Hedgerow planting has been well underway at Palmers Brook.
Landscape Therapy undertook the challenge to plant over 1,600 native hedgerow whips along our boundary which include hawthorn, field maple, guelder rose, spindleberry, wild privet and crab apple along with dogwood. Some areas have been planted with a double row which will join up over time creating a thicker, denser hedge.
Tony Ridd of Landscape Therapy was the perfect man to oversee the job, having planted the new wooded area at Palmers Brook twenty years ago, over a three-year period as part of the Forestry Commission JIGSAW scheme.
Hedgerows are critical for wildlife as not only do they provide food, shelter, and nesting sites, but they allow species such as the rare dormouse which are present at Palmers Brook, along with bats, and insects to provide landscape connectivity, making an immense contribution to halting biodiversity decline.
We look forward to watching the hedging whips establish and developing into thriving habitat areas for wildlife.
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