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Hedgelaying, Kingfisher Barn Visitor Centre. Learn the art of creating living hedges, and how they are a natural alternative to wire fences for free at this wonderful event. No need to book.
Hedgelaying (or hedge laying) is a skill practised mainly in the countryside of the United Kingkom and Ireland, there are many regional variations in style and technique. Hedgelaying is the process of bending and partially cutting (pleaching) through the stems of a line of shrubs or small trees near ground level and arching the stems without breaking them, so they can grow horizontally and be intertwined.Hedgelaying originally developed as a way of containing livestock in fields after the acts of enclosure which in England began in the 16th century. Today hedges are laid to maintain habitat, promote traditional skills and because of the pleasing visual effect of a laid hedge.
