Tanaka-san

Toru Tanaka is working in the Sasebo Japanese Garden this week.  It's his first visit back to ABQ in over 3 years.  I caught up with him pruning a black pine in the formal garden atop a very tall orchard ladder.  

Master Gardener Richard Vigil was there and we chatted.  They are doing some serious work on the pines including significant topping not to mention the maintenance of the cloud layering. 

You can see the difference between the finished tree on the right and the yet-to-be-pruned one on the left in the photo above.  

Lots of work to be done.