An army of gardeners has tackled the biggest job in horticulture by trimming a giant hedge maze in a 500-hour task.
The huge maze is at a stately home in Longleat, Wiltshire.
Originally planted in 1978, it’s made up of more than 16,000 English yew trees with two miles of pathways covering an area of 1.5 acres.
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It is one of the largest in the world.
The hedges are trimmed to 6ft 5in, with work beginning at 6 am over five days to minimise disturbance to visitors, as reported by What’s The Jam.
James Dare, head of facilities at Longleat, Wiltshire, explained the intricacies of the job.
He said: “We can only trim the maze at certain times of year in order to make sure the hedges are presented at their very best for the summer.
“And also to ensure future growth.”
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Longleat was the first stately home to open to the public and has the first safari park outside of Africa.
Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, created the hedge maze and another called King Arthur’s maze on the property in the 1970s.
Ceawlin Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath, inherited the estate in 2020.
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