Pruning/tidying outdoor plants

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Having finished with the greenhouse plants it was time to spare some time on the outdoor plants.

I have a few fruit trees and a bunch of shrubs that needed a bit of attention.
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I've started with the trees. I gave my fig a little pruning and tied it closer to the support.
I didn't cut anything on the left side as I want that to produce next season but I've cut the right side, I want to push some new growth on the right for the 2019 season.
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The shrubs are all in their first year so they didn't produce anything this year hence I didn't really bother taking care of them. The blackberries/raspberries/tayberries sprawled and stretched wherever they could, heh.

I gave them a light pruning and used some bamboo sticks I nicked from tubequeen@tubequeen's garden to tidy them up. These canes should produce next season and it will help if they're not on the ground anymore.
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In the front yard I have some more shrubs in the same situation.
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They're all sitting straight up now.
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I've also had a play with one of the rosemary plants. I hope it will survive as I took off about 75% of the plant mass. Not quite sure what I will turn in into but... it should be an interesting looking plant.
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In case it won't survive I took a bunch of cuttings that I'm going to root to try this again.
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That's it for now.
Cheers!