Community Hedges for Wildlife
How to create and manage hedgerows to optimise benefit to wildlife
How to create and manage hedgerows to optimise benefit to wildlife
Learn about the sedges that adorn Kingcombe’s old droveways and the grasses which make up the botanically diverse meadows.
The unpleasant, astringent smell of Hedge woundwort makes this medium-sized plant of woodlands, hedgerows and roadside verges stand out from the crowd.
Hedge mustard is a tall plant with small, yellow flowers atop tough stems. It likes disturbed ground and grows in hedgerows and roadside verges, and on waste ground.
A climbing plant of woodlands, hedgerows, riverbanks and gardens, Hedge bindweed can become a pest in some places. It has large, trumpet-shaped, white flowers and arrow-shaped leaves.
Hedges provide important shelter and protection for wildlife, particularly nesting birds and hibernating insects.
A two day introduction to the craft of hedge laying
Learn to identify trees and shrubs by their leaves and flowers
Explore how to manage your community's trees and woodlands for wildlife
Come and join us in Grosvenor Square to learn about the terrific trees that live there!
Monthly meeting and talk on Trees for wildlife