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Since yesterday I'm struggling with this sentence:

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> 六義園と言えば、そばに住むようになって三年ほど経ったその頃には、なかに入ってはじめて見ることができる庭園の手入れの行き届いた芝生の明るさよりも、塀際の、伸びるままにまかせている雑木の暗い木立しか、思い浮かべられなくなっていた

I kinda get the first part, at least its general meaning, but I'm at a loss
with the last part, `伸びるままにまかせている雑木の暗い木立しか、思い浮かべられなくなっていた`.

The first part is saying that after three years living near 六義園 the character
doesn't really notice the cheerfulness of the well-cared garden; here I don't
really get `はじめて見ることができる`, which literally should be "Being able to see for
the first time", but using the translation it seems to be referring to people
seeing it for the first time, so "Unlike peope seeing it the first time, I
don't really notice...".

The second part...

  * `塀際` I think means that whatever she is speaking about is on the side of the wall;

  * `雑木の暗い木立しか、思い浮かべられなくなっていた` means she is reminded just of the dark grooves of different trees;

  * `伸びるままにまかせている`... `伸びる` is "To stretch", `ままに` is "As; Wherever" (or `まま` + `に`?), and for `まかせている` I just found `任せる`, which I really don't get what should mean in this sentence. I'm not even sure I parsed it correctly.

I tried some search on Weblio, but I can't find any form like those. I roughly
know what it means from the given translation ("the dark tangles along the
walls"), but it seems to me there is more going on.

The translation given in the book is: "By that time we'd been in the discrict
for three years, and the name 'Rikugien' brought to mind not the tidy, sunlit
lawns seen by visitors, but the dark tangles along the walls".

Edit: I removed a part of the question I left by mistake.
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Meaning and parsing of 伸びるままにまかせている
> **_"By that time wed been in the district for three years, and the name
> 'Rikugien' brought to mind not the tidy, sunlit lawns seen by visitors, but
> the dark tangles along the walls"_**

Probably the translator wanted to make it shorter and simple than literal
translation like mine. They do not emphasize the scenery after entering inside
,but rather talking about the daily routine they pass by having imprinted not-
well-kept trees from the garden to their mind.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Dsn1Y.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Dsn1Y.jpg)

> **伸びるままにまかせている**

It suggests the gardeners do not trim the trees, but "leave the trees as they
want to grow".

This `伸びる` does not really talk about the elasticity of the trees, but its
development. So, I think "grow" would apply for the translation this time.

This `...ままに` implies "free to ..." So, the trees are not constrained to grow.

This `まかせている` implies "to let something remain in a particular state". So, the
trees are left growing spontaneously.
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Im Japanese and just trying translation training by myself now; so, ill do
some try.

六義園と言えば、speaking of Roku Gien park,
そばに住むようになって三年ほど経ったその頃には、なかに入ってはじめて見ることができる庭園の手入れの行き届いた芝生の明るさよりも、塀際の、伸びるままにまかせている雑木の暗い木立しか、思い浮かべられなくなっていた
that is a park where I started live nearby about three years, rebark my mind
only through its darkness of trees crossed straighten as they grow-more than
its brightness of lawn of the gardens tidy cleaning situation; the latter you
cant see without entering in that garden.
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