Suffolk neighbours feud after giant hedge backside installed beside the dividing fence.
SUFFOLK – Residents of a quiet Suffolk cul-de-sac have become embroiled in an increasingly bitter row after a £500 “organic garden sculpture” depicting a bent-over human figure was installed inches from a shared dividing fence line.
The dispute centres around 69 year-old retired forklift driver John Norris, of Little Welnetham, who claims his peaceful retirement has been ruined by the enormous boxwood topiary, which presents a provocative backside directly towards his conservatory.
The sculpture was commissioned by neighbour Brian Clogg, 63, who insists the piece is “modern horticultural art” and says complaints about it are “narrow-minded.”
“It’s tasteful,” said Mr Clogg while watering the shrub with a green plastic can yesterday afternoon. “People go to stately homes and see marble statues with everything hanging out, but suddenly a shrub’s got cheeks and everyone loses their minds.”
“I open my curtains in the morning and it’s there,” he said. “Eating breakfast while staring at a giant leafy backside wasn’t how I imagined retirement. My grandchildren have started calling it ‘greencheeks.’”
Photographs of the dividing fence sculpture began circulating online earlier this week after a passing delivery driver posted an image captioned: “Suffolk’s answer to modern art.” Since then, dozens of visitors have reportedly slowed their cars outside the properties to take photographs.
Despite demands for its removal, Mr Clogg says the sculpture will remain.
Mr Norris, on the other hand, said “I’m considering installing a massive artistic topiary cock and balls aimed back at Clogg, which I’m sure he will appreciate.”
