Growing up, my father always gave me the "wonderful" chore of trimming the tall and wild Hibiscus bushes that surround our garden. So every month or so, on Saturday mornings, the humming birds would recess from feeding on our Hibiscus flower nutrients, and I would go to work on trimming the garden. Ignoring my innate fear of heights, I would use our garden ladder to help me reach the top of the 12-15 ft. Hibiscus bush. After completing the strenuous task of trimming the entire Hibiscus that surrounds our yard, I would have to get on my hands and knees and carefully pick up all of the hibiscus remains. My father never liked the idea of a leaf blower claiming that you cannot reach all of the leaves with a blower. He believed that picking the leaves up with the hands ultimately provides the best results. Maybe in some way he believed this method to be therapeutic. I, on the other hand, believed this method to be old-fashioned and tedious. To me, this task was somewhat Sisyphean. It seemed to me that no matter how many times I cut those bushes, they just kept on growing, and I just kept on cutting and collecting. After I moved out of the house, my father (bless his heart) kept trimming and collecting for many years.

In March of 2006, a man by the name of Graham Wilson created the Garden Groom. He stated: "I created the Garden Groom for myself because of my frustration with hedge trimmers. I disliked the exposed blade for safety purposes, and hated cleaning up all the waste after trimming. I solved these problems in the Garden Groom's revolutionary design, and I look forward to sharing my solution with gardeners in America!" Sometime later I heard about the Garden Groom Hedge Trimmer from a friend, and it immediately attracted my attention. I investigated this product thoroughly online, and decided to purchase the Garden Groom Hedge Trimmer for my father.

Hedge Trimmer Makes a Difference

The way I saw it, my dad was at an age in which convenience had become a priority, and he should not have to spend hours cutting and collecting bush remains. In addition, the trimmer we always had included an exposed blade, and as far as I was concerned, working with an exposed blade was an accident waiting to happen, especially for a man beyond the years of his prime. I can definitely say that the Garden Groom Hedge Trimmer changed the quality of my father's life. The unexposed blade eliminated the danger factor allowing for more versatility when cutting the shrubbery. The Groomer's self collection mechanism eliminated the hours of collecting. My dad immediately fell in love with the product and was dumbfounded by this new technology. Not having to collect almost any clippings was absolutely shocking for my father, a true revolution in the making. As the Garden Groom Hedge Trimmer collected the clippings, it also shredded them. The shredding action reduced the waste by 10:1, making disposal of the clippings far easier. The shredded clippings are also ideal for mulch or composting. My father never let anything go to waste, so he, of course, used the shredded clippings as mulch for the lawn.

Now a days, my father uses the Garden Groom Hedge Trimmer every time he needs to cut almost anything in his garden. The hedge trimmer has become his best garden friend. It's hard for him to imagine the days that he did not have the Garden Groom Hedge Trimmer. That in itself is the best testament to the value of this incredible garden gadget.