So here we are a few years later and my hedges are hanging way over our WALKWAY into our new home :(

Thank you so much. It was a great learning video. Need fertilizer proposition details where we have no liquid fertilizer

Thanks for that. How long does it take to grow back?

Great video - thanks!!! Currently trying to thin out a hedge at my mother in law's. Although im starting to think its a collection of various trees that have just morphed together, rather than an actual hedge.

is there a better time of year to trim hedges, and, is it ok to just do what looks good, or is there a special way to prune with shears

Thank you for your video, it is one of the best clips I've come across for a hard cutback of a hedge! I would love your advice on what to do with a tall overgrown Xylosma Congestum hedge that requires a hard cutback on top and sides. We have some 60-odd metres of it and the maintenance is huge…too much to regularly pay someone! -Do you know how hard I can go? Do I have to leave some leaf on it, I’m tempted to cut right back top and sides (in late winter) which would result in no leaf remaining. Would that be ok? -A couple of low sections of the hedge have no growth due to too much shade, is it possible to get growth back in these sections, or is essential bald now? -We live in a warm temperate region of NSW, with a few frost events in winter. If I do a cutback in early April will a frost cause permanent damage, or just temporary until it reshoots? Thanks in advance, Jane

Thanks for great video! I'm going to make murraya hedge as well paralel to sidewalk on my front yard. Do you think I should digg holes about 2 feet apart from the sidewalk, so that once murraya get mature it won't go over public sidewalk? Also not sure about proper spacing between holes, it appears that it might be every 2 feet or 50 cm apart, right?

Thx for video, and information. How long will it take to regrow into a decent looking hedge.

Would it the plant or side of the hedge dry if it was a conifer type hedge? My neighbour has one at the front of the house next to mine and and it blocks my morning light too into my living room in the morning as it's about 2-3 meters tall! Any advice?

Great video, it's a relief to know how much these hedges can be pruned back. I've just planted some mature but pretty sad looking murrayas that a friend has given me. They're about 2 metres high, pretty bare, hardly any leaves, and if there are any they're at the top. Any advice on how to get these bad boys full and lush again from bottom to top, so I can get that nice squared up effect in a few years? Thank you!

Hello, Thank you for a great video. One question, could this be done in the winter? I am considering doing this but I am unsure when the best time of the year would be.

Great video. Clear and simple steps. Thanks. When is the best time of year to prune back a hedge?

Could I use a pole saw?

great video, ive been looking for a video like this, sifting through youtube for hours, without answers, or anyone cutting back so hard. i want to prune back a overgrown 20 year old lily pilly but there is no growth on the inside where i want to cut it all back to. so it will basically have hardly any leaves, similiar to what you have done.. will it grow back out? and id love to see an update on this hedge

I would have taken the hedge down to the fence line...40yrs experience

What season is best to do this? Spring/Summer/Fall? We get harsh winters in northern New York.

Hi Sir , how do we hedge trimming into a straight surface because is hard to judge whether it’s or like a wave surface! Thank you

Nearly hedged his beard in the first ten seconds 😂 carefull my friend. ✌🏽❤️🇬🇧

How much back should you reduce your hedge? Mine was always maintained by previous owners but it still crept over our yard area and i’m scared to trim it back

Can you "top" hedges? Mine is about 8 feet tall and I want to take it down to about 3 feet.

Can you do this with a leylandi with brown spots?

Hi, can this be done in winter time, January, or do I have to wait until march and onwards. Thanks

What is an average width for an hedge? I'd like to plant a beech hedge and I can't figure out how wide is going to be and therefore how far from the fence I should plant it.

so i should set aside around 3 months to do mine then ?.. i have 170+ meters in length and 4.5 meters tall lol

Hi there.Will my thick stems grow back again?

What time of year is best to do this drastic cutting?

How Long is the Battery Time on The Trimmer and Size of Battery?

I did this 2 days ago

LD Best time for Edge reduction please

You didn't reduce the height! Or did I miss something?

How can I make my hedge more fuller from the bottom?

Than was

Mine's a conifer hedge 8 feet high, how do I reduce it !?

Can i kill my hedge cutting it bk to far with clippers..?

Is there a reason for step 2 - Finish poorly cut branches with clean sharp cuts. ? would it still grow if you did not do step 2 ?

Yes it is a pain in the butt...cutting..clean up.. I like to keep mine about 5 ft tall and 36 in. Wide I just walked in the front and the back mark it with spray paint and cut from there thinning and topping out, the problem I have found that other trees and poison ivy work their way into the bush then and it's hard to get out between all the runners..grrr... I don't I don't know what kills Poison ivy and other trees but won't kill the Privits..

And fertiliser is not going to help if u don’t have tops lol

i saw you do almost nothing....

Hedge is a mess he’s thinned it out on the side just a bit too much going to take years to restore that back to full again

Blah blah blah, do it

Please stop talking so much

Instead of rambling on why not show us how you did it...you are big on talk but not much of anything else.