Giant Christmas pudding is a hedge turner
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This giant topiary Christmas pudding is the result of six years work by a keen gardening couple – and is their festive “present to the community”.
Roger and Valerie Holley’s 20ft-high pud is made up of two 26-year-old conifers which Roger merged together to make a ‘single’ tree.
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The couple spent hours every summer intertwining its boughs and trimming its tips to give it the pudding shape.
The tree, with robins perched on top, has become a landmark in the front garden of their three-bedroom detached home in Yeovil, Somerset.
Grandfather-of-three Roger, 62, said: “We are really proud. The tree is a real favourite with the neighbours. They kid us about it but I think they really look forward to seeing it.”
Retired Roger, pictured beside the tree with Valerie, was given the idea for his Christmas masterpiece by his 12-year-old granddaughter.
He explained: “She took one look at the tree and said ‘That looks like a massive Christmas pudding!’
“We decided to take things a bit further and decorate it appropriately.”
Valerie, 66, said: “To see the children’s faces as they walk past is a real treat.”