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Thanks everyone for chiming in. This dinky holly was just practice for a much bigger one I have to work on, with more delicate shrubs underneath. I agree holly is not very good hinge wood, but it's great for snap cuts! Decided to go with the sawhorse backup cuz it was quick and simple. But I...

Turned out perfect. The owner took a few pics. I'll post when I get 'em.

So on an 8" stem, how deep would you make the notch?

I've seen the pic of Greg's notch. Sounds like you have to do a bit of sculpting. In Greg's pic, it looks like he did a vertical plunge cut first. I don't have enough tree to do that.

The soil is pretty crappy so digging out thew shrub might take 3 hours, especially with all the tree roots. But I have done that in other cases. The sawhorse idea is great! I was trying to picture some sort of temporary structure I could build over the shrub. Not clear on the "vertical notch...

No overhead anchor point, or even anything in line.

Funny you mention that . . . I did two branches like that today.

I like the idea of tying the butt to the stump. Never tried that. This will be a nice small tree to practice it on. OK, got it on the wide face. Still leave a big hinge and pull it over?

Leave the hinge too big and pull it over with a tag line?

I have a small holly tree, about 8"dbh & 25' tall, to take down. There is only one direction to fall without smushing existing plants. Unfortunately, right in that path, about a foot from the base of the holly is a single ornamental, approx 3' tall by 5' wide. If I made the cut about 3' high...