For the love of trees

摘要

LOUISE DENCH LOVES the element of surprise that hedges can bring to a garden. At The Willows, the Halswell garden she shares with her husband Geoff on the outskirts of Christchurch, she has indulged her passion for their leafy architecture. From the hefty bulk of the huge, original macrocarpa farm hedge to her pruned buxus, English yew, lonicera, escallonia, teucrium, pittosporum and hornbeam, her hedges frame a series of visual treats that reinforce her gardening philosophy.