Facilitators: Jeremy Weiss and Robert Wolton
Location: South Devon Steiner School, Dartington, South Devon
Cost: £60
Times: 10:00 – 17:00
Find out all about how to look after your hedges for the benefit of wildlife.
On this course, we will take a deep dive into what makes our hedges so special. We’ll uncover the reasons behind their incredible biodiversity, and understand how to care for them going forward.
Devon boasts one of the densest, oldest and best-preserved hedge networks in the world, with three quarters of hedges being over 600 years old and some going back thousands of years.
They are wildlife havens and highways, edge environments that provide habitat for a staggering array of plants, animals and fungi.
But they are ultimately human-made structures that require management, and we will look together at how this can be done sensitively, from laying and bank repair to coppicing and trimming, in order to preserve these wonderful boundaries for centuries to come.
Whether you are a gardener, landworker, smallholder, farmer, contractor or estate owner, understanding the value and character of our ancient hedges is vital to a sustainable future.
Refreshments provided but please bring your own lunch.
Jeremy Weiss runs Proper Edges, based in South Devon offering traditional countryside services, products, consultancy and training. He has worked with hedges for over 25 years.
Dr Robert Wolton is a farmer and ecologist, chair of the Devon Hedge Group, and author of “Hedges”.
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Proper Edges - Traditional rural skills, training and consultancy 