how can i steal a bit of ny neighbours blackberry plant and get it to grow

[LyricalGangster]

My neighbours front hedge is wild and untamed. A blackberry bush has been thriving in it for the last few years and this bush produces the world's sweetest, tastiest blackberries which my dc love eating in the summer - every time they walk past it they pick a few.

This year I've had some raised beds built and the dc want to grow their own blackberry bush but only if they are the same as the neighbours.

So how can i get a bit of their blackberry bush and transplant it into my garden? Google only talks about how to plant blackberries bought from shops, not cottages from the wild (before anyone panics neighbours have said we're welcome to help ourselves)

Sure DM did it from a cutting when I was younger. www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blackberries/propagating-blackberries-cuttings.htm

GardenGeek’s idea sounds much better!

Blackberry plants naturally bow down to the ground and root themselves, so a poke around the base may find some ready-rooted bits. If not, a variation on gardengeek's approach is to just pin a stem down into the soil of a pot, then once it seems to be rooted you just cut it off and take your pot away.

Just be aware that they are rampant and will and try and spread as far as they can!

Yummy though.

Lovely, thank you all so much! I will get a pot and try pinning a bit of stem into a pot - once it's rooted I can move it into my back garden

now is a good time to take cuttings.

just cut a few branches off, about 10cm length. cut just below a bud.
push into damp soil and make sure it neither dries out nor stands in water. in a couple of months you should see some growth. next winter you can plant on or re-pot.
expect half (or more) of cuttings not to take.

good luck

oops, mixed up blackcurrant with blackberry...