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Annual trim for Levens Hall gardens

The world's oldest and largest topiary garden is about to be give its annual end-of-summer tidy up.

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Annual topiary trim takes six months to complete

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Some of the topiary at Levens Hall Credit: ITV News Border

The annual trim of one of the oldest and largest topiary gardens in the world is underway at Levens Hall in south Cumbria.

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Head gardener Chris Crowder at work Credit: ITV News Border

Head gardener Chris Crowder and his team spend six months tackling the 100 topiary using hydraulic lifts and scaffolding.

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There are more than 100 topiary in the gardens Credit: ITV News Border

The task is repeated every year in September and the team aim to finish by springtime.

Some of the topiary are over 300-years-old and the gardens date back to the 1690's, when it was very fashionable to have a topiary garden.

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Topiary in the grounds of Levens Hall Credit: ITV News Border

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