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Hedge Laying Training
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Hedge Laying Training

Penrith
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Starts January 2025

Overview

Want to learn how to lay hedges correctly? Skilled hedge laying trainers from the Lancashire and Westmorland Hedge Laying Association will be providing free training at Low Beckside Farm, Mungrisdale on Tuesday 21 January 2025, 9.30 – 4pm.This ancient heritage skill is rapidly disappearing from our countryside. By managing a hedge by ‘laying’, trees are encouraged to regenerate; this extends their life, and that of the hedge as a whole. A well-laid hedge can act as a great barrier to livestock movement as well as providing protection and shelter from the worst of winter weather. Hedgerows also form a vital network for wildlife, sequester carbon, help prevent flooding as well as making the field stock proof for the farmer.

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