Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Trimming a topiary Norwegian Spruce???, 1 by micheflowers

micheflowers wrote:
This topiary has been in my garden for about 12 years. I'm not sure what type it is but for some reason Norwegian Spruce rings a bell but I think that is incorrect. Does anyone have advice on how to trim it a bit. It's starting to go over
my walkway which is a main route to take garbage out etc. I really don't want to have to move the stepping stones. I've never trimmed this and I'm a bit scared to. I gave one to my folks and they killed it. Dad pruned it often. Any thoughts?