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The old boy who taught me had bonsai laid hedges in window boxes that he used to take with him for demonstrations of the varying styles.
I only really know south of England single brashed(like the pic I posted) but I used to work for a guy who did double brashed with angled posts. Not my favourite look but keeps the deer well clear of the new shoots on either side.
Basically poshos give a hedge to the hedgelaying society for their training days or competitions and all they do in return is provide a tea van. Fuckers don’t even supply the stakes and binders. On a busy competition day I’ve seen 400-500m Done and dusted in a day.
If your average working woodland man does 15-20m/day and wants £100/day cash min that represents an insane saving on the part of the landowner.
It’s also the reason almost no one can run hedgelaying commercially(it’s winter work for country tree boys) as you just can’t price against free!