Neighbour's garden

[stowfelda]

My elderly neighbour's garden is composed mainly of briar which I have to cut off regularly ( you need leather gloves to even touch it). It has now grown over the top of his 7ft high leylandii and great swathes of it are hanging over my garden and because it is so high I can't reach it and have to pay a gardener to cut it off which is expensive. I have spoken to him and his only response is "It's your problem - just cut it off and sling it over the fence".Is there anything I can do? Can I ask the council to intervene? I am at my wit's end and it's making me ill. When I moved in I had to get a new fence because his was broken and he showed now sign of mending it. I would be grateful for any advice. Thanks in advance.

[Nosha123]

thanks for pointing that out Tony... I skip read the post a bit!!!

[Jemisa]

The answer is in the question really.
The old man is right
Wait till winter when everything is dormant & dead, then get out there with your gloves and hedge trimmers & get to work.

jem

[heathfield]

You could get something like this to help you reach and cut what's coming over into your garden...

http://www.gardencent...d96466e4fcf1fdaa752c6

[Twenty20]

Have you offered to go round and help out with his garden? That would perhaps be what a good neighbour would do and it would solve the problem for both you and him.