Cloud pruning, or Niwaki, is a traditional Japanese technique for shaping trees into living art. Instead of a dense hedge or wild growth, this style creates an open, airy structure with carefully shaped “cloud-like” pads of foliage. Here's our tips to achieving this look in your garden: - Pick a tree with character (young or old), ideally 2m tall - Step back and visualise the final shape – airy and elegant - Start by removing dead, damaged, or diseased stems - Select evenly spaced horizontal bra
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Cloud pruning, or Niwaki, is a traditional Japanese technique for shaping trees into living art. Instead of a dense hedge or wild growth, this style creates an open, airy structure with carefully shaped “cloud-like” pads of foliage. Here's our tips to achieving this look in your garden: - Pick a tree with character (young or old), ideally 2m tall - Step back and visualise the final shape – airy and elegant - Start by removing dead, damaged, or diseased stems - Select evenly spaced horizontal bra
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